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ESL Speaker Series 2011

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Go Fish (in Japanese)

This is a really fun game to memorize Hiragana (Japanese letters). The rule is same as regular Go fish. Prepare at least 1/2 sets of Hirag

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Chris here with a fun activity I came up with for one of my German classes. This can also be used for other languages so feel free to adapt

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Hi all, Claudia here,I would like to share this video with you about motivating people. This of course applies directly to helping unmotiva

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a useful website for reading authentic materials

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