Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Money Vocabulary
Money
The words below are some of the most important used when talking about Money.
Money - Banking
account
bank statement
bankrupt
borrow
budget
cash
cashier
check
traveler's check
credit (card)
currency
debt
deposit
exchange rate
interest (rate)
invest
investment
lend
loan
mortgage
owe
pay
save
savings
shares
withdraw
Money - Buying
bargain
bill
cost
expense
installments
price
purchase
purse
receipt
reduction
refund
spend
wallet
Money - Earning
bonus
earn
earnings
income
gross income
net income
rise
salary
wage
Money - Giving
collection
donate
donation
fee
fine
grant
income tax
inherit
inheritance
pension
pocket money
rent
scholarship
tip
winnings
Money - Verbs
add up
go up / down
make ends meet
pay back
pay into
put down
put towards
run out
save up
take out
Money - Other Related Words
profit
property
valuable
value
waste of money
wealth
worth
worthless
Money - Related Adjectives
affluent
broke
generous
hard-up
mean
poor
prosperous
rich
stingy
wealthy
well off
The words below are some of the most important used when talking about Money.
Money - Banking
account
bank statement
bankrupt
borrow
budget
cash
cashier
check
traveler's check
credit (card)
currency
debt
deposit
exchange rate
interest (rate)
invest
investment
lend
loan
mortgage
owe
pay
save
savings
shares
withdraw
Money - Buying
bargain
bill
cost
expense
installments
price
purchase
purse
receipt
reduction
refund
spend
wallet
Money - Earning
bonus
earn
earnings
income
gross income
net income
rise
salary
wage
Money - Giving
collection
donate
donation
fee
fine
grant
income tax
inherit
inheritance
pension
pocket money
rent
scholarship
tip
winnings
Money - Verbs
add up
go up / down
make ends meet
pay back
pay into
put down
put towards
run out
save up
take out
Money - Other Related Words
profit
property
valuable
value
waste of money
wealth
worth
worthless
Money - Related Adjectives
affluent
broke
generous
hard-up
mean
poor
prosperous
rich
stingy
wealthy
well off
WoW Student Assignment Word Numbers
| Student | Word # in Part 1 | Word # in Part 2 |
| Abraham | 1 | 12 |
| Yun-Hsing (Zach) | 2 | 11 |
| EA | 3 | 10 |
| Humbat | 4 | 9 |
| Azamat | 5 | 8 |
| Teeerawuth | 6 | 7 |
| Raj | 7 | 6 |
| Sumitra | 8 | 5 |
| Kornwika Pinky | 9 | 4 |
| Zanda | 10 | 3 |
| Sudil | 11 | 2 |
| Saken | 12 | 1 |
| Galiya | 1 | 1 |
| Halil | 2 | 2 |
| Yalcin | 3 | 3 |
| Wised | 4 | 4 |
| Benjamin | 5 | 5 |
| Extra Credit | Any word |
Saturday, October 4, 2008
BioPoem Exercise
How to Write a Biopoem
(Line 1) First name
(Line 2) Three or four adjectives that describe the person
(Line 3) Important relationship (daughter of . . . , mother of . . . , etc)
(Line 4) Two or three things, people, or ideas that the person loved
(Line 5) Three feelings the person experienced
(Line 6) Three fears the person experienced
(Line 7) Accomplishments (who composed . . . , who discovered . . . , etc.)
(Line 8) Two or three things the person wanted to see happen or wanted to experience
(Line 9) His or her residence
(Line 10) Last name
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Biopoem Sample
Rosa
Determined, brave, strong, loving
Wife of Raymond Parks, mother of all children
Who loved equality, freedom, and the benefits of a good education
Who hated discrimination, loved to stand up for her beliefs, and loved to help others
Who feared that racism would continue, feared losing the opportunity to make a difference, and feared that young people might lose opportunities to develop strength and courage
Who changed history as she accomplished great strides for equality and encouraged excellence for all
Who wanted to see love triumph and see an end to all bias and discrimination in a world in which respect is freely given to all
Born in Alabama and living in Detroit
Parks
From Abromitis, B.S. (1994, June/July). Bringing lives to life. Biographies in reading and the content areas. Reading Today, 11, 26. Reprinted with permission of the publisher and author.
Copyright 2004 IRA/NCTE. All rights reserved.
