Links About the project What stories, tips and lesson plans can ESOL teachers put together for each other and the general public? The book can attract people to the profession, too. Contact us: write to TheEbookman@gmail.com with your story. Youwill get mentioned as a "contributor" if your story or tip is accepted. You will also get a share of the profits. Ah, but there's the rub... TO STUDENTS: If you want to contribute to this book, please do! Send your ideas and suggestions what songs taught you English grammar? how di you learn new vocabulary. Give specific examples (prehaps a specific poem or song or video) can you recommend good videos for teenagers and others to watch? Here is an example from Maria U. of Russia:
These quotes inspire her. more at VeryCoolSites.com and ISawItOnYoutube.com | Thank you for reaching us at Bigger Than Brazil the title comes from a story told by Krista: Krista was teaching a class about comparatives. Miami is bigger than New York (well, it has bigger palm trees). She asked her students to create some comparatives. "Your ass is bigger than Brazil." Pardon me? asked Krista "Your ass is bigger than Brazil." Well, that's certainly not something we talk about in polite company. "I don't understand. You have Alaska. America is bigger than Brazil." Oh, said Krista. The USA is bigger than Brazil! ----------------- The second title "Send us A Dancing Bear," is a punch line to the following story. A training school for ESOL teachers received a request from a school in Jpan. "Send us a teacher." It was a good economic deal for the candidate, so the training schooll's owner promoted and pushed the opporutnity. He sent his best teacher. The highly academic and well-trained teacher went to Japna and came back with a second letter. "Send us another teacher. This one is too academic and boring. Our stuents study at night, 6 to 10 pm, three times a week. They are falling asleep." This sequence repeats two more times -- the training school sends a teacher, the teacher is well-qualified, but after a month, the teacher comes back with a note. Finally, after the third teacher has failed to make the cut, the note coming from the client school reads, "Send us a Dancing Bear." The school in Japan needed a teacher who could jump around and teach people who wwere half asleep by 8 pm. If you have good stories, send them to us! TheEbookman@gmail.com |