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This is a free downloadable macro for Word, and does a whole bunch of stuff with text, specifically for ESL teachers:

http://www.teachers-pet.org

To continue the digression...

The warning label on the packaging for a kitchen knife in Japan used to read: "KEEP OUT OF CHILDREN"

Good advice indeed!

Perhaps Karl has been busy mailing multiple $1.00 cheques?

In the end, it was not too bad. The students' inability to deliver on the CV/resume requirement is not to be seen too seriously. What it does show is that they have not learnt the exact form of a resume. To me this came as a surprise simply because they were adults and must have applied for jobs be...

I think pronunciation and accent should be NEUTRAL, and not be tinged by any regionalism or national characteristics. Unfortunately (or fortunately, who knows? :? ), there's no "neutral," since there's no particular place where English 'began.' It might be possible to agree on a standard English, b...

Brazilian,

Are you asking about metaphors about teaching, such as "teacher as therapist" as Al recommends, or about teaching metaphors themselves to L2 learners (i.e.: metaphors as cultural capital?)

To paint with a really broad brush, go for 'general' linguistics if you have more of a liberal arts leaning (philosophy, history, literature, etc.) and for applied linguistics if you're more of the research-oriented or 'hard science' type. Of course, they aren't completely mutually-exclusive, as wjs...