Blogs from Work/Life English
“Stressed” Spelled Backwards is Just “Desserts”—After Healthy Helpings of Syllables, Emphasis, & Rhythm.
by Arthur and Elaine Kirn Rubin
Competency Puzzle “Listen & Speak with Understanding” Pieces E-02.01 to E-02.11: Numbers of Syllables, Stress Patterns, Meaning Focus, & Re...
Make Pauses for Clauses
by Arthur and Elaine Kirn Rubin
Competency Puzzle “Apply Grammar” Pieces D-15.01 to 15.05: Join Co-ordinate & Subordinate (Independent & Dependent) Clauses in Compound ...
Keep a Masked Distance But Don’t Stop Laughing, Listening, Learning, & Linking
by Arthur and Elaine Kirn Rubin
Competency Puzzle “Listen & Speak with Understanding” E-00.01a & b: Get & Assert Meaning with Body Language
Remember when we used to tr...
Active or Passive, Perfect Usage of Verb Tenses, Aspects, Voices, & Moods
by Arthur and Elaine Kirn Rubin
Competency Puzzle “Apply Grammar” Pieces D-13.01 to D-14.04: (Present, Past, Future, & Modal) Perfect Verb Tenses & Aspects + the Passive V...
Verb Tenses Making You Tense? How to ReVerberate with Verbiage on Other Aspects of Verbs & Verbals
by Arthur and Elaine Kirn Rubin
[CLICK ON ANY BLUE UNDERLINED link to see all the grammar tools. Just scroll down to what you want.]
So far, Verb Tenses (Past, Present, Future) &...
How to Put Together the Parts & Pieces That Make Language Work: Grammar Competencies Part 4
by Arthur and Elaine Kirn Rubin
Competency Puzzle “Apply Grammar” Pieces D-08 through D-09: Use the Simple Past; Relate to the Past Time Frame
At the Present time, it still feels...
How to Put Together the Parts & Pieces That Make Language Work: Grammar Competencies Part 3
by Arthur and Elaine Kirn Rubin
Why and how we can/could, will/would, may/might/must, should/shall go out to teaching/learning grammar in an unprecedented, weird new world...
Comp...
7 Tips for ESL Classroom Management in a COVID World
by Arthur and Elaine Kirn Rubin
Guest Blog
As COVID-19 continues to threaten communities across the country, many English language educators have been forced to transition to virt...
Lessons and Books for Teaching at Home (V3)
by Arthur and Elaine Kirn Rubin
Puzzle Parts & Pieces G, H, I, J = Coordinate Language Skills, Cover Content in Context, Refer to Resources, Enjoy Extras
Media broadcasts co...
How to Teach/Learn Everyday and Challenging Kinds of Speech
by Arthur and Elaine Kirn Rubin
Not so long ago, there were clear rules and directives for the teaching/learning of Oral Communication. These were designed for use in both casual...
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