Discussion Groups / ESL Teaching / May 2006

I'm gonna take the TOEFL exam in a few weeks.. so I'm now looking for
all the useful TOEFL materials..
does anyone of you have any suggestions?
- Free

Hi, friends
I´m Brazilian, male,  27.
I´m geography studant.. my knowledge of english is basic.
I have to learn english because I´ll apresentation a paper about

Dear members,
Can you please recommend me some good materials (books, websites) to
study English writing skill in business.
I want to learn commercial terms currently used in business, how to

i would like to ask you the difference between the words "purchase" and
"procurement"
could anybody help?
thanks a lot!

Could you help to correct the following writting? Thanks in advance.
What you said quite right, the future is in my hand, and I should look
into this matter seriously and carefully. But I don't want to leave
here until after some time; how long I will stay here I don't know.

I would like to go to graduate school and get an Masters degree.  My
eventual goal is to get a Ph.D. in Second Language Acquisition or a
similar field.
Between the Masters and Ph.D., I will probably have to work to save

I've noticed that the indefinite article "a" is often pronounced "ay"
in speeches and on radio and TV.
What's that about?
Svatopluk

Hello ...
we need opinions from some english speaking people.
we must translate our slogan ( we're italian )
into english, but we're not sure about it.

if¡¡a¡¡modern¡¡student¡¡sat¡¡at¡¡his¡¡feet¡¡for¡¡three¡¡months.
Thanks in advance for your help.

capsicum?
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B4%A2%E5%9B%BE%E7%89%87
Thanks  in advance.

I wanted to let you know I've just started a website (non-commercial):
Laughing English - http://www.laughingenglish.com, to keep track of
really fun activities to do with your students.
I've posted over 20 of my own best activities, all categorized by

I did that all the time, back when I actually had time to see movies in the
theatre. Who needs dates?

Which is of the following is correct and why?
a) The field hockey squad looked great in its new uniforms.
b) The field hockey squad looked great in their new uniforms.
Thanks.

I'm not sure about the meaning of this phrase. It appeared in a video
clip... the context is the end of a filming...
B.R.
Iñaki.

As the subject says :
" what is the difference between I must and I have to" ?
Is it country dependant (ie it has a different meaning in UK , US,
Australia, Canada...) ?