<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">
<channel>
<title>Larry M. Lynch - EzineArticles Expert Author</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/expert/Larry_M._Lynch</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 22:25:14 -0600</pubDate>
<image><title>Larry M. Lynch - EzineArticles Expert Author</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/expert/Larry_M._Lynch</link>
<url>http://EzineArticles.com/images/ea_logo.jpg</url>
</image>
<language>en-us</language>
<copyright>Copyright 2012 EzineArticles.com - All Rights Reserved.</copyright>
<description><![CDATA[Larry M. Lynch is an Intellectual Development Specialist, ELT Teacher Trainer, expert author, photographer and experienced world traveler who teaches language at a university in Cali, Colombia. He helps language teachers to improve their skills and develop dynamic language classroom teaching techniques. His writing has appeared in Transitions Abroad, South American Explorer, Escape from America, Mexico News and Brazzil magazines, in addition to hundreds of online websites. He is the author of the astonishing new English language teaching system; "The BREAKTHROUGH! English Language Teaching System: Dynamic Techniques & Strategies for Teaching English to Any Learner Anywhere in the World". For ... ]]></description>
<lastBuildDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 13:58:01 -0500</lastBuildDate>
<atom:link rel="hub" href="https://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com" />
<item>
<title>Practical Techniques For Early Childhood Development and Stimulation</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/4446519</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/4446519</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 13:58:01 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Methods of Early Childhood Development Stimulation There are several practical techniques for early childhood stimulation that help to promote intellectual development, physical and mental skills in pre-school children. Almost all methods of sensory or intellectual stimulation employ some type of stimulation based on one or more of the five senses. One of the most effective methods involves stimulation of the visual senses in a variety of ways.]]></description>
</item>
<item>
<title>Teaching English As a Foreign Language With Social Responsibility</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/3864564</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/3864564</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 07:29:25 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Are you conserving and recycling water? As EFL, ESL or foreign language teaching professionals we ultimately have a responsibility to our learners, our adopted communities and ourselves as a form of social responsibility. We can quite easily, quickly and responsibly incorporate global, regional and local social issues into our class sessions to provide our language learners with an outlet for their English as a foreign language or other foreign language communicative skills. ]]></description>
</item>
<item>
<title>How to Play Chicken With Pacific Ocean Waves That Can Kill You</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/3737113</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/3737113</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 05:08:32 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[For awhile I watched from the beach as Doris played "chicken" with the waves. When there was a lull in the heavy waves, I slipped out of my cap, shoes and T-shirt to slip into the water myself. It was surprising how warm the water was.]]></description>
</item>
<item>
<title>Treat Yourself to a Thermal Mineral Water Therapeutic Center Treatment</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/3737049</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/3737049</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 05:01:17 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Want to immerse yourself in luxury? Want to revitalize and rejuvenate your skin and body? Haven't yet tried a mineral water, mud skin facial or therapeutic treatment center session? So here's what you just might be missing.]]></description>
</item>
<item>
<title>A Jurubida Colombia Salt Water Fishing Day</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/3736872</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/3736872</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 04:48:06 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Are you an avid salt water fisherman? Ever wonder what it's like to fish the Pacific coast of Colombia? Here's one of many episodes I've experienced while teaching English as a foreign language in Colombia. Read on and find out a bit more for yourself.]]></description>
</item>
<item>
<title>Which Foreign Language Should Your Child Learn?</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/3729006</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/3729006</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 10:29:21 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[With globalization continuing to generate heat worldwide and local neighborhoods experiencing ethnic changes in many cities and countries, have you considered how this impacts your child or children? Should they learn a foreign language? If so, which one? Here are some aspects to consider.]]></description>
</item>
<item>
<title>Teach English As a Foreign Language - Sherlock Holmes to the Rescue</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/3711901</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/3711901</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:54:48 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A new Sherlock Holmes movie is now in cinemas worldwide. Use the students' peaked interest to improve their English as a foreign language skills. How? Read on...]]></description>
</item>
<item>
<title>How to Create a Good Sales Marketing Plan Using Niche Articles</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/2542736</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/2542736</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 07:31:34 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The verdict is in, the world wide market has spoken - the economy is tight with many areas and regions of the world in full recession. How is your business doing? Now is the time to expand your client base by offering your goods, products or services to a broadened group of potential clients. An important first step is to create a good sales marketing plan to boost your business. "But how, in these times when costs are soaring and money is tight, can you effectively and affordably reach those greatly-desired potential new customers and clients?"]]></description>
</item>
<item>
<title>9 Ways to Use Recipes For Foreign Language Learning</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/3680491</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/3680491</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 12:52:08 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[No matter where you might live and teach, you still have to eat don't you? Why not use simple recipes to motivate and teach your foreign language learners? There are several easily-incorporated techniques you might use. Here are a few to get you started.]]></description>
</item>
<item>
<title>An Unusual Recipe From Colombia For English Teachers - Cow's Eye Soup</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/3680464</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/3680464</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 12:45:42 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[One of the benefits of teaching English as a foreign language abroad or living abroad in general, is the ability to prepare or at least try out some unusual recipes and foreign dishes you might never experience at home. Why else would one venture thousands of miles from home, brave storms, earthquakes, the elements and lord-only-knows-what else to teach English as a foreign language abroad? Okay, maybe for love (more than one English language teacher has married a foreign national or a stent), money or experience in one way or another. Nonetheless, you'll still need to eat though, right?]]></description>
</item>
<item>
<title>An EFL Teaching and Learning Tribute to Michael Jackson - Musical Genius</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/2541790</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/2541790</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:41:27 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The sudden death of Michael Jackson has been a shock to almost everyone. Tributes and condolences to the family have poured in from around the globe from the White House to the Vatican. Few performers have touched so many from so many walks of life and so many countries, languages and cultures. His presence will surely be missed. His legacy though, will live on. His contributions to the field of entertainment are profound, affecting global cultures and age groups from youth to the elderly.]]></description>
</item>
<item>
<title>How to Get Dear Ole Dad Into Foreign Language Learning</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/2517834</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/2517834</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:23:30 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[If you're a Dad, then "Happy Father's Day". Speaking of Father's Day, where does your Dad stand in regards to foreign language learning and fluency? Too many people think, "My Dad's to old or set in his ways or "old fashioned" and wouldn't be interested in learning another language.]]></description>
</item>
<item>
<title>Five Keys to Article Writing Improvement That Can Dramatically Boost Your Production</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/2495046</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/2495046</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 09:48:02 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[If you're looking for some quick but simple and easy ways to boost your article writing quality and production, here are five keys that can help to dramatically increase your article writing production. Try these tips and techniques out for yourself and you'll soon see a difference in your article writing output.]]></description>
