In m-w.com the phonetic entry is below. You can click on the icon and hear the words spoken. The speaker says "erb" Main Entry: herb Pronunciation: '&rb, US...
Karen, Maybe this is the kind of resource you are referring to..In doing an ERIC search I found an article by a Taiwanese on using DVD/videos to learn a ...
Hi All, Thank You for being here! LIST RULES ... 1. *Friendliness first* - this is a public list, avoid attacking anyone - emails sting so easily. be kindly...
TEFLChina@yahoogroups...
Sep 2, 2005 2:47 am
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Hi Nancy! I cannot give you names of any books or specific resources but there is heaps on the internet. Maybe searching the following will help: Captain Cook...
Stephanie Noke
araxy@...
Sep 2, 2005 9:35 am
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... Thanks Bruce, Why would you say "an" in front of "herb". You only should say "an" if the next word begins with a vowel. Could it be the "h" is silent? tz...
MODERATOR NOTE: This thread (at least the part about the pronunciation of 'herb') seems to be fairly well concluded now. Thanks to the present author and...
... What a lot of work you have done! Thank you! I looked at the website for my students (Academic ESL students at a community college in the US) and...
Useful lesson plan website: http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/ The website has lesson plans with discussion topics for pairs/small groups, and other aspects...
Many thanks to Karen for suggesting www.breakingnewsenglish.com - it seems an excellent site. It does, howevever, appear to be currently on Beijing...
Julian Suddaby
juliansuddaby@...
Sep 4, 2005 11:12 am
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Since culture is broadly defined as all the beliefs and assumptions for a group, one could take many areas of life in Australia and try to highlight the main...
john pullen
j_pullen@...
Sep 4, 2005 11:16 am
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Building on John Pullen's ideas ... to highlight the main belief structure underlining what is acceptable or unacceptable... ... John went on to include a list...
... We get a clue of what this 'someting more' should be earlier in her comentary. ... As has already been stated, I too think the the reading and writing...
foreigner@...
Sep 4, 2005 12:03 pm
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Last time I was in the States I copied a lot of television programs on video tape for my kids. During this visit I was struck with how different the focus of...
Hi all. Thanks for the suggestions on how to teach a class on Australian culture. I have forwarded them to the Australian teacher at my school. Nancy...
MODERATOR NOTE: In the case of posts asking for definitions for discrete vocabulary items (like the one below), I send on the first 2 to the list, and then...
edward14401
edward14401@...
Sep 6, 2005 9:53 am
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Using the keywords definitions slang in Google, I was able to come up with a whole list of links to slang dictionaries at ...
Dear Edward, the orignal meaning of "hang ten" comes from a surfing background. It means to walk to the front of the board and hang your ten toes off the front...
Chris Feher
agiantone@...
Sep 6, 2005 1:01 pm
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... park to hang ten. ... this comes from a surfing phrase - when surfer stood so far to the front of the board that 10 toes were "hanging" off the edge and...
Hi Edward, I am sorry I can't read Chinese, and so I would like to ask you if you could tell me why the explanation for "hang ten" on pages 274 and 275 of...
Hi all, I'm reading Digest 1420 which appears 2 weeks old. Better late than never. There's a poem I got originally from a Chinese english lessons book, English...
nevin@...
Sep 7, 2005 9:57 am
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Hi all, I read the posts on erbs and laffed. Surely the answer is to teach both British English and American English pronunciations when we know it. While we...
nevin@...
Sep 7, 2005 1:47 pm
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The only time I ever make a distinction between Englishes is when it is absolutely necessary. If you are going to teach British and American English, why stop...
Stephen A Jenkins
stephenajenkins@...
Sep 7, 2005 8:31 pm
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Nevin, I agree wholeheartedly!I'd been contemplating this for a few semesters while I was still in China. Can some of the Brits please help? I noticed that a...
I question the suggestion of teach both. Teach implies that the student LEARN to speak both. I think that is an error. Certainly they should be aware that...
Christopher Priest
christopherpriest@...
Sep 7, 2005 10:40 pm
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... I agree. Learners need to be able to decode both but it would be an impossible task to teach multiple Englishes at the same time and expect the learner to ...
MODERATOR NOTE: Pete will forgive me (I hope) for pointing out ahead of time that the mention of better/worse accents in the last paragraph is Pete's SENSE OF...
I know I've banged on about this many times in the past, but my suggestion is... don't. It is very easy to get seduced here by the idea that teaching culture...
In response to Pete's feeling that teaching culture is not a good idea, I have the usual teacher response to give: It depends. In the case that started the...
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