Protected: Rejoinders and Follow-Up Questions – download
Posted on December 9th, 2008 by morksensei
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Rejoinders and Follow-Up Questions
Posted on December 9th, 2008 by morksensei
Rejoinders (an MP3 file from www.eslgold.com)
A rejoinder is quick response to show that you are interested or paying attention. （あいづち）
A: (asks a question)
What kind of boss would you never like to work for?
B: (thinks and answers)
Ummm, that’s a good question. Let me see….. I guess I wouldn’t like to work for anyone [...]
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Protected: Look, See, or Watch? – download
Posted on December 9th, 2008 by morksensei
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Look, See, or Watch?
Posted on December 9th, 2008 by morksensei
1) Listen to the following file and try to fill in the blanks: Note: If you want to be able to see this page while you listen, try right-clicking the file (PC users) or command-clicking it (Mac users).
look_see_watch
‘Look’, ’see’ and ‘watch’ seem very _________, they all talk about different ways of using your _____. However, [...]
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Making Polite Requests
Posted on December 9th, 2008 by morksensei
Start by learning the expressions in orange, then try to use other phrases. Note that the phrases are progressively more polite.
1. Requesting information
Please tell me_____.
I would like you to tell me ____ .
I would like to ask you ____.
I would like to know ____.
Can/ Will/ Could / Would you please tell me____?
Would you mind ____ing [...]
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Top 5 Ways to Learn a Language Online
Posted on December 3rd, 2008 by morksensei
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A Short History of the English Language
Posted on December 3rd, 2008 by morksensei
Nearly all of the inhabitants of Western Europe speak either a Romance language — i.e., derived from Latin (like French, Italian, Spanish)– or a Germanic language (like German, Dutch and the Scandinavian languages). The Romance languages sound alike, as do the Germanic languages, but the two groups sound very different from each other. They are [...]
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The Plural of Fish
Posted on December 3rd, 2008 by morksensei
Q: I wonder what the plural of fish is. Some people told me it is “fish” for different species, but if we are talking about fish of the same kind, we can say “fishes.” The same happens to “fruit.” What is the grammatically correct answer?
A: Fish can be a singular count noun, and its usual [...]
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Answering Questions Posed in Negative Form
Posted on December 2nd, 2008 by morksensei
Properly answering “yes” or “no” to negative questions is difficult for Japanese students of English, because in Japanese, answering “Yes” indicates agreement with what has been asked, even if the question is negative; In Japanese, if a person who does not like sushi is asked, “You don’t like sushi, do you?” or “Don’t you like [...]
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