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Thanks Eva -- CD

Hi board and hippocampus (great user name, BTW). I am also searching for IELTS info and discussion at the Cafe. My forum search was unhelpful.

The following website has lots of complimentary info, including info presented in video format.

http://www.goodluckielts.com/

Thanks Ouyang and Fluffy for your prompt and helpful replies!! Actually, I do find Azar's charts quite helpful in most cases. There are simpler grammar books than Azar's, and other authors offer more complex explanations. IMO, a variety of teacher-trainers/applied linguists is a good thing -- they a...

Hello all, In a rush as usual... I did a half-hearted search on the above construction but DIDn't find anything/haven't found anything. My francophone students like to use "did." For example Everything is going well. We... A didn't have any problems so far B haven't had any problems so far The corre...

Hi all,

I discovered that there are downloadable PDF's that help to show the content of the Guides at the link I pasted above:

http://www.azargrammar.com/assets/begin ... i_xxii.pdf

Thx

Hi all,

My quick search did not yield any results on the above topic. What is your experience with these resources?

http://www.azargrammar.com/teachersGuides/index.html

Thanks in advance.

Well. not the link but the site/web page the link points to (to which it points?). Ahhh, I'm trying to be sooo perfect I can't stand myself!! Come to think of, "to stand myself?" "To sit myself?"

Time to go watch some TV...

Thanks Fluffy for suggesting this fascinating reference! The link you provided allows for extensive previewing of the book's contents.

Hi Forum! One of my new students comes from Bulgaria. Similar to some of the Russians I have met, he pronounces "have" as "hef" (sorry my phonetics knowledge is a bit poor and I'm in a hurry or I would write it out with IPA symbols) and "so" as "saou." Does anyone have a suggestion about resources f...

Thanks Forum for your interesting input to my query! I even understand most of it! :) Sorry, I can't manage any substantive comments right now, CUZ... I have just been hired for my first TESOL job (here at home in Canada with French-speaking government employees) and am scurrying about organizing my...

Hi all, I'm a bit stumped by the following phrase, and too lazy to dig up my reference books, so I am turning to the font of all grammar knowledge, the applied linguistics community! It's also a way to introduce myself to you, since I am a fairly new member of "Dave's World." "This is easier for me ...