In English as a second language^x

Hello, no I am not recruting for a bosnian army I am doing a report on bosnian-american accents and dialects. If anyone who is bosnian and has learned english as a second language could talk to me and hopefully send an audio of a reading THAT would be very great!!! The report is on a DVD in...

Well Anonymous (by the way, I like your name),I'm someboy who has met a quite large number of people who have acquired a very high level of English as a second language. Interestingly enough, there wasn't one single person who said they learned English in a classroom. They all said that they had...

Well good for you! :-) I hope you enjoyed your part in it, but it really didn't appear very conclusive to me.People learning English as a second language need conventional rules to adhere to. There is a place for prescriptivism , a place for descriptivism, a place for 'she does', and a place for...

Ok, now let me propose the exception.You have 3 or more juices (apple, orange, grape, and for a fourth let's use carrot). In this example, you know the best juice is not grape or carrot. You could infer which is the best among the 4 by knowing if apple or orange juice is "better". However, you...

We are a 19-year-old women shoes factory located in Dong Guan, China. We are now looking for a English Teacher who can teach our staff at our factory during weekend. Basically, I want to provide an opportunity to my staff to learn English. May be one session during Saturday evening for staff who...

ESL stands for English as a Second Language, while EFL English as a Foreign Language. I hope this would help.

It's very interesting. This is the first time I've heard about the notion "to be belingual" and "bilingual education".In our country, we usually have a misunderstanding of econd language". We learn English as a foreign language, so we call our native language "first language" and English "second...

I'm Kate, and I've waited too long to get started in my travels. I'm American nad have never had a Visa to any country, but have a passion for the Spanish language. I've decided to make the leap and go to Argentina and get certified while I'm there. I've found three programs that promise the...

Grammar Geek wrote:Kooyeen, you seem to enjoy learning the rules of grammar and then deciding which ones to break. I cringe when people I considered to be well educated and professional use this. I really encourage you not to. To me, you will sound like an uneducated, unprofessional rube. Why...

Speaking as a teacher, I get irritated when I see questions like this in an examination. I feel that it is a trick question. I hope it was not in an exam for those learning English as a Second...