Study Present Continuous Verb Tense Through An Easy Song.

Lemon Tree by Fools Garden

The singer uses Present Continuous  Verb Tense to talk about his activities "happening now".

Form:

the form be + V ing.

I am reading. 

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e-mail us the present continuous verbs used in the song.^^ 

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What Is An Imperative Sentence?

ESL students,do you know that there are four kinds of sentence? Below is a video that would explain about Imperative Sentence.Read the examples carefully and study each!  Have fun!





 
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ESL Story For Children - Alex's Diamonds

Dear ESL students ,

This  video lesson is from  Start Reading III.The title is Alex's Diamonds.I hope that children would  read with me.
Enjoy!


 


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I Bet...

.. you can do this!

ESL learners, I challenge you to have this short test in listening.
What did she say here?It's only one sentence.
Write your answers on the comments below.




By the way, I Bet means  " I'm sure .."

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My Bad

My bad. -  a slang which means " My fault" or  " I'm sorry for what I did". This expression is commonly accepted in conversations but not in academic writing. Use " My mistake" instead.

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Young ESL Learners, Meet Charice Pempengco!

Hello ESL learners!

There's a young girl that I want you to meet. Her name is Charice Pempengco from the Philippines. She was featured in Oprah Winfrey Show and was dubbed by Oprah as the Most Talented Girl In The World.




Study These:
Bring down the house-  To win overwhelming approval from an audience
Standing Ovation- Ovation means an enthusiastic clapping of the hands.( The audience stood, cried and applauded after Charice sang.)


She was also  featured in  The Ellen DeGeneres Show  around three years ago.Sing with her here :


Idiom:
You are gonna be blown away - You would  greatly admire. ( In the show,Ellen suggests that Charice's voice would definitely  impress you)


Charice has now joined Glee, a  popular American musical comedy-drama TV series.
Watch this interview clip as she discusses her experience on the show.




In this scene, Rachel(Lea Michele) encourages Sunshine(Charice) to join the glee club .As soon as Rachel(Lea) heard Sunshine (Charice)  sang " Telephone", she immediately recognized her as her rival.
  




P.S. Charice became popular because of Youtube. Anyone here who wants to be popular? I'm looking for gutsy ESL learners who would like to be a  video guest blogger.  Email me at ajaajaenglish@gmail.com

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One Big Tip In Speaking : Enunciate

ENUNCIATE

I once had a student from Cambodia who was very talkative in English.Everything was perfect except one big problem- I couldn't understand what he was trying to  say most of the time. 

Enunciation plays a big part in speaking.You have to clearly say the words so that people would understand you.

After watching this short video clip from  Friends, an  American sitcom,you would understand more about enunciation. 
I suggest that you imitate the way they say their lines.
 Enunciate and have fun in studying English! 

Some tips on how to enunciate:

1.Speak slowly.


2. Open your mouth and say the words  a little louder.


3. Practice with tongue twisters. Here's a previous article that you can use - 
Click These Tongue Twisters


4.Practice,practice and practice. 


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Are You Still Full Of Beans If You Didn't Sleep A Wink?

Are You Still Full Of Beans If You Didn't Sleep A Wink?

 

Here are  pictures of my friend Elgin.I'm not really sure if he likes beans but he's full of beans every time I see him. Last Friday night, he didn't sleep a wink  because he did  some English lessons; however, he was still full of beans on Saturday afternoon.



 Idioms to study:


Full Of Beans
When you say that somebody is full of beans, that means  he's energetic,enthusiastic,or full of joy. 

Not Sleep A Wink
This means to  not sleep at  all.




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(  I was about to take the picture of my friend ,but  Mousee  stole  the show. haha! )

Where Are You From?

Where are you from?
Do you ever get confused if you would put the definite article " the " before  the name of your country,or not ? This short video will help us! Enjoy studying! 






I'm from the Philippines. What about you? Where are you from?

