I have "great" news for you

The newlywed wife said to her husband when he returned from work, "I have great news for you. Pretty soon, we're going to be three in this house instead of two."

Her husband ran to her with a smile on his face and delight in his eyes.

He was glowing of happiness and kissing his wife when she said, "I'm glad that you feel this way since tomorrow morning, my mother moves in with us."
 

test

1: If we had badly in class, our teacher ---stray late and do extra work.

a)      must

b)      lets us

c)      allows us to

d)      makes us

2: My daughter’s school---the children to wear jeans and T-shirts-not like in my day!

a)      makes

b)      lets

c)      has to

d)      allows

3: I hate school, the teachers makes us ---so much homework every day!

a)      do

b)      doing

c)      to do

d)      did

4: On Friday afternoon our teacher sometimes lets us ---home early.

a)      go

b)      to go

c)      going

d)      went

5: When I was a boy we were made—correct school uniform at all times!

a)      wear

b)      to wear

c)      wearing

d)      wore

6: “Excuse me sir, are we allowed---dictionaries into the exam?

a)      take

b)      to take

c)      taking

d)      took

Answers:

1: d) makes us

If you make someone to do something, you say ”you have to do it”; you give them no choice.

2: d) allows

If you allow someone to do something, you give permission - it is followed by the infinitive: allow someone to do something.

3: a) do

The verb 'make' is unusual as it is followed by 'do' without the infinitive: make someone do something.

4: a) go

'Let someone do something' is the correct sentence pattern.

5: b) to wear

'Make someone do something' is correct, but here the passive voice is 'be made to do something', using the infinitive.

6: b) to take

'Allow someone to do something' is the correct sentence pattern.

گفت و گوی یک دانشجوی زبان انگلیسی ابرانی با رادیو آمریکا

گفت و گوی یک دانشجوی زبان انگلیسی ابرانی با بخش آموزش زبان انگلیسی رادیو آمریکا

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March 9, 2005 - Interview with an English Learner in Iran

AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster: an interview with one of our listeners in Iran.

RS: Atefeh is a university student. She's studying English literature, so she reads a lot of classic books. But, like any young person, she's also tuned in to the latest slang.

AA: How do we know? Well, when we began our conversation and asked her "what's up?" instead of saying "not much, just relaxing," this was her reply:

ATEFEH: "Just chillin'."

RS: "Just chilling -- is that what you just said?" [llaughter]

ATEFEH: "I learned this from your program."

RS: "Well, what do you like about studying English? What is it, is it a ... "

ATEFEH: "Oh, no, actually I love the language. I love studying anything in English, actually any program on TV that is in English I watch it and I love it."

RS: "And it's something that you are obviously very good at."

ATEFEH: "Thank you. It's interesting to know that there is a big paper on my wall, and I write every new word that I learn every day. And I try to memorize them and memorize their usage, and then I highlight the words that I learn."

AA: "What are a few new words you've added to that wall."

ATEFEH: "Well, for example, 'bleak mood,' B-L-E-A-K M-O-O-D."

RS: "Ah, bleak mood."

AA: "What do you think that means."

ATEFEH: "It means a cold and cheerless behavior, actually, a kind of [inaudible.]"

RS: "That's right."

AA: "That's a ... "

RS: "That's a great expression. I mean, that's a very descriptive way of describing how somebody feels. If it's bleak, it's definitely not, it's definitely ... "

AA: "Where did you hear bleak mood?"

RS: "Or read."

ATEFEH: "I read it in a book. The book was called 'Chicken Soup for the Soul.'"

RS: "'Chicken Soup for the Soul' ... "

AA: "That's a very popular series of books."

ATEFEH: "Yes."

AA: "So what's another word that's on your wall?"

ATEFEH: "A beautiful word that was very funny to me was 'bunny.'"

RS: "Bunny ... "

ATEFEH: "B-U-N-N-Y."

RS: "OK, like a rabbit."

AA: "A rabbit."

ATEFEH: "Yes, a rabbit for a child. Actually a child uses this word, I think."

RS: "You know, another thing that you might be interested in is that sometimes, incorrectly, we say 'well, that's a bunny rabbit.' We use both of those words together -- that's incorrect in English because ... "

AA: "It's redundant."

