 One of the challenges we have as English language teachers is that students are often in a hurry. Just yesterday I had another request to help someone get from an IELTS 6 to IELTS 7 in a month. He wants to emigrate to Canada and needs this score for his permanent visa. Students often don't realise it may take a full semester to improve their IELTS score half a point, so to go from 6 to 7 could take a full year. When I was learning English myself, I spent many years learning new vocab and expressions, and my first language is quite close to English. I am originally Dutch. I often tell my students that I had a vocab notebook in my pocket for 2 full years and wrote down new language every day! And this was after I had already achieved an upper-intermediate level in most skills. The following video clip illustrates the frustration some students feel sometimes. And it's just funny! BTW I work in the Middle East. So I advise my students to be patient because you don't want to end up making the following mistake:
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Luke Zimmermann
3/15/2014 05:26:11 pm
Just presented at TESOL Arabia in Dubai. The session was entitled "Laugh and teach vocab". When I arrived 10 minutes early, the room was already packed - all 60 odd seats were taken, people were sitting on the floor and standing around the room. I could only conclude that there is a great need for some humour in TESOL. Leave a Reply. |
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