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11/26/01-Visual Guide to Prepositions of Place
09/30/01-Review: Tell Me MoreŽ Kids
09/16/01-Appeal to English Learners and Teachers
09/10/01-Register Use in English
08/17/01-Teaching Writing Skills
08/06/01-Intermediate Level Syllabus Outline
07/23/01-Elementary Level Syllabus for Beginner Level Courses
07/04/01-Quizzes for Beginners
06/25/01-English Dialogues: Intermediate Level Dialogues
06/14/01-Upper Intermediate Test
05/28/01-English Dialogues: Beginner's Dialogues
05/14/01-Software Review: English+ for Kids
04/24/01-Quick! Help!: Short Activities for the ESL / EFL Teacher
04/11/01-Review: Tertiary English Study Skills Program
03/23/01-Bushisms - US President Proves How Difficult English Really Is!
03/09/01-English Learning Myths and Ideas - Interactive Quiz
02/21/01-Teaching Beginners
02/06/01-Gap Fill Review Quiz: Our Vacation in Greece
01/27/01-Review: American Accent Training
01/12/01-English Tenses Timeline
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Take note of where Bob is in relationship to the objects in the pictures to help improve your understanding of prepositions of place.
Review of an excellent young learner's English learning software product. This program is ideal for home or school use.
An appeal from your guide to use your English to promote understanding among all the nations of our planet in these troubled times.
In discussions at work, with friends, strangers, etc. there are unwritten rules that are followed when speaking English. These unwritten rules are called "register use". Register use can help you communicate effectively.
Introduction and overview to basic principles used when teaching writing skills to ESL EFL English learners. This overview is then followed by an example lesson prepared for an intermediate level Business English class.
This syllabus provides a general outline proposal for creating courses for intermediate level students. This syllabus can be easily adapted for individual classes while retaining an overall structure aimed at helping students acquire the language they need to communicate.
This syllabus is designed for a course of approximately 60 hours of instruction and takes students from the verb 'To be' through present, past and future forms, as well as other basic structures such as the comparative and superlative forms, the use of 'some' and 'any', 'have got', etc. This course is geared towards adult learners who need English for work and, as such, concentrates on vocabulary and forms that are useful for the working world.
Here is a collection of five tense usage quizzes and five multiple choice quizzes for beginners. Each question tests various vocabulary and grammar points.
One of the main advantages to using dialogues is that students are given a rubric as a basis on which they can then build. Dialogues can be used in many ways in a classroom. This feature includes a number of dialogues for intermediate level learners.
Upper intermediate level test divided into four parts:
One of the main advantages to using dialogues is that students are given a rubric as a basis on which they can then build. Dialogues can be used in many ways in a classroom. This feature includes a number of dialogues for beginning level learners.
CD-ROM specifically designed for young English learners from ages five to nine. The program leads young learners through a series of playful exercises that provide specific learning targets for young ESL / EFL learners.
This feature serves as an introduction to a new section on this site dedicated to short, helpful activities to be used in those situations when you could use a good idea to help get the class started, or fill those inevitable gaps.
The Tertiary English Study Skills Program helps non-native English speaking students who are planning on attending university in an English speaking country acquire the study skills they will need to be successful at university.
English is difficult! English is so difficult that even the current President of The United States has some difficulty using it correctly. Here are some of memorable quotes of President George W. Bush. Unfortunately, President Bush seems to have some basic English usage problems.
Take this quiz and choose one of the four responses which best corresponds to how you feel about learning English. After you answer each question, click on the 'get answer' button, and you will receive a response concerning that question, as well as some helpful advice for you to think about when learning English.
Most ESL / EFL teachers agree that there are two types of beginning students: Absolute Beginners and False Beginners. This feature focuses on both types of beginners and includes a discussion of what to expect, as well as giving helpful hints on teaching both types of beginners.
Read this letter about a vacation spent in Greece and fill in the gaps with the correct form of the verb or missing word. Most of the verbs are in a past tense as the letter speaks about vacation experiences in the past.
American Accent Training by Ann Cook and published by Barron's provides a self study course that is sure to improve any advanced level student's pronunciation. This package is especially interesting to non-native English speakers living in the USA or Canada.
This timeline tenses chart provides a handy visual reference sheet to English tenses and their relationship to the past, present and future. Included you will find active, passive, simple and continuous forms positioned according to their occurrence in time.