February 19, 2010

13 Easily Ways Tips to Learn English from Learning English Tips

13 easily ways learn englishEnglish has become their daily needs. But not a few who feel learning English is difficult. Well, based on personal experience, I have to say the following tips on how to learn English are cheap, colorful, and certainly easier:)

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February 6, 2010

Tips & Tricks How To Write an Article in English Language

To bring visitors or traffic through search engines, one of the ways suggested by the Professional Internet Marketer is to create unique articles with keywords that we shoot. For beginners like us are just learning internet marketing, let alone not have good writing skills, of course, write an article (let alone be in English) is a unique mission impossible.

Far from writing articles in English that contain 300 words or more, write articles in the Indonesian language course difficult half-life .... It's not that my friends? Not to mention our English language skills that fit-fit-an.

But, now we are just learning the internet marketing should not be afraid or insecure if you want to write articles in English. Here are tips and tricks how to write articles in English are unique with easy and quick way:

Preparation:

1. Determine who will be writing the theme we make. Note the keyword or keywords that we targeted.
2. Find articles that have common themes with themes that have been determined. Say we were to write about: "How to Drive Safely", then we can find a comparison article 5 of the same theme of his writings. Copy, paste, and save it for a while as a reference.
3. Also use search engines such as google to get at least 5 similar articles and in accordance with the theme. We can also look at EzineArticles.com. There we can get hundreds of thousands of unique articles and was collected by categories, such as: Finane, Health, Games, Automotive, and others.

Then we can start writing articles by:

1. Create first article in the Indonesian language, and use Google Translate to translate into English. Oh yes, it must be remembered that the results of Google Translate translation is not always true and correct. We must continue to consider grammar and meaning of each word of the translation. But with Google Translate, at least be able to accelerate the process of writing the article speak english.

Or we can use the way:

1. Once we get the English-language articles that have been copied and stored for comparison, then rewrite the sentence as a sentence in accordance with the understanding and our own style. Combine the sentences that we rewrite it to become an English-language articles of 300 words or more.
2. In rewriting the English-language articles, we should focus on the meaning or understanding of a sentence as a whole, not the meaning of each word. If we interpret the word for word, usually still be confused and become chaotic sentence meaning.
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Learning English Trick I

Do you think that you can not learn a new language? Think again. Our brains retain the ability to absorb new knowledge from all kinds of our advanced far into the year. No matter what your background or past learning experience, you CAN learn to speak another language using fast techniques sixth.

There are many reasons to speak the lingua franca of others; travel, business, education, personal pleasure, even family or friends. It's not a small feat to habla español, parlez française, or sprechenze Deutcsh, but the prestige, financial gain, personal satisfaction and jealousy that can be easily maintained accompanies these skills can be very useful.

But, 'Can I really develop good communication skills in a new tongue? "You may well ask. Yes, you can if you will use these 10 quick tricks to enhance your language 'learning experiences and incorporate new language into your everyday life you are.

1. Taking a short course: A number of language courses will be available in most areas at a local community college or university. Courses in continuing education departments tend to be more consumer-oriented, less academic and more focused on the needs of prospective students like you. Internet is also filled with a foreign language course offerings. You can learn Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, or Finnish via multimedia http://www.caselearning.com. The Definitive Guide Worldwide Learning Thai Learning Thai Language and Culture is online at: http://study-thai.com if you up the exotic.

2. Impersonation: "Mom, he's mocking me!" Have you ever heard this complaint when one of the brothers repeated all the other words? One copy word 'for' speech words, sounds and even other action? This is a very effective imitation and you will use this technique to get the time to speak within ourselves. The procedure is simple, you just repeated, word for word, all the models you say. The model can be a broadcaster, the characters in soap operas, documentary narrator or voice coming from the tape or radio. Do not worry if not perfect. Just start by trying to get your tongue around the words. You'll get the speed and ease with the practice. You may feel silly at first, but persevere. You'll get there sooner than you think.

3. Reading Aloud: One of the most effective language-learning tricks is to use the advice found in the Bible itself in Joshua 1: 8,''and you should read them quietly in the day and night,''and again in Psalm 1: 2 states ,''And in His law he read quietly day and night. "Reading the Signs in the target language out loud to yourself. This powerful technique not only to develop speaking skills and pronunciation, but to contribute to listening comprehension, vocabulary and grammar as well. Almost all of the literature in your target language will do what during the was interesting and fairly short. You will not start learning English from a reading 'War and Peace' now would you?

