Discussion Groups / ESL Teaching / March 2005

Is this sentence a student wrote correct?
    What transfer the power from the sources to the guide-ways are
coils, which are a unique magnetic field system.

in the below sentence?
what does "came to know" mean?
example 1:
He came to know great architects and builders.

What is the definition of "paradine shift".  Is paradine a real word and
did I spell it correctly.  

Google is the best search engine around and something we would want all
schools to provide as a wonderful research tool for students. However,
as most people know, it can return very offensive images and adult
websites in a search. For example, if a student was going to search for

I wonder if anyone can point me to a source (a dictionary, etc.) which
would document the usage of "flare for", as in "...he has a flare for
dramatics".  I think i have a pretty good idea what it means ("an
inclination to", "an affinity for"), but I have yet to find such usage

I am looking for the names/web sites of any foreign publishers of EFL
teaching materials for some research I'm doing (foreign=not based in an
English-speaking country). Longman, Oxford, Macmillan etc. are easy to
find, but my brief is foreign publishers.

I'm about to subscribe an online english program, but I can't decide
between Englishtown and Globalenglish.
Do you have any experiences on thoses programs ?
Thanks in advance,

I've often seen it written  that Michael Howard's pronunciation of
'people' sounds odd to many Brits (presumably to those who don't share
it).  I've never heard him say it so I'm curious.  What is it in
phonetic terms that has arouses such interest.  Better still, has anyone

The best wishes for all pleasant and friendly women !!
I am working on better mark(english) at school. Could you have a look on my
scribble? It is very important to me ... you now. I will be lifelong
thankful for everyone.

haha, a try

I am writing term paper on resultative constructions in English and
German and stumbled across the problem of reflexive insertion in certain
constructions of both languages, e.g.
intransitive / agentive

I read this in NYTimes. As a non native speaker, I'm not very sure what
that means. Could someone tell me?
I quote the paragraph below:
"Spinning the sort of story once found in dime store novels, the police

Why is it that the Spanish seem to think that  by adding  "ing" to the
end of a word you get the English equivalent of that word or, indeed, a
word  that exists in the English language. For example the word
"footing"  for the English "jogging" or "un lifting" for a

I work in Greece, and I am planning on doing a presentation for my
local TESOL branch about Companions. Does the rest of the world have
them? I've never seen one other than here, but the phenomenon is pretty
recent and I've been here for quite some time.

what is the name in english for the menu where you can try small
portions of different dishes? in spanish it i the "menu de
degustacíon" but i can't seem to remember the equivalent in English.
thanks