
Teaching English as a foreign language (TEFL) refers to teaching English to students whose first language is not English. TEFL usually occurs in the student's own country, either within the state school system, or privately, e.g., in an after-hours language school or with a tutor. TEFL teachers may be native or non-native speakers of English. This article describes English teaching by native ...
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Expression Example both … and … I like both cats and dogs. so Jane likes cats. So do I. not … either Jane doesn't like cats. I don't like cats either. either … or … Jane either has a cat or a dog. neither/nor Jane doesn't like cats. Neither do I./Nor do I. neither … nor …...
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The can either be used with noncount nouns or the article can be omitted entirely. For example: She liked to sail over the water. Here, some specific body of water is being talked about. She liked to sail over water. Here, no particular water is being talked about. It can refer to any water. ‘A’/’An...
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English is an inteational language which is used officially all around the world. Anybody who wants to make coections with the world we live in should lea English. I had English language classes in my secondary and high school years. I also took some private English leaing courses throu...
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A 24-year-old Los Angeles man was taken to a hospital and then to county jail after leading police on a one-hour freeway chase in a stolen SUV. The chase ended in downtown Los Angeles in front of the Spring Hotel. Most of the chase was uneventful, except for an empty bottle of whiskey that the...
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Parts of speech Nouns e.g. chair, information, happiness Verbs e.g. choose, tell, and complain Adjectives e.g. happy, tall, dangerous Adverbs e.g. slowly, carefully, often Prepositions e.g. in, at, on Pronouns e.g. me, you, him, we, it, she Articles e.g. defini...
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A conjunction is a word that links words, phrases, or clauses. There are three types of conjunctions:coordinatingconjunctions, correlative conjunctions, and subordinatingconjunctions. Coordinating conjunctions may join single words, or they may join groups of words, but they must always join simil...
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Abstract At first sight , it may seem rather odd to focus on what leaers get wrong rather than on what they get right. However, there are good reasons for focusing on errors. Many teachers nowadays regard student errors as evidence that progress is being made. Errors often show us that a stude...
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The following questions conce your feelings about your language leaing experience. 1) Many language leaers feel very negative about their leaing experiences. They say they feel...
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since - if the starting point is given (two o'clock, last Friday, 1998) - for - if the period of time is given (twenty minutes, two days, one year) Decide whether to use »since« or »for«. I have been waiting ……….. 4 o'clock. Sue has only been wait...
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in, im not inviolate, iocuous, intractable, iocent, impregnable, impossible infra beneath infrared, infrastructure, infrasonic inter, intro between inteational, intercept, intermission, interoffice, inteal, intermittent, introvert, introduce intra within,...
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Exercises on some and any The words some and any are used for countable and uncountable nouns. In general, we could say that some means a few / a little and any means none in negative clauses or a few / a little in questions. Positive Clauses In positive clauses, we usually use some. Example: I have...
