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The First Step: Warming Up Your ESL Students - Chris Cotter
How much time and energy do you give warm ups? Do you place more importance on selecting the right grammar and vocabulary to teach? How about worksheet preparation? A lot of teachers give less emphasis on warm up activities, arriving in class with only the idea of a fun activity. Yet, the warm up... Submitted 308 days 8 hours ago.

A Few Tips for ESL Listening Activities - Chris Cotter
Most ESL students will say that listening is difficult, if not actually admit that this is their weakest skill. The difficulty comes down to two main points. The first stems from the fact that the pace, choice of vocabulary, phrases, and grammar, and the inflection or intonation is completely... Submitted 312 days 14 hours ago.

How to Pair Up ESL Students - Chris Cotter
A key component to the effective ESL classroom comes with pairs. Students need as many opportunities to work in pairs as possible to improve accuracy and fluency, and to make their language production more automatic. In addition, the teacher needs to reduce his/her speaking as much as possible... Submitted 313 days 15 hours ago.

English Language Learning Tips - Marianne Jordan
Many people ask the question - "How long does it take to learn another language?" The answer to that is - "How much time do you have"? ... Obviously the more time you study the quicker you will learn. It is also important to speak the language as much as possible even if you make a mistake.... Submitted 321 days ago.

How to Shake the Winter Blues by Learning to Speak some Korean - Robert Benjamin
Do you remember getting the winter blues as a child? I can almost guarantee that you cannot. The reason you did not get the winter blues as a child was because you loved the winter as much as spring and summer. What happened? You got older and found yourself a lot more in demand, you now have a... Submitted 1 year 59 days ago.

Finding the Best Tools to Learn a Language - Andrew Finan
Researchers – with far too much time on their hands – recently assessed the pressure that men are under when they go shopping. They wired them up to sensors and were astonished to find that when shopping, many men are under the same stress as a fighter pilot going into battle. This would be... Submitted 1 year 74 days ago.

English Present Perfect Use and Examples - Jack Askew
This article will look at when the present perfect simple is used along with some examples. The first thing to note is that the present perfect simple can't be used with specific time expressions: yesterday, two days ago, last night etc. Time expressions used with the present perfect are:... Submitted 1 year 76 days ago.

An English (ESL) Story in the Present Simple - Jack Askew
This article will help you with using the present simple. Below you will read about Pedro, his daily routine and his family. While reading the article look for all the tenses in the present simple and think about the use. This is discussed after Pedro's article. I have also included some... Submitted 1 year 79 days ago.

Language Learning Myths - What you need to know - - Andrew Finan
Watching a DVD about my hero, Mohammed Ali, I was struck by how many opponents were beaten before they even stepped in the ring. They did not believe they could beat the man who floated like a butterfly and stung like a bee. Not only was Ali a consummate boxer – he was also a master at psyching... Submitted 1 year 92 days ago.

Grammar in the Classroom - Creating Your Own Materials - Form - - Alfonzo Blessman
When creating your own material in the classroom, the most important thing to do is to make sure the students are aware of jut what is being taught. The simplest way to do this is to introduce the form. Use more than one grammar point Unlike many textbooks, I find it is useful to... Submitted 1 year 172 days ago.

Understanding the Japanese Basic Principle on Learning - Shaw Funami
Have you watched the movie, "Karate Kid"? It was a big loss that we lost Pat Morita who played Teacher Miyagi Role in the movie. He was one of the great Japanese American actors who can play original Japanese role. Talking back to the movie, Teacher Miyagi asked his student Daniel to paint the... Submitted 1 year 266 days ago.

Say What You Mean: 5 Accent Reduction Tips For NRI's and English-Speaking Indians - - Lisa Scott
Are you tired of being misunderstood? Do you ever wonder why it is so hard to communicate in English when you know the language so well? If you are an Indian who learned English as a second language, you may find that while you know many English words, your pronunciation keeps people from... Submitted 2 years 66 days ago.

Accent Reduction: Secrets of English Pronunciation for Koreans, Part 2 - - Lisa Scott
Welcome back to part 2 of the secrets of English pronunciation for Koreans. Because English and Korean are very different languages, there are some sounds that create extra difficulty for Korean speakers learning English. I hope you will find that these secrets give you that extra boost to... Submitted 2 years 71 days ago.

