The debate about using fewer or less when referring to quantity still rages. It is related to the concept of descriptive vs prescriptive grammars. In terms of historical origin, less has been used continuously in English for hundreds of years to refer to comparative...
Author: J.C. Wells Publisher: Pearson ESL Details: Paperback; 80 pages; 2nd Ed. Pub.2000 ISBN: 0582364671 This dictionary deals with both English and American pronunciations and the variations of word pronunciations. It shows over 135,000 different pronunciations from...
The Certificate of Proficiency in English or CPE is an advanced exam run by Cambridge Assessment aimed at people who use English for professional or study purposes. Many employers, universities and government departments all over the world officially recognize the...
Cambridge University Press (known colloquially as CUP) is a publisher given a Royal Charter by Henry VIII in 1534, and one of the two major university presses in the UK (the other being Oxford University Press). It published its first book in 1584, and has published...
It is sometimes the case that two people - partners, friends, a married couple, etc - will want to head abroad and find work together, if possible in the same school. Our advice is: do NOT apply to work in the same school. There are several important reasons for this:...
TEFL/TESOL in Puerto Rico Puerto Rico is a small group of islands in the Caribbean; it is a self-governing territory of the USA. With a population of about 4 million, the official languages are Spanish and English however Spanish is by far the most dominant language...
Q & A Ice Breaker is an activity designed for a new class so that the students get to know each other and you, the teacher, can begin to understand the level and interests of your students. There are a number of different ways you can use this activity....
Author: Stephen Krashen Publisher: Heinemann Details: Paperback; 112 pages; Pub.2003 ISBN: 0325005540 Stephen Krashen’s widely known theory of Second Language Acquisition has had a huge impact on all areas of second language research and teaching since the 1970s. This...
Author: Jennifer Toby Publisher: Oxford University Press Details: Paperback; 472 pages; 2nd Ed. Pub. 2001 ISBN: 0194315452 The Oxford Idioms Dictionary for Learners of English has 10,000+ Idioms that reflect the English of the new millennium. External Links Oxford...
The Comparative Game is a simple way to get your class practicing comparatives. It's best used at the end of a lesson where you've been looking at comparatives and adjectives and/or adverbs in general. Playing the Game Firstly divide the class into groups of four or...
