'Language' Category
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Jul172009
TEACHERS, NEED GREAT PRINTABLES?
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I just happened upon one of the most well-designed, creative, useful, and inspiring websites full of pdf worksheets covering all language skills. The activities are unique, unexpected and are sure to engage you and your students. Don’t miss the very inventive pronunciation worksheets! Here is a sample from the section on vocabulary, specifically [...] -
Jul172009
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Jun212009
Collocations Anyone?
I recently and literally (in web-speak anyway) “stumbled upon” a great blog whose focus is introducing and explaining common English collocations. For those who may not know exactly what a collocation is and why anyone would want to devote an entire blog to the concept, just read what today’s knowledge gatekeepers and crafters over at [...]
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Jun122009
Thought of the Week
Each of us has been put on earth with the ability to do something well. We cheat ourselves and the world if we don’t use that ability as best we can.
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Jun102009
Polluted-ly?
In class yesterday, I distributed various lists of words categorized according to their syntactical function: verb, noun, adjective, and adverb. Each pair of students had a list of only one category and I asked them to construct a table to fill in the word forms for the other three categories if, indeed, such a form [...]
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Jun092009
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May202009
Many ways and many reasons to learn a new language
By FRANCINE PARNES
There are many reasons to pick up a new language, from personal enrichment to career advancement.
“People recognize that the world is shrinking, and to function as educated, globally competent citizens, we need to learn languages other than English,” says Rosemary G. Feal, executive director of the Modern Language Association, in New York.
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May192009
antidisestablishmentarianism- Word of the Day
Pronunciation: æn-tai-dis-es-tæ-blish-min-ter-i-ên-iz-êm •
Part of Speech: Noun, mass (no plural)
Meaning: 1. Opposition to the disestablishment or disenfranchisement of an official church, especially the Church of England; the belief that a nation should have an official church or support of official status for the Church of England. 2. Opposition to the disestablishment of any organization or relationship.
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May122009
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May042009
Roadmap for a Fugue
Enter on a curving road with nothing
in sight but the curved road itself.
Seven paces forward, you arrive
in the place where you began, but it is not the same.A new path arises in the clearing like the first,
and then another and another; all seem
to contain the same landmarks. Strange,
these roads that always bring you home
whose scenery [...]