Here are 10 reasons why modern American sitcoms should be a regular part of your English learning diet. Sitcoms have more realistic contexts of the English language compared to English course books (maybe your teachers would disagree, but it is true). You’ll improve your conversational skills. The English you hear in sitcoms is more likely…
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Some words in English are always grammatically singular, even though they can have plural meanings. For example: Everybodyare going* to the concert. In this example we understand that a lot of people are going to the concert, everybody is singular and requires a single verb. The plural verb are going should be changed to the…
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FACETIOUS PRONOUNCED “FAH-SEE-SHUSS”, THIS WORD DESCRIBES WHEN SOMEONE DOESN’T TAKE A SITUATION SERIOUSLY, WHICH IRONICALLY IS VERY SERIOUS INDEED. HENCEFORTH PRONOUNCED “HENTZ-FORRTH”, IT’S A FANCIER WAY OF SAYING “FROM THIS POINT ON”. OSTENTATIOUS “OSS-TEN-TAY-SHUSS” IT MEANS WHEN SOMETHING OR SOMEONE IS DELIBERATELY SHOWING OFF, LIKE DRIVING A STUPIDLY EXPENSIVE CAR OR WEARING A HORRIBLE DESIGNER COAT JUST BECAUSE…
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Cuando iniciamos nuestro aprendizaje del inglés, los verbos suelen ser uno de los aspectos que más se nos dificulta aprender. Esto, debido a que no sólo debemos aprender los significados de los verbos, sino que también debemos saber sus distintas conjugaciones. Lo primero que debes saber para aprender los verbos en inglés es que existen…
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President Trump may want to wall off America’s southern neighbor, but Mexico is still happy to talk. With an eye to making its population more competitive in the global economy, Mexico is pushing ambitious new plans to have all of its students speaking English as well as Spanish within two decades. Mexican Education Secretary Aurelio…
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Perhaps you have never even thought about the care it takes to create a rubric. Perhaps you have never even heard of a rubric and its usage in education, in which case, you should take a peek at this article: “What is a rubric?” Basically, this tool that teachers and professors use to help them communicate expectations, provide focused feedback,…
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Aries Aries is the first sign of the Zodiac. It is associated with fresh vigor and new beginnings. Individuals born under this sign are said to have an enthusiastic, adventurous, and passionate character. They are usually ambitious, humorous, and pioneering. On the less positive side, they’re also said to be prone to selfishness, boastfulness, intolerance,…
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Te mostraremos las maneras con las que puedes responder, de manera atenta y cortés, cuando no entiendas alguna pregunta o una conversación en inglés. “I’m sorry, could you repeat that?” “I’m sorry, I didn’t catch that” …
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As teachers our goal is to create successful autonomous readers. So that they are able to acquire meaning from what they read as well as to improve their level of English. From the power of reading according to Stephen Krashen, we learned that the demands have been increasing faster in the last ten years. As…
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As a student, I didn’t realize that “reading” and “writing” were skills that went hand to hand in English teaching. Even though one of them is a receptive skill and the other one a productive skill. Both skills cannot exist without the other. Due to the fact that those skills (reading, writing) have to be…
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