Today I had a haircut. My hairdresser looked at my hair, picking up strands and running it through her fingers.
"Spring is coming," she said. "I think I'd like it a bit shorter."
"Whatever you like," I said.
I'm not sure whether it is just that she uses English with me and her English has certain idiosyncrasies, or whether she really thinks like this, but I must say I rather enjoy the way she talks as though my hair belongs to her.
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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
Almost too much to wade through, but a very useful resource. Lots of links to other sources.
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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Last Time I cut my hair I did it myself. I had it long and messy and it looked very untidy. I came back from one lesson and for some reason I was angry. Was it at myself or my student, or both? I took the scissors stood opposite the mirror and cut a long ten or fifteen cms. Then I started trimming it ocassionally. It doesn´t look really bad. It is tidier. And I ´ve decided never to die my white hair again unless some hot guy like say, George Clooney, asks me on a date. Why take care after all? I´m a middle aged working single woman. I don´t need to impress any but myself.
sorry this was a bit too long but I like both your written snapshots and your pictures.
I came across by chance looking for material for my classes.
greetings.
Is it true that hair cuts in Japan cost more than the US? If I was laying down $60 a pop, I'd want the beautician to see my head as her own personal work of art, too!
LOL! Never was a title more appropriate! :-)
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