TAG : Passive Learners
The burden of being fun
Why many ESL environments are so nightmarish
In Blogs Archived: Matt Smith - 1st October 2007
At its very worst, teaching is the kind of job you wouldn’t wish on your worst enemy. When the students couldn’t care less about what you have to say, and are determined to just make fun of you, the ESL classroom can literally become a living hell.
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