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ESL Discussion Questions about Yellow

What is yellow? What color is close to yellow? (gold)

Grammatically, yellow is what kind of word in the English language?

What comes to mind when you hear the word yellow?

What does yellow symbolize?

How does yellow make you feel?

You are in a yellow room? How do you feel?

Your skin is yellow? How do you feel?

Is the Yellow River yellow? Is Yellow Mountain yellow?

What things are yellow? What food is yellow?

What living things are yellow?

What natural phenomenon are yellow?

What things do you have that are yellow?

Do you like the colour yellow?

You like to wear yellow shoes, shirts, pants, hats, socks or belts?

What things should be yellow? What things shouldn't be yellow?

Is yellow the fashion? Could people have worn yellow a hundred years in China? Why? Why not? What about the 1960s in China?

Would you drive a yellow car?

When is yellow good? When is yellow bad?

Compare yellow to other colours.

What superlatives can be made about the colour yellow?

Expressions using the word yellow:

He has a yellow streak.

You are yellow. (ask the students if they are yellow)

He is a yellow belly. Check the yellow pages.

ESL Discussion Questions about Walking

Walking is also called ambulation

What is it? How is it different from running or jogging?

What images come to mind when you hear the word walking?

Do you like walking? Why? Do you wish you could walk everywhere.

When you do like to take a walk?

Is walking a fun activity?

Best place in Wuxi to go walking? Best place in China? The ideal place to walk?

Do you like walking on mountains, on hills, in forests, by the seaside, in the city?

A place you would like to walk?

A place you hate walking? The worst place to take a walk?

Different styles of walking. How do you walk when you are happy, sad, angry? Do boys and girls walk in the same style?

Do you think about how you walk?

Who do you like to watch walking?

What is the furthest you have walked? What is the longest walk you have taken?

Who do you like to walk with?

Do you like to carry things when you walk?

What tools can help us walk?

Is it okay to walk with your hands in your pocket?

When you walk do you look straight ahead or do you look at the ground?

Who can you hold hands with when you walk?

Expressions

Walking with his head held high.

Walk all over another person.

walk in another man's shoes.

You talk the talk, but can you walk the walk?

Walk a thin line.

Walk a tightrope.

Can you walk and chew gum at the same time?

Walk right up to.

Walk into.

Take a long walk off a short pier.

People from all walks of life

Walk on air.

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.

ESL Questions about Quizzes

What are they?

Tests (informal) of knowledge.

What does it mean to be quizzed? It means to be asked questions.

Do you like to be quizzed by teachers, policeman, your spouse, policeman? Why? Why not?

Did your teachers ever give you a surprise quiz?

Who would you like to quiz?

What don't you like to be quizzed about?

Do you like to watch quiz shows on television? What kind of questions are asked?

If you were on a quiz shows where you can win money? What kind of questions would you like to answer? On what kind of questions do you think of yourself as an expert? What kind of questions would you not know the answers to?

On what topics do you think you can do well? That is, you know the answers.

On what topics do you think you would do poorly? That is, you don't the answers.

Explain trivia. Trivia quizzes and Trivia shows. On what kind of trivia do the students think they are experts. What trivia topics do they think they are good at?

Expressions

He looked at my quizzically.

I quizzed him about his clothes.

The police quizzed the thief.

ESL Discussion Questions about One

What is one?

What comes to mind when you hear the number one?

What is your favorite way to use the number one?

How do you feel about the number one?

When is it good to be one?

Can you describe yourself in one word?

Have you ever been number one?

Do you know anyone who is a one in a million?

Who is number one in this world and in your world?

Do you know anyone who is one in a million?

You have one wish. What will you wish for?

Finish this sentence He/she is the one who.......... I am the one who____________

Use one as a noun. Use one as an adjective. Use one as a pronoun.

What are some things that we only have one of?

Tell me one problem you want to have.

You can be on a desert island with one person. Who would that person be?

You can live in one place in the World. Where would you live?

You can only eat one food for the rest of your life. What would you eat?

You can live one day over and over again. What day would you live?

What is the one book you would take with you to a desert island​?

Tell me one thing you wish to belong to?

Who is the one person you can trust in this world?

Do you believe there is only one god?

Idioms and Expressions

one and all

at one

one by one

one for the road

all in one place

all in one piece

day one

have a good one!

Back to square one!

Loved ones

one-off

the one

I am one with

ESL Discussion Questions about Neighbours (or Neighbors)

What are neighbours?

What is a neighbourhood?

Are you neighbourly?

What are next-door neighbours?

Do you know your neighbours? Why not?

Do you like your neighbours?

Who are the best neighbours you have ever had?

Who are the worst neighbours you have ever had? Have you ever moved because you had bad neighbours?

Have you ever had a strange neighbour?

Have you ever had troubles with neighbours?

Do you have a terrible neighbour stories?

Have you ever argued with your neighbours?

What kinds of problems do neighbours have?

Do you neighbours have a pet?

What do your neighbours do for you? What do you do for your neighbours?

Are your neighbours your friends?

Do you have nosey neighbours?

Do you hear gossip about your neighbours?

Do you compete with your neighbours? Do you need to have nicer things than your neighbours?

Who would you like to have for a neighbour or neighbours?

The best neighbours are __________.

The worst neighbours are _________.

Do you like the neighbourhood you are living? Why? Why not?

Are the neighbourhoods better in the city or the countryside?

Are people neighbourly in the city or countryside?

What kind of neighbourhood would you like to live in?

Do you want your neighbours to be close to you or far away?

Expressions about neighbours

Love your neighbour as yourself.

High fences or walls make for good neighbours.

The park neighbours on a lake.

I'm in love with the girl next door.

There goes the Neighborhood!!