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Of possible interest to others in London with an interest in Africa. Please read on. BAAL www.mkuked.co.uk Linguistic Diversity in Africa Conference Centre, ULU (University of London Union), Malet Street, London Saturday 4th March and Sunday 5th March 2006 ‘Linguistic Diversity in Africa’ Conference...

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I like the menmonic too, perhaps with an in-class presentation and some of Breughel 's paintings for visuals...possible. nice idea, if only to set a sort of template for learners.

Not bad for a maiden speech.

just to confuse the issue further... A basin, A washbasin, I use this to wash the dishes in, do the washing-up in, in the sink. It is a plastic basin that fits inside the sink and allows one to remove the whole lot and still be able to use the sink for another purpose and not interrupt the process t...

Hi I am based in London, i work in this field and could be able to help you or at least clarify some details for you.
send me a pm with some of your details and input questions.
Will.

could be a confusion way back when with 'play music' and 'play an instrument', play piano music or guitar music. The 'music' part was omitted and it became easier, acceptable and thence usage.

Thanks Leeroy,
I enjoyed that, it really made me smile. I shall present it to my Somali students and let you know how it goes down with them. They will probably ask me if they can reserve a special batch of B just for them.

just popping in,
take a look at the employment forum unedr the 'are you meant to be working now' thread and read the example from MELEE this is a case where the emphasis and pause could be used in general speech with "The boss.. Is me"

Nice contributions, We, as native speakers, seem to criticise each others pronunciation of 'our' language but are equally culpable of butchering it ourselves. my pet hate/bug bear of the moment, and last few years, since returning is the misuse of 'innit' as q tag for just about everything. One eg I...

Hi Emma, Your best bet for this area of teaching is to focus on the FE (further education) sector of ESOL ( English for Speakers of Other Languages) The Guardian website and the Times Educational Supplement website both have jobsearch facilities. The money can be good, dependent upon qualifications....

I don't know if this will help you but Cambridge distributed a CD a year or so ago called Test your English. Based on the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary it contains practice tests and scoring facility for students.
ISBN 0-521-92389-1
Website link www.cambridge.org/elt/inuse.

Hi Ejkim, My apologies for not responding earlier, a family crisis. You have correctly understood the idea, I hope you have as much enjoyment using and adapting this to your student's needs as I have had. Just one litte thing, here in the UK the Pound is now the Kilo we are expected to use only this...

Hi Ejkim, The game is played by distributing all the cards to all the players. the players need to collect sets of cards e.g four threes, four kings. A complete set is placed aside and forms part of the players final score/total. The process: ask one of your partners if they have a card you need to ...

Hi, Do you know the card game 'fish' ? Do you have any fours? No!, go fish. Yes!, here you are. you can play this game by creating your own cards using pictures of fruit, veg and food. Elementary Communication Games by Jill Hadfield has an excellent set and explanations for the game. I hope this is ...

this could be a case of ellipsis -"by now" - being unsaid as unnecessary and therefore ok with future perfect. What do you think?

I have just seen talking dice demonstrated. They are dice with different pictures on each face and related to a particular theme.
I bought a set.
Try www.talkingdice.co.uk