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- Sun May 23, 2010 2:18 am
- Forum: Applied Linguistics
- Topic: Complex? Simple?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 20995
The textbook answer is that simple sentences can have compound subjects and compound verbs, i.e. My sister and I partied and shopped last weekend. Here, the "and" connects only words, not complete clauses with subject and verb. A compound sentence is connected by a "coordinate conjunction", the well...
- Sun May 23, 2010 2:08 am
- Forum: Applied Linguistics
- Topic: Indentation Nazism
- Replies: 14
- Views: 157189
In my EAP classes, preparing students to go into Composition I, I ask them to double space their essays and indent 5 spaces at the start of each paragraph. I also am an editor for a local literary/art journal, and that's what we ask for in prose submissions. (Frankly, I don't really care if students...
- Fri Jan 15, 2010 4:28 am
- Forum: Applied Linguistics
- Topic: Quick Spelling Test
- Replies: 12
- Views: 12095
- Mon Oct 12, 2009 1:40 am
- Forum: Applied Linguistics
- Topic: Spoken: when did you last (took/take)...?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 10632
- Fri Feb 06, 2009 1:02 am
- Forum: English for Specific Purposes
- Topic: EAP: English for Academic Purposes
- Replies: 3
- Views: 8506
I teach in an EAP program--basically, it's to prepare students to go into the regular English Composition (and speech) courses in a U.S. college. The CELTA is a good preparation for teaching overseas and in language schools, but you need an M.A. (mine is in German, actually) to work in colleges in t...
- Sun Jun 22, 2008 3:46 am
- Forum: Business English
- Topic: "busines" dialogues
- Replies: 1
- Views: 5816
Some of the Business English texts have cassettes/CDs for listening practice, and have the tapescripts at the back. Many of these can be used as dialogues. Check In Company, Market Leader, etc. for this. If you are in Shanghai, I recall there was a big bookstore that had some Business English texts-...
- Sat May 17, 2008 3:24 pm
- Forum: Material Writing
- Topic: Writing textbook
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6488
- Sat May 17, 2008 3:16 pm
- Forum: Activities and Games
- Topic: Can you suggest any games about negotiation?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 9754
Go to www.businessenglishonline.net/InCompany/PDFs/worksheets/intermediate/IC029WSI_Peasants.pdf I've used this twice in my college-level EAP classes. Divide the class into 2 groups or "villages", let them discuss how they're going to negotiate for the things they need, them divide them into small n...
- Sat Feb 16, 2008 6:56 pm
- Forum: Texts
- Topic: A list of ESL materials
- Replies: 22
- Views: 46242
In our college we've just started using English Pronunciation Made Simple, by Paulette Dale and Lillian Poms. It comes with 2 CDs and has a lot of exercises for individual sounds, word and sentence stress, rhythm, and intonation. Plus, there are a number of short poems, which I like as I have a poet...
- Sat Feb 16, 2008 6:39 pm
- Forum: Business English
- Topic: progressive emergence
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5172
But, to answer your question: "A child slowly and steadily develops a sense of responsibility" Or, since I haven't read the original, it could also mean that people gradually, over time, began to think of children as responsible beings (What they thought of children before this-- as wild animals?--I...
- Sat Feb 16, 2008 6:34 pm
- Forum: Business English
- Topic: Hello, and what is 'Business English'?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 13618
When I taught Business English, it involved a) teaching industry-specific vocabulary (marketing, human resources, management, banking) along with collocations and set phrases b) explaining American business culture (personal space, sense of time etc.) c) working on business presentation skills in En...
- Sun Oct 21, 2007 10:04 pm
- Forum: Business English
- Topic: our obsession with the here and now
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3313
- Sun Oct 07, 2007 10:23 pm
- Forum: Business English
- Topic: on the verge of giving out
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2785
- Sun Sep 23, 2007 4:03 pm
- Forum: Business English
- Topic: suburban housewife look
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4228
Just noticed this post... It depends on what kind of suburban housewife we're talking about. Right now I'd guess it would be what we'd call "preppy", slacks and a matching top in all-natural fibers, i.e. cotton in summer, wool in winter. Shoes would be sneakers or loafers. But if you want to see wha...
- Mon Sep 03, 2007 1:34 am
- Forum: Applied Linguistics
- Topic: "Ain't" in its place.
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5977