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Fix it Sentences for January
This is the ideal worksheet for EFL students to practice sentence structure in the English language.
Find the words that need to be capitalized and fix the sentences.
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An Overview of the Conditionals in the English Sentence - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
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An Overview of the Conditionals in the English Sentence
Conditionals are sentences which are also known as ‘if clauses.’ These types of sentences are an important concept for anyone learning the language to understand. Let's take a look at the different conditionals in the infographic below.
Conditionals are sentences with two clauses, an “if” clause and a main clause. Generally, conditional sentences are often divided into different types. Let's take a look at each of them.
Zero Conditional
(Present Real Conditional)
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Basic Sentence Structures - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
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Basic Sentence Structures
This is the perfect sheet to hand out to your students to help them with the most basic sentence structures in English. Ideal for beginners to build a strong language foundation.
Basic Sentence Structures in English
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How to Teach Peculiarities of the English Language - TEFL Blog
Tue, 14 Jan 2020 Elizaveta Pachina
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How to Teach Peculiarities of the English Language
Peculiarities in the English language can be quite difficult and challenging to explain to students but are certainly very rewarding.
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General Ideas
1) Illustrations
2) Vocabulary
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If we look at the word "Peace" – in English this word could refer to "peace between family, neighbors, and friends" or it could mean "peace of mind" or "peace" etc. We also have the same word spoken in the same way, but spelled... [Read more]
Past Perfect Tense (Structure & Examples) - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
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Past Perfect Tense (Structure & Examples)
Past perfect tense indicates the finished or completed actions of the past. For example, I had taken eaten two pieces of cake before my friend finally showed up.
Past perfect tense indicates the finished or completed actions of the past. For example, I had taken eaten two pieces of cake before my friend finally showed up.
Signal Words for the past perfect
Structure
Subject + had + Past participle (v3)
Positive Sentences
To make the positive sentences, we use the following structure:
Subject + had + Past participle (V3)
Examples of positive sentences
Negative Sentences
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Clothes Vocabulary - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ESL Worksheet For Beginners
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Clothes Vocabulary | ESL Worksheet For Beginners
This worksheet for beginner English language students is great to teach clothes vocabulary and sentences.
There are 8 items of clothing pictures with 8 Jumbled up sentences. Students should write the correct sentence about the item of clothing in the picture.
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Board Game - Xmas Challenge
Here's a Christmas board game focusing on sentence building, either spoken or written. To practice speaking, let students say sentences (make sure to correct pronunciation when needed); to practice writing, let them write sentences (adapt the game to your students' level).
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Common Difficulties in Teaching English to Native Mandarin Speakers - TEFL Blog
Tue, 11 Jun 2019 Elizaveta Pachina
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Common Difficulties in Teaching English to Native Mandarin Speakers
Learning a second language can be difficult, and this is especially true when the learners L1 and their target language are completely different in structure, sound, and tones. An English as a second language student who speaks French, German, or any other European language will have an easier task than one who speaks a language that is not of European origins. One such language is Mandarin Chinese.
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State of The Problem
The Chinese Language Structure
Tenses
Sentence Structure
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What is Grammar in English - Everything EFL Teachers Need to Know - TEFL Blog
Tue, 11 Jul 2023 Federico Riva
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What is Grammar in English - Everything EFL Teachers Need to Know
English language grammar has a whole lot of definitions that focus on sound rules, words, sentences, and the combination and interpretation of other elements to make complete sense. To achieve this, the International TEFL and TESOL Training Lessons outline several aspects of the English language, such as parts of speech, present tense, past tense, future tense, phrasal verbs, and passive voice.
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PARTS OF SPEECH
Nouns
Pronouns
Verbs
Adjectives
Adverbs
Prepositions
Conjunctions
Gerunds
Articles
TENSES IN SENTENCES
The Present Tenses
Past Tenses
Future Tenses
MODAL AUXILIARY VERBS
METHODOLOGIES
Conclusion
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TEFL Ice Breakers: What You Need to Know
Fri, 14 Oct 2022 Federico Riva
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TEFL Ice Breakers: What You Need to Know
What are ice breakers and when and where do we use them? In this blog post, we will cover these issues and give actual examples of activities you can use with your classes.
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We are going to consider five different activities.
Two Truths and a Lie
Word Chain
Positive, Negative, Crazy
Would You Rather
Finish the Sentence
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Helping Students to Get Motivated - TEFL Blog
Thu, 20 Jun 2019 Elizaveta Pachina
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Helping Students to Get Motivated
In this essay, I am going to talk about how students can be motivated, more specifically, how to encourage shy or reluctant students to participate in class discussions.
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Anticipated Problems
Possible Solution
Comfortable Environment
Grouping
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Anticipated Problems
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Who vs Whom - English Grammar - Teaching Tips
"Who" and "whom" are another set of words that often causes confusion. Howeer, there is actuall a simple trick to deciding which one to use in a sentence. "Who" is used to refer to the subject of a sentence and 'whom' is used to refer to the object. Keeping this in mind will eliminate the chance of making mistakes. We recommend the following trick. The usage of these two words is the same as he and him. "He" is the subject and "him" is the object. If you are confused about which one you should use, look at the sentences and check whether "he" or "him" should be used. If it's "he", then you should use "who". If it's "him", then "whom" should be used.
