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Hi, guys ! I'd invented several teaching problems in some government schools. You know English is taught as foreign language in my country. Here they are : First, in the first year of primary school, students have been requested to write. I think that's totally incorrect. In the early stage of learning foreign language, they should frequently be exposed to hearing a lot of English words. And it seems that the teachers incline to give only written tasks, rather than oral practice. That's why the students never speak English. It's an excessive failure. Second, in teaching how to spell, teachers insist on working with written symbols, that just direct the learners to spell by writing, not by saying it. What's worse is that this technique often appears in testing spelling. Third, grammar discussion dominates the learning process. This makes the subject boring and meaningless. The students view the lesson as an activity of memorizing sets of rules. Fourth, in organizing...

The first time I taught, Parts of human body is the most boring topic I ever had. But, I soon learned that this following strategy was interesting, that is, Make the Photo Step I : Make pictures of Stick Figure (e.g. : the one with the right hand touching left ear, with mouth open, with right eye closed, with right leg lifted, etc) Step 2 : Write imperative sentences, e.g : a. Touch your left ear with right hand ! b. Open your mouth ! c. Left your right leg !, etc. Step 3 : Classroom Activity : I this activity, students work in pair. One acts as the instructor with a piece of paper with the stick figure, and the other does what is instructed. The photographer (instructor) will say 'TAKEN' if she/he has got the desired picture. The teacher, then, checked if this is matched. The score is given ranging from A to D based on the close...