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teaching of english to students whose first language is not english ,problems discussed.solution to problems caused by mt-interference and cultural inteference suggested
- Author: V.P.Rajappan
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- Tags: esl teaching english english for learners in second language situation
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Determiners and Adjectives --Difference Explained
Adjectives are words that describe the intrinsic or inherent qualities of persons and things. Determiners , on the contrary , show attributes which are not inherent in persons or things , but are extraneous to them. Good, bad, pretty, young , ol...
Emphatic Pronouns and Reflexive Pronouns
Emphatic Pronouns and Reflexive Pronouns look alike in form , but they are different in usage .Both of them are formed by adding -self or -selves to the possessive or object-form of pronouns . I ----------------MyselfYou--------------YourselfHe------...
Difference between Word Stress and Sentence Stress
Dear Readers,Stress is the force with which we pronounce a syllable in a word . A syllable may consist of a single vowel or a combination of two vowels called diphthongs or it may consist of a vowel or diphthong in combination with one or more conso...
How to Improve Your English Skills
Dear readers,When you learn English ,your aim is to learn it fast . It is possible to learn English faster if you adopt modern scientific methods of learning it . Unfortunately, out-dated grammar- translation method is still used in several countries...
Verbs followed by Gerunds
Dear Readers,While speaking and writing English , you may have come across situations in which one verb follows another as its object . In such situations you may have to choose either to-infinitive or gerundIn today's post I propose to give a list...
Proper Nouns vs Common Nouns
Dear Readers, The English word "proper" is taken from a Latin word which means "own" .So, proper nouns refer to the "own" names of persons and places . These names are specific to the individual person or place . and not shared by a class of en...