RS: "... it's redundant. A bunny is a rabbit."

AA: "Now is there another word or two from your wall that you ... "

ATEFEH: "Yes, there's another expression: 'not to be on speaking terms.'"

RS: "'Not to be on speaking terms.' Now what do you think that means?"

ATEFEH: "Well, it means that we're not talking to each other anymore, we're not friends anymore."

RS: "Right, and somebody might say, 'well, why didn't you say hello to him?' and you would say?"

ATEFEH: "We're not on speaking terms."

AA: "That's right."

RS: "'We're not on speaking terms.' Exactly. Now, your English is quite good and you were telling us a little bit about how you are actually getting to a higher level. You have your wall where you write your expressions, and you also read a lot."

ATEFEH: "Yes, you know, actually I'm studying English literature, and they have emphasis on the literature actually, the literary works, Shakespeare's works or other things. But the phonology is very difficult for me. But I think I have to improve my GE, I mean General English. That is quite -- it's not that difficult, because I love it."

AA: "Oh, well that's good to hear."

RS: "It's been delightful talking to you."

AA: "Yes!"

RS: "Keep going with that wall. It sounds like you could definitely paper your house with new English expressions."

ATEFEH: "My Mom is always complaining about the wall. She says that 'you're just making the wall dirty, the room ugly,' such things."

AA: "Wait, you don't write on the wall itself, do you? You're writing on a piece of paper, or ... "

ATEFEH: "It's a paper."

RS: "Well, tell your mother that Avi and I say that you should keep those papers up there because you'll learn English more fluently."

ATEFEH: "OK, my Mom is hearing you!" [laughter]

AA: An English literature student named Atefeh, on the phone with us from Iran. She says that once she graduates, she wants to go on for a master's degree and then a Ph.D.

RS: We wish her luck. And we'd like to invite other listeners to tell us their strategies for learning English. We will share the responses in a future Wordmaster program. Our e-mail address is [e-mail].

AA: And, if you'd like help learning English, you can download over three hundred of our segments at voanews.com/wordmaster. With Rosanne Skirble, I'm Avi Arditti.

Silence Start

سلام.

من نویسنده وبلاگ English Silence هستم.افتخار پیدا کردم که از این به بعد با این وبلاگ همکاری داشته باشم.

احتمال اینکه بعضی از مطالبی رو که توی این وبلاگ می نوسیم در وبلاگ خودم هم باشه هست.ولی تا اونجا که بشه سعی می کنم مطالب با هم تفاوت داشته باشن.

Elementary stories

It was two weeks before Christmas, and Mrs. Smith was very busy. She bought a lot of Christmas cards to send to her friends and to her husband's friends   , and put them on the table in the living-room .Then when her husband came home from work, she said to him, 'Here are Christmas cards for our friends, and here are some stamps, a pen and our book of addresses. Will you please write the cards while I am cooking the dinner?'

Mr. Smith did not say anything, but walked out of the living-room and went to his study. Mrs. Smith was very angry with him, but did not say anything either.

Then a minute later he came back with a box full of Christmas cards. All of them had addresses and stamps on them.

'These are from last year, ' he said. 'I forgot to post them.'

تمبر،مهر	stamp	هفته	week
خارج از	out of	مشغول،مشغول بودن	busy
در اینجا اتاق مطالعه	study	گذشته buy ،خرید	bought
عصبانی	angry	کارت در اینجا کارت پستال	card
هم،دیگر	either	فرستادن	send
		قرار دادن	put on
		شوهر	husband
		اتاق نشیمن	Living-room
		آشپزی کردن،پختن	cook
		گذشتهsay،گفت	said

Eggs: Are they good or bad for your cholesterol level?

Eggs: Are they good or bad for your cholesterol level

Q: I'm confused. First, I hear that eggs raise cholesterol. Then, I hear they don't. What's the truth?

Eggs do contain cholesterol. According to the American Heart Association, saturated fat and cholesterol in the foods you eat increase your blood cholesterol level. Although saturated fat is the main culprit, cholesterol also plays a role. Reducing the amount of saturated fat and cholesterol in your diet helps lower your blood cholesterol level.