</item>
<item>
<title>How Writing Early in the Day Can Improve Your Article Writing</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/2495085</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/2495085</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 08:56:53 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[If you write articles as an article marketer or for sale and publication to newspapers, magazines or websites, then you're almost always on the lookout for ways to increase your output and improve your article quality. There are any number of tips and techniques you can apply to boost your article writing to earn more money, get a greater online presence or increase your article writing output in general. One of the most adapted and proven ways to do so however, is simply to climb out of bed an hour or two earlier in the morning, then get to writing. Here are some reasons why this is such an effective article writing quality and production technique.]]></description>
</item>
<item>
<title>Making Effective Use of Short Stories in English Or Foreign Language Teaching</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/2176776</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/2176776</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2009 08:31:54 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A Proven Method of Language Acquisition - One of the most effective long-term methods of learning a language is that of an on-going series of readings. In fact, among the ways native speakers of English, French and other languages continue to improve and grow their first language (L1) skills, reading ranks very high up on the list. Whether or not language learners are able to wade through a complete book or novel, reading short stories is a time-proven method of language learning and acquisition.]]></description>
</item>
<item>
<title>12 Keys to Using Songs For Teaching Children English As a Foreign Language</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/2128182</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/2128182</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 15:04:38 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In answer to a reader question on using songs for teaching Italian children English, I gave the following twelve quick keys. They're equally effective, however, for children from any country, or of almost any age too for that matter. Here they are:]]></description>
</item>
<item>
<title>More Passionate Writing Assignments That Motivate Language Learners</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/2124479</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/2124479</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 10:51:51 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[We said in the first article of this series that there are no native writers of English or any other foreign language for that matter. Each of us, no matter what our first language is, must learn to write in a clear, logical manner that promotes easier reading. Even the legendary Ernest Hemingway had to "learn" to write. And so it is with our foreign language learners. So here in the second article of this series, we'll continue with some passionate writing assignments which will motivate our English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners to strut their stuff on paper or the keyboard and screen without undue concern for "correctness" that might inhibit the free flow of words and ideas.]]></description>
</item>
<item>
<title>Motivate Your Language Learners With These Passionate Writing Assignment Ideas</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/2124447</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/2124447</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 10:49:49 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[It's difficult enough to get your language learners to read - they don't like doing THAT either. But with interesting, relative material they can usually be easily persuaded to breeze through short passages before expounding and commenting on them.]]></description>
</item>
<item>
<title>Is Teaching English As a Foreign Language Abroad Dangerous?</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/2109064</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/2109064</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 09:27:33 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Is English Language Teaching Safe? With news of the suspicious deaths of several English as a Foreign Language teachers in various countries during the past few weeks, the question now arises: "Is teaching English as a foreign language abroad safe?" For those who want to work abroad, there are a variety of options. Teaching English as a Foreign Language is but one of these, although for native English language speakers with a TEFL certificate it can be a simple, yet profitable and rewarding one. Recently in the "ESL Daily" reports of the "suspicious" deaths of EFL teachers in Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Japan, China and now Benin, have now rocked the TEFL ex-pat world.  True, some countries and locations are well-known to be inherently more risky and dangerous than others. I certainly know first hand of what I speak. I live and teach English as a Foreign Language in Colombia.]]></description>
</item>
<item>
<title>The Top Five Reasons to Hire a Niche Marketing Article Writer to Write Your Online Content Instead</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/2049569</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/2049569</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2009 10:56:46 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Hire a Professional Niche Marketing Article Writer or Do It Yourself? Here are five more of the top reasons to consider when choosing to doing your own website writing or hiring a professional Niche Marketing Article Writer to optimally handle the tasks for you. SEO or Search Engine Optimized web writing and web content is at the heart of text and other types of online content that search engines look for when evaluating websites and returning the most relevant online search results in response to a query. Go through and consider each item on the list, then decide for yourself.]]></description>
</item>
<item>
<title>Two Outstanding Reasons to Hire a Professional For Your SEO Content Writing</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/2049563</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/2049563</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2009 10:56:37 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Here are two outstanding reasons to consider when choosing to doing your own website writing or hiring a professional Niche Marketing Article Writer to optimally handle the tasks for you. SEO or Search Engine Optimized web writing and web content is at the heart of text and other types of online content that search engines look for when evaluating websites and returning the most relevant online search results in response to a query. Go through and consider each item on the list, then decide for yourself:]]></description>
</item>
<item>
<title>How to Have an Eco Friendly Home</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/2024192</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/2024192</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 16:12:57 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Natural resources like water supplies are drying up or becoming too polluted for human use. Water sources are tainted with industrial waste and breathing polluted air are making attention to our living conditions more important than ever. Along with recycling of water used in your home and disposing of trash in appropriate ways, one of the best ways to protect and conserve our natural resources is by having an eco friendly home.]]></description>
</item>
<item>
<title>Eco Friendly Cars You Can Truly Enjoy</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/2024158</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/2024158</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 16:09:41 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[When you hear reports on the radio news or television from such cities as Mexico City, Cairo, Egypt, Moscow, Russia among others, that give announcements that, "today air pollution index levels are high, so elderly persons and children should not go out" or "asthmatics going outside today must carry portable oxygen cylinders with them" you should have pause to wonder about what's happening with gasoline or diesel-powered automobile and truck emissions controls. Are eco friendly cars truly a possibility from manufacturers like GM, Toyota, Nissan and BMW?]]></description>
</item>
<item>
<title>Water and Weight Loss - Keys to Better Health</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/2024241</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/2024241</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 16:07:18 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The human body is said to be composed of about two thirds water. For example, if you weigh 150 pounds (68 kg), around 100 pounds (45 kg) of your weight is water. Within normal parameters, water and weight losses or gains of from five to twenty pounds (2 to 8 kg) are not considered to be unusual or great cause of concern. Drinking large amounts of water not only will help detoxify and flush your body's systems, but will aid in regulating your weight once the body reaches equilibrium.]]></description>
</item>
<item>
<title>Is Living in an Eco Friendly House For You?</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/2024224</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/2024224</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 16:05:47 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[An eco friendly house might contain any number of environmentally safe features. Some of these include garbage recycling and solar energy collection systems. Other features may consist of computer-controlled appliances and household elements or organic gardens and greenery. There might even be an eco friendly vehicle in the garage. Many elements go into the planning of such a house to ensure its viability and pollution free integration into the environment. Is living in an eco friendly house for you?]]></description>
