Hi fellow ESL Teachers! What do you think if we collaborate and make a podcast?
We can talk about English in general... we can discuss our experiences as an ESL teacher... anything under the sun! And we can share our podcasts with our students as well! I think it will be fun and students can also benefit from that. We can share it to them and suggest that they listen to our podcast when they are driving or we can use it in our lesson. What do you think, teachers? Comment below! :)
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This is an amazing idea! We can brainstorm and collaborate on different strategies for learning and teaching.
Great idea:) It`s also soo cool that we can create multicultural podcasts. It will definitely broad the way we teach. Because the teaching methods might differ depending on the country.
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I totally agree with you
Collaborating to make an ESL podcast can be a fun and effective way for us to help our students improve their English language skills while also providing valuable resources to a wider audience.
- John Kenmuir(AKA John Connor) Cambridge certified teacher since 1998, former IELTS speaking examiner
I'm in. If any others are willing to collaborate or pool the resources, I think this idea has incredible potential. Not just one person but a group discussion, bouncing ideas and sharing resources. This will also increase our profile and lead to more students for everyone (IMO)
I love the idea. This is directly addressed to our platform, livexp.
- JennyCertified ESL Teacher who helps her student in Conversational English.
Hi Portia and Robert, I just messaged the Support team :) I think this will both benefit the students and teachers :) Also, I think no other online english teaching platform is doing this yet? It would be nice if Live XP will be the first one to do it :)
Great idea , I like it. Then we come to our lovely xp platform with everything that our students needs .
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Not so genius, but this has worked with my Asian and Latino students: Substitute all "Th-" in words with a "D-", as it is an easier starting point e.g. instead of "The", ask them to say De(almost like a form of pidgin english: de boi VS the boy). Its a matter of throat to tongue, where sounds with "T" and "D" are easier to begin with and then you will gradually progress to the "Th-" sounds as the find confindence and comfort. You could always tell them to pretend they are blowing out candles on a birthday cake; and for the "Th" sound their tongue should gently touch their teeth, like in words like "Thin" or "This". Have them practice the not so elated soft "Th" sound-- its like their tongue is having a short siesta on their teeth! Such a mental jounery and lots of creativity will get you through a lot of pronounciation hurdles.
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The biggest challenge I faced while learning English was understanding and using different tenses correctly. It took time to get used to the various rules and exceptions.