4. Watch TV: If you have cable, if there is a station broadcasting in the language you are interested? Many metro areas do programming in Spanish, French, German, Italian, and Portuguese. Even the Chinese and Hindi are available in some areas. Check with suppliers or cable programming guide to see what is listed. Program to watch the news, soap operas and documentaries. Have a VCR? Tape a few programs and play them repeatedly to adjust to the flow of language. Many VCR models have slow motion and stop action features that allow you to slow down the program to help your understanding.

5. Listen to Music: In Japan, the UK students Beatles karaoke. In Latin America, students imitate Bruce Springsteen. In Africa, the Backstreet Boys rule the airwaves. Lip-syncing a popular song is all rage for English language learners, so why do not you turn the table and use it to your advantage. Check the music stores and bookstores to track CDs and cassettes. Recommendations wondering where the recording in your target language may be available. Restaurants and other ethnic stores are a good source for music or referrals. Lyrics thousands of songs available online. The song is often available online in various languages. Check your local library. Internet will produce the title song and the band of stations around the world in dozens of languages. A good online resource for beginners is the global feed www.live365.com live 24 hours a day in several languages.

6. Read: Stop at the library for a grammar book and some reading materials. Grammar book will be a guide through their rare rough spots when the target grammar substantially different from English. But do not burden yourself with grammar and rules. An entertaining variety of magazines over there in the language and the greatest unless you learn Cochimi or Kukapa, you should be able to find something. A newspaper, magazine public interest, the Bible, brochures, and even comic books can help you. Short article is best at first. Although you can cross through one or more of them in minutes, your personal satisfaction doing it would be infinite. Try hard to find titles www.amazon.com.

You can not choose your family, but you can choose your friends and you can select the conversation with native speakers of your target language. In supermarkets, in malls, in parks, restaurants or shop 'almost anywhere you happen to see or run into Native speaker of your new lingua franca, not just stay there mother' to say something. People generally feel flattered that you're trying to meet with them on their own terms or in their own language and usually more than happy to chat. Of course, you can say 'Buenos tardes' to someone who passed in the hallway at the supermarket. This is also good for breaking the ice practice when you finally light a foreign land.

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January 24, 2010

Improve Your English Proverbs

English proverbs have several things in common.

# They are short and concise
# They provide advice (which is usually gained from experience)
# Some are very popular and are very common in everyday speech. Practice makes perfect

Some people confuse proverbs with Idioms but they are different. An idiom does not provide the listener with advice and sometimes is more difficult to understand when you first read or hear it.

Do you know any more popular English Proverbs?What do you think the following proverbs mean?

# A penny saved is a penny gained
# Don't put all your eggs in one basket
# Better late than never

Scroll down to the bottom of the page for the answers.

The million dollar question is,
How can English Proverbs help me learn English?

Here is what you should do

1) Find a list of English proverbs.
2) Choose those that are interesting and useful FOR YOU.
3) Everyday, choose one and try to incorporate it into your day.

Try to say it to other people when appropriate. Try to write it in e-mails. Try to think of situations where you could use it. Try to use the proverb over and over until it becomes second nature.

Do this for each proverb. A new day = a new proverb. Do this for one week and then go back and review the proverbs again. Practice makes perfect and in order to really learn it you need to practice over and over again.

Need a list of proverbs? I found a great one for English proverbs and the Spanish equivalent.

Answers:

# A penny saved is a penny gained
- This means that if you save a little you have something. Generally, it is better to do a little than to do nothing at all. In terms of learning English, studying for 20 minutes a day is better than doing nothing.

# Don't put all your eggs in one basket
- This is warning you not to depend on one thing. For example, making money. Do not invest all your money in one stock or share. If that stock falls then you lose all your money.
# Better late than never
- Ok, imagine that you are 60 and you decide that you want to learn English. Many people might tell you that it is too late to learn a language. You could turn to them and say, "better late than never". This proverb encourages people to try things because it is better to try a bit late than not to try at all. Read More..

January 12, 2010

Types and Functions of Clauses

A clause is essentially a phrase, but with both a subject and predicate (more on those in the next post). Clauses are either dependent or independent. An independent clause can exist by itself as a complete sentence (as in “I love grammar.“), while a dependent clause cannot.
Dependent or Subordinate Clauses

A dependent or subordinate clause depends on an independent clause to express its full meaning (as in “Because I love grammar.”). These clauses begin with a dependent word, like a subordinating conjunction or a relative pronoun.

Dependent clauses can function as nouns, adjectives, and adverbs :

* Noun Clause – “The boy wondered if his parents bought him what he wanted for Christmas.” A noun clause can replace any noun in a sentence, functioning as a subject, object, or complement (see English Grammar: Basic Sentence Elements).

