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 ximealex
 
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							| Hi guys I need your help, I teach a group of 15 7th grade students they are not motivated to learn english because I �m the third teacher they have this school year. They are not active every time I have a song or a game they show no interest. their level is not so good but now know they have idea about some words and structures. I have only 3 month to finish the school year and I really want to make them happy during clases we have periods of 90 minutes every day PLEASE GIVE SOME TECHNIQUES TO MOTIVATE THEM I �VE TRIED MANY THINGS AND I LOSSING HOPE SO PLEASE HELP ME GIVE ME SOME IDEAS, GAMES, SONGS TO MAKE THE ENGLISH CLASSES FUNNY FOR THEM.....THANKS A LOT |  2 Apr 2010      
					
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 kiriakoula
 
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							| MY DEAR COLLEAGUE ONE GOOD IDEA  WHICH AIWAYS WORKS  IS  MIIMING TECHINIQUE.ASK THEM TO READ  SOME SCENES OF THE TEXTS THEY  DO AND TRY TO MIME IN CLASS THE OTHER STUDENTS  HAVE TO GUESS THE SCENES. A LOT OF FUN.KIDS  CAN MIME VERY WELL  EVERYTHING. KIRIAKOULA    |  2 Apr 2010     
					
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 izulia
 
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							| You may find it useful to look at WHY they are not motivated and how to deal with it? I found this free ebook very useful and would recommend it to any teacher.
http://www.behaviourneeds.com/resources/
Hope it will help you in some way. Good luck! :)   |  3 Apr 2010     
					
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