Some research suggests that dietary cholesterol has little effect on blood cholesterol in some people. But in others, it has a big effect. If you have high blood pressure or a family history of cardiovascular disease, it makes sense to limit eggs in your diet. Talk to your doctor about what's appropriate in your specific situation.

The yolk of the egg has all the cholesterol — about 212 milligrams (mg) of cholesterol. Recommendations are to limit dietary cholesterol to 300 mg a day — 200 mg a day if you have high blood cholesterol. This allows for three to four egg yolks a week. Egg whites and egg substitutes are cholesterol-free and can be used in place of whole eggs. In general, two egg whites are the equivalent of one whole egg in cooking. Check the label on egg substitutes for the equivalent.

proverb

تولد ۲ سالگی مبارک وبلاگ جان

from the cradle to grave ز گهواره تا گور دانش بجوی

easy come, easy go باد آورده را باد میبرد

no news is good news بیخبری خوش خبری ست

third time lucky تا سه نشه بازی نشه

be the thin end of the wedge تخم مرغ دزد شتر دزد میشود

tit for tat این به اون در

every cloud has a silver lining در نا امیدی بسی امید است

a liar ought to have a good memory دروغگو کم حافظه است

outstay one's welcome کنگر خوردن و لنگر انداختن

be more catholic than the pope= کاسه داغ تر از آش

more royalist than the king

curiosity killed the cat فضول را بردند جهنم

the biter bit دست بالای دست بسیار است

nothing ventured,nothing gained نابرده رنج گنج میسر نمیشود

bussiness is business حساب حساب است کاکا برادر

practice makes perfect کار نیکو کردن از پر کردن است

The cat dreams of mic شتر در خواب بیند پنبه دانه

(tell) a cock and bull story قصه حسین کرد شبستری گفتن

smell fishy کاسه ای زیر نیم کاسه است

Horses for courses هر کسی را بهر کاربی ساخته اند

A big head has a big ache هر که بامش بیش برفش بیشتر

Go with the ride هم رنگ جماعت شدن

East, West, home’s best هیچ کجا خانه خود آدم نمیشود

Tells tales یک کلاغ چهل کلاغ کردن

Hit the jackpot یک شب پول دار شدن

Keep up with the joneses چشم و هم چشمی کردن

Knock sth down چوب حراج به چیزی زدن

The miles of God grind slowly (but they grind exceeding small) چوب خدا صدا ندارد

Put a spoke in sb’s wheel چوب لای چرخ کسی گذاشتن

Cry wolf چوپان دروغگو

What’s cooking? چه کاسه ای زیر نیم کاسه است

Accidents can happen حادثه خبر نمیکند

Account for حساب پس دادن

Sweet nothing حرف های صد من یه غاز

داستان کوتاه: They're Made out of Meat

They're Made out of Meat

"They're made out of meat."
    
"Meat?"
    
"Meat. They're made out of meat."
    
"Meat?"
    
"There's no doubt about it. We picked up several from different parts of the planet, took them aboard our recon vessels, and probed them all the way through. They're completely meat."
    
"That's impossible. What about the radio signals? The messages to the stars?"
    
"They use the radio waves to talk, but the signals don't come from them. The signals come from machines."
    
"So who made the machines? That's who we want to contact."
    
"They made the machines. That's what I'm trying to tell you. Meat made the machines."
    
"That's ridiculous. How can meat make a machine? You're asking me to believe in sentient meat."
    
"I'm not asking you, I'm telling you. These creatures are the only sentient race in that sector and they're made out of meat."
    
"Maybe they're like the orfolei. You know, a carbon-based intelligence that goes through a meat stage."
    
"Nope. They're born meat and they die meat. We studied them for several of their life spans, which didn't take long. Do you have any idea what's the life span of meat?"
    
"Spare me. Okay, maybe they're only part meat. You know, like the weddilei. A meat head with an electron plasma brain inside."
    
"Nope. We thought of that, since they do have meat heads, like the weddilei. But I told you, we probed them. They're meat all the way through."
    
"No brain?"
    