</item>
<item>
<title>How to Make Money in a Home-Based Home Business</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/2024300</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/2024300</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 16:03:48 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[How would to like to forget about the daily commute to work through rush hour traffic, noise and pollution? How would you like to "fire" your bad boss, virtually eliminate those sky-high gasoline bills and spend more time with your spouse, family and morning coffee? Yes you can do it all. How? By working for yourself at home.]]></description>
</item>
<item>
<title>Use Passive Income to Enrich Your Life</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/2024365</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/2024365</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 15:59:32 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Every day you go to work you get a salary or wage. When you don't work, you don't get paid, right? Well, that's about to end because you're going to learn about passive income which pays you day and night. How would you like to work once, but continue to get paid for it? You even earn money while you sleep using any one of these well-known and well-established passive income methods. Are you ready to get started?]]></description>
</item>
<item>
<title>Do You Know How to Make Fast Money?</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/2024283</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/2024283</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 15:59:22 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[If you want to make fast money, without a huge investment of your time and capital, make fast money that you can use as you wish for business, for a well-deserved vacation or for personal expenses, here are four great ways to make fast money. These methods require almost no cash outlay on your part, no hassles, and no hidden fees, just your own talents, skills and abilities. Use what you know and what you already have to make fast money.]]></description>
</item>
<item>
<title>6 Ways to Make Money Fast</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/2024324</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/2024324</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 15:58:12 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[An unexpected emergency has come up, a sudden expense or you find yourself in need of a quick influx of funds to handle personal or business needs, what can you do to make money fast? In these six ways, we will examine ways to make money fast.]]></description>
</item>
<item>
<title>What Do Your Language Learners Go, Do Or Play on the Weekends?</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/2006372</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/2006372</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 15:08:10 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The question is how to correctly and accurately express participation in different sporting activities. In the (American) English language, for the most part, we use the verbs GO, DO and PLAY for this purpose. Here's a brief explanation of how these verbs are used.]]></description>
</item>
<item>
<title>Three Terrific English Language Teaching Movies Your Learners Will Love</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/1953069</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/1953069</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2009 16:02:11 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[If you're looking for ways to dynamite English language learning skills in your classroom, try using clips from popular and classic movies. It certainly works for me. My learners enjoy speaking practice far more using scenes from these well-known Hollywood offerings.]]></description>
</item>
<item>
<title>The Music of Christmas</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/1915317</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/1915317</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2009 08:51:52 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[During the Christmas holidays, music in a variety of forms is popular world wide. From traditional Christmas carols or songs to instrumental versions and related movie themes, music is very much a part of the Christmas holiday season celebrations. The music of the Christmas holidays forms such an  important role that during the holiday season other forms of popular music temporarily disappear from radios, musaks and background music heard in stores, private offices, public transportation systems and other public venues. ]]></description>
</item>
<item>
<title>The Christmas Holiday Season's Favorite Foods</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/1915285</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/1915285</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 08:45:11 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[One of the aspects which separates holidays from all the rest of the year is food. For each and every holiday there may be special foods with which the holiday is associated. Christmas especially is known for its abundance and variety of foods and drinks.]]></description>
</item>
<item>
<title>Christmas Traditions and Interesting Facts</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/1915256</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/1915256</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 08:19:52 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[It is now a well-accepted fact that the tradition of using Christmas trees came to the USA through immigrants from Germany. The custom was a popular one in their native homeland. So now, in almost every home, there is at least a small, decorated tree on display during the Christmas holidays.]]></description>
</item>
<item>
<title>The Story of Christmas</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/1915217</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/1915217</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 07:47:10 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[To counteract the numerous pagan holidays celebrated in Rome towards the end of each year, Church leaders believed that Christmas celebrations would be more popular if they were held in conjunction with the traditional festivals and merrymaking during the Winter Solstice. Where people celebrate the Christmas holidays, the religious aspect of Christmas remains central to celebrations as evidenced by church services such as Midnight Mass and in the many forms of the Nativity or Christmas Story. Even though some Christmas celebrations are almost purely secular.]]></description>
</item>
<item>
<title>Three Ways an SEO Article Writer Boosts Your Profits</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/1915156</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/1915156</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 07:46:07 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[If you're in business, and especially if your business has a strong online presence, the benefits of contracting a good Search Engine Optimization article writer can be substantial. Here is a brief look at three ways having a steady supply of unique, original SEO niche-market-targeted content professionally written for your business can be of benefit to you. These three website content areas can be an integral part of every online business. Having well-written SEO content in these areas will certainly boost the bottom line of your online niche-marketing business. Here's what a good SEO article writer can do for you and your niche marketing business:]]></description>
</item>
<item>
<title>How a Good SEO Article Writer Can Boost Your Business</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/1915076</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/1915076</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 16:52:56 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[If you're in business, and especially if your business has a strong online presence, the benefits of contracting a good SEO article writer can be substantial. Here is a brief, but concise look at just a few ways having a steady supply of unique, original SEO niche-market-targeted content professionally written for your business can be of benefit to you.]]></description>
</item>
<item>
<title>Using the Holy Bible As an Authentic Language Learning Text</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/1796863</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/1796863</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2008 09:28:10 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[There are a slew of commercial textbooks, guidebooks and all manner of language learning study aids when studying English as a foreign or second language. The same is true for most other main stream, major languages like French, German, Italian, Arabic, Russian, Japanese, Korean, and Portuguese among scores of others. This is all well and good. But with approximately 6912* languages spoken and used worldwide, it's still a daunting task to come up with "authentic" language texts. ]]></description>
</item>
<item>
<title>Dying, Dead and Extinct Languages  - Why Study Them?</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/1769420</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/1769420</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 16:06:45 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[We've seen fairly recent examples of this in Eastern Europe with the "breakup" of the former Soviet Union. Now splintered ethnic, cultural or linguistic groups are returning to the use of their individual lingua franca where once they were "forced" to use Russian as the language of communication, education and commerce. The same held true for the attempted take-over of the English-speaking Falkland Islands by Argentina which would have completely changed the language from English to Spanish by "official decree" - or force. ]]></description>
