In one of my classes this morning, of second-year students, at least half the class are students I had last year. It is embarrassing to have forgotten which names belong to which faces, but I didn't expect to have them again. Also, last year they were in a very large class, and I had a lot of large classes. This year they're in a class of about twenty.
I remembered a bag, though. As I was perambulating around the classroom I almost tripped over it, and recognized it right away. It was like meeting an old friend. Last year, when things got out of hand in that class, I would distract myself by speculating on what the bag meant and what was in it. Malfunctioning hedge clippers! I'd think desperately. Dangerous hairdressing equipment!
I know (or at least I think I know) what it is supposed to say (and doesn't), but . . . well, if it actually means what it says, what does it mean?
The bag says:
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I have noticed that I get a lot of hits from people searching "present simple" and "ESL," and assume that this is language teachers looking for ideas or lesson plans. The following links are good places to start.
ESL Lounge Here you will find lesson plans organised by level. A fantastically useful site for busy teachers, and easy to navigate.
British Council Here lesson plans are organized by topic. There are more teaching activities in the 'downloads' section.
The Internet TESL Journal
They have not updated this page for a while, but there is still a lot you might find useful.
Humanising Language Teaching
This is an online journal, good for ideas, inspiration, and especially good towards the end of semester when you're feeling not quite human.
Dave's ESL Cafe
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Karin's ESL PartyLand
This is a page specifically dealing with teaching simple present and present progressive. I have not tried any of these, but there are a lot of ideas here, and they look good. At the very least you will be inspired.
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6 comments:
How about dangerous fat-loss equipment? :)
Living in Japan must provide SO much fodder for completely unproductive - but entertaining - musings...
Since "trim" as slang is in the same category as "chicks" and "poontang" and so on, my first thought was that it had to do with those infamous Japanese schoolgirls.
A trimly warning is what you should sound just before a child decides to cut his or her own hair. Or it's the alarm that should go off in men when their nose hairs are trying to reincarnate as a mustache. Yes, trimly warnings are very good to have.
I've got it!
A Trimly Warning is a reminder of when your trim milk is about to go off!
How convenient! XD
It means:
Do Not Eat The Cream-Filled Lamingtons Contained Herein. Your Waistline Will Not Thank You!
Trimly is an archaic word that refers to an animal sort of like a chipmunk. Thus the bag is warning you about chipmunks.
be careful out there
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