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- Fri Apr 16, 2004 5:28 pm
- Forum: Activities and Games
- Topic: grammatical teaching
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2150
fun teaching grammar
Hi -- It's hard to say how to make grammar fun without a specific grammar point in mind. Do you have one structure that you're going to be working on in the next month? Maybe someone could suggest a fun technique. I'll do my best, too. By the way, I think my website www.englishzoom.com might be fun ...
- Tue Mar 30, 2004 8:33 pm
- Forum: Applied Linguistics
- Topic: commas anyone?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1452
Seems like the floating is an essential part of this delightful scene; therefore, I like the commas. Commas can be used to set of non-essential information, as in Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the US, served during the civil war. I suppose there may be a context for this sentence in which t...
- Tue Mar 30, 2004 6:12 pm
- Forum: Activities and Games
- Topic: Relative Clauses - Any Ideas?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1380
Sorry not to catch you in time for your class yesterday :( but here's something you might want to do. Find a story board (comic strip?), that is, a series of pictures that tells a story. A good one might be "For Better or For Worse". You could take a week's worth of them to do this activity. Ask stu...
- Sat Mar 20, 2004 9:39 pm
- Forum: Applied Linguistics
- Topic: Function of rising tag (question)s
- Replies: 26
- Views: 9554
rising tags
Hi Duncan, You pose some interesting questions. Certainly, ESL instructors can at times be guilty of modifying their language to fit what the books say we should teach. I honestly don't think that's the case here. The rising tags seems to come naturally to me in some situations. Judging from the stu...
- Fri Mar 19, 2004 6:01 pm
- Forum: Applied Linguistics
- Topic: Edit my grammar errors
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2119
3 corrections
Hi -- Looking quickly, I saw only 3 things, and minor ones, at that. on the Student's side :arrow: on the Students' side (more than one student) recommand :arrow: recommend something such that I can speak :arrow: something so that Hope this helps Tom E nglish Z oom!!! Free Story-Based Grammar / List...
- Fri Mar 19, 2004 5:49 pm
- Forum: Applied Linguistics
- Topic: Function of rising tag (question)s
- Replies: 26
- Views: 9554
The discussion of rising tags has inspired me to think about how I use them myself. I find myself using rising tags frequently with my students, and I believe I'm just checking when I feel pretty sure that something is true. I don't think that I hope the statement before the tag is true. I don't ass...
- Wed Mar 17, 2004 8:42 pm
- Forum: Applied Linguistics
- Topic: modal + perfect
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1582
To express the idea that it is possible that David saw the movie, it seems to me that people here in Toledo, Ohio USA may use any of the three below: "He may have seen the movie." "He might have seen the movie." "He could have seen the movie." In writing, I don't detect a difference. In speaking, ho...
- Tue Mar 16, 2004 8:44 pm
- Forum: Pronunciation
- Topic: Linking and sentence stress is stressing me out??!!!
- Replies: 4
- Views: 16941
Re: Don' Loo_kaway, Loo_kere.
Echidna wrote recently: I've found that many phrasal verbs are great for practicing linking Turned on -- turn_don break up -- brea_kup turn in -- tur_nin cut off -- cu_toff hang up -- hanng_gup heard about -- her_dabout (end of quote from Echidna) If you would like to have your students hear lots of...
- Tue Mar 16, 2004 8:22 pm
- Forum: Computer Assisted Language Learning
- Topic: any advice to use the computer lab in teaching english
- Replies: 10
- Views: 7244
Free Listening/Grammar Website
You might want your students to check out www.englishzoom.com It's a content-based grammar / listening practice site. Grammar practice activities are related to a story, which your students can also read and listen to online. Activities include mixers, story boards, filll-in, and multiple choice act...
- Tue Mar 16, 2004 8:15 pm
- Forum: Activities and Games
- Topic: Two-Word Verb Listening Practice on WWW
- Replies: 0
- Views: 889
Two-Word Verb Listening Practice on WWW
Hello teachers, If your students are trying to learn phrasal verbs (two- or three-word verbs), you might want to have them check out my free English practice website, English Zoom!! www.englishzoom.com It's a content-based grammar / listening practice site. Grammar practice activities are related to...
- Wed Jul 23, 2003 5:45 pm
- Forum: Activities and Games
- Topic: Activities, links and whatnot for advanced learners.
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2959
Maybe your students would benefit from http://www.englishzoom.com It's my *free* website (growing). Students learn a quirky story and then practice grammar with listening. The activities are based on the story. There's a complete collection of activities on phrasal verbs, and some on other structure...
- Wed Jul 23, 2003 5:35 pm
- Forum: Computer Assisted Language Learning
- Topic: Please check EnglishZoom grammar with listening
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3771
Thanks again, Al. I'm thinking now I should mention on my homepage that WMP works just as well as RealPlayer. That's a good tip. People may not know it's installed on all Windows machines. Also, I appreciate the comment about the width of the page. I have kept small screens in mind. Cheers and Thank...
- Wed Jul 23, 2003 5:30 pm
- Forum: Computer Assisted Language Learning
- Topic: Please check EnglishZoom grammar with listening
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3771
Thanks again, Al. I'm thinking now I should mention on my homepage that WMP works just as well as RealPlayer. That's a good tip. People may not know it's installed on all Windows machines. Also, I appreciate the comment about the width of the page. I have kept small screens in mind. Cheers and Thank...
- Tue Jul 22, 2003 4:51 pm
- Forum: Computer Assisted Language Learning
- Topic: Please check EnglishZoom grammar with listening
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3771
Thanks, Al, for your feedback. I'm not a Windows expert at all; in fact, I'm often surprised how much I can do with so little knowledge. Windows Media Player is on my Dell but it's not the default. (I can't figure out how to make it the default, either.) However, when I give it a URL, for example, h...
- Wed Jun 11, 2003 5:34 pm
- Forum: Computer Assisted Language Learning
- Topic: Please check EnglishZoom grammar with listening
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3771
Please check EnglishZoom grammar with listening
For about a year now, I've been refining the design for my website at www.englishzoom.com My plan is to develop a non-commerical site where students can practice listening and develop their skills in grammar at the same time. The activities are content-based; students learn a quirky story and the gr...