"Oh, there's a brain all right. It's just that the brain is made out of meat! That's what I've been trying to tell you."
    
"So ... what does the thinking?"
    
"You're not understanding, are you? You're refusing to deal with what I'm telling you. The brain does the thinking. The meat."
    
"Thinking meat! You're asking me to believe in thinking meat!"
    
"Yes, thinking meat! Conscious meat! Loving meat. Dreaming meat. The meat is the whole deal! Are you beginning to get the picture or do I have to start all over?"
    
"Omigod. You're serious then. They're made out of meat."
    
"Thank you. Finally. Yes. They are indeed made out of meat. And they've been trying to get in touch with us for almost a hundred of their years."
    
"Omigod. So what does this meat have in mind?"
    
"First it wants to talk to us. Then I imagine it wants to explore the Universe, contact other sentiences, swap ideas and information. The usual."

    
"We're supposed to talk to meat."
    
"That's the idea. That's the message they're sending out by radio. 'Hello. Anyone out there. Anybody home.' That sort of thing."
    
"They actually do talk, then. They use words, ideas, concepts?"
    
"Oh, yes. Except they do it with meat."
    
"I thought you just told me they used radio."
    
"They do, but what do you think is on the radio? Meat sounds. You know how when you slap or flap meat, it makes a noise? They talk by flapping their meat at each other. They can even sing by squirting air through their meat."
    
"Omigod. Singing meat. This is altogether too much. So what do you advise?"
    
"Officially or unofficially?"
    
"Both."
    
"Officially, we are required to contact, welcome and log in any and all sentient races or multibeings in this quadrant of the Universe, without prejudice, fear or favor. Unofficially, I advise that we erase the records and forget the whole thing."
    
"I was hoping you would say that."
    
"It seems harsh, but there is a limit. Do we really want to make contact with meat?"
    
"I agree one hundred percent. What's there to say? 'Hello, meat. How's it going?' But will this work? How many planets are we dealing with here?"
    
"Just one. They can travel to other planets in special meat containers, but they can't live on them. And being meat, they can only travel through C space. Which limits them to the speed of light and makes the possibility of their ever making contact pretty slim. Infinitesimal, in fact."
    
"So we just pretend there's no one home in the Universe."
    
"That's it."
    
"Cruel. But you said it yourself, who wants to meet meat? And the ones who have been aboard our vessels, the ones you probed? You're sure they won't remember?"
    
"They'll be considered crackpots if they do. We went into their heads and smoothed out their meat so that we're just a dream to them."
    
"A dream to meat! How strangely appropriate, that we should be meat's dream."
    
"And we marked the entire sector unoccupied."
    
"Good. Agreed, officially and unofficially. Case closed. Any others? Anyone interesting on that side of the galaxy?"
    
"Yes, a rather shy but sweet hydrogen core cluster intelligence in a class nine star in G445 zone. Was in contact two galactic rotations ago, wants to be friendly again."
    
"They always come around."
    
"And why not? Imagine how unbearably, how unutterably cold the Universe would be if one were all alone ..."
    

the end

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امیدوارم از این داستان خوشتون اومده.و فکر نمیکنم نیاز به ترجمه کردنش باشه

معنی هر لغتی رو که نمیدونین توی فرهنگ لغت نگاه کنید و یاد بگیرین.

 good luck

Friendship

Friendship is like standing on wet cement. the longer you stay, the harder it is to leave and you can never go without leaving your footprints behind.

Quote

 "For every beauty there is an eye somewhere to see it. For every truth there is an ear somewhere to hear it. For every love there is a heart somewhere to receive it."
 Ivan Panin

Friendship Poem # 1

Friendship Poem

I believe in angels

The kind that heaven sends

I am surrounded by angels

But I call them friends
- Aizabel Parinas -

سلام -پاسخ به سوالات

سلام-

مرسی از لطفتون-

۱من قبلا هم گفته بودم دوستان عزیزی که با من تبادل لینک کرده این و من لینک شما رو نگذاشتم

آدرس وبلاگتون رو بدین تا بزارم.

