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Nell Hunt

U.S.
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I can manage almost anything: vocabulary, grammar correction and practice, spelling (though I'll have to have my dictionary open), listening and pronunciation, writing practice and correction, practicing and familiarity with idioms and two-word verbs,assistance with the TOEFL. What I believe I'd have trouble with are: 1) remembering the exact term(s)(the entire vocabulary for English grammatical form) for various grammatical rules, and parts of speech. I'd either have to get out a few old workbooks from my ESL teaching days, or find a site that had most of the grammatical rules mapped out and marked for remembering what context they work in. 2) helping someone writing a paper or reading a textbook in math or natural sciences. I was never able to help students much who were writing math or science papers; when I had to deal with math and science English vocabulary I'm totally unfamiliar with, I just had no way to help the students move forward. (My subject background is in the arts and humanities, and the social sciences.)

Christopher M Salisbury

U.S.
Available
I can answer almost any question within the field of second language acquisition (SLA) and pedagogical theories in second language teaching.

Sebastian

Neutral Zone
Available
I've been teaching and tutoring ESL and EFL learners for years, and have experience in international exams as well - you can ask me any questions about IELTS, TOEFL, Cambridge tests (KET, PET, FCE, CAE, CPE, BEC, TKT). Of course I don't know 'everything', but I'll be more than happy to research as much as I can. I've also got diplomas in Language Systems & Background to Language Learning & Teaching, Lesson Planning & Use of Resources for Language Teaching and Managing the Teaching & Learning Process.

Jamie France-Hernandez

U.S.
On Vacation
returns 12/13/2009
I can offer help with homework, can review hard to understand documents and explain or summarize them in a way that`s easy to understand, can offer tips for making things easier to understand, and can help with explanations of slang or "common" use English.

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2009-11-20 being definite is important when using?:

You are referring to modals: can/could; shall/should; may/might; will/would, etc.. These can be extremely confusing for non-native speakers because of their multiple uses and their ability to be used

2009-11-17 grammar question:

Hello Glen The 'Chinese parents...' bit is correct, and you can (rather than should) roll both sentences into one if you want to: 'In order to change their children's behaviour, Chinese parents often

2009-11-13 I need help to correct grammar mistakes:

Hello Jane Sorry for the delay > It was summer of the 2008 It was summer of 2008 > Two month after obtained her work permit, Two months after obtaining her work permit, > working as a

2009-11-13 Need Help to Correct Grammar Mistakes:

Dear Linda -- I have made a great number of corrections to your little essay. I hope in studying this, you'll be able to see the kinds of considerations you'll need to write in the future. It's not

2009-11-12 'tread lightly':

Dear Dina -- Thank you for this very interesting question. I enjoy looking at the use of language in advertising, where the goal is to communicate to customers that they are exactly the kinds of producers

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