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#2 (permalink) Thu Sep 04, 2008 23:26 pm English language forums? |
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I like the dictionaries at WRF. They have just added Russian and German. I also like the fact that several language forums can be found on one site. They don't much care for incidental chat, though, which is a pity; it's often the most useful part of a thread for a learner.
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MrPedantic I'm a Communicator ;-)
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#3 (permalink) Fri Sep 05, 2008 10:40 am English language forums? |
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A couple of my students from Germany brought some "correct" sentences from Ego4u.com and asked me to explain them. I couldn't explain them, because they didn't make any sense. My students looked shocked and told me that site was one of the most popular ones in Germany for ESL learners. They asked me to look it over.
What I found was that Ego4u.com contains a lot of nonsensical English. The creators of the tests provide a lot of sentences that have no grammatical mistakes at all, but that native English speakers would never say in a million years, and it's sometimes hard to figure out what the sentences mean. I think it's a site to be avoided. |
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Jamie (K) I'm a Communicator ;-)
Joined: 24 Feb 2006 Posts: 5334 Location: Detroit, Michigan, USA
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#4 (permalink) Fri Sep 05, 2008 10:44 am English language forums? |
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| The creators of the tests provide a lot of sentences that have no grammatical mistakes at all, but that native English speakers would never say in a million years, and it's sometimes hard to figure out what the sentences mean. |
Nothing new there, J. Sounds like the world of TEFL in general. |
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Molly I'm a Communicator ;-)
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#5 (permalink) Fri Sep 05, 2008 17:02 pm English language forums? |
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| There's a new community to learn English. There is not much people yet, but visit it and let's make that community worthy! |
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CoriCori New Member
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#6 (permalink) Wed Oct 29, 2008 18:49 pm English language forums? |
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| Jamie (K) wrote: |
| A couple of my students from Germany brought some "correct" sentences from Ego4u.com and asked me to explain them. I couldn't explain them, because they didn't make any sense. What I found was that Ego4u.com contains a lot of nonsensical English. The creators of the tests provide a lot of sentences that have no grammatical mistakes at all, but that native English speakers would never say in a million years, and it's sometimes hard to figure out what the sentences mean. I think it's a site to be avoided. |
Hi Jamie,
Can you give us an example of those nonsensical sentences? By the way, what do you make of this ad? Do you think this could be a job for you?
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