Kenneth's ESL Blog November 2006 Archive

Before you write an essay, report - or perhaps even a novel, you'll need to be familiar with the four basic sentence types in English. This feature provides explanations and ... Read More

This feature presents an extract with a follow-up guide giving examples of the most important grammar terminology. By quickly reviewing this grammar terms reference sheet, you can quickly brush-up your ... Read More

Currently, the i-to-i Online TEFL Course is offering a 20% off their TEFL online certification courses until the end of November. I've had a chance to review the course ... Read More

"Guilty" is a fun classroom game which encourages students to communicate using past tenses. The game can be played by all levels and can be monitored for varying degrees of ... Read More

Whether you like him or not, you have to admit that Borat (aka British comedian provocateur Sacha Baron Cohen) has become the poster boy of an ESL speaker here in ... Read More

If you are a business person dealing with an unhappy customer in English, you'll need to know some key customer service vocabulary and phrases to handle the situation well. This ... Read More

Before you or your students get down to studying the specifics of various grammar structures, it is a good idea to review basic English tenses. If you are an advanced ... Read More

Oh, I've been making up some new lessons. Have you got over your cough? - 'to be up to', 'make up' and 'get over' are all examples of phrasal verbs. ... Read More