(Line 1) First name
(Line 2) Three or four adjectives that describe the person
(Line 3) Important relationship (daughter of . . . , mother of . . . , etc)
(Line 4) Two or three things, people, or ideas that the person loved
(Line 5) Three feelings the person experienced
(Line 6) Three fears the person experienced
(Line 7) Accomplishments (who composed . . . , who discovered . . . , etc.)
(Line 8) Two or three things the person wanted to see happen or wanted to experience
(Line 9) His or her residence
(Line 10) Last name
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Biopoem Sample
Rosa
Determined, brave, strong, loving
Wife of Raymond Parks, mother of all children
Who loved equality, freedom, and the benefits of a good education
Who hated discrimination, loved to stand up for her beliefs, and loved to help others
Who feared that racism would continue, feared losing the opportunity to make a difference, and feared that young people might lose opportunities to develop strength and courage
Who changed history as she accomplished great strides for equality and encouraged excellence for all
Who wanted to see love triumph and see an end to all bias and discrimination in a world in which respect is freely given to all
Born in Alabama and living in Detroit
Parks
From Abromitis, B.S. (1994, June/July). Bringing lives to life. Biographies in reading and the content areas. Reading Today, 11, 26. Reprinted with permission of the publisher and author.
Copyright 2004 IRA/NCTE. All rights reserved.
Friday, September 26, 2008
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Saturday, August 2, 2008
Syllabus
ENGLISH 77, COMPUTER-ASSISTED VOCABULARY STUDY (3)
Prerequisite/Co-requisite Courses: None
Fall 2008, Thursdays, 9-11:45
Instructor: Dr. Sylvia Y. R. Schoemaker
Phone: 510.628.8036
Office Hours: T-Th 11:45-12:390 and by arrangement
E-mail: profs4e@gmail.com
REQUIRED TEXT
Richek, Margaret. The World of Words: Vocabulary for College Students 7/e. New York, 2005. ( ISBN: 0-618-76678-2)
Course text site: http://college.cengage.com/devenglish/richek/world_words/7e/resources.html
Recommended texts: Dictionary, Thesaurus
COURSE DESCRIPTION
Course study involves the use of computer programs in building varied and precise vocabularies. Focuses include the historical development and present-day resources of the American English vocabulary, special attention to Latin and Greek vocabulary building prefixes, suffixes and bases, neologisms, field-related vocabulary, and idioms. (3 units)
COURSE OBJECTIVES
*Expansion of vocabulary to college level.
*Development of decoding skills through word analysis.
*Understanding of formal and informal registers, slang, jargon, and standard usage
*Explanation of the nuances in American English words.
Upon completion of the course students will be able to demonstrate acquisition of vocabulary decoding and encoding with appropriate use through a variety of applications, exercises and quizzes with increasing fluency and accuracy.
TOPICAL OUTLINE
Topics covered include: computer/net tools for vocabulary study, word analysis, levels of usage, registers, denotative and connotative values, contextual understanding and applications.
Word study e-journal and special projects--
Students will keep a journal of words for personal study. Selected vocabulary may be taken from class conversations, classroom materials, readings, texts, current events, popular media (newspapers, magazines, T.V., radio, film), and online sources.
For projects, students will select several semantic categories to develop word lists organized by conceptual themes:
1 People
2 Places
3 Actions
4 Nature
5 Time
6 Quantities
7 Qualities
8 Objects
9 Ideas
10 Values
SCHEDULE
Instructional Methods Overall, the course sessions will include presentation, discussion, and application modes.
In addition, among methods and materials used are the following:
▪Structural Analysis of Words
▪Conceptual framework for vocabulary study – contexts and processes
▪ Computer and Internet resources
▪Word Lists
▪Automated vocabulary study programs
▪Word processing for vocabulary study
▪On-line dictionary, thesaurus, and other resources
Assessment Criteria & Method of Evaluating Students Class Participation 15%
Prerequisite/Co-requisite Courses: None
Fall 2008, Thursdays, 9-11:45
Instructor: Dr. Sylvia Y. R. Schoemaker
Phone: 510.628.8036
Office Hours: T-Th 11:45-12:390 and by arrangement
E-mail: profs4e@gmail.com
REQUIRED TEXT
Richek, Margaret. The World of Words: Vocabulary for College Students 7/e. New York, 2005. ( ISBN: 0-618-76678-2)
Course text site: http://college.cengage.com/devenglish/richek/world_words/7e/resources.html
Recommended texts: Dictionary, Thesaurus
COURSE DESCRIPTION
Course study involves the use of computer programs in building varied and precise vocabularies. Focuses include the historical development and present-day resources of the American English vocabulary, special attention to Latin and Greek vocabulary building prefixes, suffixes and bases, neologisms, field-related vocabulary, and idioms. (3 units)
COURSE OBJECTIVES
*Expansion of vocabulary to college level.
