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Beautiful Vocabulary
As I am starting a little late, here are four entries for Word.A.Day – adverbs all. Betimes is the first, then incognito, agee and finally sine die. Betimes and sine die are both my favorites so far,...
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Achtung!
Don’t have any angst about vocabulary! It’s easy to learn, little by little. As you may know, English is a language that absorbs words from everywhere – the most noticeable example of which is French....
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Nearly Over-the-Top Fanciness
As soon as “chichi” (the word-of-the-day) was delieverd to my mailbox I thought of an image like this: The Russian Tea Room, New York City, New York. PRONUNCIATION: (SHEE-shee) MEANING: adjective:...
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A Friendly Slap on the Back
There are many good things to be said about France and French culture. I’ll never forget the only time I visited Paris, as a young art student. I remember walking around, past the Louvre, the Muse...
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Calling all Teachers and English Lit Fans
Teacher Training I am very happy to announce that the American English Plus Language Center will begin holding our free Teacher Training sessions on this Tuesday (September 4th, 2012) from 10:00 am –...
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Yes.
When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer by Walt Whitman Stars. When I heard the learn’d astronomer, When the proofs, the figures, were ranged in columns before me, When I was shown the charts and diagrams,...
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Ginormous Edutainment
I had to repost these – they are just way too cool to not have a record of them: 25 Favorite Portmanteau Words – thanks to the amazing folks at Daily Writing Tips by Mark Nichol One of the many...
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14 Ways to Improve Your English Speaking Skills
“Karen,” one of my students said to me recently, ”I understand everything I read, and I can write well. But how do I improve my speaking?” In Algeria, this is a common problem. It’s not as though one...
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