I have just recently become interested in sumo. You might think that it’s just big men in diapers pushing each other around, but there is much more to it than that. The basic rules of the sport are quite simple (get the other guy out of the ring), but the...
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Linguistics Game for ESL Classes
Here is an idea for an activity for an ESL class. Give this list to students and ask them to fill in the missing parts. Chickasaw English Ofi’at kowi’a lhiyohli. The dog chases the cat. Kowi’at ofi’a lhiyohli. The cat chases the dog. Ofi’at shoha. The dog stinks. Ihooat hattaka...
Continue reading...Translation Activity for Japanese Students of English
Here is an idea for an activity that can be done in an ESL class for Japanese students. (Of course, the teacher will have to understand Japanese in order to do the lesson.) Get students to translate these sentences into English. They are taken from a book about common mistakes...
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