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I learned to spell *restaurant* in ESL class. Beginning ESL as a matter of fact. I spelled it incorrectly on the white board and one of my most beginning students raised her hand and told me it wasn't right. So I *fixed* it...and she gently pointed out the it was still wrong. I laughed and looked it...

I teach English at our local university to visiting scholars from Korea and China. Part of my responsibility is to teach idiomatic English. We use a textbook that is full of idioms, phrasal verbs and so on. Each chapter is based on a particular theme. For example, today was Communication and include...

I've been tutoring a young Chinese woman. She has passed the TOEFL and is now trying to pass the TSE. So far she has failed four times. We have worked on pronounciation, listening comprehension, used the practice questions in the test booklet.
What else can I do to help her pass?