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The greatest name in foreign language dictionaries is Cassell, the preeminent publisher of dictionaries for over 120 years.

For fast, easy reference and comprehensive coverage, Cassell’s is unbeatable. With entries covering daily conversation as well as technical and professional terms, this handy pocket-sized dictionary is the only reference you need while traveling, studying, or working.

Cassell’s is portable, easy to read and full of helpful usage information that’s simple to access. This invaluable volume, backed by the world’s foremost language authority, is the best pocket guide available to the French language.

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USING LOCAL LITERATURES IN ENGLISH OR TRANSLATIONS FOR TEACHING ENGLISH

Professor Dr.S.Elangovan,P.T.Lee Chengalvaraya Naicker Engineering College,
               Oovery. Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu State, India.

 e.mail: elangovanshiva@hotmail.com                          mobile:+9500687897
                                                                  27- 07 – 2009
Introduction

This study aims at elucidating the universal phenomenon that native literatures and translations can be beneficially and effectively used as a launching pad to learn a foreign language like English. The source of inspiration is the ardent students, willing to learn more and  more English but hailing  from   rustic surroundings in  Tamil Nadu, India  who have English as their second language. The primary objective of any language is to serve as a vehicle of thoughts and…

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I found this National Geographic servey which sarteled me.
Americans are far from alone in the world, but from the perspective of many young Americans, we might as well be. Most young adults between the ages of 18 and 24 demonstrate a limited understanding of the world, and they place insufficient importance on the basic geographic skills that might enhance their knowledge.

Young Americans answer about half (54 percent) of all the survey questions correctly. But by and large, majorities of young adults fail at a range of questions testing their basic geographic literacy.

Only 37% of young Americans can find Iraq on…

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The United States can be a very lucrative country with which to do business. The standard of living in America is high, and even bearing in the mind the recent economic downturn, the dollar is still strong compared to many other currencies throughout the world. One issue many international countries encounter when doing business with the United States, is that it can be difficult to find a representative who speaks English fluently, and with proper business mannerisms. A few of the reasons that learning English will help you do business with the United States include:

* Learning English will Help…

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During the last few decades a continuing but significant move has taken place, resulting in less emphasis on teachers and teaching and greater stress on learners and learning.

This article provides an overview of key issues concerning the use of language learning strategies (LLS) in second and foreign language (L2/FL) learning and teaching

Weinstein and Mayer (1986) defined learning strategies (LS) broadly as “behaviours and thoughts that a learner engages in during learning” which are “intended to influence the learner’s encoding process”. Later Mayer (1988) more specifically defined LS as “behaviours of a learner that are intended to influence how the…

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In a nutshell, what’s so great about English is that nearly everybody speaks it these days!

That is certainly true here in Greece. In fact, shortly after I arrived here to live the Greek government passed a law declaring English as the country’s official second language. What that means is that every school age child has at least some education in the English language. And as native English speakers either living in Greece or traveling frequently in Greece, what could be better? Especially since we (English and Americans in particular) are so dedicated to our native tongue that we obstinately resist…

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Monday Rush

Julie is running late. It’s Monday morning and she can’t miss her class. There is no time for her to relax. She rushes to the subway and takes a seat. The other passengers are starring blankly straight ahead. Suddenly, Julie remembers that she was supposed to read the first chapter in her history book. She pulls out her book opens it to the first chapter. She flips a page. Then the second, third, — page twenty, — two hundred. Before she realizes it, the subway doors open and she has finished an entire book.

Fact or Fiction

Is this a dream…

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The reason I am a writing an article of this sort is because I feel qualified to do so given that I  speak five languages fluently along with having been a teacher of English as a second language in the English Language School which I opened up in Warsaw over 5 years ago. It has been during these past years that I have learnt the secrets of the trade which I now wish to share with those who choose to read this article.  

When referring to the languages I speak they are English, French, Spanish, Italian and Polish which to…

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Introduction

Pronunciation is an integrated and integral part of second/foreign language learning since it directly affects learners’ communicative competence as well as performance to a substantial extent. Notwithstanding, the teaching of EFL pronunciation has received varied treatment from having no room in the synthetic syllabus and the grammar-translation method to being the cardinal focus in the situational syllabus and the audio-lingual method in which emphasis is put on the traditional notions of pronunciation, minimal pairs, drills and mini-conversations. And with the advent of communicative language teaching in the late 1960s (Richards and Rodgers, 1986), the role of pronunciation in the EFL…

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On the continent of Africa many have a desire to learn English as a Foreign Language, whether it’s for social reasons, their job, or for family is the ability to be bilingual (Able to speak another language) but due to life’s hectic schedule and lives people hardly ever find the time! Majority of people in the country of Burkina Faso favor the internet and CD’s over other conventional methods to learning languages, in the year two thousand there were 10,000 internet users. Many internet surfers know in the capitol Ouagadougou are learning EFL. Programs such as “English in an hour…