*Development of decoding skills through word analysis.
*Understanding of formal and informal registers, slang, jargon, and standard usage
*Explanation of the nuances in American English words.
Upon completion of the course students will be able to demonstrate acquisition of vocabulary decoding and encoding with appropriate use through a variety of applications, exercises and quizzes with increasing fluency and accuracy.
TOPICAL OUTLINE
Topics covered include: computer/net tools for vocabulary study, word analysis, levels of usage, registers, denotative and connotative values, contextual understanding and applications.
Word study e-journal and special projects--
Students will keep a journal of words for personal study. Selected vocabulary may be taken from class conversations, classroom materials, readings, texts, current events, popular media (newspapers, magazines, T.V., radio, film), and online sources.
For projects, students will select several semantic categories to develop word lists organized by conceptual themes:
1 People
2 Places
3 Actions
4 Nature
5 Time
6 Quantities
7 Qualities
8 Objects
9 Ideas
10 Values
SCHEDULE
| Wk | Date | Topic |
| 1 | 4-Sep | Dictionary Skills and Context Clues |
| 2 | 11-Sep | Words About People, WoW C1 |
| 3 | 18-Sep | Words in the News, WoW C2 |
| 4 | 25-Sep | Words for Feeling, Expression, and Action, WoW C3 |
| 5 | 2-Oct | Other Useful English Words, WoW C4 |
| 6 | 9-Oct | Word Elements, WoW C5 |
| 7 | 16-Oct | Word Elements: Prefixes, WoW C6 |
| 8 | 23-Oct |
|
| 9 | 30-Oct | Word Elements: Movement, WoW C7 |
| 10 | 6-Nov | Word Elements: Together and Apart, WoW C8 |
| 11 | 13-Nov | Word Elements: Numbers and Measures, WoW C9 |
| 12 | 20-Nov | Word Elements: Thought and Belief, WoW C10 |
| 13 | 27-Nov | Word Elements: The Body and Health, WoW C11 |
| 14 | 4-Dec | Word Elements: Speech and Writing, WoW C12 |
| 15 | 11-Dec | Finals week |
Instructional Methods Overall, the course sessions will include presentation, discussion, and application modes.
In addition, among methods and materials used are the following:
▪Structural Analysis of Words
▪Conceptual framework for vocabulary study – contexts and processes
▪ Computer and Internet resources
▪Word Lists
▪Automated vocabulary study programs
▪Word processing for vocabulary study
▪On-line dictionary, thesaurus, and other resources
Assessment Criteria & Method of Evaluating Students Class Participation 15%
| Class Participation | 15% |
| Quizzes | 10% |
| Projects | 15% |
| Term Paper | 30% |
| Presentation | 10% |
| Final Exam | 20% |
| Total | 100% |
| 100-95 | A |
| 94-90 | A- |
| 89-87 | B+ |
| 86-84 | B |
| 83-80 | B- |
| 79-77 | C+ |
| 76-74 | C |
| 73-70 | C- |
| 69-67 | D+ |
| 66-64 | D |
| 63-60 | D- |
| 59 or < | F |
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Links for Vocabulary Word Games and Exercises
http://www.eastoftheweb.com/games/index.html
Hangman2: http://www.angelfire.com/wi3/englishcorner/vocabulary/hangman/hangman.html
AWL (Academic Word List) vocabulary game: http://www.angelfire.com/wi3/englishcorner/vocabulary/awlmc1.html
Exercise: common slang http://www.manythings.org/c/r.cgi/slang
Hangman2: http://www.angelfire.com/wi3/englishcorner/vocabulary/hangman/hangman.html
AWL (Academic Word List) vocabulary game: http://www.angelfire.com/wi3/englishcorner/vocabulary/awlmc1.html
Exercise: common slang http://www.manythings.org/c/r.cgi/slang
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Saturday, April 19, 2008
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Bene / Good Word Family
Link to google presentation: http://docs.google.com/Present?docid=dg9fdkc3_40g6xttzt9&invite=f5k8md6
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
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Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
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Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Sunday, January 27, 2008
28 Spelling Rules
See the following link from the Riggs Institute for the rules : http://www.riggsinst.org/28rules.aspx
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Vocabulary Pronunciation Pairs
Pronunciation Pairs
English pronunciation is so crazy that it sometimes even trips up native-speakers. Two words can have the same spelling but different pronunciation depending on the meaning.
