Category Archives: English Grammar

为中国英语作为第二语言的初学者制做的视频 Videos for Chinese – English Second Language Beginners

在过去的十年中,中国已成为世界大国,同世界大多数的国家交往和贸易。 中国人需要会讲国际语言,英语。让我们来思考怎样可以学好英语。 第二英语的视频以句子形式介绍内容。学生可以看书面的英语、 听说母语的人讲英语,并根据需要任意遍地重复句子。翻译提供理解,而多彩的图片可以帮助学生记住新的词汇。一旦新的语法正式介入,学生便可通过在自然环境中参加日常对话的方式来练习。 During the past decade China has become a major world power. The Chinese people, communicating and trading with most of the countries of the world, need the international language of English. Let’s consider what might help … Continue reading

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Teaching the Present and Past Progressive Tenses

We have put special effort into providing plenty of practice after introducing the explanation of the grammar. The following paragraphs will briefly discuss the grammar and give some examples of practice activities. Continue reading

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Teaching the Subjunctive to ESL Students

If you mention teaching the subjunctive, most ESL teachers will try to change the subject. However, teaching the subjunctive is a lot easier than it seems at first glance. Continue reading

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Teaching the Conditional in the Present and Future Tenses

There are many times when we need to talk about something that may or may not be true. The problem is that we don’t know if it is true or not and we want our listener to know about our doubt. Continue reading

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ANSWERING IN SENTENCES

In our ESL Curriculum we insist that all answers that the students give be in complete sentences. Students studying English need all the practice they can get. Continue reading

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Using “much” or “a lot of” with Count and Non-Count Nouns

There are sometimes, however, small clues that can make the language much easier. If they follow the simple suggestion explained in this article, then perhaps they will feel more confident about their speech. Continue reading

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Students Need to Learn About Tag Questions, Don’t They?

This article will suggest ways of helping ESL students to understand and use tag questions to confirm their understanding of what is being said. Continue reading

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Teaching the Future Progressive Tense

I’ll try to explain the grammar in a simple way and provide some practice activities. Continue reading

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Fun Using Adjectives

To keep your ESL students interested, it is good to have lots of fun activities to use along with the regular esl curriculum. Continue reading

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A Fun Way to Deal With Prepositions

If you can get your esl students participating in an activity that has them using English grammar in everyday situations, they will learn quickly and remember what they learned. Continue reading

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