* Adjective Clause (or relative clause) – “I listened to the song that you told me about.” An adjective clause describes a noun just like an adjective. Which song? The new song, the good song, the song that you told me about. Often called relative clauses, they’re either restrictive or nonrestrictive (also called defining and non-defining, essential and nonessential, or integrated and supplementary):
o Restrictive Clause – “The building that they built in San Francisco sold for a lot of money.” A restrictive clause begins with a relative pronoun like that or who (or sometimes which – see Which Versus That). It specifies or restricts the noun; in this case, it specifies which building the speaker is referring to. Note: the relative pronoun is often omitted (“The building (that) they built”), leaving what is called an elliptical clause or contact clause.
o Nonrestrictive Clause – “The building, which they built in San Francisco, sold for a lot of money.” A nonrestrictive clause begins with a relative pronoun like which or who. It adds extra information about an already-specific noun; in this case, there’s only one building to talk about, whereas the example for the restrictive clause implies that there could be several buildings.

* Adverb Clause – “I’ll do the laundry when I’m out of clothes.” Like all adverbials, adverb clauses express when, where, why, and how something occurs. A dependent clause is an adverb clause if you can replace it with an adverb, as in “I’ll do the laundry later.”


Note: appositives can include clauses, but I’ve yet to find a source mentioning an “appositive clause.” They’re generally regarded as a type of noun phrase, even though they can be restrictive or nonrestrictive like relative clauses.
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January 1, 2010

Intermediate English Listening

Below is a list of Intermediate English Listening & Speaking Books, CDs and educational materials about this subject.
1. Pronunciation Matters: Communicative, Story-Based Activities for Mastering the Sounds of North American English by Lynn Earl Henrichsen, Brent Green, Atsuko Nishitani, Carol Lynne Bagley, Paperback: 112 pages, Publisher: University of Michigan Press / ESL
Using story-based approach, Pronunciation Matters provides ESL / EFL learners with almost two hundred practical communicative and motivating toward mastery of English sound contrasts in the troubled North America to other speakers. Address unit that many areas experienced ESL / EFL teachers have been noted as a problem for English language learners - not just the vocals and consonants, but also stress and intonation, for example. In the context of carefully engineered to focus on important voice contrast in English North America. Blackboard-style drawings illustrate each context and to make practice more meaningful and interesting.

2. American Accent Training (American Accent Training) by Ann Cook, Paperback: 210 pages, Publisher: Barron's Educational
Second edition, now on 5 audio CDs, is for the foreign-born students and business people working, traveling or studying in the United States and Canada. Through extensive intonation and pronunciation exercises, students learn how to speak standard American Accent. At the same time, listening comprehension increased dramatically. Additional materials include detailed instructions nationality eight languages (Chinese, Japanese, Indian, Spanish, French, German, Russian and Korean), access to a comprehensive website, and referral to a phone analyst who qualify for any diagnostic speech analysis. Also includes colored markers for written exercises, and a mirror to practice accurate pronunciation.

3. Active Listening 1: Introducing Skills for Understanding Audio CDs (Active Listening) by Marc Helgesen, Steven Brown, Dorolyn Smith, Audio CD, Publisher: Cambridge University Press
On Listening to the lowest level the series, three-level listening course in English North America took on the latest research in the understanding. It started low high medium text offers 20 attractive, task-based units, each built around a topic, function or grammatical theme. Active listening activate students' knowledge about a topic before they listen, give them a frame of reference to make predictions about what they heard. Students learn to listen through a careful balance of core activities, including listening, listening to specific information, and make conclusions. Main features: - a "Before You Begin" unit to develop awareness of listening strategies - listening to the scheme pre-development activities - balanced carefully listened to the various tasks - the natural recordings with various accents - short readings to provide cross-cultural information -- a speaking activity in every unit. Active Listening level consists of Student's Book, an interleaved Teacher Edition, two cassette, and three audio CDs.

4. Listening 3; Cassette (2): Upper-intermediate by Joanne Collie, Stephen Slater, Adrian Doff (Series Editor), Audio Cassette, Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Cambridge Skills for Fluency is a learner centered on various materials designed to develop students' fluency and confidence in listening, speaking, reading and writing. The books are at four levels from pre-intermediate to advanced and suitable for use as supplementary texts or as core texts on skills development courses. Each book in the Cambridge Skills for Fluency series: improving fluency by presenting a variety of both old and new topics in creative ways and imaginative, genuinely engages students' interest and encourage them to share personal reactions and opinions fluently - focus on skills But certain other integrated skills in a way that reflects real life use of language - contains twenty units designed to take about one hour of class time, a detailed contents map and brief teaching notes.