This is a kind of self-checking exercise. Each of these sentences has such a pair of words. Read the sentence. If you're not sure about the different pronunciation of the two words, use your dictionary to check it. These are all common expressions.
1. We polish the Polish furniture every day.
2. He could lead if he would get the lead out.
3. A farm can produce produce.
4. The dump was so full it had to refuse refuse.
5. The soldier decided to desert in the desert.
6. The present is a good time to present the present.
7. At the Army base, a bass was painted on the head of a bass drum.
8. The dove dove into the bushes.
9. I did not object to the object.
10. The insurance for the invalid was invalid.
11. The bandage was wound around the wound.
12. There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row.
13. They were too close to the door to close it.
14. The buck does funny things when the does are present.
15. They sent a sewer down to stitch the tear in the sewer line.
16. To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow.
17. The wind was too strong to wind the sail.
18. After a number of Novocain injections, my jaw got number.
19. I shed a tear when I saw the tear in my clothes.
20. I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.
21. How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?
22. I spent last evening evening out a pile of dirt.
English pronunciation is so crazy that it sometimes even trips up native-speakers. Two words can have the same spelling but different pronunciation depending on the meaning.
This is a kind of self-checking exercise. Each of these sentences has such a pair of words. Read the sentence. If you're not sure about the different pronunciation of the two words, use your dictionary to check it. These are all common expressions.
1. We polish the Polish furniture every day.
2. He could lead if he would get the lead out.
3. A farm can produce produce.
4. The dump was so full it had to refuse refuse.
5. The soldier decided to desert in the desert.
6. The present is a good time to present the present.
7. At the Army base, a bass was painted on the head of a bass drum.
8. The dove dove into the bushes.
9. I did not object to the object.
10. The insurance for the invalid was invalid.
11. The bandage was wound around the wound.
12. There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row.
13. They were too close to the door to close it.
14. The buck does funny things when the does are present.
15. They sent a sewer down to stitch the tear in the sewer line.
16. To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow.
17. The wind was too strong to wind the sail.
18. After a number of Novocain injections, my jaw got number.
19. I shed a tear when I saw the tear in my clothes.
20. I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.
21. How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?
22. I spent last evening evening out a pile of dirt.
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Vocabulary Links
Link to idioms A to Z:
http://humanities.byu.edu/elc/student/idioms/idiomsmain.html
http://www.goenglish.com/Idioms.asp
By way of: http://wccniuesl.blogspot.com/2005/06/esl-vocabulary.html
ESL: Vocabulary
http://iteslj.org/links/ESL/Vocabulary/
Another compendium.
This is a sub-page of The Internet TESL Journal's TESL/TEFL/TESOL/ESL/EFL/ESOL Links and includes sites such as
Arabic Number to English Convertor (Requires JavaScript.)
Enter a number up to 999,999,999 and see it spelled out in English.
BBC News English - Words in the News
Read, listen and learn the English in this week's stories.
Common Errors in English (Paul Brians)
Words that native English speakers frequently find confusing.
Common Usage Problems (Vicki Jones and Ann Bertoldie)
Words that native English speakers frequently find confusing.
English for You - Visual Fruit (Donald Hennessey)
Pictures of fruit and their names in English
English for You - Visual Veggies (Donald Hennessey)
Pictures of vegetables and their names in English
Expanding your Vocabulary (La Trobe University)
Brief hints for advanced students.
Language Adventure - Picture Quiz
Easy. Click on the picture of the word you hear. (WAV files)
Megellan's Log - Pronunciation Pairs (Sentences Using Heteronyms) (Douglas Milburn)
We polish the Polish furniture every day. I did not object to the object. etc.
Nick Miller's EFL/ESL Resource Material - Street & Map Terms (Nicholas E. Miller)
A list of words with definitions.
