Crowd Wise 5c: Why do people join e-communities?

An ant can carry a leafbut a colony of ants can carry an elephant.African proverbFrom the dawn of time, or better said, from the dawns of civilization we divvied ourselves up and created tribes.  We roamed in groups across vast plains, colonized nations overseas and settled down in towns only to then construct cities.  We joined football clubs and today we join e-communities.But why?What[...]

Date: 03.11.2010 Time 12:35:00 Author: Karenne Sylvester

Ordering a meal (2)

You will hear a man and a woman ordering a meal in a restaurant. Listen to what they order. I recommend to hear the listening twice. After you have finished, write down the answers to the questions you have in the second page of the exercise I embedded for you yesterday, I mean the one which is just below this one.I suppose you have already downloaded it. If you haven't, just guess the answers.Cr[...]

Date: 03.10.2010 Time 21:44:00 Author: Carmen Torres

Pitching Black Jets

Luke-a-lele left the following comment in the Alpha Agora, “…I never really understood the jet in jet black myself. I’ve never seen jet any other way in regards to color. Are there different shades/hues of black? To me black is black, though there are other words used, e.g., ebony.”At about the same time, Bucknell librarian Bud Hiller dropped me the following note:“I [...]

Date: 03.07.2010 Time 13:29:15 Author: Robert Beard (Pennsylvania)

Big Challenge 2010

The Big Challenge Quiz[...]

Date: 02.25.2010 Time 08:51:00 Author: Sara Cordero (Huelva)

WORDS?

…something to think about.[...]

Date: 02.13.2010 Time 22:42:07 Author: Aniya

10 Learning Communities for ESL students

Participating in an online language learning community is a good way for ESL students to improve speaking and writing skills. The average community provides language partners to chat with in addition to other learning tools. Here are 10 online learning communities that can be joined for free.EnglishForums.com- EnglishForums.com is the world's largest EFL/TEFL social network. Students can use the s[...]

Date: 12.19.2009 Time 02:10:00 Author: Inma Alcázar (Salamanca)

Halloween - what?s it all about?

The word ‘Halloween‘ originates from the names of old pagan celebrations - All Hallows’ Eve, the eve of All Saints’ Day.The origins of Halloween go back to a time long before Christianity—the era when the ancient Celts inhabited Britain and Ireland. Using a lunar calendar, the Celts divided the year into two seasons—the dark winter months and the light summer months. On the ful[...]

Date: 10.28.2009 Time 13:59:28 Author: Anthony Hughes (London)

WORD FORMATION

Printable worksheet ( key included)click here to download this file[...]

Date: 10.09.2009 Time 20:14:00 Author: Vanda (Lisbon)

adverbs of Frequency /Adverbios de Frecuencia

Adverbs of FrequencyThe most common adverbs of frequency are always, usually, often, sometimes, seldom, rarely, and never. The following chart shows the relative frequencies of these adverbs. It is important to understand that the percentages only show approximate frequencies; other sources will have slightly different numbers. What is important is not the absolute number, but only the relative fr[...]

Date: 10.02.2009 Time 17:08:00 Author: Rar

External Parts of a Frog

Learn a little more about frogs by watching this Flash activity, and doing a labelling quiz on the morphology of a frog.Please come back here to leave a comment after you've played the game.Click here to watch the life cycle of a frogClick here to play the game[...]

Date: 03.10.2010 Time 23:07:00 Author: Chiew N. Pang (Canary Islands)

And The Winner Is....Oscars 2010

People around the world seem to love movies. One way or another, most of my students, no matter where they live or what their budget allows, always seem to to know about....[...]

Date: 03.07.2010 Time 21:11:46 Author: Morf Morford

Six jobs in ELT publishing

Feeling tired of teaching? Fancy a change but don’t want to abandon ELT altogether? Many people I know who have felt this way have been drawn to the world of ELT publishing. Publishers are often on the lookout for good teachers for a variety of jobs. Here are six, in order of relative ease of entry/importance. I’ve included a brief suggestion on how to get such a job, and the down side[...]

Date: 03.06.2010 Time 19:05:14 Author: Lindsay Clandfield

ESLJOKES.-The funniest way to learn English

Alison Wooderan ESL/ELT teacher, teacher trainer,  writerand co-founder of ELTpublishing has created this great site where you can learn English  while laughing with the jokes.Each joke is followed by a grammar explanation and exercises on the  grammar and key vocabulary from the jokes.Click here to go toESLJOKES.NET[...]

Date: 02.20.2010 Time 23:56:00 Author: Joan Rubies (Catalonia)

Britain?s coolest image

  Britain is unusually warm for its latitude because of the Gulf Stream. This week, however, the Gulf Stream is on vacation in Greenland. So this is what Britain is like without the Gulf Stream.  An unprecedented extreme in the northern hemisphere atmospheric circulation has driven a strong direct connecting current between the Gulf Stream and the [...][...]

Date: 01.08.2010 Time 17:13:25 Author: Damián Casado

Language learning and golf

Steve Kaufmann has written an excellent post about why people learn languages. Kaufmann says that ‘Language learning is fun, or at least can be fun. It is more fun than golf. We need to get away from the idea that we have to learn languages, or only do so if we have to” Click here to view the embedded video. Brought to you by Steve Kaufmann. [...]

Date: 11.21.2009 Time 22:55:00 Author: Gorka J. Palazio (Leioa)

Match-up!

Match-Up!is a game that helps students review basic sentence structure and match these structures to grammar concepts / structures / forms they have studied throughout the year. This exercise can be used at the beginning, throughout and / or at the end of the course as a means of reviewing or extending materials and concepts covered in class.Match-up!originally appeared onAbout.com English as 2nd [...]

Date: 10.10.2009 Time 12:18:18 Author: Kenneth Beare

The Past Tense

Some of you have told me you need more practice with the past tense.The following sites are worth visiting.englisch-hilfen.deEnglish Grammar SecretsAula facilLearning English on the webUsing EnglishEnglish page[...]

Date: 10.09.2009 Time 08:42:00 Author: Sara Rosales