Glad to meet you! I'm happy to run into a true enthusiast of ESL and will try to gradually recall everything that helped me and my friends learn English - aside from what you saw already at e_s_l community. My best ESL teacher here at the US taught English through telling about easy and fairly well-known American things like tequila, Hugh Hefner and reality shows. :) He would give us dozens of synonyms for terms like "throwing up". He told us what growing up in a Puritan family had been like. I really liked his strategy. There are so many interesting things associated with English-speaking cultures, and it is so natural to learn about them in English, too. Humor and wisdom are great tools as well. I always loved funny textbooks (like Comma Sutra by Laurie Rozakis) and inspiring quotes that enhance your understanding of life as much as your vocabulary. Anyway, best of luck with your work!
As a non-native speaker I apologize for whatever grammar errors I'm bound to make and probably have made already (propositions are usually the hardest to grasp). With time and help of people like you, I hope it gradually goes away.
Hey, no apologies required. Thanks for your comment, to tell the truth I wouldn't have put you down as a learner... you have better English than some of my colleagues ;0)
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My best ESL teacher here at the US taught English through telling about easy and fairly well-known American things like tequila, Hugh Hefner and reality shows. :) He would give us dozens of synonyms for terms like "throwing up". He told us what growing up in a Puritan family had been like. I really liked his strategy. There are so many interesting things associated with English-speaking cultures, and it is so natural to learn about them in English, too.
Humor and wisdom are great tools as well. I always loved funny textbooks (like Comma Sutra by Laurie Rozakis) and inspiring quotes that enhance your understanding of life as much as your vocabulary.
Anyway, best of luck with your work!
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