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Hi everyone,Are your ready for more information on collocations? Remember a COLLOCATION is an expression of two or more words that go together.  Collocations “sound right” to native speakers, but are difficult for English Language Learners who lack the native…

Hi everyone,I wrote a fun song on collocations ~ words that go together in a certain order.  I started looking into collocations and found out  what a complicated part of English these can be.  I am going to post a…

Hi everyone!I recently started to look into phrasal verbs.  This is such a tricky area of English for my intermediate and early advanced language learners that I wanted to learn more about them.  I found out that there are 3…

Don’t miss this article, it is a great one to read and pass on to staff members and colleagues.  It has relevant information that we should all know and practice! Here is a link and the very beginning of the…

Hello everyone!Here is a fun quick song to get your students ready for the language that goes with comparing and contrasting! Happy Teaching!

Hi everyone,Are your ready for more collocations?According to wikipedia (), There are about six main types of collocations-adjectives and nouns,nouns and nouns(a….of….),verbs and nouns,adverbs and adjectives,verbs and expressions with preposition, verbs and adverbs. Although grammar is important when teaching English,…

Hi everyone,I received an email today from an ELD teacher asking the following: When I’m going to teach forms to 4th and 5th graders who are EA, what can I do with them that is more advanced? If I give…

Hello everyone this is Lori from Fun To Teach!We had a terrific workshop in Portland last Friday, so I thought I would post these great tips to use under your email signatures.  It is such an easy way to educate…

Hi Everyone:I had some requests for my Tell it Table Headings.Here it is.  See the previous post for a picture of it in action! Tell it Table when? How many? opinion Physical Description (order of adjectives) Noun Reg past tense…