5. Intermediate Listening Comprehension: Understanding and Remembering Spoken English (College ESL) by Patricia dunkel, Phyllis L. Lim, Paperback: 177 pages, Publisher: Heinle & Heinle
Intermediate Listening Comprehension 2 / E is a program of intensive training in listening to the smooth development.

6. Ship or Sheep? Student Book: An Intermediate Pronunciation Course (Introducing English Pronunciation) by Ann Baker, Paperback: 176 pages, Publisher: Cambridge University Press
This is a comprehensive pronunciation course for intermediate students of English. Provide a systematic practice of English pronunciation, stress, and intonation through a variety of exercises and interesting activities. The program is accompanied by the practice of recording all the material on three cassettes. Books and tapes are both designed for use in the classroom and by students working alone.

7. Extra Book and Audio CD Pack listening: A Resource Book of Multi-Level Skills Activities; Paperback: 136 pages Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Listening Extra contains a bank of imaginative photocopiable materials designed for young adults (16 +) and adults. There are more than 50 easy-to-prepare activities elementary, secondary and senior secondary levels. The material offers teachers a refreshing approach to 18 familiar topics and can be used to supplement existing coursebooks. These activities are designed around authentic scenarios and practice listening skills, such as listening to the details, identifying emotions or listening to opinions. At the same time as the key to practice listening skills, integrating activities other skill areas. Students exposed to a variety of native and non-native speaker accents. Recordings include various genres of radio and television to academic lectures, presentations and dialogue conversation.

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December 25, 2009

Children who speak English

Children who speak English as their first language is now a minority in central London primary school, official figures showed yesterday.
Children with different native languages form the majority in the primary elections in 13 of the 33 boroughs of London and near Slough.
In inner London, 54 percent of elementary school students and 48.5 percent in secondary institutions do not speak English as their first language. This is for 159,340 children are amazing.
Across the country, English is a foreign language is more than one in seven primary children - nearly half a million.
The figures from the Department of Children, Schools and Families pointed to the huge demographic changes over the decades. About one fifth of students from ethnic minorities - up from 11 percent in 1997.
There is concern that the school's financial distress as more and more young people need help with English.
Heads' leader has urged the Government to fund schools adequately and provide fair treatment to them during the inspection with a large concentration of non-English speakers.
The figures show there are 14 council areas where the children of primary school with English as their second language in the majority - 13 London boroughs and the Slough.
In Tower Hamlets nearly four out of five young children do not have English as their native language. In other areas, including Leicester, Luton and Bradford proportion closer to 50 percent.
For the primaries as a whole, 15.2 percent are non-native English speakers - up from 14.4 percent last year.
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The figures indicate that many new arrivals have settled in London. Lowest population of young people with English as a second language in the South and West North East.
Sir Andrew Green, from Migrationwatch think-tank, said: "These figures confirm the huge impact of immigration happened to our society.
As tight as the government funds them, this would have a negative impact as children with English as an additional language will require additional fees. "
He added: "In inner London it is difficult to know who the children of immigrants who should have to integrate with because they are exceeding the number of local children."
The numbers reflect the five-fold increase in immigration since the ruling Labor Party. Net immigration has increased from 48,000 in 1997 to 237,000 in 2007.
A DCSF spokeswoman stressed that the figures' show only language that was originally affected children in the home, regardless of whether they speak English fluently in the future. Only a relatively few new entrants to the acute problem of communication. "
"We are increasing funding in the Ethnic Minority Achievement Grant to £ 206million in 2010, to bring students weak in English up to speed. We also equip schools to offer effective English as an Additional Language teaching for new arrivals."
Figures yesterday showed that the recession has brought the first increase in four years in the number of children qualifying for free school meals.

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December 23, 2009

Learn to Speak English Fluently

From a student point of view, the problem with England is that it is too rich in constructions and vocabulary, ie: There are lots of words and constructions that have similar meanings. An error occurred when students remember half of one construction and half from the other, they end up with a hotch-potch at best "one, but understandable" and at worst "nonsense".

1.Choosing English for Use or Recognition purpose only
The English do not use every phrase and word in the English language. They have a favorite phrase they use time and time again. I recommend that when you teach more than one way to say the same thing, choose only one version to learn accurately for future use. Then other store (s) vaguely in your mind for future purposes only recognition.

2. Trap to Avoid
Native English speakers modify their language according to their situation, as you would do in your own language. Unless you have constant exposure to English over the years, you can not hope to do this. The trick therefore is to choose the best English-language universal purposes and to identify other versions of the English language, so you're not at a disadvantage. Thus, you will avoid misunderstandings and you will be able to assess the quality of the English people.

