ESL Vocabulary Lists Learning English as a second or foreign language (ESL / EFL) takes time, and building your vocabulary is an important key to improving your communication skills. Thus, students need to learn how to understand and use vocabulary in everyday situations. Each of the pages below is designed to build communication skills, with a Listening and Discussion activity. Homework Sheet - Vocabulary (www.esl-lab.com) This sheet (in PDF or Word format) can be used to write down new vocabulary and their definitions from the vocabulary exercises on this site, and students are encouraged to then write sample sentences for each word as a way of learning how to use the vocabulary in context The topics above (designed mainly for upper-beginning students and higher) are designed to serve as a short, self-enclosed mini lesson. A list of commonly-used vocabulary with a recording of the words in RealMedia and Windows Media formats. Feel free to contact Randall if you have a suggestion for a new list of words.
How to pronounce words | Pronunciación en Inglés | Pronuncia in inglese Hear and see videos with authentic word pronunciations and example sentences. Español: Pronunciación en Inglés con vídeo · Italiano: Pronuncia in inglese con video Português: Pronúncia em Inglês com vídeo · Français: Prononciation en anglais avec la vidéo Press play to watch and hear the speaker use 'salmon,' and then use the instant replay/loop button to review the pronunciation as many times as you need. Search for a word and you'll not only get audio of how to pronounce it, but also tagged videos of real people in real situations naturally speaking and using the word in context. Try it on the left for the word "salmon" which is often mispronounced. Virtual Face-to-Face Pronunciations: With videos like the above, you get to not only hear the word but actually see facial gestures that different people use to produce pronunciations. Non-isolated Pronunciations: In real life, words are typically not pronounced in isolation. Why a pronunciation dictionary? - EmbedPlus Team
Free School Building Flashcards, printables, bingo sheets, game cards and handouts School flashcards: preview these flashcards a classroom, the music room, the art room, the library, the gymnasium, the science room, the cafeteria, the lockers/the hall, the principal's office, the school grounds, the baseball field, the playground, the pool, the computer room, the auditorium, the boys' room, the girls' room, the bus stop, (the stair well, the locker room, the football stadium, the teachers' room/office, the parking lot) large flash cards, medium cards, small game cards, bingo cards, a handout same cards with b/w backings: medium cards, small game cards, bingo cards PowerPoint flashcards Tools for Educators is a website developed by MES with worksheet generators to make vocabulary and language building teaching materials, using the images from these flashcards. word serach generator crossword maker board gamespicture dictionary bingo boards 123 Listening is a website developed by MES with Dream English. listening worksheet makers listening test audio ESL games
11 idioms only Brits understand 1. Pop one’s clogs You don’t get much more British than this. To pop one’s clogs is a euphemism for dying or death. Example: “No one knew he was about to pop his clogs.” 2. If something goes down a treat, then it was thoroughly enjoyed. Example: “That cake went down a treat.” 3. Us Brits love to make fun of and tease each other and that’s exactly what ‘taking the mickey’ means. Example: “Stop taking the mickey out of your brother.” 4. This refers to when you want to try or do something new, such as travelling. Example: “After two years in the job she’s got itchy feet, so she’s going to spend three months in Australia.” 5. If you’re at a loose end, it means you’re bored or you have nothing to do. Example: “He’s been at a loose end ever since he retired.” 6. This means to have another skill that can help you in life, particularly with employment. Example: “I’m learning French so I’ll have another string to my bow.” 7. This is the British equivalent of ‘that’s what she said.’ 8. Example: 9. 10. 11.
30 Awesome British Slang Terms You Should Start Using Immediately British slang is a niche of its own, evolving and transforming and adapting from city to city and from year to year, just as the English language itself has done. While American slang has become nearly universal with the influx of TV shows, films, and other media filling the screens of a significant majority of the media-viewing global population, there is so much more available once you dig beneath the surface of British slang terms and can discover some real gems beneath the surface. So, if you’re an aspiring Anglophile looking for some new lingo to help fuel your love for all things British, or you just fancy seeing what kind of words the British find themselves using their day-to-day, check out our thirty best British slang terms for you to start using and incorporating into your vocabulary immediately… 1. ‘Mate’ – one of the commonly used terms of endearment and affection in British slang terms. For example, ‘Alright, mate?’ 2. For example, ‘I’ve had bugger all to do all day.’ 3. 4.
249 Bloom's Taxonomy Verbs For Critical Thinking Bloom’s Taxonomy’s verbs–also know as power verbs or thinking verbs–are extraordinarily powerful instructional planning tools. In fact, next to the concept of backwards-design and power standards, they are likely the most useful tool a teacher-as-learning-designer has access to. Why? They can be used for curriculum mapping, assessment design, lesson planning, personalizing and differentiating learning, and almost any other “thing” a teacher–or student–has to do. For example, if a standard asks students to infer and demonstrate an author’s position using evidence from the text, there’s a lot built into that kind of task. First a student has to be able to define what an “author’s position” is and what “evidence from the text” means (Knowledge-level). Though the chart below reads left to right, it’s ideal to imagine it as a kind of incline, with Knowledge at the bottom, and Create at the top. 249 Bloom’s Taxonomy Verbs For Critical Thinking
14 Teen Slang Terms Decoded For Middle-Age Parents Every British swear word has been officially ranked in order of offensiveness | indy100 Every swear word in the English language has been ranked in order of offensiveness. People were asked their opinion on 150 words in total. These included general swear words, words linked to race and ethnicity, gender and sexuality, body parts and health conditions, religious insults and sexual references, as well as certain hand gestures. They were asked to rate words as mild, medium, strong or strongest. And this is what Ofcom found. For general swear words, the following words were seen as... Mild: Arse Bloody Bugger Cow Crap Damn Ginger Git God Goddam Jesus Christ Minger Sod-off Medium: Arsehole Balls Bint Bitch Bollocks Bullshit Feck Munter Pissed/pissed off Shit Son of a bitch Tits Strong: Bastard Beaver Beef curtains Bellend Bloodclaat Clunge Cock Dick Dickhead Fanny Flaps Gash Knob Minge Prick Punani Pussy Snatch Twat Strongest: For sexual insults, most words were rated as strong. The only words rated mild or medium were: An Ofcom spokesperson told indy100:
untitled Kopia av Linking words 45 ways to avoid using the word 'very' Writers Write is your one-stop resource for writers. Use these 45 ways to avoid using the word ‘very’ to improve your writing. Good writers avoid peppering their writing with qualifiers like ‘very’ and ‘really’. According to Collins Dictionary: ‘Padding is unnecessary words or information used to make a piece of writing or a speech longer. Adding modifiers, qualifiers, and unnecessary adverbs and adjectives, weakens your writing. This post gives you 45 ways to avoid using the padding word ‘very’. Three Telling Quotes About ‘Very’ “Substitute ‘damn’ every time you’re inclined to write ‘very;’ your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be. If you enjoyed this, you will love: Top Tip: If you want to learn how to write a book, sign up for our online course. by Amanda Patterson © Amanda Patterson