The Interent is full of great examples of English. But few are as well known–or as powerful–as Martin Luther King’s “I Have A Dream” speech. Thanks to YouTube, it’s possible to enjoy the entire speech online. And, thanks to American Rhetoric, I have included the full text of the speech, if you’d like to read [...]
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It’s Martin Luther King, Jr. day in the U.S. It’s the day that the United States has dedicated to remembering the civil rights movement in the [...]
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When you’re learning English—or any language—one of the most frustrating things is realizing that you have a lot more ideas than [...]
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I’ve discovered that there’s nothing my students like quite so much as learning insults and profanity in English. I just hope that they don’t use the [...]
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It can seem like schools have a language all of their own. Not since school have I needed words like pink slip or permission slip. [...]
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When I was in school, I politely asked the teacher “Can I go to the bathroom?” And do you think the teacher said “yes, Toby, but hurry back”? No, she didn’t. She just looked at me, crossed [...]
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I didn’t like being trapped in a school, but I hated the schoolwork. Even though I loved—and love—to read, the required reading was never interesting. [...]