Although the following knowledge is essential to understand the English language (and perhaps for some exams), I suggest you avoid them as much as possible when speaking in normal situations: --

Idioms, Phrasal word, Slang (which can sound insolent when used at the wrong time)

3.Avoiding grammatical errors when speaking
Many students who have difficulty with the use of the present perfect, because the use is not in accordance with similar looking tense in their own language. If it helps you, it is possible to avoid at all perfect now using: --

SIMPLE PAST + SPECIAL TIME

for example: I have been to Tunisia. (Time unknown)

I went to Tunisia some time ago. (Exact time unknown)

I have just finished their homework. (Recent, but time is unknown)

I finished my homework a few moments ago (the latest, but the exact time unknown)
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December 21, 2009

English Skill - Improving

My most important advice is: "Do something (anything). If you do not do anything, you will not get a place. Make your hobby, not a duty, but above all have fun!"

Do not be too hasty. You go a long way and there will be delays and frustrations along the road. Sometimes you will be in the fast lane and the next time you'll be stuck in traffic, but also there will be many interesting things and interesting people along the road. Take your time to really enjoy the experience.

There are many ways to increase the level of your English language skills, but only you can find the right way for you. Here are some tips that might help: --
Improve Learning Skills

My most important advice is: "Do something (anything). If you do not do anything, you will not get a place. Make your hobby, not a duty, but above all have fun!"

Do not be too hasty. You go a long way and there will be delays and frustrations along the road. Sometimes you will be in the fast lane and the next time you'll be stuck in traffic, but also there will be many interesting things and interesting people along the road. Take your time to really enjoy the experience.

There are many ways to increase the level of your English language skills, but only you can find the right way for you. Here are some tips that might help: --
Improve Learning Skills

Learning is a skill and can be improved.

Your way to learning effectively is through knowing

* Self
* Capacity to learn your
* Your process was successfully used in the past
* Your interest, and knowledge about what you want to learn

Motivating yourself

If you are not motivated to learn English you will become frustrated and give up. Ask yourself the following questions, and honest: --

* Why do you need to learn / improve English?
* Where will you need to use the English language?
* What skills do you need to learn / improve? (Reading / Writing / Listening / Speaking)
* How long do you need to see results?
* How much time can you afford to devote to learning English.
* How much money can you afford to devote to learning English.
* Do you have a plan or learning strategy?

Set yourself achievable goals

You know how much time you can dedicate to learning English, but a short time each day will produce better long-term results of a full day on the weekend and then nothing for two weeks.

Joining a short intensive course could produce better results than joining a course that took place once a week for six months.

Here are some goals you could set yourself: --

* Join an English course (and attend regularly).
* Do your homework.
* Read a book a month.
* Learn new words every day.
* Visit the English-speaking forum every day.
* Read the news article on the internet every day.
* Do 10 minutes listening practice every day.
* Watch an English film at least once a month.
* Follow a soap, comedy or radio or TV dramas.

A good way to meet your goal is to build a system of rewards and punishments.

Find the gift you will give yourself to fulfill your goals for a month.

* A bottle of your favorite beverage
* A meal out / or a fine meal at home
* New clothes
* A manicure or massage
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Possesive adjectives

In improve your english, Possesive adjectives are used to show ownership or possession.
Here the subject :
Subject pronoun - Possessive adjective
I - my
you - your
he - his
she - her
it - its
we - our
they - their

# You own this laptop (I presume). = It is your laptop.
# He owns a car. = It is his car.
# My father owns a nice watch. = It is his watch.
# My cat owns a collar. = It is its collar.
# We use this computer. = It is our computer
# Inter Milan own a great football ground. = It is their great football ground.
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English Grammar - Adverbs of Degree

Description degree tells us the strength or intensity of something that happened. Many details are gradable, that is, we can intensify them. Basically, they answer the kinds of questions that ask how much ...? How small or ...?

Description degrees include; sufficient, almost, completely, very, very, very, very, very, was, in part, perfect, practical, very, very, very, very, very, almost, etc.

For example: --

Men bad driving. = The man driving really bad. - In this sentence really shows us how bad he was driving.
They enjoyed the movie. = They enjoy the movie. - In this sentence really shows us how much they enjoyed the movie.
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English Pronunciation

The English Pronunciation - learn to :
1. Right or wrong, the way you speak is one of the first things people notice about you. People will judge your background, education and social standing just the way you speak.
2. Even if you are able to communicate in English if you do not speak clearly, people will not understand you and they will not want to talk to you, because it was too exhausting.
3. Listening and understanding are also important. If you do not know how other words are spoken you will increase your understanding.

