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Free-Reading.net is a great resource which provides literacy training for children. Many of these resources are easily adaptable to ESL classrooms. I've adapted four lessons for children's classes (as...

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Many English students complain that they understand English, but don't feel confident enough to join a conversation. Here is a collection of speaking strategies, lesson plans, suggestion pages and more...

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When you are speaking English the words you stress can change the underlying meaning a sentence. Even simple sentences can have many levels of meaning based on the word you...

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The US is now in the midst of the presidential elections. For English learners in the United States there is a lot of new vocabulary to learn to understand the...

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Here are three digalogues focusing on English you'll need if you visit the dentist, or if you work in dentistry. Each dialogue includes a key vocabulary section, as well as...

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