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Birdog3344 · Joined: 28 Jun 2004 Posts: 126 Location: Osaka, Japan

My girlfriend and I are off to Toronto next week to interview with ECC. Previous posts regarding what to expect have been helpfull, though she's a bit daunted by the English test. Anyone know of any websites that could help her (us) prepare?

GambateBingBangBOOM · Joined: 04 Nov 2003 Posts: 2021 Location: Japan

http://webster.commnet.edu/grammar/

also:

www.google.ca
enter: "english grammar"

Celeste · Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2004 10:23 am Post subject:

Try www.usingenglish.com

If you can get yourself to a university bookstore, pick up a copy of one of Betty Azar's grammar books ( the one that would be most helpful to you is probably the one with the blue cover- can't remember the title offhand though)

Li-ka · Joined: 21 Mar 2004 Posts: 52

I don't know any websites, but I studied English Grammar for Dummies for an hour or two before my grammar test with ECC and I'm leaving for Osaka in a month (c:

So, if you can find it in a bookstore or a library, it will be worth your time to browse it for a little while. It helped me more than my little Writer's Reference did. Things were explained in text rather than mostly listed, and the writer's reference got annoying when it kept mentioning that ESL or ESOL students have a hard time with "insert grammatical topic here," and said it for everything!

Good luck (c:

Danny · Joined: 02 May 2004 Posts: 20

I think there is a substantial spelling part to there test. You get to choose the best option. Ie. 'pronounciation' or 'pronunciation'. Take care with words with (possible) double letters in them like tomorrow. Not too sure of my own spelling.
D.

Danny · Joined: 02 May 2004 Posts: 20

As you can see I failed the grammar test. re: there/their.
D.

shmooj · Joined: 11 Sep 2003 Posts: 1758 Location: Seoul, ROK

accommodation will be in there... bet you anything... it was in one of my interviews in the UK. Got it wrong but was still offered the job. Didn't take it.