Do not be confused with a pronounced accent. This does not mean that we all have to speak like the Queen of England. As long as your pronunciation is understandable and fun that's fine, if people struggling to understand you then you may need to try and reduce the accent, but if you are an actor, and you need to play different roles, please do not try to remove accents you.

But it managed to speak more than just knowing how to say the words correctly.

Pronunciation is the act of speaking clearly and concisely, so that each word sound as accurately as possible.

Declamation is about putting the right emphasis and nuance to what you say.
Contribute a better translation.
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December 20, 2009

Vocabulary - Learning English Tips


* Vocabulary Learning Tip One: Read, Read, Read! Most vocabulary words are learned from context. The more words you're exposed to, the better vocabulary you will have. While you read, pay close attention to words you don't know. First, try to figure out their meanings from context. Then look the words up. Read and listen to challenging material so that you'll be exposed to many new words.

* Vocabulary Learning Tip Two: Improve your context skills. Research shows that the vast majority of words are learned from context. To improve your context skills pay close attention to how words are used. Doing a search on a word using dejanews.com (for searching newsgroups) will give you many examples of how that word is used in context. Play our Daily Context Vocabulary Quiz.

* Vocabulary Learning Tip Three: Practice, practice, practice. Learning a word won't help very much if you promptly forget it. Research shows that it takes from 10 to 20 repetitions to really make a word part of your vocabulary. It helps to write the word - both the definition and a sentence you make up using the word - perhaps on an index card that can later be reviewed. As soon as you learn a new word, start using it. Review your index cards periodically to see if you have forgotten any of your new words. Also, do a search on a word using dejanews.com (for searching newsgroups) to get many examples of how the word is actually used.

* Vocabulary Learning Tip Four: Make up as many associations and connections as possible. Say the word aloud to activate your auditory memory. Relate the word to words you already know. For example, the word GARGANTUAN (very large) has a similar meaning to the words gigantic, huge, large, etc. You could make a sequence: small, medium, large, very large, GARGANTUAN. List as many things as you can that could be considered GARGANTUAN: Godzilla, the circus fat lady, the zit on your nose, etc. Create pictures of the word's meaning that involve strong emotions. Think "the GARGANTUAN creature was going to rip me apart and then eat me!"

* Vocabulary Learning Tip Five: Use mnemonics ( memory tricks). For example, consider the word EGREGIOUS (extremely bad). Think EGG REACH US - imagine we've made a mistake so bad that they are throwing eggs at us and a rotten EGG REACHes US. Such funny little word pictures will help you remember what words mean, AND they are fun to make up. Also, find out which learning style suits you best. Everyone learns differently!

* Vocabulary Learning Tip Six: Get in the habit of looking up words you don't know. If you have a dictionary program on your computer, keep it open and handy. America Online and other internet services have dictionaries and thesauruses on their tool bars. Find them and look up any word you are not absolutely sure of. Use a thesaurus when you write to find the word that fits best.

* Vocabulary Learning Tip Seven: Play with words. Play Scrabble, Boggle, and do crossword puzzles. These and other word games are available for the computer, so you are not dependent on a partner to play. Also, try out the Franklin Electronic Dictionary that features built-in word games.

* Vocabulary Learning Tip Eight: Use vocabulary lists. For the serious vocabulary student, there are many books that focus on the words most commonly found in standardized tests, such as the SAT and GRE. There are also many interesting word sites on the Internet, many of which will send you a word a day by email.

* Vocabulary Learning Tip Nine: Take vocabulary tests. Playing games, such as the ones on this site, that test your knowledge will help you learn new words and also let you know how much progress you're making. Offline sources for vocabulary tests include SAT prep books (we recommend "10 Real SATs" by ETS), and the Reader's Digest Wordpower section. For more, check out Amazon.com or your local bookseller.

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December 17, 2009

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Sentences - Kind of It

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Three kinds of sentences and they are:
a)The simple
b)The complex, and
c)The compound sentence

a. Study the following sentence.

He wrote a letter.