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Several Problems Students of Different Nationalities Face - TEFL Blog
Tue, 06 Aug 2019 Elizaveta Pachina
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Several Problems Students of Different Nationalities Face
Sometimes problems may be encountered when teaching students from different nationalities due to varied reasons. When teaching English to students that are culturally and linguistically different from one's own, the teacher must take great care to prepare and identify the specific problems one may encounter as well as be attentive to the problems that occur in real-time.
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Language Related Issues
Grammar
Syntax
Culture
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What Learning a Second Language Can Teach You About Your Own - TEFL Blog
Thu, 13 May 2021 Regan McAllister
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What Learning a Second Language Can Teach You About Your Own
In our global and connected world, knowing more than one language serves many benefits. Although technology has enabled communication across countries to be possible through translation apps, these apps fail to account for cultural etiquette and language nuances. Metaphors, figures of speech, and tone get easily distorted, which can lead to altered meanings and giggle-worthy translations.
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Improved Vocabulary
Enhanced Cultural Understanding
Better Understanding of Grammar, Syntax, and Sentence Structure
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Me vs I - English Grammar - Teaching Tips
In this video we take a look at the difference between "me" and "I". While they are often used without a problem in normal sentences, they are often used incorrectly in certain situations. For example, in the sentence "can you send the report to Ian and I" the use of "I" is incorrect. It should be "can you send the report to Ian and me" The reason for this is that "I" is a subject pronoun and ?me" is an object pronoun. If you remove Ian from the sentence, it becomes clear that the use of "I" is wrong. You would not say ?can you send the report to I" but you would say "can you send the report to me?". This is an easy trick to see which of the two is the correct one. Watch the video and give it a try.
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Linking Words for Writing Reports, Essays, or Emails - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
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Linking Words for Writing Reports, Essays, or Emails
When writing in a formal manner for work reports, essays, or emails, you can improve the quality of your content by using a range of linking words that can highlight similarities, contrasts, and contradictions.
By using linking words such as those listed above you can add extra weight to formal writing when you want to impress native or non-native English speakers alike. The following examples should give you some ideas on how to spice up your English essays or work emails by linking sentence clauses or separate sentences.
Example Sentences:
Not all inner city residents are poor; equally, there are many poor people living in rural areas.
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Problems of First Lessons and How to Overcome Them - TEFL Blog
Thu, 02 May 2019 Linda Dunsmore
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Problems of First Lessons and How to Overcome Them
Challenges are inevitable especially if you want to be successful at what you do and teaching EFL is not devoid of them. In fact, teaching English as a Foreign Language can be very much exciting but also very challenging as it comes with lots of problems. Among these problems are what to do for the first lessons and how to get students motivated for the EFL course. These problems like many others have solutions and this essay seeks to highlight the problems and provide some practical solutions to them.
Table of Contents
First impressions are the most lasting
Overcoming this issue
Getting your students motivated
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Reading as a Part of Language Acquisition - TEFL Blog
Tue, 02 Jun 2020 Elizaveta Pachina
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Reading as a Part of Language Acquisition
In the following essay, I have chosen to explain my personal experience on why reading can be an invaluable resource in both primary (L1) and secondary (L2) language acquisition.
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Reading in Early Childhood
Lack of Authentic Materials
Migration
Real-Life Practice
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Reading in Early Childhood
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Problems for learners in south koreaAs korea attracts more and more foreigners that live and visit the country, koreans are likely to be exposed to English and pick up certain vocabulary words. This is especially true for koreans that live in the cities according to the Frankfurt International School. Darian Godfrey of tesolcourse.com addresses the fact that a typical ESL student in korea has acquired a vocabulary of English words that they use on a daily... [Read more]
The Most Common Challenges For The Turkish ESL Learners - TEFL Blog
Tue, 23 Mar 2021 Elizaveta Pachina
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The Most Common Challenges For The Turkish ESL Learners
There is nothing comfortable than being in your comfort zone, especially when speaking your language (native language). The feeling that comes with it, how you pronounce words, the use of jokes and proverbs, idioms, and other slang within it, no one can take that joy or even compensate it because it naturally comes from within. It makes you feel safe at home and confident even when speaking about topics that you have never seen or heard before simply because your brain is already rich with enough vocabulary. So it allows you to navigate, swim and tackle the issues from all possible angles.
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Is Grammar Still Important in Spoken English? - TEFL Blog
Thu, 09 May 2019 Elizaveta Pachina
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Is Grammar Still Important in Spoken English?
According to the Collins online dictionary, grammar is defined as "the ways that words can be put together in order to make sentences." The Oxford learner's dictionary defines grammar as "a person's knowledge and use of a language". If those two definitions were to be combined we could define grammar as the way we utilize the language knowledge we possess for the purpose of communication. In keeping with this definition then, it can be said that in order to communicate effectively, grammar is essential.
