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1 Comment Category: ESL Literacy
Tags: at, ESL, SSAT, Student, teaching, Tips

I am going to begin tutoring an ESL/EFL student next week. The focus of this, as set by the parents, is for him to pass the SSAT and TOEFL after about a year or two years so he can go to high school at a boarding school in the US.

I didn’t even know what the SSAT was until a couple weeks ago. So could anyone give me some tips, good websites, or book/study guide suggestions?

He needs to get a 2200 on the SSAT.

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Write Comment Category: Articles
Tags: at, Creative, Exercises, Ideas, literacy story starters, More, Much, Starters, Story, Tips, Writing

Creative writing has always been my favourite kind of writing. To be honest, I don’t like poetry or journalism. In school I finished my first year of journalism only to decide I didn’t like it, there are too many rules.

That’s what is great about creative writing, you only have one rule; anything goes. Basically the only requirement is to figure out how you’re going to write the next great novel, are you going to draft it out via outline, brainstorm, or just go with the flow.

I like writing on the fly, I just open up a Microsoft word document and…

Write Comment Category: Technology Literacy ARTICLES
Tags: at, ESL, Novice, Right, Tips, Trainers, Training

When I first became a trainer many years ago, I worked myself up about whether my trainees were learning anything useful, whether I was using the right approach, and so on. And these were fair questions to ask, as any trainer worth their salt will reflect critically on their own practice. After working with a number of organizations as both an internal trainer and external consultant, I began to condense all of the lessons I learned along the way into the five “rights” of training.

I see these “rights” as the basic requirements that need to be satisfied for a training…

Write Comment Category: ESL Articles
Tags: at, english grammar, Italian, italian language learning tips, Language, Learning, part, r words, Tips, Translate

Many of the students of Italian, especially the beginner’s have a tendency to stick with what they are familiar with. Once the beginners learn the three modal verbs, which include potere, which means to be able to or can, they will then come up with many sentences beginning with the word “Posse….? attempting to sound tactful, when the verb riuscire, which means to succeed, to manage, to be able, is a more accurate verb. This is a quirk which will identify the speaker as a person for whom English is their madrelingua meaning native tongue.

For those students who are studying…

Write Comment Category: Articles
Tags: at, Dictionary, English, Good, Skills, Tips, Vocabulary, web

Tips to Have Good English Skills
by Shritz.com

So many call center agents still lack English skills and that’s why some callers could not understand what the agent is saying albeit he or she wants to help out. he are some tips so call center employees can have good English speaking skills.

1. Talk to all sorts of people – it will enrich one’s mind by gettings lots of different knowledge and learning new words everytime. Talk to some who has a different job than yours and you will be surprised as to how much fresh information you are getting from other people,…

Write Comment Category: Articles
Tags: "useful websites", at, Dictionary, english grammar, links, Online, Tips, Tools, useful, Vocabulary, web, Writing

If you’re new to writing online or a veteran, there’s always a need to improve your writing and content. These links can help you bring out the best in your writing and assist in your online experience.

Word Count & Analysis

Instead of trying to count the words yourself, there are many useful websites that can assist you. Here are some websites that can calculate how many words are in your article by copy and pasting it into the submit box:

Word Count Tool: http://www.wordcounttool.co.cc – Basic word counting tool.

Textalyser: http://textalyser.net – Advanced word, character and text analyzer.

Dictionary & Thesaurus

It’s always good to…

Write Comment Category: Literacy Articles
Tags: at, Bolgs, From, Money, Tips, web, Writing

Tips for Making Money From Writing Your Bolgs:

1. What you need:
A computer, an internet connection and a bit more than basic literacy is all you need to start blogging. However, among a sea of blogs on the net, only a handful are read, respected and talked about.

2. Decide on a topic to write:
“More than specialisation it is important to have a certain passion. Successful bloggers write on a niche topic and stick to that,” says Kiruba Shankar, a professional blogger from Delhi and the founder of Business Blogging. He has his blog at http://www.kiruba.com. His firm advises companies on using…

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Write Comment Category: ESL Articles
Tags: at, ESL, Reading, Simple, Success, TEFL, tefl jobs, Tips

So, you’re thinking about doing a TEFL course, and it won’t be too long before you’ve got your crisp new TEFL certificate in hand – but what are you going to do with it?! Get a teaching job abroad and jet off into the sunset – that’s what! But how to get there? Never fear: here are my five simple tips for TEFL job success:

Tailor your resume to TEFL

We’re sorry to say it, but employers don’t want to know about that ska band you were in back in school. Keep it short and sharp – just cover what the job advertisement asks…

Write Comment Category: Articles
Tags: at, English, Find, Good, School, Tips, web

Well, to start with we need to define what a good school of English is; to me it is a school that has everything that I need, good teachers, good prices, but what is good teacher, and what is a good price, well I might be able to know what I want and therefore define what is good for me, but what happens with another person, maybe what is good for me is not good for them and what is good for them is not for me.

Then comes the problem to find all the information in an organised and easy…

Write Comment Category: ESL Articles
Tags: at, French, From, Home, Learning, skype.com, Starter, Tips, web

As an English speaker, learning French is one of the most difficult things you will do in your entire life. If you are a native Spanish speaker, it will be much easier though.

French is the second most difficult language in the world after Arabic, and if you want to become fluent, you need to plan ahead and arm yourself with courage, patience and determination.

If you are doing it for fun or because you love the language of romance, it will become easy after a while since you are doing something you are dreaming about.

On the other hand, if you are…