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English Vocabulary for Beginners

Mousee teaches us about  English vocabulary for beginners.In this video are  common things that you see inside your house. Tell your children  and other kids to sing and learn with you. Enjoy!




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Something New About Google Email ( Gmail )

Do you get more mail from your inbox, and you get confused by it all?

Google is doing a good job in filtering spam mails. Recently, it introduces Priority Inbox (in beta) which separates bologna , or “bacn” ( pronounced as “ bacon”) from your important emails. Bologna, or “bacn”, refers to emails that you have subscribed before but you don’t need to read them immediately.
Basically, Priority Inbox divides your inbox to three sections. On the upper part, you can see “Important and unread stuffs. On the middle, you can see the “Starred” emails wherein you can go back to, and below that would be “Everything else” stuffs.

When you frequently email a friend, Gmail would detect and mark that as important. Also, you can help Gmail organize your emails by clicking on two new  icons as important or unimportant.

Go ahead, go to your Gmail beta and see the "New! Priority Inbox" link on the top right corner of your Gmail account. This new e-mail tool will definitely make your life easier!

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The Strongest...

.. tropical storm to hit  Seoul,Korea in 15 years is Typhoon Kompasu.

The above pictures were snapshots taken outside my student's window at 6:30 in the morning today.

Typhoon Kompasu lashes South Korea

Typhoon Kompasu struck South Korea early Thursday, killing three people while it knocked over streetlights and scaffolding in what was called the strongest tropical storm to hit the Seoul area in 15 years.
Powerful gusts knocked over power lines, cutting off power to tens of thousands of homes and forcing airports to cancel or delay dozens of international flights, the National Emergency Management Agency said.
Streets of Seoul, the capital, were littered with tree leaves and branches and toppled construction. Some parked cars were wrecked by scaffolding knocked over by the typhoon.
More than 60 international flights were delayed or cancelled, mostly to and from China, officials at Incheon and Gimpo airports said. Service on two Seoul subway lines and five railway routes was suspended ,the emergency management agency said.
An 80-year-old man died after being hit by a roof tile and a 37-year-old businessman was killed on his way to work by a falling tree branch, the agency said. A 75-year-old man was electrocuted while examining a transformer, and four people were injured by broken glass.
Elementary and middle schools Seoul were ordered to delay the start of the school day by two hours, while all public and private kindergartens were closed for the day, the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education said.
The storm caused at least $8.3 million US in damage to a soccer stadium in Incheon, west of Seoul, stadium officials said.
Power was out at more than 60,000 homes along South Korea's west coast, officials said.
Kompasu, the Japanese word for "compass," landed on Ganghwa Island, about 70 kilometres west of Seoul, early Thursday morning, officials said.

Heavy rain hits North Korea

The typhoon also caused torrential rains and heavy gusts throughout North Korea, the country's state media reported Thursday. It didn't say whether the typhoon caused any casualties or damage.
Last month, floods swamped farmland, houses and public buildings in the North's northwestern city of Sinuiju and adjacent areas and displaced more than 23,000 people, according to figures by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.
Earlier this week, South Korea's Red Cross offered the North relief aid worth $8.3 million US.


http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2010/09/02/typhoon-south-korea.html#ixzz0yOHVRlX8

Claire Danes: " It's Very Out Of Body"

Claire Danes,  an  American actress,recently did a film based on the life and work of Temple Grandin and won her  first Emmy award. When she was interviewed by CNN, she said " It's very out of body"

IDIOM for today:

It's very out of body - You  can say this when you experience something as if you are outside of your own body and that you can watch what is happening to it or when you can't believe that something happened.

I Got So Excited..

This afternoon, I received an e-mail from a previous student.She said that she misses me. Her name's Annie  and what I recall about her is that she was my favorite student years ago in an English camp. 


 Watch this video as she teaches us about a simple tongue twister.A tongue-twister is a phrase or a sentence that is designed to be difficult to articulate properly.Practicing tongue-twisters would enhance your pronunciation skills.