The sentence given above has only one clause. A sentence having only one clause is called a simple sentence.

b.The complex
This complex sentence consists of two clauses ‘He wrote a letter’ and ‘while she watched TV’. Here the clause ‘He wrote a letter’ makes complete sense and can stand independently. It is, therefore, a main clause. Now consider the clause ‘while she watched TV’. This clause, too, has a subject and a predicate of its own, but it doesn’t make complete sense. It is, therefore, a subordinate clause. A sentence having one main clause and one or more subordinating clauses is called a complex sentence.

c.The compound sentence
The compound sentence given above consists of two clauses ‘He wrote a letter’ and ‘she posted it.’ Both of these clauses make complete sense and can stand independently. Both clauses are therefore main clauses.
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Noun Clause - practice

Below this, you can practice your english about noun clause

A. Complete the sentences by changing the questions to noun clauses.

1. Who is she? I don’t know....................
2. Who are they? I don’t know.......................
3. What is that? Do you know.........................
4. What are those? I don’t know...................
5. Whose book is that? I dont know.............
6. Whose books are those? I don’t know...................
7. What is a wrench? Do you know ...........................
8. Who is that woman? I wonder.....................
9. Whose house is that? I wonder...........................
10. What is a clause? Don’t you know ........................
11. What is in that drawer? I don’t know................................
12. What is on TV tonight? I wonder....................
13. Whose glasses are those? Could you tell me..........................................
14. Who am I? H e doesn’t know...........................
15. What’s at the end of the rainbow? The little girl wants to know........................

B. Complete the sentences by changing the questions to noun clauses.

1. Who(m) did you see at the party? Tell me............................
2. Who came to the party? Tell me ...................................
3. Who did Helen talk to? Do you know ....................................
4. Who lives at that apartment? Do you know.........................
5. What happened? Tell me................................
6. What did he say? Tell me..................................
7. What kind of car does Jim have? I can’t remember ............................
8. How old are their children? I can’t even remember...............................
9. Where can I catch the bus? Could you please tell me..........................
10. Who broke the window? Do you know...............................
11. Who did Sara invite? I don’t know..........................
12. How long has Ted been living here? Do you know...........................
13. What time is flight 677 supposed to arrive? Can you tell me......................
14. Why is Yoko angry? Do you know.............................

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Adjective Clause - Learn and Practice

Adjective Clause
We seen that an adjective clause serves as an adjective. It used to qualify a noun or a pronoun. Given below are two sentences with similar meanings. One of them is constructed with an adjective and the other is constructed with an adjective clause.

He is a lazy boy. (Here the adjective lazy modifies the noun boy.)
He is a boy who is lazy. (Here the adjective clause ‘who is lazy’ modifies the noun boy.)
The missing girl has been found. (Here the participle missing is used as an adjective qualifying the noun boy.)
The girl who was missing has been found. (Here the adjective clause ‘who was missing’ modifies the noun boy.)
Adjective clauses begin with a relative pronoun (who, whom, whose, which, that or what) or a relative adverb (when, where, why or how). An adjective clause is put immediately after the noun or pronoun which it qualifies.
Note that the relative pronoun or adverb introducing an adjective clause is sometimes omitted.
I could not answer the question (which) you asked. (Here the relative pronoun which can be omitted.)
I have read all the books (which) you gave me.
The plan (which) I proposed was accepted by all.
That is the reason (why) he does not want to come here.
An adjective clause may be introduced by as and but when they are used as relative pronouns.
This is the same book as I use. (Here the adjective clause is introduced by the relative pronoun as.)
In some cases, the main clause is broken into two parts to bring the adjective clause close to the noun/pronoun it modifies.
The man who collects the cash in a shop must be honest. (Main clause – the man must be honest; adjective clause – who collects the cash in a shop.)
The boy who was missing has been found. (Main clause – the boy has been found; adjective clause – who was missing)

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December 16, 2009

Easily To Learn English

Speaking without fear

The biggest problem most people face in learning a new language is their fear. They worry that they do not say that it is correct that they stupid, or so they will look not speak at all. Do not do that. The fastest way to learn something is to do it - again and again until you get it right. How it all, English needs to learn to exercise. Do not let a little fear stop you getting what you want.

Use the Source

Even if you learn English at a language school it does not mean one can not learn outside the classroom. May be with many different sources, methods and tools that will allow you to learn faster. There are many different ways to improve your English, so do not limit yourself to only one or two. The Internet is a fantastic resource for almost everything, but perfect to learn the language.

Surround yourself with English

The absolute best way to learn English is to surround yourself with it. Make a note in English, put English pounds through the room, listens to see the English language radio broadcasts to English news, movies and television. Speak English with your friends whenever you can. The more English material that learn about you, the faster you will be and the more likely you start is to think in English. ".

Listen to native speakers as a candidate if

There are several English teachers who need to learn good English as a second language before they can teach them. However, there are several reasons why many of the best schools prefer to hire native English speakers to. One reason for this is that native speakers of a natural flow of her speech to try the students of English would have to imitate. The closer the ESL / EFL students to this rhythm or flow instrumentation get, the more convincing and comfortable and will.

