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I teach in Italy as well and can say that, except for the third personal singluar, the other possessive adjectives have a one-to-one correspondence (more or less) between English and Italian. However, I have found that when it comes to teaching "his" and "her" , it is better to explain that you teac...

I've found cassettes easier to use usually because it is easier to manipulate going back to re-play a short segment of the script. It can be done with a CD but it's not as precise.

I'm probably being picky and I know that English is a difficult language to spell but... :? The verb is "tailor", not "taylor", as in "to tailor a piece of clothing". It's also "definite", not "definate". If we, as teachers, can't spell correctly, how can we expect our students to do it? :)

Hello, I don't know if you're still interested in finding any materials, but I would check out the British Council's web site. They have a military english interest group that has pointed me in a number of related different directions. The address is: http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/militaryenglish I...

I'm teaching a course to a group of military personnel in Europe. The course is for 336 hours and is an intensive 4 1/2-day a week. At the beginning of the course, the majority of the class had either no or a very, very limited knowledge of English. We have been using the New Headway Elementary seri...