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15 Comments Category: ESL Videos
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This is the second part of Lesson 3, in which we focus on making appropriate requests. This segment looks at the use of questions and implied requests. Level: intermediate – advanced.
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See more at my channel www.youtube.com A selection of the next 200 common words starting with the highest frequency
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3 Comments Category: Illiteracy HELP
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In this lesson you will learn 10 very common English expressions used in everyday conversation. Take a quiz on the lesson to test your understanding at www.engVid.com
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As far as international languages go for business communication, English reigns supreme and high above all others. No other language even comes close to being used in an international setting to close deals both large and small. Something most people don’t know is that a lot of the time deals are bought and sold not with native English speakers but rather with speakers who use English as a second language.

English is a way to advance in the business world and English as a second language speakers know this all too well. Learners must go through all the necessary steps…

3 Comments Category: Literacy Schools
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At first glance, any connection between professional wrestling and school-based literacy practices might seem far-fetched, or incongruous at best.

What do you think ?

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2 Comments Category: Illiteracy HELP
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If an ancestor was listed as not being able to read and write, does this mean they were very poor? Were people self taught back then?

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4 Comments Category: Reading Skills Help
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just wondering how many classrooms of children he had visited preceding 9/11/01. Is it the only one he has visited?

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by Philip Yaffe

Anyone who has travelled outside his own country is aware of the thrill—and frustration—of dealing with foreign languages.

The thrill comes from the fact that the languages are foreign. When you hear people speaking differently from you, and see newspapers, magazines, posters and other written materials that look different from what you are used to, you know you have actually gone somewhere.

The frustration also comes from the fact that the languages are foreign. If you really need to say something to someone who doesn’t understand you, or need to read something you don’t understand, frustration is inevitable.

The…