</item>
<item>
<title>Learn English, Spanish Or Other Foreign Languages Fast With a Supermarket Tour</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/1765805</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/1765805</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 08:35:37 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[As EFL teaching professionals and foreign language learners, we're always looking for ways to acquire English language skills in the shortest possible time using the least amount of focused effort. This is not to say that a person is necessarily "lazy". This simply means that we want our foreign language learning efforts to be as casual and "painless" as possible. When you think of learning a foreign language, often the toil of memorizing vocabulary and verb lists comes to mind. Also, we might conjure up images of the drudgery of countless hours of spoken repetition speaking drills and hordes of embarrassing errors when trying to speak the foreign language with someone. ]]></description>
</item>
<item>
<title>Why Do Languages Die?</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/1764079</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/1764079</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 15:23:01 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA["How any languages are there in the World?" Well the answer to that question will depend largely on when the question is asked. You see, the number of world languages is a fluid, changing thing. As recently as two years ago, the number of languages in the world was put at 6912, but with dozens of obscure languages falling into obsolescence ad disuse almost monthly, now even that figure is in question. More than 517 languages are now on the "endangered" or dying" languages list. ]]></description>
</item>
<item>
<title>A Thanksgiving Dinner Gone Wrong</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/1741765</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/1741765</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 14:20:19 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[As we left, I complemented the "unofficial cook" who had prepared the Thanksgiving dinner turkeys for a group of about 35 teachers from the university language Institute and their families. This year was different. We were actually going to have Thanksgiving dinner on Thursday, November 27th, Thanksgiving Day. We never saw the whole roasted turkeys that did us in. When the meal was served buffet style, the turkey was already carved into slices loaded into a rectangular cake pan. One moment I was fine, the next I collapsed on the bathroom floor and was projectile vomiting like it was an Olympic sport. ]]></description>
</item>
<item>
<title>8 Reasons You Get Stuck With Unmotivated EFL Learners</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/1736146</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/1736146</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 09:28:56 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[No matter what English as a foreign language level you teach. No matter what EFL learner profile your students are. No matter what your educational level and teaching background are. And no matter what teaching environment you might have, if you lack a genuine rapport with your EFL learners, they're going to be unmotivated. Unmotivated learners do amazingly poorly at learning - anything. Motivation and rapport are key elements in teaching English as a foreign language. We'll even take a couple of lessons from U.S. President Elect Barack Obama.]]></description>
</item>
<item>
<title>Barak Obama - Five Lessons to English As a Foreign Language Teachers</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/1724747</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/1724747</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2008 14:36:10 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Here are five lessons English as a foreign language teachers can learn from American President-elect Barack Obama. This was adapted from "Six Marketing Lessons From Barack Obama" by Steve Harrison which originally appeared as part one of a two-part series in his Book Marketing Update print newsletter. ]]></description>
</item>
<item>
<title>How English As a Foreign Language Exams Affect EFL Learners and What to Do About It</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/1724682</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/1724682</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2008 14:34:40 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Lina Maria Lopez* squirmed in her seat for the fiftieth time, scratched her scalp until it was nearly raw and sighed repeatedly. A mechanical pencil in one hand and a bright red lollipop in the other, she struggled abysmally with her final exam in English as a foreign language. Only in her second semester of English, the "lights" still hadn't "clicked on" yet. Not a good university student across the board in her major, English as a foreign language was still her worst subject. ]]></description>
</item>
<item>
<title>A Simple Approach to Write an Essay For EFL Learners</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/1712979</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/1712979</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2008 15:12:48 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Your English language learners, with their different backgrounds, different first languages, and very different writing styles often have a common problem. Can your EFL or ESL learners write an essay in English? Why not try this simple approach to have them learn to write an essay in English? Using this format it will guide and direct their efforts no matter what their background might be.]]></description>
</item>
<item>
<title>Teaching English As a Foreign Language - A Way to Help Eliminate Stereotypes</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/1703451</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/1703451</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:32:08 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[What do your EFL learners think off when they hear the term "American?" Unless you're an American, in all probability many images that will come to mind will not be positive ones. Other images, like the recent election of Barack Obama as America's first Black President will be the opposite. ]]></description>
</item>
<item>
<title>EFL Teachers - How Many Useful English Language Words Do You Know That Begin With &quot;X&quot;?</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/1641121</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/1641121</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 15:55:37 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[What, no dictionary? Tsk, tsk! No matter though, we'll press on. At a recent book fair, I asked an EFL "learner", "How many words can you name with "M"? This was in response to his bragging that his English was "so good". He stumbled badly, but couldn't come up with even ten vocabulary when pressed, and "M" is hardly a difficult letter. Frustrated, he then shot back at me, "How many English words can you come up with that begin with "X"? An "X" is a very difficult letter in English in fact. Nonetheless I whipped off a string of X-words for him. He and his entourage quietly slunk away. So, how many could YOU have named?]]></description>
</item>
<item>
<title>Halloween in Colombia</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/1641060</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/1641060</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 15:52:59 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Did you know that Halloween is celebrated in Colombia? It's a big time holiday too.  Adults and children alike dress up in costumes and make up. Employees in many offices, banks, supermarkets and retail stores also wear a simple costume, face paint or special make up. "Why do Colombians celebrate Halloween" I've asked many times. I've been teaching English in Colombia for more than a decade now and still no one can really tell me how Halloween came to be adopted on such a large scale in Colombia.]]></description>
</item>
<item>
<title>How to Learn Chinese in 6 Months</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/1594457</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/1594457</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 07:36:26 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[When I was asked to propose a program for an executive that would develop conversational fluency in Chinese in 6 months or less, I was intrigued - and accepted. Many feel that to develop any proficiency in such a "difficult" language requires years at a minimum. But this is not necessarily the case - with Chinese or any other foreign language for that matter. Basic fluency in the majority of foreign languages could be achieved in as little as one to three months, and certainly in 6 months, following some carefully-chosen guidelines and a rigorous, intensive, full-immersion program of foreign language learning.]]></description>
</item>
<item>
<title>How to Learn a Foreign Language in One Hour</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/1515745</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/1515745</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:49:13 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In his article entitled, "How to Learn (But Not Master) Any Language in One Hour", author Tim Ferris details his techniques or what he calls "deconstructing" a foreign language. His argument is that by deconstructing the foreign language main elements such as alphabet, key grammatical structures, rules of pronunciation and sentence structure, you can gain a basic understanding of just how the foreign language functions. That way you can relatively easily determine if you will be able to pursue fluency in communicating in that foreign language within a reasonable amount of time. Here, I discuss how his insights into learning a foreign language are similar to and differ somewhat from mine.]]></description>
</item>
<item>
