by Andrea Giordano | Mar 3, 2015 | Student Posts
2014’s Most Popular Posts for English Language Learners I’m finally getting around to writing a “Year in Review” post. I know, it’s already March, but I just had to share the excitement of everything that happened this past year. It was a...
by Andrea Giordano | Mar 2, 2015 | Student Posts
What are the parts and types of syllables? Syllables are the beat or unit of sound that make up words. Parts of a Syllable Onset The onset of a syllable can be a consonant or consonant cluster. Examples: breeze, ham, legs Rhyme (or Rime) The rhyme is made up of the...
by Andrea Giordano | Mar 2, 2015 | Citizenship, Videos
I wanted to tell you about my new resource to help you prepare for the civics test as you work towards your U.S. Citizenship! To view all the details of my new resource to help you prepare for your U.S. Citizenship test, click here! If you have any questions, you can...
by Andrea Giordano | Feb 27, 2015 | Student Posts
ATTENTION TEACHERS ON TO THE POST... E Lexical, Functional, Derivational, and Inflectional Morphemes In our last post on Free vs. Bound Morphemes, we looked at the two main categories of morphemes, free and bound morphemes. Today, we will be looking at some more...
by Andrea Giordano | Feb 26, 2015 | Student Posts
ATTENTION TEACHERS ON TO THE POST... Free vs. Bound Morphemes – What’s the difference? Morphemes are the building materials of words. They are the smallest units of meaning or grammatical function within a language. Words are constructed out of these...
by Andrea Giordano | Feb 25, 2015 | Student Posts
10 Things Every ESL Student Should Know #1 – You can do this. Virtually anyone can learn English with strong motivation and a lot of practice. Most people just stop learning when it gets difficult. Don’t be that person. #2 – Native speakers want to...
by Andrea Giordano | Feb 24, 2015 | Student Posts
What are the 8 parts of speech? There are 8 parts of speech in English. Parts of speech are the different categories of words that are used (nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, pronouns, prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections). The following is an...
