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Summary: English for EFL purposes?
Review: Five-minute Activities contains over 130 ideas for the foreign language classroom in its 100 pages. I read this book from cover to cover, and was pleased to be able to make many notes for my future lessons. Some of the activities are actually quite common, and perhaps most teachers would be aware of them, but there were many good ones that I'd never come across, including a few gems. Some are literally five-minute fillers, while others are worthy of spending maybe a whole lesson on. If I had to make a tentative criticism, it'd be that many of the suggestions have students generating language that would never be heard beyond the walls of an EFL classroom. For example, "A pencil is thinner than an elephant." I have mixed feelings about whether this is such a bad thing or not. On the one hand, students can practice structurally correct forms of language and learn whilst having fun. On the other hand, Five-minute Activities doesn't really present them with many opportunities to practise for situations in the real world, which may, of course, not be as fun. Also, I felt that there was a bias for activities that focused on self-disclosure, or competing to be the best in the class. Great, perhaps, for European or South American students of English, but not quite so good for students at my secondary school here in Japan. Overall, I'm pleased to have this book for reference, and I'd recommend it to most of my colleagues, even if some of the suggestions reminded me of what it used to be like as a pupil at a British elementary school.
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Summary: A must for all ESL teachers!
Review: I bought this book a few years ago on a trip to Hong Kong, and it has greatly improved my teaching. This is a book of short activities that can be used to open or close a class, or to provide a little variety. The range of ideas is great. I have found students very responsive to the activities in this book, and would recommend it to any teacher who is having experiencing boredom or frustration with their classes.
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Summary: A must for all ESL teachers!
Review: I bought this book a few years ago on a trip to Hong Kong, and it has greatly improved my teaching. This is a book of short activities that can be used to open or close a class, or to provide a little variety. The range of ideas is great. I have found students very responsive to the activities in this book, and would recommend it to any teacher who is having experiencing boredom or frustration with their classes.
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Summary: Extremely good for all levels, a teacher's pet!
Review: I've had a copy of this book since 1995. I keep it in my bag of things for class as it helps to fill in those odd minutes of leftover time. Here in China I find the activities can be used for much longer than 5 minutes. I highly recommend it. Money well spent.
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Summary: Thank you for the help!
Review: So, I was recommended this book, along with a couple dozen others, from my TESOL class. I FINALLY bought it here in Seoul and I'm happy to have the help with the ideas. Teachers have to be creative but it's nice to have the help. The only thing that I might have liked to see (and this is just to spoil me) is have the book broken down into their categories in the front of the book, instead of just the index...and by level. I still highly recommend the book because I don't see myself living without it again.
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Summary: When we're not on the mood
Review: Sometimes we tachers are so tired after a week of hard work,that we can't think of a good warm up activity. That's when we needthis book , it has excellent ideas for all needs and purposes. I really like it. It's like a Bible to me.
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Summary: Excellent
Review: This is an excellent tool for beginners and advanced teachers alike. This book helps you find ways to teach English, and while you are using it you will develop your own unique ways of changing their material to fit your needs.
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Summary: Excellent
Review: This is an excellent tool for beginners and advanced teachers alike. This book helps you find ways to teach English, and while you are using it you will develop your own unique ways of changing their material to fit your needs.
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