<title>Part 2 - How to Learn a Foreign Language in One Hour</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/1515769</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/1515769</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 11:50:24 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In the first part of this article post, we briefly looked at the general belief system for learning a foreign language as opinioned by noted author Tim Ferris as compared to my key considerations. Here in the final, part 2 of this article, we will continue by examining anomalies in the Chinese language which add to its already inherent difficulty in learning it as a foreign language.]]></description>
</item>
<item>
<title>Part 2 - Bad Habits That Spoil the Development of Good English Language Speaking Skills</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/1495896</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/1495896</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 10:26:18 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[More Bad Habits That Spoil the Development of Good English Language Speaking Skills: In the first part of this article post, we began a discussion of seven bad habits which spoil the development of good English or other foreign language speaking skills. In this second part, we'll continue with some additional aspects to be considered when teaching and learning to speak English or another foreign language.]]></description>
</item>
<item>
<title>Bad Habits That Spoil the Development of Good English Language Speaking Skills</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/1495885</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/1495885</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2008 15:47:10 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[When you say that you "know" a language, this more likely than not expressly means that you are able to both speak and understand that language. Even if you don't read and write the foreign language as well as you speak it, you can still say that you know that language. So then, development of good English or other foreign language speaking and listening comprehension skills is of paramount importance.]]></description>
</item>
<item>
<title>Part 2 - How to Read Your Way to Foreign Language Fluency in 30 Days Or Less</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/1475567</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/1475567</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 09:00:20 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In this, part two, we now get into more precise details of what you'll need to do in order to effectively read your way to foreign language fluency in 30 days or less. Either online or an actual printed newspaper, if available in your target foreign language, will get you started nicely.]]></description>
</item>
<item>
<title>How to Read Your Way to Foreign Language Fluency in 30 Days Or Less</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/1475559</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/1475559</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 09:00:08 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Since reading is a fundamental English or foreign language basic skill, you can, should and will certainly use it to tackle most foreign languages. Actually, if you want to ramp up your English or other foreign language vocabulary, pronunciation, reading comprehension and foreign language fluency in record time - we'll say substantial improvement in one month, 30 days or even less - then you could literally read your way to increased foreign language skills easily in that amount of time. I'll almost guarantee it if you're truly persistent.]]></description>
</item>
<item>
<title>Part 2 Dynamic English As a Foreign Language Learning Activities Your Learners Won't Refuse</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/1457910</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/1457910</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 14:13:52 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[As we said in an earlier article, once again faced with the necessity of circumventing the problems of having bored, uninterested and reluctant English as a foreign language learners in your EFL or other foreign language learning class room. We noted before that motivation of language learners - especially those who may be in your foreign language class involuntarily, can become a major obstacle to your teaching success if you allow class conditions to degenerate. You can however, win them over using these additional dynamic EFL activity types your foreign language learners simply won't refuse.]]></description>
</item>
<item>
<title>Dynamic English As a Foreign Language Learning Activities Your Learners Won't Refuse</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/1457907</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/1457907</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 14:13:37 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[As you begin yet another scholastic year or higher education semester, you're once again faced with the necessity of circumventing the problems of having bored, uninterested and reluctant English as a foreign language learners among the sea of faces in your EFL class room. Motivating foreign language learners - especially those who may not voluntarily want to be in class can become a major obstacle to your success if you allow conditions to degenerate. Don't let that happen. Fight back and win over those learners using these eight dynamic EFL activity types your learners simply won't refuse.]]></description>
</item>
<item>
<title>Learn Spanish on the Internet - Five Fun, Easy Ways</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/1450157</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/1450157</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 15:57:18 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Learning Spanish Online Using CBI and TBL - Suppose you want to learn or improve your Spanish using the internet. Using content-based instruction and task-based learning you might go onto websites in Spanish in order to learn by using the foreign language to acquire knowledge in cultural or Spanish-language-related areas like foods, travel, geography, music, folk lore, dance and other Spanish-speaking-country-based aspects. Here are some practical websites you could surf for ideas to boost your Spanish language skills while steeping yourself in related language elements.]]></description>
</item>
<item>
<title>How the Beijing China Olympics Impacted My English As a Foreign Language Learner</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/1466402</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/1466402</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 08:40:27 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Did you watch any of the Past month's Beijing, China Olympic events? I did and so did the vast majority of my English as a Foreign Language learners. They paid special attention, as did most Colombians, to the silver medal in weightlifting won by Diego Fernando Salazar and the bronze medal in women's wrestling won by Jackeline Renteria. Colombia's only gold medal ever was won in Sydney in 2000 in women's weightlifting by Maria Isabel Urrutia who is now a congresswoman and sports advocate. Doubtless your learners would talk enthusiastically about the medals and events in which your particular country fared well, or not, as the case may be.]]></description>
</item>
<item>
<title>Using English As a Foreign Language Skills Coupling For Virtually Immediate Speech Improvement</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/1451887</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/1451887</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 07:51:10 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Language Skills are Inter-Related: The four basic language skills of reading, writing, listening and speaking are inter-related even though they are not necessarily equal. For example, if you want to speak better, then practice more listening. If you want to improve your listening comprehension, then practice reading aloud. If you, or your learners, would like to write better prose in English, read more and more in English. And if you want your reading comprehension skills to develop to a much higher level, then improving your writing will help to do the trick.]]></description>
</item>
<item>
<title>Part 2 - Successful English and Foreign Language Testing and Evaluation For Over Stressed Teachers</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/1450123</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/1450123</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 13:26:15 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[We'll continue to look at some critical points which need to be considered along with the English as a foreign or second language testing, evaluation and assessment processes. Generally, similar conditions and aspects apply to the teaching and learning of other foreign languages as well. So, we'll discuss some additional points here in the second part of this two-part article post.]]></description>
</item>
<item>
<title>Successful English and Foreign Language Testing and Evaluation For Over Stressed Teachers</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/1450121</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/1450121</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 13:25:49 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA["No teacher, why do we have to take exams?" Do you get this question as I often do? While there are a multitude of possible answers, nevertheless we must, in regular intervals, evaluate or test our groups of English as a foreign language learners, in addition to learners of other foreign languages as well. But before running off half-baked to twist and squeeze the wearied brains of our charges, let's take just a moment to look at some critical points which need to be considered along with the testing, evaluation and assessment processes. We'll discuss the first three points here in part one of this two-part article post.]]></description>
</item>
<item>
