The Wuxi China HyLite Ping Pong Tournament

Discussion Questions about words that start with the letter "U"

What do you think of the letter U?

Do you like the look of it?

Compare U and X. Which letter do you prefer?

Compare U and W. Which letter do you prefer?

How to pronounce U?

Think of ten words that start with U. (Make conversation with them.)

What is your favorite word starting with U? What is your least favorite?

Ask the teacher a question about the words starting with U.

Can you think of names that start with U?

What countries' names start with U?

What does the prefix Un do to a word?

Think of words that use the prefix Un.

These "U" words make the list of the top five hundred most-used English words:

up, use, under, us, until,usual,unit

Have students try to guess the words.

What do these expressions mean? IOU, I luv U, U-turn.

Have students make sentences using as many U words as possible.

Una loves us using her usual umbrella for unusual uses like underwater underwear.

HyLite School Entrance

English Trainers needed at HyLite School in Wuxi starting immediately, 10000 RMB / Month.

Required
*Native speakers from Australia, Britain, Canada, New Zealand and USA.
*Age: 25 – 60
*1-2 years experience.
*Bachelors degree or higher
*Teaching qualification(TESOL or TEFL), preferably to diploma or Masters level
*Sound understanding of SLA theory and modern language teaching methodology
*Excellent communication and organizational skills
*A high degree of professionalism
*A high degree of enthusiasm for quality education
Benefits
*Two weeks paid vacation and national holidays.
* Monthly salary 8500RMB plus 1500RMB living allowance.

Lunch Money 4 rmb per working day.
* Return airfare at the end of the contract.
* All Visa costs will be reimbursed with receipts. Residency permits and working permits will be arranged by the school.

*Airport pick up
* Accommodation provided in an excellent hotel while you are assisted in finding a suitable living location.

The job is 5 days per week comprising 25 fifty-five minute classes and 15 hours prep. time with optional overtime classes. The trainer has 2 consecutive days off each week. The teaching materials are all supplied to which trainers add their own ideas to enhance the learning experience of both students and themselves.

At Hylite, you will teach a wide variety of class sizes from 1 to 50. The majority of classes you teach will be private classes (max. 4) and salon classes (max 8). We are teaching more and more corporate classes so those teachers with business experience are especially needed. As well, you will have the opportunity to teach an occasional primary and middle school class.

HyLite also has a VIP IELTS program with maximum class sizes of eight students. Experience teaching IELTS will be an asset.

HyLite School is located in downtown Wuxi close to McDonalds, KFC , Starbucks and major shopping areas. The school has modern classrooms, a library full of foreign books, a table-tennis table and a snack bar selling drinks and snacks.

The foreign trainers come from a variety of backgrounds and experiences, but they are qualified, experienced and dedicated to teaching. You will never feel like you are alone in a foreign country. Currently, we have 8 trainers from Australia, Canada, Ireland and England. The students are motivated adults (the youngest students are 15) and they will surprise you with their tenacity and eagerness to learn. Trainers are also expected to join in the fun of such off-campus events like, Hawaiian Beach Parties, Halloween extravaganza, day trips to visit local sights(Lake Taihu, The Ling Shan Bhudda-88 meters high!) and all kinds of parks and festivals that happen year round.

Most trainers now live less than a 5 minute walk from the school.

The city of Wuxi is s mall bustling city of 4.5 million people located in Jiangsu province about 70 minutes by train from Shanghai. There is excellent public transportation, the city is clean and on the whole it is a friendly and well-off community with many things to see and do. There are several large Western-owned super markets so if you like to cook you will find all the "home cookin" foodstuffs you need. There are Western restaurants and all kinds of different styles of Chinese restaurants such as Cantonese, Sechuan, Peking etc. A plate full of noodles with vegetables, very tasty, is about 7rmb. There are local Gyms to keep fit and other sports centers to play basketball, volleyball, table tennis and even a summer softball league.

If you work and play well with others, enjoy the team approach to work, enjoy laughing and learning then this may be the place for you. We are a diverse group by age and nationality and welcome your interest in joining our school.

We hope to hear from you soon.

All applications should be submitted in MS Word, and the must contain COPIES OF:
1.a valid passport with photo
2.a TESOL, CELTA ETC. diploma
3.a minimum college diploma
4.a MAXIMUM 2 page resume
5.a letter of reference with e-mail contact
6.a phone number where you can be reached

Mail all applications to akaulins@gmail.com attention: Andis Kaulins

ESL Discussion Questions about Secrets

What are they?

Is a secret the same as a mystery?

Do you have any secrets you want to tell the class?

Do you have many secrets?

Do you keep secrets from your family?

What kind of secrets do people have?

Why do people have secrets?

What kind of information should be secret?

What information is none of people's business?

Do different cultures have different kinds of secrecy?

What professions or organizations deal in secrets?