Accent Reduction:Secrets of English Pronunciation for Koreans, Part 1 - - Lisa Scott
I am an accent reduction specialist, and I am going to give away some secrets of English pronunciation for Koreans learning English. There are some common mistakes that almost all Koreans make, and it is because of the differences between the Korean and English languages. Once you... Submitted 2 years 71 days ago.

Tips for Koreans Learning English - - Lisa Scott
Many Koreans have spent a great deal of time and money trying to learn English, yet their proficiency rate is very low. Even though some do learn to speak English reasonably well, others still have a hard time understanding them. In fact, a survey taken by the Political and Economic Risk... Submitted 2 years 71 days ago.

My Trip to the UK - A Story with Past Tense Notes - Jack Askew
The following story will help you practice the past simple and past continuous tenses. This story is good practice for all levels of English but it has been written with lower level learners in mind. While reading the stories look for verbs in the past simple and the past continuous tense. I have... Submitted 2 years 116 days ago.

Moroccan Arabic - Plural Form Of Darija Words - - Andee Mullins
There is no strict or definitive rule to make a word plural in Moroccan Arabic; also referred to as Darija. Sometimes plurals are formed in Moroccan Darija by adding the suffix "een" to the end of words that are masculine. At other times the suffix "at" may be added to the end of feminine words... Submitted 2 years 200 days ago.

Moroccan Language - Masculine and Feminine Words - - Andee Mullins
When speaking Moroccan Arabic there is a masculine and a feminine form for many words. Other languages, such as Spanish, share this similarity with Moroccan Arabic. For example, in Spanish, feminine words usually end in the letter "a" while masculine words usually end in the letter "o." Therefore... Submitted 2 years 200 days ago.

Moroccan Arabic - Words For Family - - Andee Mullins
In English, the words 'cousin, uncle, aunt, niece and nephew' are used when referring to a family member. In English, when these words are used by the speaker, in most cases it is up to the listener to inquire as to the exact relationship of the relative to the speaker's mother or father. In... Submitted 2 years 206 days ago.

The History of Sign Language Revealed - - Michelle J
The history of sign language is littered with shocking events. At several points in history, some not long ago, deaf people were strongly oppressed. At one point, they were even denied their basic rights. How their language, sign language, was treated during these oppressive times is directly... Submitted 3 years 112 days ago.

How To Be Polite In Japanese - How Japanese grammar influences the level politeness - - Brett McCluskey
Politeness levels In the Japanese Language This article will show you how to get someone to do something for you in Japanese. After you get the hang of these constructions you can use any Japanese verb you learn from here on out and study by making your own sentences. Be creative as best you can... Submitted 3 years 197 days ago.

Chicken in Malay Idioms - Wan
Men spend a lot of time with them, grooming them for cockpit fights. They rule the roads in rural areas. Everyone wants it this way, to make them ten times tastier than Kentucky Fried Chicken. Yes, chicken is an integral part of Malaysian life and idioms as well. The first unofficial rule to... Submitted 3 years 267 days ago.

A Common World Language - - Ron Tichenor
One of the greatest obstacles to human communication has been the language barrier. It has limited communication between nations and peoples, confused ideas and intentions, and has even led to wars. While there have always existed regional languages of influence and lingua francas, these come and... Submitted 3 years 327 days ago.

French to English Translation: A Linguistic and Stylistic Breakdown - Armando Riquier
English and French have a lot of similarities, a fact which should simplify French to English translation. Both languages are subject-prominent languages whose SVO (subject-verb-object) word order is relatively stable. Despite their common grammatical structure, the two languages have vastly... Submitted 3 years 349 days ago.

Learn To Speak French Fluently – Simple Steps To Guarantee Success - Dennis Cordy
Well assume the fact that youre reading this article means you have some interest in speaking French and well further assume that youre prepared to put some effort into it because learning French requires some work. It can be fun, it can be easier and faster than you probably thought, but if you... Submitted 4 years 105 days ago.