<title>Teaching English - Learning Prepositions in English As a Foreign Language</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/1431762</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/1431762</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 08:19:44 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A Major Learner EFL Learner Obstacle: If you want to hear English language teachers and learners alike moan in unison, just ask them about teaching, learning or using prepositions in English. Prepositions in English are a major English language teacher and EFL learner obstacle world wide. Why? It's because of the complexities of use prepositions have in English, not only in idioms and expressions, by in simple, everyday usage forms as well. Here are some starter ideas I use.]]></description>
</item>
<item>
<title>Getting to Know Your English As a Foreign Language Learner</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/1431749</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/1431749</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 08:19:32 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[English Classes are Beginning so, It's time to start a new round of classes. There are new groups of English as a foreign language learners, new classes and new schedules for the recently-started scholastic year, semester or course period. With that of course, comes the never-ending challenge of getting to know yet another entirely new group of English language learners - essential information if you're going to successfully motivate them through the rigors of language acquisition. You need to know your learners' likes, dislikes and preferences as well as their learning styles and characteristics. Why? It's because these help you to plan and prepare more effective lessons that take full advantage of learner traits. Here are ideas to get started.]]></description>
</item>
<item>
<title>English As a Foreign Language Homophones - Son, Sun, Hey, Hay and Others</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/1431786</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/1431786</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 08:10:29 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Basically, homophones are defined as words which sound exactly alike, but are spelled differently and have different meanings. Not only are they oftentimes confusing for English as a foreign language learner, but even for native speakers as well. Homophones though, can be interesting and fun to teach to learners who usually enjoy the play of word sounds even if they don't always quite understand the meanings, usage and definitions. Let's have a brief look at some of the scores of double and triple homophones in the English language.]]></description>
</item>
<item>
<title>The English As a Foreign Language Learning Frequency Vs Fluency Debate</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/1431779</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/1431779</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 08:10:14 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Many academic and private English and foreign language institutes are increasingly demonstrating an alarming tendency towards fewer and fewer actual contact hours and increasing the number of "self study" hours - which you pay them for, by the way. The preference is to lump learners into one long weekly class in leiu of several shorter ones during the week. Although this might seem top aid the institute's bottom line, it ultimately will negatively impact teachers and learners when overall language learning and skills are diminished.  Which is more beneficial for improving English or foreign language proficiency: more hours or more classes? At first it would seem that they are the same thing.]]></description>
</item>
<item>
<title>Teaching the Difference Between MAKE and DO to English Language Learners</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/1398609</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/1398609</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 10:44:27 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[English as a Foreign Language learners like those whose first language or L1, is Spanish can have considerable difficulty in distinguishing when to  use "make" and when to use "do". Why? It's because in Spanish, for example, the same verb, "hacer", is commonly used to represent both. The trick then, is to find a way of aiding these English language learners with making the distinction. Here's how I do it.]]></description>
</item>
<item>
<title>Teaching English and Foreign Languages to Disabled Or Handicapped Learners</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/1367746</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/1367746</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 11:07:54 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Handicapped or Disabled English Learners - In some institutions, disabled learners study English for both academia and communicative purposes. Basically, two forms of disability are encountered by English, as a second or foreign language, teachers; physical and mental. Adaptation of methodologies and didactics for teaching and learning success with handicapped learners or with learners who may be disabled in some way can help to improve teaching and learning with many other types of EFL class groups and therefore merits the attention of all EFL or ESL language professionals.]]></description>
</item>
<item>
<title>Avoiding English Language Teaching Job Scams at Home and Abroad</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/1305812</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/1305812</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 08:44:02 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[These are definitely some interesting insights into one of the problems and pitfalls of being an EFL professional which are intricately detailed online. It is most unfortunate that scams in English language teaching abroad are on the rise. Not only are EFL teaching job scams becoming a problem, but other types of scams as well.]]></description>
</item>
<item>
<title>Can You Really Make a Living Teaching English Abroad?</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/1290689</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/1290689</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 11:31:06 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[At a TEFL network site a post appeared which said, the person had recently read another article about teaching English in Mexico that indicated that the wages are very low and so if you are planning to go there to learn Spanish, and supplement your expenses through teaching English, that is one thing, but actually going to Mexico expecting a job teaching English that can sustain you on a long term period, is probably not realistic.  You constantly hear that wages are "low" and that you can't make a decent living teaching English as a foreign language abroad. With all due respect, most of these comments come from non-professional EFL teachers who have little or no experience living and teaching abroad and no self-marketing skills to speak of. ]]></description>
</item>
<item>
<title>Why Did You Choose to Become an English As a Foreign Language Teacher?</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/1275947</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/1275947</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 13:37:03 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Why, how and when did you choose to be an English language teacher? When this question came up recently during an online interview with Monica Haydee Di Santi, I had to seriously reflect, not on what to answer, but on how much to exclude. My path into English teaching wasn't exactly as direct as many of my other colleagues. For each of us, the story and path into the field of teaching English as a foreign or second language is a bit different. Sometimes it's really a lot different. ]]></description>
</item>
<item>
<title>Using Communicative English Language Teaching Through Two Approaches</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/1273584</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/1273584</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 12:07:51 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Previously, in one of my articles I stated that I use the communicative language teaching through two approaches. The two approaches mentioned were: Content-Based Instruction (CBI) and Task-Based language teaching (TBLT). Here, we'll look at some advantages and disadvantages of each with examples.]]></description>
</item>
<item>
<title>How Can Limited Proficiency in the English Language Be Managed Using a Communicative Approach?</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/1273574</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/1273574</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 12:07:11 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[All of us, teachers and learners alike have "limited English language knowledge" or Limited English Proficiency (LEP) to some degree. Even I am still "learning the English language", so to speak. But in the case of language learners in the early stages of skills acquisition, critical factors can emerge.]]></description>
</item>
<item>
<title>Learn a Foreign Language Faster - Does Using the Internet Help Students?</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/1273778</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/1273778</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 08:11:42 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Yes in fact, the internet has many useful aspects in English and foreign language teaching or learning. It's a fine resource for those teachers and learners who like technology. So it definitely can help students to learn a foreign language faster when used properly and with discretion. Whether the internet is a viable option will depend a lot on the type of connection available to you, its reliability and your computer equipment and software itself.]]></description>
</item>
<item>
