Hello everybody, I have some students preparing for exams. I need some ideas on how to help them make a notebook that will help them prepare for voc. that...
Hi Costadina, The WS notebooks aren't really designed to simply try to aid the memory of a large number of selected words in the short- term in order to pass...
Hi - the following article by Shaun Dowling about lexical notebooks will, I hope, be of great interest to other members of this group - and I look forward to...
Hi all, I teach ESL and have been interested in the idea of the lexical notebooks. I've told several of my students about them and encouraged them to begin one...
Diane Research suggests that keeping a vocabulary notebook is really important in order to learn vocabulary most effectively. However, it does take a lot of...
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Thanks Will. I'll try to read the text. Regards Delinnia Will McCulloch <wslesson@...> wrote: Hi - the following article by Shaun Dowling about lexical...
Hello, I have been using word games alot in my lessons and my students enjoy them. I can't help wondering though whether they really help them remember . Is...
Hello Will, How are you? It's been quite sometime that I didn't receive any new mails from you. I hope this site is still running. Have a nice weekend. ...
Hi Delinnia, I have been trying to get hold of Will since September. Let me know if you hear from him. Last I heard he was on his way to the Philippines. ...
Hi Nellie & Delinnia DonŽt worry ladies, Will is recovering in the UK after his adventure in the Philippines I will leave it to him to give you the sordid...
Hello Paul, Does anything happen to Will during his trip to the Philippines? Hope he will be fine soon. We pray for his speedy recovery. Regards, Delinnia ... ...
Not sure of all the details, Delinnia, but seemed touch and go at the time. IŽll pass on your best wishes in any case. Regards Paul ... Von: Delinnia H....
Dear Friends, Good to see everyone active once again. It's being a long time , I heard something from the group. Keep posted abt the latest happenings. Thanks ...
Dear All. Many thanks for your messages - it's good to see people back here again. I am, as Paul so rightly says, now back from the Philippines - with many...
Hi Will, and everyone reading this. Being a new member I hope I reached the right discussion board. For a start, I just copy Will's opening idea here. "The...
I am sure most teachers would agree that students need motivation to learn. My 30 year experience in teaching ESL/EFL has convinced me that integrating...
Greetings, I stopped being burned out as an ESL/EFL teacher the year I decided to create my own website (2003) and started learning. I have been having so much...
Hello Nellie, I've been wondering what has happened to wordsurfing group since no one is corresponding over here for a long time. I know all of us have been...
I just came across an online program that may be an answer to our weak students. En101.com was born from an idea to teach "everyday" English to non- English...
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Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the wordsurfing group. File :...
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I have been asked the following questions and would like some second opinions. Vocab: A: a vandal B: to stagger C: reliable D: a guy vs. a man e: she took it...
Hi, my name is James Hall and I am a university EFL instructor in Japan. Tomorrow, I am going to introduce vocabulary notebooks into a class I teach for...
Hi James, Thanks for your message - and for introducing WS to your students.You wrote... "the literature seems to indicate that word cards are more effective ...
Greetings Will, This is James from Japan. Thank you very much for your response to my e-mail and now I am sending you a belated reply. I teach an English class...
Dear James: Since oriental students usually don't use the words in the Notebook very ofter, and moreover, most of them even don't understand the part of...