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Exercises on much and many The words much and many mean a lot of. If a noun is in singular, we use much Example: much money If a noun is in plural, we use many Example: many friends Use of much / many In everyday English, we normally use much / many only in questions and negative clauses....
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ﮊﺍﭘﻨﯽ ﻫﺎ ﺍﺻﻼً ﭘﺲ ﺍﻧﺪﺍﺯ ﻧﻤﯽ ﮐﻨﻨﺪ ! ﺗﻮﺭﻡ ﺩﺭ ﮊﺍﭘﻦ ﻣﻌﻤﻮﻟﻦ ﯾﺎ ﺻﻔﺮ ﺍﺳﺖ ﯾﺎ ﻣﻨﻔﯽ ﺍﺳﺖ ! ﺩﺭ ژاپن ﺧﺎﻧﻪ ﻭﯾﻼﯾﯽ ﺑﻪ ﻧﺪﺭﺕ ﭘﯿﺪﺍ ﻣﯽ ﺷﻮﺩ ! ﺍﺯ ﮐﺎﺭ ﻣُﺮﺩﻥ ﺩﺭ ﮊﺍﭘﻦ ﯾﮏ ﺍﻓﺘﺨﺎﺭ ﺍﺳﺖ ! ﺣﻘﻮﻕ ﯾﮏ ﻣﻌﻠﻢ ﻣﻌﺎﺩﻝ ۷۵۰۰ ﺩﻻﺭ ﺁﻣﺮﯾﮑﺎﯾﯽ ﺩﺭ ﻣﺎﻩ ﺍﺳﺖ ! ﺷﮑﺴﺖ ﺩﺭ ﮐﺎﺭ ﺑﺮﺍﯼ ﯾﮏ ﻣﺪﯾﺮ ﺑﺮﺍﺑﺮ ﻣﺮﮒ ﺍﺳﺖ ! ﺗﻤﺎﻡ ﻣﻌﻠﻤﺎﻥ ﺩﻭﺭﻩ ﺍﺑﺘﺪﺍﯾﯽ ﺧﺎﻧﻢ ﻫﺴﺘﻨﺪ ﮐﻪ ﮔﺎﻫﯽ ﺍﺯ ﻣﺎﺩﺭﺍﻥ ﺑﭽﻪﻫﺎ ﺩﻟﺴﻮﺯﺗﺮﻧﺪ ! ﻫﻨﮕﺎﻡ ﺗﻌﻄﯿﻠﯽ ﻣﺪﺍﺭﺱ ﺑﭽﻪﻫﺎ ﮔﺮﯾﻪ ﻣﯽ ﮐﻨﻨﺪ ! ﺧﺎﻧﻢ ﻫﺎ ﺩﺭ ژاپن ﺑﻌﺪ ﺍﺯ ﺍﺯﺩﻭﺍﺝ ﻋﻤﻮﻣﺎً ﮐﺎﺭﻧﻤﯽ ﮐﻨﻨﺪ ! ﻣﺮﺩﺍﻥ ﺣﻘﻮﻕ ﺧﻮﺩ ﺭﺍ ﺑﻪ ﻫﻤﺴﺮﺍﻥ ﺧﻮﺩ ﻣﯽ ﺩﻫﻨﺪ ﻭ ﺍﺯ ﺁﻥ ﻫﺎ ﭘﻮﻝ ﺧﺮﺟﯽ ﻣﯽﮔﯿﺮﻧﺪ. اﺯ ﺍﻭﻝ ﺗﺎ ﺳﻮﻡ ﺍﺑﺘﺪﺍﯾﯽ، ﻫﯿﭻ ﺍﻣﺘﺤﺎﻧﯽ ﻧﺪﺍﺭﻧﺪ ! ﺩﺭ ژاپن ... !!! ﯾﮏ : ﺩﺍﻧﺶ ﺁﻣﻮﺯﺍﻥ ﻫﻤﺮﺍﻩ ﺑﺎ ﻣﻌﻠﻤﯿﻦ ﻫﺮ ﺭﻭﺯ ﺑﻪ ﻣﺪﺕ ۱۵ ﺩﻗﯿﻘﻪ ﺑﻪ ﻧﻈﺎﻓﺖ ﻣﺪﺭﺳﻪ ﻣﯽﭘﺮﺩﺍﺯﻧﺪ ﻭ ﺍﯾﻦ ﮐﺎﺭ ﺑﺎﻋﺚ ﺗﺮ...
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Anybody who doesn't know much about nanotechnology should begin with geckos. These are the lizards that are probably the world's best climbers. Watching them climb upside down on a horizontal pane of glass, you realize that spiderman should really have been called geckoman. These guys outclimb spiders any day. With perfect ease they can hang from a single toe, and they do so by pure adhesion, not by sticking a toe in a hole or by curling it round something they can grip. With all the toes on the glass scientists estimate that if the rest of the body were strong enough it could take the weight of a 100kg person suspended below it. Although each toe is equipped with a tiny hook-like claw at t...
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English as the inteational language in the entire world has some varieties such as Australian, Canadian. New Zealand, British and American English. Among all, the last two ones are considered to be the most prestigious varieties of the English language. It should be pointed out that all of the English varieties spoken throughout the world are just slightly different from each other. In this article, the main differences between American and British English in terms of pronunciation, grammar, words and spelling are compared and contrasted. As non-native speakers of English, English leaers are strongly recommended to select one of the two prestigious varieties of English, either Americ...
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A lot of people look at successful language leaers and attribute their achievements to natural ability, favorable circumstances, or because they chose the right school or method. While these are all important ingredients to success, they are just the tip of the iceberg [the most apparent part of a much deeper and complex problem]. In reality, they do little to explain why so many self-taught leaers reach high levels of fluency without the help of any of these, or why others, despite having every conceivable advantage, fail miserably. “If you are NOT WILLING to lea, no one can help you. If you are DETERMINED to lea, no one can stop you.” –Anonymous There is somet...
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The tail worthy of that evil man is always coected to her, soon captured the imagination and hearts of darkness. Big floury Look for the positives and strengths of others to find them. Then another twenty minutes or twenty years he will be different from the time that had elapsed, with love because of all the time you spent in search of the love you've, and the love that it is find. Barbara De Angelis If people are left to their own devices, you will have to present yourself. Thomas Ma The discrete treaties, such as the marsh terrible that must be escaped from. Big floury The only cure for love, marriage. Buchwald Man is what he believes. Anton Chekhov Mazari has no b...
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