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Start at the Very Beginning (A Very Good Place to Start): For Students

Start at the Very Beginning (A Very Good Place ...

Sing the First Lines of a Song from “The Sound of Music." Let's start at the very beginning A very good place to start When you read you begin with...

Start at the Very Beginning (A Very Good Place ...

Sing the First Lines of a Song from “The Sound of Music." Let's start at the very beginning A very good place to start When you read you begin with...

I Know I Need to Learn English. So What Choices Do I Have Now?

I Know I Need to Learn English. So What Choices...

Now that you have reasons for improving your English and ways to build your abilities, what's next? Expressed in quotes, here's why Choice in language improvement, learning, and teaching-as in...

I Know I Need to Learn English. So What Choices...

Now that you have reasons for improving your English and ways to build your abilities, what's next? Expressed in quotes, here's why Choice in language improvement, learning, and teaching-as in...

Ask Elaine: Five Steps to Teaching Grammar

Ask Elaine: Five Steps to Teaching Grammar

No matter what the “key learning points” are, an effective grammar mini-lesson plan is likely to have at least five (5) steps or stages: 1) Presentation with Recognition, 2) Demonstrating...

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Ask Elaine: Five Steps to Teaching Grammar

No matter what the “key learning points” are, an effective grammar mini-lesson plan is likely to have at least five (5) steps or stages: 1) Presentation with Recognition, 2) Demonstrating...

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Ask Elaine: Just Started out Teaching? What to Do First

Ask Elaine: Just Started out Teaching? What to ...

Work/Life English's founder, Elaine Kirn-Rubin, has over 40 years of experience teaching, developing, and publishing effective English language learning and teaching tools. Send us an email below if you want your question...

Ask Elaine: Just Started out Teaching? What to ...

Work/Life English's founder, Elaine Kirn-Rubin, has over 40 years of experience teaching, developing, and publishing effective English language learning and teaching tools. Send us an email below if you want your question...

Why Teaching English Via Phonics is the Way to Go

Why Teaching English Via Phonics is the Way to Go

Phonics is a method for native English and English as a Second Language (ESL) speakers to learn to read by associating the sounds of spoken English with letters or groups of...

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Why Teaching English Via Phonics is the Way to Go

Phonics is a method for native English and English as a Second Language (ESL) speakers to learn to read by associating the sounds of spoken English with letters or groups of...

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Ask Elaine: "Now That I Really Want to Learn Language, How Can I Do It?"

Ask Elaine: "Now That I Really Want to Learn La...

Work/Life English's "Ask Elaine" resident linguist answers the question: Now that I really want to learn a language, how can I do it?" Learn more best tips and resources as...

Ask Elaine: "Now That I Really Want to Learn La...

Work/Life English's "Ask Elaine" resident linguist answers the question: Now that I really want to learn a language, how can I do it?" Learn more best tips and resources as...