Why do we capitalise the first letter of the word following Dear Sir, or Madam? Example: Dear Sirs, Here is my resume as requested . . . Dear Madam, I am pleased to accept. . . Here it's because of the pronoun I. Why

The ESL folks can help you with this. (I'd have to start from scratch with Google.) Learning to use prepositions is a never-ending task. Most "rules of thumb" have very limited application, and you have to learn about each situation

REVISED- DEAR MODERATOR IF YOU POST MY BLOG, PLEASE POST THE REVISED VERSION BELOW INSTEAD OF THE PREVIOUS ONE THAT I SENT. THANK YOU.  StartFragment > OTHER WAYS ?   USE SONGS to teach ENGLISH IRREGULAR VERBS Several years ago, when

OTHER WAYS ?   USE SONGS to teach ENGLISH IRREGULAR VERBS Several years ago, when teaching ESL to adolescent and adult students, I developed songs that taught students 58 English irregular verbs. This proved to be very successful with my students.

Hi All, Im currently teaching ESL in Germany and am thinking about teaching online in the evenings for some extra cash. Is anyone currently doing this? Any advice on How to go about it? How much to charge? Where to find students, etc would be

Hi, Ihsuan, Thanks for registering, and welcome to EF! I can imagine what "partial negation" is, but you're probably getting it out of an ESL manual, and I don't want to assume anything. But I'm sure the answer to your

Are you a non-native English speaker, living in the US, and engaged in US business? If you have an accent, you might want to consider taking an accent reduction class from an ESL program. Why? There are many reasons why reducing your audible

Learning how to communicate effectively on the telephone is of top priority for any student that is learning to speak English and is enrolled in an ESL program. You may want to communicate effectively with relatives, friends, or even for a job

Hi Clive, Just asking for some help. Am not very clear on this.

Hi, Are you asking us to do your homework for you? ( Are you sure you have typed these sentences correctly? I can see at least three mistakes in them. ) Clive