 




Here are some tongue-twisters:Enjoy!
 

I thought, I thought of thinking of thanking you.

Sounding by sound is a sound method of sounding sounds.

How much wood could a wood chuck; chuck if a wood chuck could chuck wood.  

The thirty-three thieves thought that they thrilled the throne throughout Thursday.

If you notice this notice, you will notice that this notice is not worth noticing  

"When a doctor falls ill another doctor doctor's the doctor. Does the doctor doctoring the doctor doctor the doctor in his own way or does the doctor doctoring the doctor doctors the doctor in the doctor's way"

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,
if Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,
wheres the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?    

Tomorrow

When  you get sad, what do you sing?

I hope that this song would save your day.



 



Idiom

You (can) bet your bottom dollar -  you can be very sure

You can bet your bottom dollar that you would gain confidence in speaking English when you become my student.

Job Interview Tips How to prepare for a job interview

Carolyn Bigda, a reporter for Money Magazine , gives us some  job interview tips.
She says  that the first 10 minutes of the interview is crucial and you need to use that wisely to make a good impression. She also gives us some practical tips on how to dress, what to say and what not to say in a job interview.

Have fun with this video:




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Job interview tips - Job interview questions and answers

Student Sue is preparing for a job interview. I got this from youtube.com to help her . Career consultant Maggie Mistal of Martha Stewart Living Radio has excellent advice for anybody looking to ace a job interview.

 



New Words To Study:
1. Ace a job interview - to pass the interview
2.Stay tune -to  hang on or wait more news on a  subject
3. Evaluative- based on the act of judging carefully
4. Nerve-racking or Nerve -wrecking -   very distressing, stressful
5. Ice- breaker  - something that you say in the  beginning that relaxes a formal atmosphere
6. Overqualified - educated or skilled beyond what is necessary for a  particular job
7. Downshift -  a change from a financially rewarding but stressful career to a less well paid but more fulfilling one 
8. Negotiate-to arrange or settle by discussion and mutual agreement
9. Vice versa- the other way around

Have You Been To An Agricultural Store ?

AGRI...-- what ??


Agricultural Store.You might be wondering what kind of products do they sell  in that store.No, you can't find  craft, fashion, or  cultural-products there. Agriculture means  the production of food and goods through farming. The key word is FARMING.
Therefore, agricultural store supply farm equipment,seeds, chemicals and all manner of farm related items.
 
An ESL learner named Andy from Korea had no idea before  about the English terms of  most of the products that he sells.


 Watch this video as he learns and teaches us  some ESL vocabulary words.




New Words To Study:
1. Herbicide - a chemical substance used to destroy or stops  the growth of plants, especially weeds/grass
2.Fertilizer -  food for the plants/ something that you add to soil  to make it more productive
3.Grafting tape - a  kind of tape that you use to join plants
4.Pesticide -  a chemical used to kill pests, especially insects.


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Do you think you are....?

Pretty Hazel made some questions that start with "Do you think you are..?"





Here are the questions she made :

1. Do you think you are sensitive?
2. Do you think you are sociable ?
3. Do you think you are insecure?
4. Do you think you are a garrulous person ?


New Words To Study:


Sensitive- easily get hurt
Sociable- friendly
Insecure- not confident, not brave
Garrulous - tiresomely talkative,chatty, conversational


Hey,ESL learners!I  challenge you to make questions that  start with " Do you think you are ...?"You may write them  on the comments below.

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Teacher Jejette

Whom Do You Love?

This post is not about asking whom do you love,but about the difference of   WHO and WHOM. Aja, aja English!! 

Take the test :

I've no idea _______ was standing by the doorway  when the postman came.

	a)	who
	b)	whom

With _______ will she be going to the party?

	a)	who
	b)	whom

_______ has left the gate open again?

	a)	who
	b)	whom