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Literacy though Advanced reading for ESL and English Improvement

How to Teach "Text Literacy" with Different Kin...

Usually, “literacy” means competency in reading & writing print matter. Even so, much of the reading people do in everyday life is either visual only or text combined with images....

How to Teach "Text Literacy" with Different Kin...

Usually, “literacy” means competency in reading & writing print matter. Even so, much of the reading people do in everyday life is either visual only or text combined with images....

How to Teach "Visual Literacy" with Images

How to Teach "Visual Literacy" with Images

Usually, “literacy” means competency in reading & writing print matter. "Visual literacy" means the ability to look at and understand types of flat (2-D) images other than text. These might...

How to Teach "Visual Literacy" with Images

Usually, “literacy” means competency in reading & writing print matter. "Visual literacy" means the ability to look at and understand types of flat (2-D) images other than text. These might...

Speaking: Oral Skills mistakes in American English

How to Teach/Learn Everyday and Challenging Kin...

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 conversation and academic Speech courses.  In...

How to Teach/Learn Everyday and Challenging Kin...

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 conversation and academic Speech courses.  In...

How to Achieve Communicative "Perfection:" Use Perfect Listening Comprehension & Perfectly Clear Speech

How to Achieve Communicative "Perfection:" Use ...

Frustrated with what passes for “communication” in today’s linguistically evolving world? What do these humorous attempts to get and give info make you want to say? Ironic, isn’t it? Images...

How to Achieve Communicative "Perfection:" Use ...

Frustrated with what passes for “communication” in today’s linguistically evolving world? What do these humorous attempts to get and give info make you want to say? Ironic, isn’t it? Images...

"Get" What You Hear. Say What You Mean.

"Get" What You Hear. Say What You Mean.

How to Teach (Yourself & Others): “Beyond the Basics” Features of Clear Speech Depending on its meaning focus, timing, pausing, and intonation, this 7-word sentence can have at least 14 different...

"Get" What You Hear. Say What You Mean.

How to Teach (Yourself & Others): “Beyond the Basics” Features of Clear Speech Depending on its meaning focus, timing, pausing, and intonation, this 7-word sentence can have at least 14 different...

Teaching American-English: How to Succeed with Syllables

Teaching American-English: How to Succeed with ...

Teaching (Yourself) American-English: How to Apply Syllable-Stress Patterns, Phrase Focus, and Sentence Rhythm for Clear Speech     So in addition to—or even before—learning to enunciate vowel and consonant sounds, clear speakers of English...

Teaching American-English: How to Succeed with ...

Teaching (Yourself) American-English: How to Apply Syllable-Stress Patterns, Phrase Focus, and Sentence Rhythm for Clear Speech     So in addition to—or even before—learning to enunciate vowel and consonant sounds, clear speakers of English...