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		<title>Group writing a story</title>
		<description><![CDATA[No prep time
Need some blank paper
Pre intermediate
5-10 mins
One of the most fun warm ups I do is making  a group story &#8211; its best in smallish groups of 5-8 and is very simple.
Each student gets a paper and is allowed to write one word before passing it onto the next student. They then have [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.teachenglish.ws/2007/07/04/group-writing-a-story/</link>
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		<title>It&#8217;s da bomb &#8211; goal orientated learning games</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I feel that the trick of learning English, or any language, is a communicative approach &#8211; that is to achieve goals other than the goal of learning the language! By this I mean a communication activity where the goal is to get information from someone and the language becomes the process or the method and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.teachenglish.ws/2007/03/02/its-da-bomb-goal-orientated-learning-games/</link>
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		<title>Teaching one on one</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Teaching one on one as opposed to a group has advantages and disadvantages.
In this article I’ll give some explanation about how I deal with a private student as opposed to working in groups. There are advantages to both and also to taking language courses through online universities. In this case, my experience in teaching privately [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.teachenglish.ws/2007/02/08/teaching-one-on-one/</link>
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		<title>Life or Death scoring system</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Type: scoring system
Setup: 20mins to make the cards
Length: NA.
This is a scoring system which I invented around Halloween time.
If you&#8217;re running a competitive game with a score then you can spice things up with life or death cards.
The cards comprise a set of point cards (-20,-10,0,10,20 etc) as well as two special jokers a typhoon [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.teachenglish.ws/2007/01/25/life-or-death-scoring-system/</link>
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		<title>Free Association</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Type: verbal, written, concept check
Setup: 1 min
Length: NA.
This is a fun game which can be played in a variety of ways, is quick to setup and can last a while. The idea is to freely associate words going round the class and can be used to concept check vocab as well as spelling and pronunciation.
Start: [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.teachenglish.ws/2007/01/25/free-association/</link>
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		<title>Here are a bunch of premade bingo sheets</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bingo is always a favorite and is useful for filling up a few minutes at the end of a class.
Here are a bunch of premade bingo sheets just print out and cut up.
You can also make your own bingos using the bingo generator!
They include single words and also phrases.
What did you do? &#8211; phrases in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.teachenglish.ws/2007/01/13/here-are-a-bunch-of-premade-bingo-sheets/</link>
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		<title>About this site</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hey
My name is Keith and I&#8217;ve been teaching English in Japan  for several years.
I know there are thousands of sites out there which have great resources for EFL/ESL teachers, but I wanted to start my own as a place where I could share the materials and experiences I have gathered and hopefully make something [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.teachenglish.ws/2007/01/12/about-this-site/</link>
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