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1999 Features

12/22/99-Conversation Tips
Discussion of strategies to help students improve their conversational skills.

12/06/99-Grammar Lesson: Tense Review
Lesson aimed at inductively reviewing names and structures of basic tenses.

11/17/99-Online Course Review: TestDEN
An in-depth review of TestDEN's 60 day TOEFL Online Trainer course.

11/03/99-Learning Maze
This challenging series of learning mazes help students review previously studied grammar based on skill level.

10/25/99-Pronunciation Help (?)
"Once you've learned to correctly pronounce every word in the following poem, you will be speaking English better than 90% of the native English speakers in the world..."

10/18/99-Better Business English: A Proposal
A look at and proposal for how to make English communication between native and non-native speakers more productive and less costly.

10/04/99-Computers in the Classroom
A discussion and guide to using computers effectively in an ESL setting. Including a brief example lesson outline.

09/09/99-Interactive Gerund/Infinitive Game
Use this interactive JavaScript tool to learn whether a verb is followed by an infinitive or gerund.

08/25/99-Interactive Irregular Verbs
Use this interactive JavaScript tool to get those irregular verbs into your head - or as reference.

08/06/99-Community Initiatives
Discussion of a number of initiatives aimed at better serving the esl.about.com community.

07/23/99-Software Review: Business English Volume III
In depth review of the third volume of Language Connect™ Institute's Business English software series.

07/08/99-Software Review: Business English Volume II
In depth review of the second volume of Language Connect™ Institute's Business English software series.

06/26/99-Software Review: Business English Volume I
In depth review of the first volume of Language Connect™ Institute's Business English software series.

06/12/99-Software Review: Business English
The first in a series reviewing Language Connect™ Institute's Business English software series.

05/29/99-Software Review: Vocabulary Navigator
A review of Vocabulary Navigator power tools software for writers and students of English.

05/17/99-Expanding English Learning
An introduction to the vast English learning resources available at this site and on the Net.

05/08/99-Phrasal Verb Gap-Fill
Test your phrasal verb knowledge with this extremely challenging quiz!

04/26/99-Suggestopedia: Lesson Plan
Introduction and lesson plan to a "concert" using the suggestopedia approach to effective/affective learning.

04/13/99-Basic Business Letters
A guide to the basics of writing business letters including common salutations, requests and an example letter.

03/29/99-Got it?!
A look at those frustrating verb forms using "GET" including a follow-up quiz. Make sure to get it!

03/15/99-Software Review: Easy Writer©
A review of Easy Writer© software by Jane Boris. This software helps students with writing and grammar needs.

03/02/99-Global English
An introduction to the issue of the importance of the emerging "Global English" approach to English learning.

02/14/99-Intermediate Practice Test
An intermediate practice test for personal or class use focusing on tense usage and vocabulary.

02/01/99-Pronunciation, Grammar and Writing Software
A look at the best pronunciation, grammar and writing software available on the web and where to get it.

01/17/99-Authoring Software Overview
A look at the best test authoring software available on the web and where to get it.

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