ESL vs Bilingual Education: The Arguments.
ESL and bilingual education are two different ways to help school-age children who have immigrated to an English-speaking country. The question of …
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Review of Learning American English Online Using Rosetta Stone: Lessons and Vocabulary
Looking for an online language learning program to learn to speak, listen to, read, and write American English? Want to know more about the pros and …
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When teaching ESL students, it is easy to focus on verbal communication. After all, all that the students are lacking is knowledge of the English …
Continue ReadingThree ESL Games for Elementary Aged Students
Playing games in the classroom may not seem ideal for the traditional ESL teacher, but they serve as the perfect opportunity for students to have fun …
Continue ReadingHow to Form and Use Verbs in the Perfect-Progressive Aspect in English
The present-progressive aspect expresses incomplete or ongoing actions or states that began in the past and continue into a specific time in the …
Continue ReadingGeneral Information and Rules for Pronunciation and Spelling of Present Participles in English
The following article explains the formation of the present participle of English verbs including spelling changes and pronunciation.
Continue ReadingGeneral Information and Spelling Rules For Regular English Past Participles
The following article explains the formation of the past participle of English verbs including spelling changes and pronunciation.
Continue ReadingWhich English Adjectives Can Only Appear in the Predicate?
Most adjectives in English can describe nouns by functioning as noun phrase modifiers, subject complements, and object complements. Some English …
Continue ReadingFormation of the Simple Past Tense of Verbs in English
The following article explains the formation of the simple past tense of English verbs including spelling changes and pronunciation.
Continue ReadingGeneral Information and Spelling Rules for English Verbs in the Simple Present Tense
The following article explains the formation of the simple present tense of English verbs, including spelling changes and pronunciation.
Continue ReadingWhat Is the Word Order of the Predicate in English Sentences?
The predicate can take six forms in the English language. The following article describes the six forms of the English predicate that students can use …
Continue ReadingCorrect Pronunciation of "th"
This ESL lesson plan has students listening and speaking to practice the two “th” sounds of English. The article also includes a maze …
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