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thanks for your reply Brian. I should have been clearer - I am actually referrring more to this word patterning. is there a name for this kind of word combination - "pay attention to", "take advantage of" etc (verb+noun+preposition).
Thanks!

Hi,
I am trying to create some IELTS practice task 1 activities involving flow charts and I am looking for some on-line that I could utilise, I have done a few google searches (including looking through google images) but wondered if anyone else has any great ideas?
thanks.

Hi,
Is there a grammatical term that covers phrases such as "pay attention to"?
Thanks.

Hi, I am trying to find some information for a student about how long is too long for a pause in spoken English? He is a student writing a paper on it, so I am looking for something that is sourced, but happy also to hear people's personal ideas on this issue. I read on an IELTS prep website recentl...

never heard that before, but have had some fun using "Rindercella slopped her dripper" in advanced pronunciation classes!
It's fantastic!
http://www.matthewgoldman.com/spoon/rindercella_2.html

download this for free:
http://phonmap.com/

Very user friendly!

no worries. it'd be great if others know of any free resources readily available on the Net and share them here. I have two more to add. For pronunciation teaching, this is a great resource: http://www-personal.une.edu.au/~hfraser/docs/HFhandbook.pdf And if you're looking for articles from journals,...

I love the Internet!!!!
http://www.oup.com/elt/catalogue/guidan ... ?cc=global

check out these three documents, I think they are brilliant resources.

http://www.nceltr.mq.edu.au/pdamep/fact ... iation.pdf

http://www.nceltr.mq.edu.au/pdamep/fact ... iation.pdf

http://www.nceltr.mq.edu.au/pdamep/fact ... on.pdf[url][/url]

i have never heard of the word either, so sorry don't know how to pronounce it, but looked it up, read the following link and still don't really understand what it means..... hope someone can help you soon!

http://www.helsinki.fi/science/commens/ ... tamen.html

thanks EH! What you've said confirms my own thoughts, makes me feel as though I am on the right track.
cheers

sentence stress, linking and rhthym - teaching Chinese students.....

any suggestions?

I agree. I think it's definitely under taught, especially when you consider on crucial tests such as IELTS speaking, pronunciation counts for 25% of the score. NOT teaching pronunciation is letting students down. And it can be fun, a really great way to liven up classes, I think. Pronunciation Games...

A photo can also be a text, as can a cartoon or something as short as a joke and if you want to move into more complex definitions, in fact so can your vase - anything you can deconstruct can be a text. You don't need words for something to be a text. When Derrida (father of deconstruction, do a sea...

i disagree totally that there is no rule. there are many rules, but of course many exceptions! It's true there are no overriding absolutes, but here are a few rules (for Brit/Oz speech at least. There will be some differences for North American and others) 1) in two syllable words which have both no...