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A new approach to study
No grammar is needed to communicate
Common mistakes
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English Grammar Overview - Parts of Speech - Articles
And now we'll have a look at our articles. We can divide articles into these groupings: indefinite, using a or an, definite, using the, and oftentimes referred to as the zero article, is actually the absence of an article all together. With the indefinite article, we use it in a nonspecific way. "This is a pen," it's one of many pens. When using the definite article, we use it in a specific way. "This is the pen I'm using." We also use the indefinite article when mentioning something for the first time. "I have a boy and a girl." We use the definite article when mentioning that same thing an additional time or any additional times we mention it. So "I have a boy and a girl. The boy is eight and the girl is six." With the zero... [Read more]
How do Different Groups of Students Learn Grammar? - TEFL Blog
Thu, 09 Apr 2020 Elizaveta Pachina
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How do Different Groups of Students Learn Grammar?
One may be keen to know what grammar is. Why do we need to learn grammar in our lives? How can I learn grammar?
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The Definition of Grammar
Ways to Transfer Grammar
How can I learn grammar
Why is it so important for my students to learn grammar?
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The Definition of Grammar
Grammar is the set of rules that we follow when we speak to express our thoughts and to have a sound and meaningful conversation. It serves as an umbrella that... [Read more]
Idioms and Slang for ESL Students - TEFL Blog
Wed, 19 Feb 2020 Elizaveta Pachina
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Idioms and Slang for ESL Students
This paper will discuss the benefits of teaching slangs and idioms to students learning English as a second language. It posits that both are necessary to fully use and understand the language, and will look at when it would be appropriate to introduce them to different types of students and how they might be incorporated into lessons.
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What are slang and idioms?
Possible challenges and ways to overcome them
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English Speaking and Writing Errors made by Chinese Primary Students - TEFL Blog
Mon, 27 May 2019 William Noble
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English Speaking and Writing Errors made by Chinese Primary Students
I have been an online ESL teacher to Chinese students for over 13 years, mostly with primary students but also with secondary and adult students. I am also a father and have homeschooled my daughter over her primary years. Like many teachers, I've enjoyed teaching at this level of education as it lays the foundation in English. As it set the foundation, my teaching helped students to overcome common errors in production skills, speaking and writing. Teaching both my daughter and Chinese students at the primary level also helped me also to understand the different expectations between first language and second language students.
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Evaluation and Testing of Students - Placements Tests - TEFL Blog
Fri, 22 Apr 2022 Federico Riva
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Evaluation and Testing of Students - Placements Tests
Placement tests are designed to put students in their appropriate ESL level band. What are the levels and how do the tests do this?
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One type of test we commonly use for our ESL students is called the placement test. They're also called level tests and as the name implies what we're trying to do is to place students in a particular level of class. Typically there are five levels, these being, Starter (Level 1), Elementary, Pre-Intermediate, Intermediate and Upper-... [Read more]
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Overview of All English Tenses - Present Tenses - Present Perfect Continuous - Overview
And now we'll have a look at the present perfect continuous tense. As its name suggests, what we're going to do is combine the present continuous usages and the present perfect usages into a tense that basically expresses the fact that we've got an action continuing up until the present point in time. For the form of this tense, again, we're going to combine into various aspects of both the perfect and the continuous tenses. If we have a look we always begin with our subjects, then we have our, two now, helping verbs. The helping verb 'to have' for the perfect tenses, as well as the helping verb 'be' for the continuous tenses. For our subjects 'I', 'you', 'we' and 'they', we leave 'have' as... [Read more]
Grammar as a Core of English Teaching and Learning - TEFL Blog
Fri, 05 Jun 2020 Elizaveta Pachina
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Grammar as a Core of English Teaching and Learning
Grammar lays the groundwork for effective communication. Just as an improperly configured telephone wire can cause static during a phone conversation, improper grammar can likewise affect the meaning and clarity of an intended message.
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How is grammar useful in the real world?
Importance of English Grammar.
Why is Grammar Important in Communication?
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How to Help Chinese Native Speakers to Follow English Grammar Rules in Speaking - TEFL Blog
Wed, 09 Oct 2019 Elizaveta Pachina
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How to Help Chinese Native Speakers to Follow English Grammar Rules in Speaking
Grammar is the rules governing the composition of clauses, phrases, and words in a natural language. Simply put, grammar is the general rule of a language. Language is logical; grammar tells us in which order we say words. It's about how words become phrases; how words and phrases become sentences and how sentences become language.
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The Essence of Grammar
Different languages have different grammar rules
How to teach grammar (EFL: how to teach Chinese students English)
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The Importance of Reading in Language Acquisition - TEFL Blog
Wed, 29 Jan 2020 Elizaveta Pachina
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The Importance of Reading in Language Acquisition
Reading is an integral part of the process of acquiring language skills and can be strong support for the development of listening, speaking and writing skills. We will explore the benefits of the diversity of written material - both in topic and style - the ways it can be utilized or expanded upon. We will also look at its shortcomings and some strategies for overcoming them.
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Structure of Texts
Passive Learning
Mastering Skills
Downsides
Lack of Listening
Ways to Overcome Problems
Writing Skill
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