Discussion Groups / ESL Teaching / April 2007

Is a French "palais" always a palace in English?
Thanks!

anyone here ever use the interactive white board in teaching esl/ efl?
currently we are exploring the idea, and are trying it out....
seems to have great potentintial, students are much more motiviated
and the teacher reports that his students' scores are getting better.

Call To Arms, means, you will inspect your weaponry and prepare to do
battle. Duty Stations, means, all men and women must assume their duty
stations, weapons at the ready. Fire When Ready, means, man or woman
your weapons, sight the target, finger the trigger, and fire when

It's not a secret that PDA can be very useful for those who are
studying english.
But actual benefit depends on software one is using.
The question is, what is the best choice for learning words?

Is there any difference between a port and a harbour?
Thanks!

What exactly (well, if there is an 'exact' is appropriate in this
context) does the proverb "all but ..." mean? I recently noticed that
it is often used in a way which seems unintuitive (not to say
incorrect) to me. For instance I'm reading the following paragraph

Since the completion of the European Canal to the north of the Danube,
the Pacific Ocean and the Black See have been connected by waters.
With "by waters" I mean ships can reach the Black See from the Pacific
Ocean or vise verse. Do I make the sentence correct?

which of the following is correct/prefered:
It is well to note that a is p.
It is good to note that a is p.
thanx,

Is this grammatically correct?
Hi "Christina"
following the information that you required to me:
Name

while describing a geometric shape, I need to refer
to its extreme points in a number of dimensions.
If the dimension is altitude, the extremes will simply
be called the highest and the lowest point.

Hi to all of you,
I am writing an important paper on second language acquisition studies
and I need a native speaker of English who would be willing to help me
with the following sentences:

the kooliba tree seems almost unknown outside
of Waltzing Matilda. Is it an identifiable species,
or just a poetical invention?
Thanks in advance for any enlightment,

I run a language school in Jakarta Indonesia, so if you need some
advice on teaching English abroad, especially in Indonesia, then i
might be able to help. I don't claim to be the world authority on the
subject, but perhaps i could share some of my experience.

English books say (a) is better than (b), but in Hollywood films, I
found (b) is more often said. Why? Just because it was oral English or
because there was too much excitement in the heroine?
a. There's a mouse in your kitchen.