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Thank you so much for your thorough response!

Can anyone recommend a good English-English dictionary for advanced ESL students?

Hello, I'm teaching Advanced Writing in a college continuing education program. This is my first time teaching students with advanced English skills who have academic backgrounds. I have only taught very basic English to low literacy students. Can anyone recommend websites with lesson plans catered ...

I'm writing an academic paper about teaching adults new vocabulary words with realia versus teaching with pictures.

Can anyone recommend any academic writing or studies done on the topic of realia?

Thanks for your help!

Because, that's the way it's ordered in the textbook.

Good question...

Does anyone know of any source (book or website) that addresses the problems Spanish-speakers face when learning English? I know that "Learner English" is a good source, but I'd like to find something specifically for Spanish-speakers.

Thanks in advance for your help!

Juliana

The reason why I will focus on present progressive to describe the present moment is because I teach beginning ESL students who would not necessarily be ready for the future tense.

However, these are interesting ideas. Maybe I will also mention them during my presentation. Thanks!

I was looking for an explanation as to why 'that's the way it is'. Your feedback is very helpful.

Government actually invented only MONEY, and only THAT do they have any real right to tax. Questions: •How would you explain that SAI in the sentence above is not a mistake? •Would you draw an analogy between the Wh-operator and the emphatic operator only ? If so, how? •What would you say about sen...

These are very helpful examples! I appreciate it.

Hi Everyone, I have to give a presentation to my classmates about present progressive versus simple present. I would like to talk about languages that do not use present progressive. Does any one know of any? If so, could you please give me an example sentence in that language and explain how they w...

Simple Present Tense & Present Progressive...

I would like to contrast these two tenses for my beginning ESL class. Does anyone know of any activities, games, songs, lessons, websites, etc. that address these individually or even better as a comparison?

Thanks for any suggestions!

Juliana

I use this website with my adult beginners: www.thebeehive.org

I believe it is written at a 7th grade reading level and provides useful information for those living in the United States and possibly elsewhere.

Hello, I have a student who is very dedicated in my high beginning ESL class. The problem is she cannot read or write and the other students can. She is able to participate in speaking activities, but little else. Has anyone been in a similar situation or have any suggestions on how I can best accom...

Does anyone have a format they like to use when they create worksheets? Also, what type of worksheets do you create? One more question... Do you know of any resource on the web that assists in creating worksheets? I use this resource: http://www.puzzlemaker.com/ It creates basic vocabulary activitie...