Dr. Robert W. F. Taylor  |  English as a Second Language (ESL)  |  0 comments  |  1088 views  |  Read Full

 

Every industry has its acronyms and Teaching English is no exception. If you are new to the world of language teaching, you may very well find these a tad confusing. Let me run through most of the acronyms you are likely to come across in ads for teachers and education articles:

J.C. Sprenger  |  Teaching  |  0 comments  |  759 views  |  Read Full

 

Many questions come to the mind of a first year teacher when trying to compose a letter to students and parents. Sometimes the fear of acceptance comes into play, as well as a host of other apprehensions about entering the profession with very little experience.

Melissa Ryland  |  English Language Learning (ELL)  |  0 comments  |  74 views  |  Read Full

 

Learning an additional language can be a procedure that takes a great investment of a tremendous amount of time as well as, as students focus on learning the complicated nuances of another tongue. High schoolers, this investment might seem to be a total waste of time or an unnecessary complication to become together with a choice of other difficult subjects demanding one's attention.

Marie von Schlieben  |  Study Abroad  |  0 comments  |  73 views  |  Read Full

 

You share your language with approximately 480 million other people around the world. Still, this is just 7 percent of the world's population! There are 6,999 remaining languages after linguists that you've ignored so far. It will take time and effort to learn one of these foreign languages, but it will definitely be worth it as it will have a positive effect on your personal, social and even professional development. Even if English is not your mother tongue, you're still welcome as you will have even greater benefits by learning a second foreign language.

Douglas Brown  |  Classroom Management  |  0 comments  |  86 views  |  Read Full

 

Here are eleven techniques that you can use in your classroom that will help you achieve effective group management and control. They have been adapted from an article called: "A Primer on Classroom Discipline: Principles Old and New" by Thomas R. McDaniel, Phi Delta Kappan, September 1986.

Sarah Short  |  Career Development  |  0 comments  |  39 views  |  Read Full

 

When speaking or writing English, we as native English speakers, automatically make our nouns countable or uncountable. This division of nouns seems to occur only in English, which makes using nouns properly for non-native speakers rather difficult. The good news is that most nouns are countable so follow the normal rules

Melanie Ochoa  |  Grammar  |  0 comments  |  55 views  |  Read Full

 

Are you looking for English lessons online? Are you taking up EFL or ESL and you are still confused with some words or phrases? A lot of times, these commonly misused words are so because they sound alike or they are pronounced very similarly. It really sometimes does not matter if you misuse some words or phrases but for the sake of not sounding funny and to not have somebody pick on you, then here are some words that are frequently misrepresented.