ESL Students: Drafting Effective Emails - The Art of Modern Communication
Communication, irrespective of the mode, requires practice and so does emailing.This article is meant both for people who are already professionals …
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Ellipses, Single Quotation Marks, Slashes, and Interrobangs in Written English
Punctuation is a convention of written English that helps you to better comprehend the content you are reading. Some of these less commonly used marks …
Continue ReadingUse Springtime Poetry For ESL Activities and Lesson Plans
Inaugurated by the Academy of American Poets in April 1996, poetry month also marks the birth of William Wordsworth, a world-renowned English Romantic …
Continue ReadingESL English Lesson Plans: Using Oxford Sight Words to Improve Vocabulary
You’re planning your ESL English lesson plans: Do you use phonics, Oxford sight words, or a blend of both to improve vocabulary in your ESL …
Continue ReadingSpringtime: Cooking Up Tasty Seasonal Recipes for ESL Activities
Cooking traditional, seasonal recipes can be a great way for ESL students to learn new vocabulary as well as American culture. This article features …
Continue ReadingAustralian People and Animals Through Aboriginal Stories
Aboriginal storybooks are a handy way of teaching learners about Australian people and animals, as well as learning some of the words and phrases …
Continue ReadingPronouns for ESL Students: What Are the Personal Pronouns in English?
English pronouns fall into four categories: subject pronouns, object pronouns, possessive pronouns, and reflexive pronouns. Pronouns in English …
Continue ReadingGrammar and Colon Rules: The Eight Functions of Colons in Written English
Punctuation marks are a convention of written language that make reading and writing more understandable. This article explains and provides examples …
Continue ReadingClassic Films Bring Classic English to Second Language Learning
What do King Kong, Zorro, Batman and Tarzan have in common with Cary Grant, John Wayne, Humphrey Bogart, and Edward G. Robinson, or Bette Davis, …
Continue ReadingUse Poetry to Help Learn and Speak English
In a recent study conducted at Victoria University it was shown that the use of songs is a prodigious aid in foreign language learning. The English …
Continue ReadingEasy Winter Cooking Activities and Recipes for ESL Students
This is the second article in a series of four, featuring easy ideas for cooking up toothsome winter learning activities, American recipes for ESL …
Continue ReadingIdioms using Food Terms in the English Language
Every language has idioms and expressions that are unique to it. The meanings of idioms are not always obvious when first hearing them. Here is a …
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