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“Hate” English Grammar? Here Are Four Reasons Why You Might.

“Hate” English Grammar? Here Are Four Reasons W...

Which of these four reasons best describes your own experience or views? First, you hate being corrected by arbitrary autocrats who would rather feel superior to you than communicate effectively with you. Here are...

“Hate” English Grammar? Here Are Four Reasons W...

Which of these four reasons best describes your own experience or views? First, you hate being corrected by arbitrary autocrats who would rather feel superior to you than communicate effectively with you. Here are...

Get Serious About Vocabulary Building

Get Serious About Vocabulary Building

Make English Teaching/Learning Work by Having Fun A major principle of language and content instruction—including successful vocabulary development—is that it has to involve teachers and students to succeed. And an important...

Get Serious About Vocabulary Building

Make English Teaching/Learning Work by Having Fun A major principle of language and content instruction—including successful vocabulary development—is that it has to involve teachers and students to succeed. And an important...

Celebrate Learning, Learn While Celebrating: Halloween and the Holidays

Celebrate Learning, Learn While Celebrating: Ha...

How a Ghoulish Holiday Can Become a Treat    Just in time for Halloween & Whatever Follows   Do you like to “insert” holiday history, culture, & customs into an...

Celebrate Learning, Learn While Celebrating: Ha...

How a Ghoulish Holiday Can Become a Treat    Just in time for Halloween & Whatever Follows   Do you like to “insert” holiday history, culture, & customs into an...

Get Involved with Vocabulary: Why? What? How?

Get Involved with Vocabulary: Why? What? How?

Which of these (philosophically wise, value-revealing, instructional) quotations, graphic organizers, or cartoons about the importance of vocabulary in language or content education really “grab” you? Or “pull your chain”? Or...

Get Involved with Vocabulary: Why? What? How?

Which of these (philosophically wise, value-revealing, instructional) quotations, graphic organizers, or cartoons about the importance of vocabulary in language or content education really “grab” you? Or “pull your chain”? Or...

How to Solve Communication Problems with Correct Grammar & Optimal Word Choice: For Teachers

How to Solve Communication Problems with Correc...

Often, attempts at communication fail. People might view situations from different mindsets or perspectives. They could have conflicting ways of expressing themselves or of receiving what others say or write....

How to Solve Communication Problems with Correc...

Often, attempts at communication fail. People might view situations from different mindsets or perspectives. They could have conflicting ways of expressing themselves or of receiving what others say or write....

Get It Right the First Time—or Fix It! How to Avoid or Correct Vocabulary Mistakes in Pronunciation, Spelling, & Matching Meaning to Context: For Students

Get It Right the First Time—or Fix It! How to A...

How can vocabulary misuse cause miscommunication? Work/Life English's blog helps English language learners learn English and English language teachers teach English the right way. Mispronunciation and misspelling often causes miscommunication when one is...

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Get It Right the First Time—or Fix It! How to A...

How can vocabulary misuse cause miscommunication? Work/Life English's blog helps English language learners learn English and English language teachers teach English the right way. Mispronunciation and misspelling often causes miscommunication when one is...

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