Arlene J. Warner  |  Grammar  |  0 comments  |  67 views  |  Read Full

 

Spelling and syntax are unimportant according to progressive educators. Expressing oneself overshadows the beauty of language construction.

Avinash Bikumalla  |  Grammar  |  0 comments  |  282 views  |  Read Full

 

A dress, no mat­ter how sim­ple or drab, can always be enhanced by adding acces­sories. A sim­ple scarf, draped art­fully or an ornate broach - these are just some of the tricks. Sim­i­larly, when you come to lan­guages, a state­ment can have orna­ments too.

Eman Elturki  |  Grammar  |  0 comments  |  2328 views  |  Read Full

 

Choosing between the present and past forms of the participial adjectives imposes problems to ESL/EFL students. English learners often use present and past participial adjectives interchangeably. The current paper discusses those problems and provides two lesson plans in order to teach the participial adjectives using two different methods; the inductive method and the deductive method as well as highlighting the theories behind those methods.

Eman Elturki  |  Grammar  |  0 comments  |  597 views  |  Read Full

 

There are two forms of tense in English: PRESENT and PAST. The present tense can be used to express present events, a habit or routine, general facts, an occurrence in the future or historic present- in literary English and oral narrative.

Istvan Jerry Thekes  |  Grammar  |  0 comments  |  1236 views  |  Read Full

 

This paper aims at presenting the necessity of visualization and of students moving in the classroom. The article argues for the importance of making classes interesting for the learners to be engaged in the grammar acquisition process.

Ola Zur  |  Grammar  |  0 comments  |  407 views  |  Read Full

 

English verbs - no more complications! In short, what do you need to know?

Andrew Lawton  |  Grammar  |  0 comments  |  543 views  |  Read Full

 

This is an activity that ESL teachers can use to get students practicing English grammar.

Renee Goodrich  |  Grammar  |  0 comments  |  591 views  |  Read Full

 

Abstract nouns refer to a state, concept or feeling and cannot be perceived by any of the five senses. If you want your students to be able to identify them then your students need to spend time playing with them. Here are 7 classroom activities that will get your students exploring and ...

Kira Keivan  |  Grammar  |  0 comments  |  524 views  |  Read Full

 

Individual words too can have relatively different meanings in different cultures depending upon expectations, values and experience of the two persons, the speaker and the listener.

Ola Zur  |  Grammar  |  0 comments  |  370 views  |  Read Full

 

English tenses have proven themselves to be one of the most confusing subjects for an English learner. But they don't have to be. Here is a simple and practical explanation.