Games for Learning English, Vocabulary, Grammar Games, Activities, ESL Accueil - Anglais Facile | Cours et Exercices d'Anglais gratuit et facile Foundations of Calligraphy Released Calligraphy is the source and root of all letterforms. Whether you're an aspiring type designer or lettering artist, or just someone who wants to write beautifully, this course provides you with a springboard to the study of any calligraphic hand. Follow Ina Saltz as she walks you through how to write the basic italic forms using a broad-edged pen. Topics include: Preparing your practice sheets Using the broad-edged pen Writing minuscules, or small letters Writing majuscules, or capital letters Writing numbers and punctuation Writing with smaller nib sizes Designing projects Using different materials and tools Skill Level Beginner 2h 34m Duration Views Show More Show Less View courses offline with a Premium Membership Sign up for a Premium Membership to download courses for Internet-free viewing. Watch offline with your iOS, Android, or desktop app. Access exercise files with a premium membership. All file sizes are estimates Ex_Files_Foundations_Calligraphy.zip (14.1MB)
Tongue Twisters: It can help with your pronunciation A tongue twister is a specific sequence of words whose rapid, repeated pronunciation is difficult even for native speakers. Often these are similar words which follow one another but differ in certain syllables. Alliterations are also frequent. In addition, some tongues are difficult because of their unusual word composition (sentence structure) and therefore require a high level of concentration. Some Tongue twisters are made for amusement, but on the other hand, professional speakers such as actors, politicians, and television / radio hosts use them as articulation exercises. A collection of my favorite tongue twisters to warm up your lips and tongue ... Remember: it's not just how fast you say them, but how clearly too! There are thousands of tongue twisters out there - here is a collection of some (short, long and small poems), whose text makes some sense, and which can also be used to speak more clearly. Classic Tongue TwistersPeter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
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Why American English is more traditional than British English in many ways Oct. 19, 2017, 9:57 AM 514 Error loading player: No playable sources found Business Insider spoke to Philip Gooden, author and expert on the origins of the English language, about why the variety of English used in the US is different – and more traditional – to the variety of English used in Britain. Read the full transcript of the video below. Philip Gooden: "Americans have taken some British English terms. The very characteristic American “gotten” for the past tense of “get” has died out over here, but it does survive still in a formulation like “forgotten.” So, there are a few terms that actually, either way, you could say the Americans are more traditional because they’re still using them. One reason why America has got a slightly different form of English from British English is that it was a kind of conscious decision in the 19th century when the first dictionaries were being compiled to set up a slightly different form of the language. Video filmed by David Ibekwe.
A Guide to Top Academic Search Engines and Databases for Scholars Academic search engines play a very important role in discovering academic resources, scholarly works, journal articles, etc. Below is a guide/ survey of some of the outstanding, free academic search engines. A few of them are inclusive of academic repositories and databases as well. 1. Run by a non profit organization in South Africa in partnership with a large number of African journals, it is probably the world’s largest collection of peer-reviewed, African-published scholarly journals. ajol has 479 journals, 8635 issues, 98503 abstracts and 93459 full texts available. A very good resource for all those interested in African journals. 2. A treasure trove for the lovers of academic open source web resources. An excellent resource. 3. Pronounced as sigh-knee, it is essentially a database service providing search facility regarding articles, books and journals. Information on 10 million books and journal titles held in about 1200 university libraries in Japan is also available for search.
Writing letters and emails in English Here are some phrases and conventions which you may find useful when writing letters and emails in English. Writing an informal letter Start your letter by using the word Dear followed by the first name of the person you're writing to, for example: Here are some things you might say: Here are some typical ways to finish an informal letter: If writing to a family member, partner, or close friend, you can finish with the following: Finish by signing your first name. Writing an email Emails, whether for business or social reasons, are usually written in a more informal style than letters. You should always give your email a Subject, which should summarise its purpose in a few words. The conventions for starting business emails vary, although it is quite common to use first names for both business and personal emails if you know the recipient. It is not necessary to use Dear, although some people prefer to do this. Generally speaking, the content of business emails should be brief and to the point.
Good MOOC's, Bad MOOC's - Brainstorm So I just finished a brief radio appearance (CBC) on the subject of Massive Open, Online Courses (MOOCs). The main guest was George Siemens who, with Stephen Downes, helped pioneer these courses in Canada. Even though all of the press coverage has gone to the competing Stanford edu-preneurs behind Coursera and Udacity, Siemens and Downes have done much of the most important work, theoretical and practical, distinguishing between good and bad MOOC’s. At the heart of the work of Siemens and Downes is connectedness. Good MOOC’s, in their view, foreground and sustain the social dimension of learning and active practices, i.e., knowledge production rather than knowledge consumption. So what’s the rub? This will be driven by the business model of operations like Coursera, which unlike its competitors doesn’t generate proprietary content. a) Charging for certification and testing. b) Vending of tutorial services, translations, facilitation of small-group discussion and peer learning, etc.
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