Discussion Groups / ESL Teaching / September 2006

Gotta a question:
I am writing a script on WWII for a church musical.  I want to say
something like this in my script:
Christmas Eve on the frontlines. Snow begins to fall.  Snow is neutral,

It has recently come to my attention that the noun phrase "courses
lectured in English" is rather common. As a non-native speaker and
learner of the language, I don't think it is correct.  This is because
"lecture" isn't a transitive verb. "Courses (which are) lectured in

Recently someone asked me if I knew an English sport or game which is called
(and here I have a problem, because I don't know the spelling but only
pronunciation) ['relouz]. The pronunciation may not be 100% correct, but if
anyone can give me the correct spelling and some ...

You can learn English by talking to Americans!  Many Americans are
waiting to talk to you.
Just go to this site and follow the steps:
http://www.ifnetwork.net/LearnEnglish/

I saw the following sentence and have been wondering whether it sounds
awkward to native speakers. Note that it is the first sentence on the
web page which the link below will take you to.
Please tell me what you think after you have viewed the page.

As I was writing this sentence:
I wanted to take her to Tango lessons.
I was wondering whether I should capitalize Tango.  I called my buddy
who is a Ph.D. in english who could not give me a definitive answer.  Of