Why do people need to keep secrets?

What do you call people who like to reveal other people's secrets?

Have you revealed a secret you shouldn't have? Why did you do it?

Adjective of Secret. Secretive. Synonyms of Secretive: Discrete, Silent

Are you secretive? Do you know anyone who is secretive?

How do we communicate secrets? By code and whispers.

How can we get secrets from people? Torture.

Can we find secrets on the Internet?

Do you have a secret identity? Do you have a pen name? If not, give yourself a pen name.

A world without secrets? Is it possible?

Let's play the whispers game!

Have the students heard of blackmail?

Is there a secret to success?

Does your mother have secret recipes?

What is a secret hand shake?

Should the following information be secret?

I like eggs.

I have two girlfriends.

The guns are this location.

We have our soldiers in this location.

Those two boys are lovers.

I have a bad disease in my bladder.

I am mad at Bob because he took my pen.

Susan is pregnant.

I found a thousand rmb on the street.

Idioms and Expressions

Keep a lid on it.

Not a word!

This is between you and me.

This conversation never took place.

Keep it to yourself.

Keep it hush-hush!

For your ears only!

Don't spill the beans!

Your secret is safe with me

trade secret

open secret

make a secret of something

carry a secret to the grave

in secret

Mum's the word.

Zip your lips.

HyLite Language School looking for Teachers to Start in September or Sooner.

We are looking for teachers to start in September or sooner.

Preference will be given to teachers with IELTS experience.  We have a VIP IELTS program with maximum class sizes of eight students.

Email me at akaulins@gmail.com for more details.

ESL Discussion Questions about Supermarkets

What are supermarkets?

How many supermarkets are in Wuxi?

Are there enough supermarkets in Wuxi?

Are supermarkets new to Wuxi? Were there many supermarkets in Wuxi ten years ago? Twenty years ago? Does any student know when the first supermarket came to Wuxi?

Why are there so many more supermarkets in Wuxi?

What are the names of the supermarkets in Wuxi?

Which supermarket chain do you prefer? Why?

Do you live near a supermarket?

How often do you go to a supermarket? Which one do you go to?

What do you buy at a supermarket?

Have you bought a computer at a supermarket? T.V.? Clothes? Mobile Phone? Appliance? E-Bike? Scooter? If not there, where did you buy them? Why?

Do you like shopping in supermarkets? Do you have a good shopping experience? Do you get good service? What don't you like about shopping in supermarkets?

Would you like to live in a world where there are no supermarkets but many small shops specializing in the products you want? (And all these small shops are near your home.) Many local areas have banned big stores because they say they destroy the small shops. Would you support these kinds of laws in Wuxi or in your local area?

How to make Supermarkets better?

Teach the students about department stores. A big store located in the center of the city. e.g. Ba Bai Ban. Tell the students how these stores have become obselete, and now shoppers instead go to suburban shopping malls or plazas with lots of parking. Will this happen in Wuxi? Can a store like Ba Bai Ban survive?

Do the students like going to Malls and shopping walk streets? Why? Why not?

Teach the students about big box stores. (home products, computers, t.v., etc.)

Are these such places in Wuxi? What are their names?

What effect will Internet shopping have on supermarkets, shopping malls, shopping plaza, small shops?

ESL Discussion Questions about Smells

What is smell? What images come to mind when you hear the word smell?

What are some other words for smell? Odour. Sniff.

What does this sentence mean? He smells awful.

What do these sentences mean? My dog has no nose. How does he smell? Awful.

What does this sentence mean? He is smelly.

What does this mean? The man smells.

What does this mean? I can't smell. I have a cold.

What do we smell with?

Do you have a good sense of smell? Do you wish you didn't have a sense of smell?

What can you smell right now?

What smells good to us? What has a good smell?

What is your favorite smell?

What are your favourite smells? (Have the students tell you five smells they like)

What do you do to make yourself smell better?

Do you worry about how you smell?

What words can we use to describe good smells or things that smell good?

Do you like the smell of Wuxi, Perfume, the W.C., lake Taihu, the countryside, dogs, cats, pigs, computers, flowers, apples, oranges, your fridge, your bathroom, your bedroom?

Is there food you like the taste of but not the smell?

What smells bad? (breath, feet)

If it smells bad, we say it __________ (stinks, reeks)

What smell do you hate the most?

What smells do you hate the most?

What kind of smells can make you sick?

Why do some people smell bad?

What makes people smell bad?

Are there smells that remind you of your past?

Can you go into a room and tell what kind of person lives there by the smell?

Are there old people smells?

Expressions using smell

I don't like the smell of this.

I smell something fishy.

I smell a rat.

He came out smelling like a rose.

He smells blood.

It stinks to high heaven.

Wake up and smell the coffee!!

He has bad b.o.

Scratch and sniff.

The sweet smell of success.

The dog will sniff it out.