A look at how to write a thesis statement in the opening paragraph of an essay.
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100th Post
This is my 100th post on this blog, and I feel this is a good occasion to thank all the people who have visited this site and shown interest in what I have published here. I hope you have found it useful.
The chicken nugget experiment- a free downloadable lesson | elt-resourceful
Given the horsemeat scandal which is flying around Europe at the moment, here is a very topical downloadable lesson.
How to write a good essay
This is a video which explains how to write an essay one step at a time. Very useful for our students.
Watch “LEARN ENGLISH – past simple or past continuous” on YouTube
To R.P. Salazar with love – free downloadable lesson
A handy lesson for Valentine’s Day:
What is the CEFR? (Cambridge English TV)
A simple, clear explanation of the Common European Framework for Languages, from Cambridge English Language Assessment.
New proficiency speaking video available now
Cambridge English Language Assessment ( the new name for Cambridge ESOL) has released a video of the revised Proficiency speaking exam on You Tube. This is just one of a series of very useful and informative videos available from the Cambridge English channel on You Tube http://www.youtube.com/user/cambridgeenglishtv?feature=watch
British English vs American English
Hugh Laurie, interviewed by Ellen DeGeneres. A demosntration that Britain and America are truly ‘two great nations divided by a common language’ (George Bernard Shaw).
This has been on You Tube for a while, but it is still very amusing.
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