If you looked under links, maybe you found our homepage. I asked our members to think about the present perfect tense and when to use it.<br><br>The present ...
I have been lucky enough this summer to discover two very interesting, very American books that I thought you might enjoy:<br><br>1- The House of Sand and Fog...
I never posted the answer to this problem. Not one of you even took a guess at what a "five-finger discount" is. If you use your five finger discount, it means...
One of my students recently asked me:<br><br>"What is the difference between dawn and sun-up?"<br><br>Good question!!!<br>Letīs look at a few pairs of words...
Dear ALL!<br>I am a new member and a new EFL teacher from Russia, 22 years old. <br>I would love to write those who write me. <br>heli@...<br>Thanks!...
So, everyone wants to know what the difference between "come back" and "go back" is. Both mean "to return", but we use them differently.<br><br><br>One easy ...
Hi I'm Emile. I come from Scotland but I'm teaching in Malaysia at the moment. I'm interested in Business English and teaching with the Internet.<br>Please ...
I wanted to share with everyone a good website that I found recently: www.puzzlemaker.com<br><br>You can use it to design your own crossword puzzles and print...
Open invitation to everyone to freely join newly Korean English Discussion site where students and teachers can use the facilities to discuss and talk live and...
I'm so glad to see that we've had a few new members since the beginning of the year. Allow me to wish you all a happy, healty 2001 and to take this opportunity...
Hi, Everyone.<br><br>One of my students has asked me to compile a list of adjectives/feelings that she can use to in her everyday English. I have decided to ...
I have recently taught many of my students a polite form of disagreement, "actually".<br><br>In a conversation, when someone gives wrong information or when...
Sarcasm is a useful tool in English. Simply put, sarcasm is saying the opposite of what you mean for emphasis or humor. I'll use the word "only" to demonstrate...
Hello! My Name is Yusef Wateef. I hope to hear from you all very soon!! I have lived in Spain, London, Canada, across the United States, & Paris. I have ...
Hi, Yusef!<br><br>Welcome to the club. If you are interested in certification in teaching ESL/EFL, you can check into the TESOL (certification for Teaching ...
My principal lectured about the "Dianna Day Discipline System" which included something called vision management. Since this seems to be something with which...
I need a pronunciation and listening aid for a student whose first language is Vietnamese. He confuses the pronuciations of certain letters. Can anyone assist...
A Japanese student said she gets seasick and train sick.<br>I told her we did not say train sick. <br>We use carsick and seasick, why not train sick?<br>Anyone...
Hi, Carol.<br> <br><br>I guess we don't say trainsick because a train is not confined like a car and does not undulate like a ship on water. It's being ...
Hmmm. I looked through the pronunciation key in the OE Picture Dict with my student and it wasn't helpful because it used English words as examples.I don't ...
Hi again, el_profe!<br><br>Just my opinion, but if it's a child that you're teaching, you might be better off not comparing the pronunciations of letters ...
The student is a teenager. I agree with the age issue, but since the ability to recognize and reproduce new sounds diminishes for most people after the age of...
I say trainsick! if you have ever ridden the T in Boston you know what it is to be trainsick... oddly enough the newer cars of the T were made in Japan......
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