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May 1, 2012 by admin | No Comments
After a long day of functioning as an authority on the English language, you can relax and unwind by reading this book on punctuation. No, really. Lynne Truss’s book, Eats, Shoots, and Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation, based on a BBC radio series she presented in 2004, deals with things every teacher of [...]
April 6, 2012 by admin | No Comments
The Bilingual Family is subtitled A Handbook for Parents, but to reach as many parents as possible it should be read by ESL teachers, too. While teaching English to immigrant parents of small children, I based several lessons on what I had learned from this book. Many of my students were unsure what bilingualism would [...]
February 28, 2012 by admin | No Comments
Okay, it’s a cliché to say a book changed your life, but this book changed mine. It cut my prep time down to minutes. Using the activities in this book, I learned how to teach for two hours using only half a page of notes. The authors don’t tell language teachers not to plan. They [...]
January 21, 2012 by admin | No Comments
This book is a continuation of the book ‘I always get my sin’. ‘I always get my sin’ was a bestseller and more then 250,000 books are sold. Both books are written by Maarten H. Rijkens. In ‘We always get our sin’ he writes about funny or stupid mistakes Dutch people make when they try [...]
August 19, 2011 by admin | No Comments
Rupa Bajwa’s “The Sari Shop” set in the little city of Amritsar captures evocatively, the social atmosphere of small-town India. Her narrative encapsulates the spirit of the sari-shop environment with its spirited, intimate, interaction between shop personnel and regular patrons. In the background, the rustling silk, soft cotton and shiny synthetic saris reach out to [...]
July 24, 2011 by admin | No Comments
Broken Greek: A Language to Belong by Adrianne Kalfopoulou Plain View Press (2006) ISBN 9781891386565 Reviewed by Beverly Pechin for Reader Views (8/06) “Broken Greek” is truly an inside view of the real Greece. As both an ‘outsider’ and ‘one of them’, author Adrianne Kalfopoulou gives a unique look at Greece and all of its [...]
May 13, 2011 by admin | No Comments
Have you ever wanted to sit down and have a conversation with your dog? Or just ask your pooch “Why are you barking?” Well, that just might be possible according to Sean Senchal. In her book “Dogs Can Sign, Too”, she presents a method for communicating with your canine — a system of gestures that [...]
March 7, 2011 by admin | No Comments
Walking the Earth is an inspirational anthology, exhibiting varied paths its seven poets ponder upon with wide-ranging points of view. In poet Vivian Gilbert Zabel’s words, “Once we breathe first air/ We begin a journey/ Along a narrow path.” In fact, this book’s journey does travel “in faith to the end” since this compilation suggests [...]
February 6, 2011 by admin | No Comments
When a baby just learns a language, he talks by putting words one after the other without thinking about style, usage, expression, or grammar. Sometimes, the novice writer does the same thing, too. Yet, good writing and a good command of the English language deserves much better than that. The good news is this can [...]
January 25, 2011 by admin | No Comments
Broken Greek: A Language to Belong by Adrianne Kalfopoulou Plain View Press (2006) ISBN 9781891386565 Reviewed by Beverly Pechin for Reader Views (8/06) “Broken Greek” is truly an inside view of the real Greece. As both an ‘outsider’ and ‘one of them’, author Adrianne Kalfopoulou gives a unique look at Greece and all of its [...]
December 17, 2010 by admin | No Comments
Have you ever wanted to sit down and have a conversation with your dog? Or just ask your pooch “Why are you barking?” Well, that just might be possible according to Sean Senchal. In her book “Dogs Can Sign, Too”, she presents a method for communicating with your canine — a system of gestures that [...]
October 22, 2010 by admin | No Comments
Sign Generator American Sign Language Support for Reading CD ROM Creates American Sign Language images above text you type Over 5 000 ASL signs in the database Customize flashcards and make worksheets Save and print flashcards and worksheets Perfect for classroom or communication use Sign Generator American Sign Language Support for Reading is a unique [...]
October 22, 2010 by admin | 5 Comments
Garmin Language Guide (010-10672-00) Contains Multi-Lingual Word Bank, Phrase Bank & 5 Bilingual Dictionaries Multi-Lingual Word & Phrase Bank Supports 9 Languages & Dialects Including American, British English, French, German, Italian, Brazilian Portuguese, European Portuguese, European Spanish & Latin American Spanish Text-To-Speech Interface Provides Spoken Pronunciations Of Each Word Or Phrase In The Data Bank, [...]
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