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    Study Tip 5: Be an active listener. Posted on: 05 Mar, 2010 09:34 PM | Comments: 4 | Views: 228

    Listening is a skill in itself, but it’s also a way to improve other skills.

    • If you choose good models, you can learn useful words and expressions. • If you choose good models, you can increase your understanding of pronunciation patterns.• If you chose good models, you can hear correct grammar in use.

    What do I mean by good models?

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    Double Comparatives - English Grammar Lesson 21 Posted on: 21 Feb, 2010 02:45 PM | Comments: 0 | Views: 258

    1. Watch the video.2. Read the summary.

    Summary

    Double comparatives like the more, the merrier show cause and effect. That’s the relationship where one thing produces a change in another. The more, the merrier means when there are more people, it is merrier (more fun).

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    Valentine's Day Posted on: 14 Feb, 2010 02:25 PM | Comments: 2 | Views: 276

    1. Watch the video.2. Read the review/ expansion.

    Words often have more than one form. For example, the word love can be a noun or a verb, but by adding other word parts (prefixes and suffixes), we get new forms: lovely, lover, loved, loving, unloved.

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    American Slang - "Cool Car" - Lesson 8, Part 2 Posted on: 02 Feb, 2010 04:27 PM | Comments: 2 | Views: 312

    1. Watch the video.2. Read the summary.

    SummaryIn Part 2 of this lesson, we practiced listening to fast speech. In fast, informal speech, some sounds in English are either changed or not said at all. You've likely heard such speech before.

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    American Slang - "Cool Car" - Lesson 8, Part 1 Posted on: 31 Jan, 2010 04:19 AM | Comments: 2 | Views: 423

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