QuiaCom - Matching Quiz - Countries and Nationalities [FRAME] (AH Syed)
Quia.com activity -Columns
specialist.hu - ESL Topics and Vocabulary [FRAME] (English Specialist)
True/false and multiple choice quizzes on basic exam topics and vocabulary
Testing Vocabulary
By S. Kathleen Kitao & Kenji Kitao
The Compleat Lexical Tutor (Tom Cobb)
Test your word knowledge, Learn words at your level, Read & Listen, ...
Vocabulary - Extended Family Chart
A detailed family tree chart: paternal uncle's wife, maternal cousin, ....
Vocabulary Self-Study Quizzes (The Internet TESL Journal)
See the answers right away. Produced by teachers around the world.
Vocabulary Vulcanizer [FRAME] (Paige Jaeger)
Study 'roots' to improve vocabulary: Phobia (=Fear) claustrophobia, xenophobia
Word Safari: vocabulary expeditions (Ruth Pettis)
For native speakers and advanced students. Expand your English vocabulary while surfing the Web
WordOrigins.org's List of Words and Phrases (David Wilton)
baker's dozen, kick the bucket, left wing, Kilroy was here, ...
http://www.antimoon.com/other/activevocab.htm (Tomasz P. Szynalski)
Why it is normal to understand more English words than you can use
http://learners.englishclub.com/esl-articles/200109.htm (Josef Essberger)
Gonna, Ain't, Gimme, Gotta, Kinda, Wanna, Whatcha, ...
http://vocabulary.englishclub.com/interjections.htm (Josef Essberger)
Charts with meanings and examples: Ah, Alas, Dear, Eh, ...
http://vocabulary.englishclub.com/cw_say-tell.htm (Josef Essberger)
How to use say and tell.
http://vocabulary.englishclub.com/time_tell.htm (Josef Essberger)
UK English: 'just gone three o'clock'; Others: 'a quarter past three' etc.
http://www.forumeducation.net/servlet/pages/vi/mat/voc.htm (Sven Cederberg)
300+ word formation exercises
http://www.forumeducation.net/servlet/pages/vi/mat/voc.htm#1 (Sven Cederberg)
Example of random generated test from huge database
http://www.googlefight.com/cgi-bin/compare.pl?q1=%22The+love+of+money+is+a+root+of+all+evil%22&q2=%22Money+is+the+root+of+all+evil.%22&B1=Make+a+fight%21&compare=1&langue=us (Create Your Own Vocabulary Study)
The love of money is the root of all evil. VS Money is the root of all evil.
http://www.learnenglish.de/vocabulary/buildings.htm#UsefulVocab
See pictures of vocabulary, a dialogue, crossword puzzles, dictation/spelling, .
http://www.learnenglish.de/vocabulary/rooms.htm#UsefulVocab
See pictures of vocabulary, a dialogue, crossword puzzle and jumbled words
I like to see specific categories of words (buildings, rooms, time, fruits and vegetables), and also idioms and informal contractions, which always confound students. There are a few that have online quizzes and pictures to help students understand better. Students who learned English the British way can find translations into American English, and even specific tools such as the Arabic Number to English convertor have a real value for students. Some of the sites are better than others, so if you find one particularly useful (or not at all useful), share it with your fellow bloggers.
http://humanities.byu.edu/elc/student/idioms/idiomsmain.html
http://www.goenglish.com/Idioms.asp
Link to emotions (Unit 4) page:
http://homepage.smc.edu/harrop_adrianne/images/Emotions.jpg
http://homepage.smc.edu/harrop_adrianne/images/Emotions.jpg
By way of: http://wccniuesl.blogspot.com/2005/06/esl-vocabulary.html
ESL: Vocabulary
http://iteslj.org/links/ESL/Vocabulary/
Another compendium.
This is a sub-page of The Internet TESL Journal's TESL/TEFL/TESOL/ESL/EFL/ESOL Links and includes sites such as
Arabic Number to English Convertor (Requires JavaScript.)
Enter a number up to 999,999,999 and see it spelled out in English.
BBC News English - Words in the News
Read, listen and learn the English in this week's stories.
Common Errors in English (Paul Brians)
Words that native English speakers frequently find confusing.
Common Usage Problems (Vicki Jones and Ann Bertoldie)
Words that native English speakers frequently find confusing.
English for You - Visual Fruit (Donald Hennessey)
Pictures of fruit and their names in English
English for You - Visual Veggies (Donald Hennessey)
Pictures of vegetables and their names in English
Expanding your Vocabulary (La Trobe University)
Brief hints for advanced students.