<title>How Can a Content and Language Integrated Content Approach Improve Learning a Foreign Language?</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/1273612</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/1273612</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:13:03 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[It was language researcher and professor Braj Behari Kachru, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, USA, who defined what are called "Kachru's Circles". These concentric circles identify the zones of English language intensity and influence. Without going too deeply into the Linguistics of his theory, let me briefly say that he classifies countries in three basic circles of English language intensity. The Inner Circle is comprised of countries where English is the first language such as the USA, the UK, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand among others.  Now, let's look at the other language environment circles.]]></description>
</item>
<item>
<title>Which People Or Trends in English Language Learning Have Most Influenced Your Way of Teaching?</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/1273565</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/1273565</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:12:45 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A broad spectrum of educational innovations, trends, research papers, and other TEFL-related events have inspired me to make tweaks or small adjustments to my teaching in some way. However, the person and approach which has most influenced me is psychology professor Howard Gardner, PhD and his developing theory of Multiple Intelligences (MITs). Initially, I was exposed to this theory while attending a summer session at Harvard University in Boston, MA. Identifying learner strengths and weaknesses, then applying them to the EFL / ESL classroom was so intriguing and successful for me that it rooted itself into my EFL teaching from then on.]]></description>
</item>
<item>
<title>How Can Teachers Use Music in an EFL Class and Not Lose Group Control?</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/1273598</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/1273598</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:12:02 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[It's Not Just Teenagers Who Love Music - This is an excellent question in addition to being a somewhat "HOT" topic. It's not just teenagers who love music either, but almost any language learner group or profile will be highly impacted by the use of music in the EFL / ESL and foreign language learning classroom. Use music with teens to lower their "Affective Filters" (Krashen-Terrell, 1984), get and hold their attention. But don't restrict the use of music to just "sing-alongs", lip-sync or "Karaoke" type activities.]]></description>
</item>
<item>
<title>Where Do New English Words and Expressions Come From? Part 1</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/1253951</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/1253951</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 10:21:40 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Of the world's 6912 languages, the one with the largest number of words is English. Other world languages like French, German and Spanish for example, get by handsomely with a mere 100,000 words or so. Others like the Taki-Taki language (also called Sranan, which is spoken in Surinam) have as few as 340 words. With more than one million total vocabulary words alone, English stands out for its huge lexis as well as for several other distinctive reasons, like its increasing number of varieties and convoluted grammatical aspects. But why does English have so many words? Where do new words in English come from? For a brief look into these questions, read on.]]></description>
</item>
<item>
<title>Part 2 - Where Do New English Words and Expressions Come From?</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/1253977</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/1253977</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 10:07:11 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The Lexical Growth and Development of English as a Global Language - In part 1 of this two-part article post, we began looking into the sources of new words and lexis in the English language. Singers, songs and songwriters, popular movies and television programs, literature and books, computers, industry and technology, idioms, expressions and slang from colloquial speech have all contributed in their own ways to the lexical growth and development of English as a global language. But wait, there's more. Here are three additional fountains from which lexical input flows into the English language.]]></description>
</item>
<item>
<title>How Listening to Music Influences English Language Teaching Learning and Everyday Life</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/1250371</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/1250371</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 08:18:34 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[English and Foreign Language Learner Benefits of Listening to Music - How can you effectively use music in your English or foreign language learning class room? Listening to certain types of music has quite a number of additional benefits which go far beyond teaching and learning as we examined in, "Six English and Foreign Language Learner Benefits of Listening to Music". The impact of music and songs in ELT is well-documented. Now let's continue our brief overview with five additional benefits of listening to music.]]></description>
</item>
<item>
<title>Six English and Foreign Language Learner Benefits of Listening to Music</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/1250365</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/1250365</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 10:39:22 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Using Music in English or Foreign Language Learning - How can you effectively use music in your English or foreign language learning class room? Why, we can hardly count the ways. Listening to certain types of music has quite a number of additional benefits which go far beyond teaching and learning. The impact of music and songs in ELT is, in fact, profound. But let's have a brief overview of some other of listening to music's many benefits.]]></description>
</item>
<item>
<title>English Language Teachers - Seven Common Tropical Diseases You Need to Know</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/1243872</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/1243872</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 14:45:43 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[One Experience You Can Well Do Without - Have you relocated to a tropical foreign country to teach English as a foreign language? What ever may be your reason for foreign travel, you are bound to meet new friends, try new foods, use a foreign language and have new experiences. One experience you can well do without however, is the loss of your health by contracting one of these seven common tropical diseases. Some are inconvenient and uncomfortable. Some are serious, but treatable and others can be fatal.]]></description>
</item>
<item>
<title>How Would You Teach English As a Foreign Language to a Group of Complete Beginners?</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/1242676</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/1242676</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 10:51:48 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The first requirement in teaching a group of complete beginners (English 1) is to understand the purpose of their learning, i.e., General English, Technical English, and English for travel or for their employment, needs to be considered. Beginning themes would include the alphabet and its pronunciation in English. This can be especially important if learners use a different alphabet in their first language (L1).]]></description>
</item>
<item>
<title>What is a Communicative Approach to English Language Teaching?</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/1242671</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/1242671</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 10:51:02 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[There are a variety of approaches to teaching English as a second or foreign language. One aspect of English and foreign language teaching involves using a Communicative Approach. But what exactly does using a communicative approach mean?]]></description>
</item>
<item>
<title>Make Your Own English Language Learning DVDs and CDs Using These Seven Simple Steps</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/1241595</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/1241595</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:07:29 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Having Trouble Learning English? When you find yourself having problems with learning English or some other foreign language, you can quickly and easily produce your very own language practice and study aids. How? By making your own videos and sound pronunciation practice files and putting them on a CD or DVD. Here's what you'll need to do.]]></description>
</item>
<item>
<title>What to Do When Your EFL Learners Don't Like to Read</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/1241121</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/1241121</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:47:17 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA["But teacher, I don't like to read!" Many of my EFL learners here in Colombia chant this so many times it's almost a mantra. Despite efforts to the contrary, elaborate bookstore displays and campaigns, "fun" reading programs, free books and materials from ELT book publishers, and all manner of promotions for reading, the fact remains. Many EFL learners just don't like to read. Almost anything you can learn, you can learn from books. That includes physical skills as well. Of course, there are many skills and areas of knowledge that you should preferably learn "by doing", training and experience, not just from reading books. Nonetheless, a huge proportion of learning and education comes from reading books. So here are a few suggestions for reading promotion and improvement for your EFL classes and learners.]]></description>
</item>
<item>
