A Course in Language Teaching (book)

Author: Penny Ur Publisher: Cambridge University Press Details: paperback, 389 pages; pub 1996 ISBN: 0521449944 Click https://amzn.to/3jl4Ztf for more details: This is an excellent reference book for foreign language teachers, offering stimulating insights and practical suggestions for both classroom application and personal professional growth. Both novice and experienced teachers will […]


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A Basic English Grammar (book)

Author: John Eastwood; Ronald Mackin Publisher: OUP Details: paperback; pub. 1982 ISBN: 0194329402 Click https://amzn.to/3oOQ63L for more details. An excellent first grammar which covers the basics of English grammar in clear and precise form. Ideal for new teachers and students to get to grips with the basics. This can be […]


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A Long List of Proverbs

his is A Long List of Proverbs. It can be used with activities such as proverb match‏‎ (see below). A cat may look at a king A chain is only as strong as its weakest link A change is as good as a rest A drowning man will clutch at […]


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American or British

Variations in spelling exist in English words. In Great Britain and Canada, some words have spellings that differ from American spellings. Readers of books by British and Canadian publishers will note these differences. Some confusion may arise depending on the writer’s experience with these variant spellings. Many nouns that in […]


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The History of Leap Year

Leap years are years with 366 days, instead of the usual 365. Leap years are necessary because the actual length of a year is 365.242 days, not 365 days, as commonly stated. Basically, leap years occur every 4 years, and years that are evenly divisible by 4 (2004, for example) […]


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