Discussion Groups / ESL Teaching / July 2004

Dear members:
I wrote the following sentences but not sure if it is correct and
idiomatical or not. Can you please correct them for me? thank you.
1. I wish to become an expert in the fields of my interests who

I have a question about the following sentences:
I don't like it when my brother hits me.
vs.
I don't like when my brother hits me.

Can anyone shed any light on the difficulties I might face teaching
English in South Korea and being British. I hear horror stories of
schools replacing British teachers for Amercan ones as students had
complained; moreover, I don't particulary want to have a handicap. I

Some of my students asked me last week which uses of the mark of the
possessive case (apostrophe + s) are inappropriate or unnatural in
contrast to constructions such as "the house of John," and I found that
I couldn't really think of any rule offhand that explains when it's

I am reaing _The Wonderful Wizard of Oz_ and came across an expression
I am not failiar with.
"I always did like flowers," said the Lion.  "They *of* seem so
helpless and frail.  But there are none in the forest so bright as

To avoid the new British Citizenship english exams, one needs to
demonstrate that they have at least "ESOL Entry Level 3".
Does anyone have any idea what the equivalent of this would be in some
of the other recognised qualifications or exams such as IELTS or

Can someone please help to explain the difference between the "CAN"
and "COULD" in the sentences below? I often hear the ones with the
verb "COULD" in conversations, but I don't know when I should use
"COULD".

I'm looking for an umbrella term for "organization" and "person".
Any ideas?
BTW, I need this term for designing a database. Currently I use the term
"contact", but I'm not 100% happy with it.

Hi, there.
I saw the 'LEGO' spiderman film. It was really fun. :^)
This animation is made by "Spite your face" -The animation company, right?
But I don't understand that meaning "Spite your face."

I am trying to describe how a raw banana taste (or perhaps a raw
guava): in chinese there is a term that can describe it very well - its
like a texture more than a taste. A description of it is that it makes
your tongue less smooth and makes it harder (perhaps even drier) to

I want to talk with somebody to polish my english
I'm from Poland 17 yo.

I've got an advanced group of translation and interpreting students.
This came up today from the London Times:-
"the judge ordered that he attend a community training course".
I don't need to debate that this is bona fide English, thank you.  

I like to have conversation with someone in English for improving my English
speaking skill.
Thanks in advance.

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I sometimes feel hard to figure out the sex of a first name. Is there any
general way to tell a first name is for males or females? or I have to
become familiar to common names first?