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ESL Activities A good choice of ESL activities can turn an average class into a good one, and a good class into a great one. Here is a list of articles - each one full of useful EFL activities, each one focussing on a different area of teaching English. Below the list of links are brief introductions to each area: listening, speaking etc... Mental Math Tricks to Impress Your Friends One thing that fascinates me is performing mental math. Being able to quickly perform additions, subtraction, multiplications etc is a good way to impress your friends. The problem is, I’m not a math genius, and I don’t know much behind simple arithmetic. If you’re anything like me, but you’d still like to learn some basic math tricks, I hope you’ll find this list useful. Simple tricks How to multiply any two digits number by 11
Rachel's English I've gotten a few questions recently about the word 'are'.Specifically someone recently asked if they were hearingcorrectly “What you doing?” instead of “What are you doing?”That is not grammatically correct,and a native speaker would not say “What you doing?”However, a native speaker may reduce the word 'are'so much that a non-native speaker would have problems hearing it.The word 'are' can be reduced simply to the schwa/R sound, er, er, er.So in this sentence, What are you doing?,you may very well hear whater, whater,whater you doing?
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Agreeing and Disagreeing in English This page is about words and phrases that we use when we agree or disagree with someone in English. Stating an opinion In my opinion...The way I see it...If you want my honest opinion....According to Lisa...As far as I'm concerned...If you ask me... 115 Leading Sources for Teaching & Learning ESL – Masters in ESL English is one of the most widely spoken languages on Earth, and is widely considered the international language of business. Knowing at least some English is essential for success in many careers, and it is estimated that nearly 400 million people have learned English as their second language. Learning English opens up opportunities in a way unrivaled by other languages, and people who choose to teach English as a second language (ESL) are providing a great service to their students. Learning and teaching ESL cannot be confined to a classroom.
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