Idioms

English Idioms 1

I am teaching a course on English vocabulary again at the Université Saint-Louis (Marie Haps). The first part of the course focuses on English Idioms. These are practice exercises for my students but anybody can have a shot at them. The course notes are not made public. Resources and Links Antidode: bilingual corrector, dictionaries, etc. […]

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Calvin Vocabulary

How I Learn Vocabulary

On eating eggs and learning new words “How do you like them eggs? Soft boiled? Omelet? Scrambled? Poached? Sunny Side up? Over easy? Benedict?” To the bemusement (or embarrassment?) of my family, for years I would dread being asked how I wanted my eggs cooked at the Waffle House. Tired of gambling with my eggs, […]

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You Tube

Two Tips to Learn a Language with YouTube

The use of YouTube to teach or learn a language is pretty much a given today. Yet, speaking with colleagues and students, I realized that not all of them were aware that there are some features available that are really useful for language education. Here are two of them: Subtitles (or closed captions) and the […]

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EPF Sound Bank Small

Learning a Language? Improve Your Pronunciation with the International Phonetic Alphabet

You’ve done it (or you had no choice). You’ve decided to learn another language! But then, quickly, the frustration builds up. Reading and writing is going along ok, but the speaking … the pronunciation. The bane of many language learners: how to actually speak that language without making a complete fool of yourself. Two quite […]

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