<title>How to Write Articles About What You Know When You Don't Know Anything</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/1233470</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/1233470</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 11:02:37 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Write About What You Know? What to write? Well, write about what you know. Right. How can I write, I don't know anything? Really? I'll bet you do know something. Not only that, but I'll even bet that you're a near expert on one or two topics too. "Oh no I'm not", you say. So let's just see about that. Here are seven areas with questions to ask yourself that might just help you to find out what you are an expert in that would interest others enough for you to write articles about. Here are Seven Areas Where You May be an "Expert."]]></description>
</item>
<item>
<title>Writing Articles - Three Areas in Which Everyone is a Qualified Expert</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/1233605</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/1233605</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 10:04:49 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Three of Your Expert Areas - In the companion article post to this one, "How to Write Articles about What You Know When You Don't Know Anything", we discussed possibilities in four article theme topic areas. There are three distinct areas however, where absolutely everyone is a hands-up, qualified expert. These are: your home and personal travels, your teaching and learning experiences, and any personal pleasures, pastimes or pet peeves that you may have.]]></description>
</item>
<item>
<title>Seven of the Most Distinctive Spoken English Language Varieties</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/1233334</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/1233334</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 09:31:34 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[With English continuing to develop as a principal world language, a question which often arises among EFL learners is, "Which English is best?" It can be confusing to new learners of all ages as to which one of the "Englishes" should be learned or studied. While the answer to this may depend on your needs and location, one consideration is the many varieties of English that exist and a re spoken world wide. Here are Seven of the Most Distinctive Varieties of English.]]></description>
</item>
<item>
<title>Fishing - The Seven Times of the Day When Fish Bite Best</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/1233254</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/1233254</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 09:30:48 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[What's the Best Time to Fish? For all of us who fish there is one question we continually ask.  Whether we fish in fresh water, brackish water or salt water, in rivers and streams or in the ocean, we always ask, "what's the best time to fish?" Other common questions on the best locations to fish, the best bait and what techniques to use all can pale into insignificance.]]></description>
</item>
<item>
<title>Three Benefits of Blogging For English As a Foreign Language Teachers</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/1225788</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/1225788</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 14:21:46 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Blogging for ELT: In a previous article post we discussed, "Five Reasons that Every EFL Teacher Should Blog". In this article post, we'll continue with the overall theme of blogging for English and foreign language teaching professionals with three initial benefits of blogging for ELT. Using Blogger or Word Press as free platforms for blogging, you do not need to have extensive knowledge and computer skills to set up, operate, post to and enjoy your own personal blog.]]></description>
</item>
<item>
<title>Five Reasons Why Every English As a Foreign Language Teacher Should Blog</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/1225783</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/1225783</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 14:21:22 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[As we delve deeper and deeper into the 21st century, blogs and blogging are becoming an essential tool for English and foreign language teaching professionals world wide. Why is this happening? Here are eight reasons why every English or foreign language teacher should have a blog. Two popular free platforms are Blogger and Word Press.]]></description>
</item>
<item>
<title>Teaching English As a Foreign Language - Unique Ways of Evaluating Foreign Language Learners</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/1224899</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/1224899</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 14:20:44 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Testing, Evaluation and Assessment in EFL: You know the looks you're going to get whenever you "announce" an upcoming quiz, test or evaluation. Whether these are administration-mandated, curriculum-included, make-up or "recuperation-type" exams, English and foreign language learners alike, loathe them.  Why not try some different, unique evaluation methods to help beat the "test-taking blues" which afflict virtually all EFL / ESL learners?]]></description>
</item>
<item>
<title>Travel in Colombia - Six Succulent Soups of the South in Colombia</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/1224745</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/1224745</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 14:20:18 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Exotic Foods Abound in Colombia: Although "exotic" foods abound in Colombia, the most succulent, flavorful offerings are its locally-made soups. One of the many pleasures of living and teaching English as a foreign language abroad is the opportunity to sample and savor a unique plethora of foods. From chilly Bogot?, Colombia's mountain-located capitol city, through aromatic seafood soups from the Pacific coast to the steaming goodness of Cali, Salsa music capitol of Colombia, here are some of the country's best soups.]]></description>
</item>
<item>
<title>Foreign Travel - More Foods to Be Wary of When Traveling Abroad</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/1224703</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/1224703</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 14:10:21 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Foreign Travel to Try New Foods: We said in the previous companion article, "Foods That Can Make You Sick When You Travel Abroad", that foreign travel and teaching English as a foreign language abroad are some of the most interesting and mind-altering experiences we can have. We travel to meet new people, to experience new cultures, to see bold new sights and to try new foods. We need to be wary of some "exotic" foods though. You want to avoid turning your dream trip into a nightmare. Truly the quantities of bacteria, protozoa, molds, fungi and parasites that can be ingested through food and drink are mind-boggling.]]></description>
</item>
<item>
<title>Foreign Travel - Foods That Can Make You Sick When You Travel Abroad</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/1224692</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/1224692</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 14:09:54 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Travel and teaching English as a foreign language abroad are some of the most interesting and mind-altering experiences we can have. We travel to meet new people, to experience new cultures, to see bold new sights and to try new foods. We need to be careful though, some foods can make you really sick, turning your dream trip into an ongoing nightmare. The quantities of bacteria, protozoa, molds, fungi and other parasites ingested from food is truly amazing. Here are four food areas to be wary of when traveling abroad.]]></description>
</item>
<item>
<title>Boost Your Blog Or Website Traffic Quickly Using These Six Free Ways</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/1224668</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/1224668</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 14:09:29 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Blog or Website? Whether you have a niche marketing blog or a promotional website, it's very likely that you're concerned with the amount of traffic you're received. If you'd like even more traffic, then these suggestions may be useful for you. Here are Six Free Ways to Boost Your Blog or Website Traffic:]]></description>
</item>
<item>
<title>Writing Articles - Write 60 Articles in One Month Using These Seven Simple Steps</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/1224638</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/1224638</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 14:08:55 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[You can dramatically boost your writing productivity using just a few well-defined techniques. To write sixty articles in one month you need only to produce two articles per day. By writing list articles using a list article template, you can quite easily do from two to four articles per hour. So writing sixty articles in a month should be an absolute snap following these simple steps.]]></description>
</item>
<item>
<title>Learning English As a Foreign Language - Seven Mistakes EFL Learners Make When Taking Exams</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/1224629</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/1224629</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 14:08:27 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Nobody says that they "like" exams. The truth is though, that they're not going to be abolished anytime soon. English and other foreign language exams actually do serve useful purposes for both the teacher and the learners. They're required by the administration and "system" too. Live with them and try to avoid these seven common mistakes EFL learners make when taking exams. Here are the Seven Mistakes EFL Learners Make When Taking Exams.]]></description>
</item>
</channel>
</rss>
