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The Teaching of Listening
Listening is the ability to identify and understand what others are saying. This involves understanding a speaker's accent or pronunciation, his grammar and his vocabulary, and grasping his meaning (Howatt and Dakin). An able listener is capable of doing these four things simultaneously.

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How Native English Speakers Can Be Better English Teachers
Native speaking English language teachers are very much needed in Russia and in most cases they are met with traditional Russian hospitality, get a decent pay according to Russian standards and receive good evaluations and references. Behind this generally welcoming attitude there may often be a certain critique, which for face-saving reasons and culturally conditioned politeness may not be made explicit. One of the chief values of native English language speakers as teachers lies in their command of English and demonstration of their teaching techniques as a glimpse of "foreign" teaching methodology. In some instances, due to cultural differences and differences in expectations, these teachers are not as effective as they could be.

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Using Volunteers in your ESL Classroom
Picture this: You've just received word from your volunteer coordinator that a brand new, eager volunteer will be starting with your class next Monday. What are you going to do?
Volunteers can be a tremendous asset in the ESL classroom. They can help you give extra attention to all of the students while the class is engaged in practice activities, or they can give extra help to small groups or individuals in the class.

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Improving Teacher-Student Interaction in the EFL Classroom
A common problem for EFL teachers is dealing with a passive class, where students are unresponsive and avoid interaction with the teacher. This is especially true when a teacher seeks interaction in a teacher-class dialog, such as asking questions to the class as a whole, expecting at least one student to respond. This can be a frustrating experience for both parties. Obviously, there will be times when no student can answer a teacher's question, but often students do not answer even if they understand the question, know the answer, and are able to produce the answer. Furthermore, students can often be very reluctant to give feedback or ask the teacher a question in front of the class. This action research project attempted to explore this problem and sought to create a more interactive teacher-class interchange in one class of Japanese adult English learners.

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Noise in the Classroom
And there's the secret: classroom noise needs to be regulated to different levels for different learning activities.

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