33 Questions for the topic ESL
I am not a native English speaker. My writing has many mistakes all the time. What can I do?
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Why should mitigation be taught in ESL classrooms?
Mitigation is a worldwide technique used to soften or indirectly say an otherwise direct statement. It is most commonly used in situations where one person is a subordinate to another. However,...
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06/28/19
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How to say "Don't speak loudly" in English, but in imperative sentence, like "speak slowly".
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06/19/19
How can I increase my Englishg vocabulary
I am frustrated because my vocabulary in my native language is so much richer than it is in English.How can I increase my English vocabulary?
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06/11/19
Is it necessary for me to learn how to make "small talk" or "chat" to advance at my job? If so, can I learn to do it?
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05/21/19
How can I reduce my accent?
Often clients come in the door with exceptional gifts and accomplishments but they feel stuck in their careers because colleagues and potential employers say they have a hard time understanding them.
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05/16/19
What’s the easiest way to improve your vocabulary over the next nine months by integrating more sentences and words into your daily life?
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How many lessons does it usually take to reduce an accent in English?
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04/11/19
Will you really make my accent go away?
Can you make my accent go away? I have lived in the US for several years.
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Why does "I was happy to do my homework" work, but "I was tired to do my homework" doesn't?
I'm teaching ESL, and I came across a question from one of my students that I don't know how to answer. Using the form "{subject} {verb} {adjective} {infinitive phrase}" we've been going over...
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ESL text: "I notice similarities between myself and . . . ": Acceptable use of reflexive pronoun?
In an ESL class, a student asked a difficult question about the use of “myself” in the following sentence:
> I notice similarities between myself and other people more than
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How to correct/improve 's-' pronunciation at the beginning of a sentence?
As a native Spanish speaker, I tend to mispronounce some letters or words in English. One of them is the 's' sound at the beginning of a word, for example, I pronounce:
- 'slang' as /eslaŋ/...
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Use of the definite article "the" before "church"?
I was in a Teacher's selection for a school in my country, and one of the coordinators said that she heard a mistake from another teacher that was unacceptable. I tried to figure out why was that,...
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03/28/19
Mixed conditional clause type 1-3?
I came across the following conditional clause while studying a grammar book published by Oxford:
"If you know London so well, you shouldn't have got so hopelessly lost."
The writer of the book...
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Is there any difference between deputies & lawmakers?
As a non-native speaker quite often I get in trouble with slight differences between concepts. So, regarding to this doubt I think both of them are used to express the same thing but I'm not sure...
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What does 'put shelves up' mean?
What does 'put shelves up' mean in the sentence: 'I've been meaning to put shelves up in the lounge for years but I haven't had time.'
Does put shelves up mean the same as 'install'? Or does it...
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What are some exercises I can perform to reduce my accent?
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03/27/19
Is it technically incorrect to speak English using speech sounds of native language(which is not English)?
Consonants "t" and "p" are not unvoiced in my native language, which is Hindi. So I pronounce "Paint" with voiced "p" and "t", is it technically correct? It is acceptable, I know. But is it correct?
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03/26/19
What are the connotations of "there" in "hello/hi there"?
I'm an ESL speaker and I'm not completely familiar with the underlying meaning conveyed when adding *there* to a greeting such as
> Hello there
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> Hello
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03/25/19
In Act 1 Scene 4, Anne begins to wrestle with the transition from childhood to adulthood.
Write a short TDA response (1 complete paragraph) analyzing how the author uses questioning techniques between Anne and her parents to emphasize her growing struggle with identity. Consider the...
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