February 4th, 2010
Category: ESL Articles
Tags: asking, at, conversation, English, english conversation, Improve, learning english online, Listening, responding, Spoken, spoken english conversation, Vocabulary, web
There are three parts to any conversation. Whether it is on the phone, over coffee with your friend, or at a business meeting with your boss and your colleagues; Listening, Responding, and Asking.
Listening
Anywhere you go, and by this I mean anywhere you go to try and learn a language, they will tell you to listen. There are many reasons for this. For one, listening is such an important aspect in any language, that you would be at a disadvantage in life if you didn’t listen. It is what makes a language. A language needs listeners. That’s where you come in.
Listening…
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January 25th, 2010
Category: ESL Articles
Tags: at, can learning english improve my life, English, english conversation, how can i improve my english, how to improve my english, Improve, learning english online, spoken english conversation, web
How can I improve my English? If you are asking yourself this question, you have something in common with millions of people. I think this question might be one of the most asked questions in the entire history of education. There are so many people out there who know how important English is in their future and the future of the world, and they are ready to learn or improve their spoken English.
I have read this question on so many forums and so many discussion boards and I realized that I have asked myself this same question, but with the…
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January 25th, 2010
Category: Literacy Research
Tags: at, ESL, Improve, Internet, Results, Search, web
Visit these sites to know:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Search_Engine
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Internet_search_engines
http://websearch.about.com/
http://www.cln.org/searching_faqs.html
http://www.sou.edu/library/searchtools/
http://www.internettutorials.net/checklist.html
http://www.faqs.org/faqs/internet/research-faq/part1/
http://library.usm.maine.edu/research/researchguides/searchengines.html
http://www.eslhome.com/esl/listen/search/
http://www.infopeople.org/search/chart.html
http://www.noodletools.com/debbie/literacies/information/5locate/adviceengine.html
http://www.searchengineguide.com/searchengines.html
http://computer.howstuffworks.com/search-engine.htm
http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/library/internet/search.htm
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/FindInfo.html
http://www.islandnet.com/~pjhughes/search.htm
http://dir.yahoo.com/Computers_and_Internet/Internet/World_Wide_Web/Searching_the_Web/
http://www.informationweek.com/internet/
http://personal.linkline.com/rwreed/search.html
http://www.2-sir.com/Search.html
http://www.pace.edu/library/links/search.html
http://ianrwww.unl.edu/internet/search.html
http://oaklandcc.edu/library/isearch.htm
http://www.lib.utk.edu/refs/search.html
http://www.baselinemag.com/article2/0,1397,1980792,00.asp
http://dmoz.org/Computers/Internet/Searching/Search_Engines/
http://www.itools.com/
http://searchenginewatch.com/showPage.html?page=2156221
http://www.snet.net/search/
http://www.webopedia.com/DidYouKnow/Internet/2003/HowWebSearchEnginesWork.asp
http://www.rollanet.org/internet/search.html
http://www.isedb.com/
http://www.dreamstation.cc/search/
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January 15th, 2010
Category: Articles
Tags: at, Dictionary, English, english grammar, Grammar, Improve, language translator, Software, Translate, translator, web, Writing
Do Software Grammar Checkers Work?
Is English Grammar Software a Useful Writing Tool?
English grammar software claims to check your grammar, style, spelling, and more. Does it really work? Let’s take a look.
As someone who does lots of writing, I’m always looking for ways to improve my English grammar. English software programs claim to check your grammar, spelling, style and more. I find that they do detect many errors in spelling, punctuation, and grammar as well as offering style suggestions. However, they are not perfect and sometimes make mistakes. But for the most part, they do a very good job.This type…
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January 13th, 2010
Category: Literacy Skills
Tags: Another, at, Improve, improve my literacy, improve your literacy, Literacy, Newspapers, Reading, Skills
If you have a hectic schedule and have no time to neither read books nor going to the library?
I have newspapers online, so it is the only way for me to read to improve my literacy but I am just wondering if it will really improve your skills (of course with determination that you will do it to improve your literacy).
Thanks.
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December 20th, 2009
Category: Literacy Articles
Tags: at, Dictionary, Finance, Financial, Improve, Literacy, Personal, Reading, Simple, Steps, Three, web
Many people today place money with financial analysts, fund managers and experts in the hope that they can grow their funds. However studies have shown that in the vast majority of cases, the individual generates the same return as the experts. But most people when confronted with this fact, usually reply that they do not know how best to invest their money themselves and it is submitted that the real reason is a lack of financial literacy.
So the usual question is how someone can increase his financial literacy? This article will therefore list three simple ways for anyone to start…
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December 18th, 2009
Category: Books
Tags: American, at, common american idiomatic expressions, Easy, English, Expressions, Idiomatic, idiomatic expressions, Idioms, Improve, speaking, Understand, weeks

Product Description
This week-by-week calendar of idioms will assist learners of English to understand the meanings of American idioms found in common usage. The American English Idiomatic Expressions in 52 Weeks consists of 3,300 frequently used idioms, provides concise and clear definitions of each idiom, and includes examples to show the context in which particular idioms are used.
American English Idiomatic Expressions in 52 Weeks: An Easy Way to Understand English Expressions and Improve Speaking
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December 12th, 2009
Category: Technology Literacy ARTICLES
Tags: at, General, Head, Improve, Literacy, Reading, Standing, Technology, Writing
by Philip Yaffe
You may not have thought about it, but newspapers provide the best examples of clear, concise, dense (factual) writing you can find anywhere. Otherwise people wouldn’t read them.
Journalists not only write superbly well, they do so extremely rapidly. When a news event occurs, they don’t have the luxury of spending several days to put together their text. At best, they have a few hours.
Learning how journalists work their “daily miracles” can help you write better at your much more leisurely pace.
Here is an article from an international newspaper.
Britain yesterday has once again called for the United…
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