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Posted by Gill Francis on February 25, 2013
If you are a teacher or learner of English, you are probably familiar with advice beginning You do not …, You cannot …, Be careful …, and WARNING! Older coursebooks, especially, used ‘strikethrough’ to herald the errors that you must simultaneously notice and unlearn, e.g.: I need to concentrate myself. Strikethrough is a curious convention: [...]
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Posted by Macmillan Dictionary on February 12, 2013
Games are a great way to learn English. Our language games are not only for English language learners but also for native speakers who are addicted to word games. In our red words game, you can test your intuition on word frequency. You can practise irregular verb forms by spinning the irregular verb wheel. We’ve [...]
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Posted by Kati Sule on January 31, 2013
In this weekly post, we bring more useful content from the Macmillan Dictionary to English language learners. These tips are based on areas of English which learners often find difficult, e.g. spelling, grammar, collocation, synonyms, etc. This week some advice about the noun person: The usual plural form of person is people (not persons), and [...]
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Posted by Macmillan Dictionary on December 04, 2012
A recent poll has suggested that the English Language Teaching profession is becoming more popular amongst newly graduated students in the UK. The following infographic, created for teacher’s resource site onestopenglish, includes some introductory information about how to get into English Language Teaching (ELT), such as things to consider before deciding on becoming a teacher, [...]
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Posted by Kati Sule on November 29, 2012
In this weekly post, we bring more useful content from the Macmillan Dictionary to English language learners. These tips are based on areas of English which learners often find difficult, e.g. spelling, grammar, collocation, synonyms, etc. This week some advice about the noun work: In most of its meanings, work is an uncountable noun, and [...]
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Posted by Kati Sule on November 22, 2012
In this weekly post, we bring more useful content from the Macmillan Dictionary to English language learners. These tips are based on areas of English which learners often find difficult, e.g. spelling, grammar, collocation, synonyms, etc. This week some advice about the noun progress: Progress is an uncountable noun, and so: ▪ it never comes [...]
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Posted by Roberta Facchinetti on October 01, 2012
Comic strips are often structured in a single sentence, or even a phrase; their textual simplicity, the visuals accompanying and often clarifying the text and finally the frequent presence of colour make them very appealing to young EFL learners. Indeed, the language of comic strips leads to a positive response in children, regardless of their [...]
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Posted by Karen Richardson on September 03, 2012
This week’s guest blogger Karen Richardson is a freelance teacher, teacher-trainer, and ELT materials writer based in Germany, who (amongst other things) writes the Guardian Weekly and Business Spotlight news lessons on www.onestopenglish.com. After having read Roberta Facchinetti’s recent informative post on teaching English through newspapers, you are hopefully now convinced of the usefulness of [...]
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Posted by Roberta Facchinetti on August 27, 2012
Our guest blogger this week is Roberta Facchinetti, who is a Full Professor in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literature at the University of Verona. Roberta teaches courses in English for Journalism, and has published numerous books and articles on language, culture, and the media. While teachers of English are increasingly taking advantage of [...]
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Posted by Orin Hargraves on January 17, 2012
The run-up to a general election in the United States provides an opportunity for observers of English to see it stretched beyond ordinary limits. The winnowing process that will reduce the various Republican contenders in the race to one has begun and as we plod steadily toward the November election, the rhetoric heats up and [...]
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