Helping You Connect with the World Through English
This excerpt is taken from Assessment and ESL: An Alternative Approach and in many ways reflects the philosophy of the All English language program, but from the viewpoint of assessment. THE FOUR THEMES In our...
One of the problems with learning English in the classroom is that there is seldom any context to what is taught. You are taught bits and pieces of information. You learn a lot about...
Shoulda, coulda, woulda! These are the sounds of regret. “I shoulda known he’d leave me.” “I coulda been a better father, but I always put my job first.” “I woulda done better on the...
This is a review and overview of the book: How to Improve Your Foreign Language Immediately by Boris Shekhtman. As a teacher of Russian to diplomats and journalists, Boris Shekhtman, had to help his...
I’m dying! I’m dying! I’m dead! DyING is a process. The -ing ending indicates something continuous or progressive, that is, something that is in the process of happening (ex. I’m playing, jumping, laughing). So...
Genes are responsible for pretty much every aspect of who we are as humans, from the color of our hair and the diseases to which we are susceptible to how well we sleep and...
Joseph Aronesty was waking with his college friend Phil Cantessa through their college campus on a sunny day in 1969 when Phil offhandedly said, “All English words that start with ST have something stopping...
How many of these words are nouns? Outlaw Rebel Record Suspect How many of these words are verbs? Insult Object Present Permit Well, it depends. What syllable got the stress? If a piece of...
Learning grammar rules is not necessary for learning English. However, we find that many students want grammatical explanations. Why? Because that’s what they are used to. So occasionally, throughout All English lessons, we’ll outline...
As I shift through academic and research literature on English as a Second Language I notice that academics and researchers often have a limited perspective on learning new words or new vocabulary. Statements like...