Watch English films and television

This is not just learning a fun way, but also very effective. By watching English films (in particular) English subtitles, you can expand your vocabulary and hear the flow of speech from the actors. When you hear the news that you can also hear different accents.

Listen to English Music

Music can learn a very effective method of English. In fact, often used as a way to improve understanding. The best way to learn, but just to listen to the text (words) for the song and you try to get them to read to sing as an artist. There are several good websites where you can the words that will find most of the songs. This way you can have your listening and reading at the same practice. And if you love to sing, fine.

As often as study candidates!

Only by studying things like grammar and vocabulary and exercises, you can really improve your knowledge of all languages.

Do not Take exercises and tests

Many people think that exercises and tests are not fun to play. However, with the implementation of experiments and taking tests you can really improve your English. One of the best reasons for many exercises and tests is that they have a benchmark to compare the results with your future. Often it possible to compare the test results before you take that from you or one month, six months ago that you realize how much you have learned is to be taken, too. If you never test yourself, you will never know how much you move forward. Now, by seeing some of the many exercises and tests on this website launch, and again in a few days, what you have learned. Keep doing this and really make some progress in English.

Make yourself

Nobody likes to hear it to compare their own voice on tape but like tests, both for your tapes from time to time. They can be very satisfied with the progress you have made, that the sound of your voice so much talent could be impressed.

Listen to English

By this we mean, speak on the phone or listening to radio broadcasts, audiobooks or CDs in English. This is important as television or movies because you can not see the person talking to you differently. Many students from the United Kingdom says that the phone is one of the hardest things to do, and the only way to improve is to practice.
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December 13, 2009

Increase Vocabulary by Games

Most of us recognize that play is an important way to learn all types of skills and knowledge. Play works as a way to learn for a couple of reasons. First, we are more motivated to do an activity if we are having fun doing it. Second, pleasurable activities get repeated and, therefore, give us more chances to practice the skill or piece of knowledge. And as the cliché says – practice makes perfect.

Word games are a great way to pick up new vocabulary and play with vocabulary that is already familiar. Each game focuses on a different set of skills related to learning words, so if enthusiasm wanes for one game, switching to another game can re-energize the learning process. All of the paperless games below can be played anywhere. They require no equipment whatsoever other than your “thinking cap”.

1. The Alphabet Game: (Ages 5 and up) This game can be played while in a house or riding in a car. Start with the first player. The player must find an object he can see that begins with the letter A. He names the object and now the play moves to player number two. This player must name an object she can see that begins with the letter B. Play continues through the alphabet and group of players. To vary the game, work backwards through the alphabet.

2. The Word Guessing Game: (Ages 6 and up) In this game the first player thinks of a word. We suggest starting with a four-lettered word (i.e. hope). She announces to the group of players how many letters the word has (in this example – “I’m thinking of a four letter word.”). Then the next player suggests a four-lettered word (i.e. made). The first player compares the suggested word to her word. She is looking for letters in her word that are exactly matched in position to her word (i.e. “hope” compared to “made” has the letter “e” in the exact position in both words). She announces “One Letter”. Now all players know that the word “made” shared one letter with the guess word. The next player will try to think of a word which will test which letter is an exact match. For example, this player may want to test if the letter “m” in the first position is the matching letter and so she might suggest the word “mint”. The first player will respond “No Letters”. Play continues until the players identify the guess word. The player to correctly identify the guess word thinks of the next guess word. It is important to state how many letters are in the guess word. Games using four- and five-lettered words work best.

3. Find the Letter: (Ages 4 and up) This game can help very young readers learn their alphabet. This is a good game for players riding in a car. Have the players look for the letters in alphabetical order. The letters might be on road signs, license plates, billboards, or shop windows. You may need to prompt them with “Can you find the letter A?” Repetition will build up their command of the alphabet and help them identify each letter. You can also use the alphabet song to jog their memories of the next letter.

4. A is for…: (Ages 6 and up) To begin, name a category for the words that will be used in the game (for example: animals, transportation, general, etc). Now the first player must name an object within the category that begins with the letter A (such as anaconda for the animal category, auto for the transportation category, or apple for the general category). The next player names an object beginning with the letter B and the players proceed in order through the alphabet. For the next game try a new category and allow a different person to start the game.

Playing with words can be a fun and rewarding way for your children to learn new words while reinforcing ones they already know. These games will help cement the alphabet in their minds. They will identify letters, learn the order of the alphabet, and practice spelling – all critical skills for reading. Let the games begin!!
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