Blogs from Work/Life English

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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Inglish Speling Iznit Sew Badd Aftur Awl (If You’re an Educator of Students Having Trouble with Spelling)

Inglish Speling Iznit Sew Badd Aftur Awl (If Yo...

Have you ever wondered why there's so much humor about the English sound- and-spelling system? It comes from frustration with its supposed complexity!  Probably, the most effective way to go...

Inglish Speling Iznit Sew Badd Aftur Awl (If Yo...

Have you ever wondered why there's so much humor about the English sound- and-spelling system? It comes from frustration with its supposed complexity!  Probably, the most effective way to go...

Let's Start at the Very Beginning (A Very Good Place to Start): For Teachers

Let's Start at the Very Beginning (A Very Good ...

Whether you're a new or seasoned English language teacher, it can be hard to remember the best place to start when teaching your students. Sometimes when teaching English, it's best...

Let's Start at the Very Beginning (A Very Good ...

Whether you're a new or seasoned English language teacher, it can be hard to remember the best place to start when teaching your students. Sometimes when teaching English, it's best...