Teaching the difference between ‘make’ and ‘do’ for English Language Learners
June 25, 2015
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Sometimes we forget how much cultural information can be contained in short sayings and everyday idioms. Sometimes Americans will use the verb “make” in a…
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‘Verbal Energy’ column quirky, insightful, fun
January 3, 2015
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Christian Science Monitor’s Ruth Walker spotlights English as a fascinating language Photo Source: Christian Science Monitor“There is no such thing as “the Queen’s English.’ The…
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Ask Why Your Students Want to Learn English
December 10, 2014
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“Well begun is half done.” Ancient Greek proverb Sometimes we forget the most basic questions. What brings the students in your English class into the…
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Search and Share exercises enhance learning resources
October 10, 2014
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Explore with Search and Share worksheets Photo Source: Photo taken by Nicola Sapiens De Mitri “In any field, find the strangest thing and then explore…
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Spring ESL: “One Stop Connection to ESL, EFL, ELD, ELT, and ESOL instructional materials”
August 21, 2014
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Book center hosts a wealth of ELL materials “Spring Book Center strives in three basic principles: Service, Responsibility and Lower Prices.” -Spring ESL We live…
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‘Teaching History With Film’ encourages use of film through examples, lesson plans
August 19, 2014
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Photo source: Wikimedia Commons. Gone with the Wind and Birth of a Nation remain prominent examples of how films can capture an era–for better, or…
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Between life and death: Zombie nouns privilege pretentious vocabulary at the expense of simple clarity
August 15, 2014
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The nominalization of nouns creates abstract, dry and often misleading language “Simplicity is the glory of expression.” -Walt Whitman (1819-1892) American poet Sometimes, it’s fun…
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Biscuit: mobile app to recall, learn, explore vocabulary words
August 13, 2014
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Innovative technology allows students to absorb new vocabulary “The limits of my language means the limits of my world.” -Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951) Austrian-British philosopher Have…
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How do you teach the difference between “a” and “the” during conversation class?
July 20, 2014
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Helping English language learners distinguish articles remains important in advanced ESL and English conversation classes “Great things are done by a series of small things…
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James T. Keating’s “Writing Modern English” tackles the idiomatic, confusing and wrong
July 16, 2014
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Source: Japanese Amazon Japanese English Learners and many English teachers can greatly benefit from this logical guide to clear, modern writing “The difference between the…
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