Language Adventure - Picture Quiz
Easy. Click on the picture of the word you hear. (WAV files)
Megellan's Log - Pronunciation Pairs (Sentences Using Heteronyms) (Douglas Milburn)
We polish the Polish furniture every day. I did not object to the object. etc.
Nick Miller's EFL/ESL Resource Material - Street & Map Terms (Nicholas E. Miller)
A list of words with definitions.
QuiaCom - Matching Quiz - Countries and Nationalities [FRAME] (AH Syed)
Quia.com activity -Columns
specialist.hu - ESL Topics and Vocabulary [FRAME] (English Specialist)
True/false and multiple choice quizzes on basic exam topics and vocabulary
Testing Vocabulary
By S. Kathleen Kitao & Kenji Kitao
The Compleat Lexical Tutor (Tom Cobb)
Test your word knowledge, Learn words at your level, Read & Listen, ...
Vocabulary - Extended Family Chart
A detailed family tree chart: paternal uncle's wife, maternal cousin, ....
Vocabulary Self-Study Quizzes (The Internet TESL Journal)
See the answers right away. Produced by teachers around the world.
Vocabulary Vulcanizer [FRAME] (Paige Jaeger)
Study 'roots' to improve vocabulary: Phobia (=Fear) claustrophobia, xenophobia
Word Safari: vocabulary expeditions (Ruth Pettis)
For native speakers and advanced students. Expand your English vocabulary while surfing the Web
WordOrigins.org's List of Words and Phrases (David Wilton)
baker's dozen, kick the bucket, left wing, Kilroy was here, ...
http://www.antimoon.com/other/activevocab.htm (Tomasz P. Szynalski)
Why it is normal to understand more English words than you can use
http://learners.englishclub.com/esl-articles/200109.htm (Josef Essberger)
Gonna, Ain't, Gimme, Gotta, Kinda, Wanna, Whatcha, ...
http://vocabulary.englishclub.com/interjections.htm (Josef Essberger)
Charts with meanings and examples: Ah, Alas, Dear, Eh, ...
http://vocabulary.englishclub.com/cw_say-tell.htm (Josef Essberger)
How to use say and tell.
http://vocabulary.englishclub.com/time_tell.htm (Josef Essberger)
UK English: 'just gone three o'clock'; Others: 'a quarter past three' etc.
http://www.forumeducation.net/servlet/pages/vi/mat/voc.htm (Sven Cederberg)
300+ word formation exercises
http://www.forumeducation.net/servlet/pages/vi/mat/voc.htm#1 (Sven Cederberg)
Example of random generated test from huge database
http://www.googlefight.com/cgi-bin/compare.pl?q1=%22The+love+of+money+is+a+root+of+all+evil%22&q2=%22Money+is+the+root+of+all+evil.%22&B1=Make+a+fight%21&compare=1&langue=us (Create Your Own Vocabulary Study)
The love of money is the root of all evil. VS Money is the root of all evil.
http://www.learnenglish.de/vocabulary/buildings.htm#UsefulVocab
See pictures of vocabulary, a dialogue, crossword puzzles, dictation/spelling, .
http://www.learnenglish.de/vocabulary/rooms.htm#UsefulVocab
See pictures of vocabulary, a dialogue, crossword puzzle and jumbled words
I like to see specific categories of words (buildings, rooms, time, fruits and vegetables), and also idioms and informal contractions, which always confound students. There are a few that have online quizzes and pictures to help students understand better. Students who learned English the British way can find translations into American English, and even specific tools such as the Arabic Number to English convertor have a real value for students. Some of the sites are better than others, so if you find one particularly useful (or not at all useful), share it with your fellow bloggers.
Required Texts
Title: The Big Picture - Idioms as Metaphors
Author: King,Kevin
Publisher: Houghton MifflinYear of publication: 1999
ISBN: 0395917123
Title: Vocabulary Connections Book II, Word Parts
Author: Reynolds, Marianne C.
Publisher: McGraw Hill
Year of publication: 1998
ISBN: 007052629x
Author: King,Kevin
Publisher: Houghton MifflinYear of publication: 1999
ISBN: 0395917123
Title: Vocabulary Connections Book II, Word Parts
Author: Reynolds, Marianne C.
Publisher: McGraw Hill
Year of publication: 1998
ISBN: 007052629x
Wednesday, January 9, 2008
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