Author: Michael Swan Publisher: Oxford University Press Details: hardcover; 688 pages; 3rd Edition 2005 ISBN: 019442099X A superb grammar for teaching English. This guide, trusted the world over, covers all main problem areas and is a must-have for any teacher....
Saying or repeating exactly what someone has said is called Direct Speech (which is sometimes also called Quoted Speech). What a person says appears within quotation marks and is exactly what that person says: "Live long and prosper," said Spock. In this example...
When you Teach English to Beginners you should work on the basic principle that everything should be given in short, simple, steps. Then everything should be totally relevant and interesting to your students. This is likely their first time learning English so you...
While for many of us TEFL is a vocation, we still need to live, but right at the start we need to get something out of the way: whether you call it Pay, Wages, Salary, Stipend or Cash, let's be honest and say we're not going to become millionaires by teaching English....
Business suits, smart casual, any old shirt ...??? Teachers often wonder what they should wear when turning up for a new teaching job. Here are a few fashion tips we have put together based on the feedback we have received from teachers working around the world. Dress...
Fifty students and only fifty minutes once a week! How do you get the students to actively participate in class? Here are a few teaching tips and ideas to help you cope with L and XL classes, and give all your students the opportunity to take part in the lesson. They...
Australian English (AuE) is a variant of the English language, spoken mainly in the Australia. Australian English began to diverge from British English shortly after Australia was settled in the late 18th century. It is similar to New Zealand English and bears some...
Modifiers are pretty straightforward when you come to think of it. Essentially a modifier does just that: it modifies or changes or qualifies another word or phrase or clause. Suppose you have a noun: motorcycle You can then modify it: black motorcycle Harley Davidson...
A Dictionary is an alphabetical list of words with their meanings. Some dictionaries may also include the etymology of the word, examples of usage, pronunciation (either using the International Phonetic Alphabet or some other system) and cultural notes....
Of all the types of conjunctions, Correlative Conjunctions are perhaps the easiest to identify as they always come in pairs, they always come together and they link two separate but related items of equal value. Pretty much like socks do. Common Correlative...
