A great and low-prep discussion / debate activity and a project that encourages student to engage in direct action on an issue to which they feel personally connected. Materials available at ESLetc.com.

This activity includes discussion questions and offers students a chance to practice doing basic Internet research. As always, materials are available at ESLetc.com.

A couple of ESL / EFL activities related to money and advertising, and a bit of talk about consumerism and education in China. As always, materials are available at ESLetc.com.

Two ESL / EFL discussion activities - the first deals with a video clip of students misbehaving in Beijing and the second addresses athlete salaries. I also talk about an upcoming job where I'll be doing a bit of teacher training. As always, materials are available at ESLetc.com.

A description of oral English week, a special week at my college in China where students have English class all day long. I talk about methods and exams, and try to give a feel for what my experience of teaching English in China has been. Please visit ESLetc.com for more information, and for related links.

My plans for the upcoming semester, new content at ESLetc.com, four useful email lists and an interesting discussion activity based on the short play "21 Lies I Will Tell My Children. As always, all links and materials are available at ESLetc.com.

I outline my plans for the first day of the new semester teaching English at a college in China. I also mention a couple new email lists. As always, all links and materials are available at ESLetc.com.

I answer a listener's request for some ideas on getting larger classes to speak and talk about my current class. Specifically, I describe how I'm asking students to do a variety of tasks with the same (or similar) content in order to help their acquisition of vocab and sentence patterns. Please visit ESLetc.com for materials and related links.

I discuss how last week痴 classes went, and I talk about what I知 doing this week, including a listening / discussion activity using headlines. As always, all links and materials are available at ESLetc.com.

I discuss my struggles with critical thinking in China and how I handled some awkward situations. I also talk about my lesson for this week, including activities on giving advice and sentence-level intonation. As always, links and materials are available at ESLetc.com.