Discussion Groups / ESL Teaching / March 2006

  Change is bewilderingly rapid in our post-industrial era.  We cannot
always foresee what knowledge we will need in later years to meet life's
challenges and problems.  We can, however, develop attitudes and
abilities that will help us to meet future situations creatively and

1. How many sizes do your product come in?
2. How many sizes does your product come in?
Which is correct?
1. You like these hats? How many pieces would you like?

 What matters after all is never how saved or whole one is, but the
extent to which one restores to others, through presence and passion, a
sense of possibility and independence.  As for myself, what I prize
among my comrades these days has nothing to do with enlightenment or

I'm reading the "What is a Youth" lyrics, from the "Romeo and Juliet"
movie by Franco Zeffirelli.
I've faced some problems with vocabulary:
"The world wags on"

I am aware that this announcement is not "Jewish" oriented,
but I thought that many teachers, parents and students on the
list may benefit from it.
I have just completed an update to my website:

let me get to the point, i can read, write and understand english well,
i can undersatnnd every accent, like american, british etc, but i am
having lots of difficulty speaking english, when i am speaking english,
i forgot words etc, what is the issue here, has anyone had same isssue ...

Sorry guys.  The spam stuff was not my intent.  I do oppoligies and won't
happen again.  I have never been on newsgroups before and not sure how to
work them. I hope you guys can forgive a bad choice.  Murphey

.this is the course you should have taken when you first
   started learning english
.accurately hearing the sounds of english is the basic
   skill you must acquire if you intend to become a

Man I have found this site that has the cheapest ink for any printer.
You can compare prices and then review the companies on service and
quality. <http://www.imagraphix.com> Let me know what you think

I appeared TOEFL today and got a score range of 211-257. Is this score
good enough?
Thanks

The only way to change our attitude to language is to accumulate enough
evidence as to the degree to which it can be understood.  But the
evidence must not only be accumulated, it must be pressed home.   The
wild interpretations of others must not be regarded as the antics of

I need some advice regarding ESL instruction. I don't have any formal
ESL training or certification, but I do tutor some foreign students in
English - mainly written English. I've been approached by a Russian
student who wants to improve her pronunciation, intonation and accent.