۲- یه عزیزی گفتن توضیح بدم اونا رو-خیلی واضحن من نمیدونم چرا متوجه نشدن-

اون مطالب اصطلاحات رایج در کشور استرالیا است. همین.

منتظر ادامه اصطلاحات باشین.

Australian Slang۱

A

Ace! : Excellent! Very good!
Aerial pingpong : Australian Rules football
Amber fluid : beer
Ambo : ambulance, ambulance driver
Ankle biter : small child
Apples, she'll be : It'll be alright
Arvo : afternoon
Aussie (pron. Ozzie) : Australian
Aussie salute : brushing away flies with the hand
Avos : avocados

B

B & S : Bachelors' and Spinsters' Ball - a very enjoyable party usually held in rural areas
Back of Bourke : a very long way away
Bail (somebody) up : to corner somebody physically
Bail out : depart, usually angrily
Banana bender : a person from Queensland
Barbie : barbecue (noun)
Barrack : to cheer on (football team etc.)
Bastard : term of endearment
Bathers : swimming costume
Battler : someone working hard and only just making a living
Beaut, beauty : great, fantastic
Big-note oneself : brag, boast
Bikkie : biscuit (also "it cost big bikkies" - it was expensive)
Billabong : an ox-bow river or watering hole
Billy : teapot. Container for boiling water.
Bingle : motor vehicle accident
Bities : biting insects
Bitzer : mongrel dog (bits of this and bits of that)
Bizzo : business ("mind your own bizzo")
Black Stump, beyond the : a long way away, the back of nowhere
Bloke : man, guy
Bloody : very (bloody hard yakka)
Bloody oath! : that's certainly true
Blow in the bag : have a breathalyser test
Blowie : blow fly
Bludger : lazy person, layabout, somebody who always relies on other people to do things or lend him things
Blue : fight ("he was having a blue with his wife")
Blue, make a : make a mistake
Bluey : pack, equipment, traffic ticket, redhead
Bluey : blue cattle dog (named after its subtle markings) which is an excellent working dog. Everyone's favourite all-Aussie dog.
Bluey : heavy wool or felt jacket worn by mining and construction workers.
Bluey : bluebottle jellyfish
Bodgy : of inferior quality
Bog in : commence eating, to attack food with enthusiasm
Bog standard : basic, unadorned, without accessories (a bog standard car, telephone etc.)
Bogan : person who takes little pride in his appearance, spends his days slacking and drinking beer
Bogged : Stuck in mud, deep sand (a vehicle).
Bondi cigar : see "brown-eyed mullet"
Bonzer : great, ripper
Boogie board : a hybrid, half-sized surf board
Boomer : a large male kangaroo
Booze bus : police vehicle used for catching drunk drivers
Boozer : a pub
Bored shitless : very bored
Bottle shop : liquor shop
Bottle-o : liquor shop (originally a man with hessian bags going around picking up beer bottles in the 50's and 60's)
Bottler : something excellent
Bottling, his blood's worth : he's an excellent, helpful bloke.
Bounce : a bully
Bourke Street, he doesn't know Christmas from : he's a bit slow in the head. (Bourke Street is a brightly lit Melbourne street)
Bowl of rice, not my : not my cup of tea; I don't like it
Brass razoo, he hasn't got a : he's very poor
Brekkie : breakfast
Brick shit house, built like a : big strong bloke
Brickie : bricklayer
Brisvegas : Brisbane, state capital of Queensland
Brizzie : Brisbane, state capital of Queensland
Brown-eyed mullet : a turd in the sea (where you're swimming!)
Brumby : a wild horse
Buck's night : stag party, male gathering the night before the wedding
Buckley's, Buckley's chance : no chance ("New Zealand stands Buckley's of beating Australia at football")
Budgie smugglers : men's bathing costume
Bull bar : stout bar fixed to the front of a vehicle to protect it against hitting kangaroos (also roo bar)
Bundy : short for Bundaberg, Queensland, and the brand of rum that's made there
Bunyip : mythical outback creature
Bush : the hinterland, the Outback, anywhere that isn't in town
Bush bash : long competitive running or motorcar race through the bush
Bush oyster : nasal mucus
Bush telly : campfire
Bushie : someone who lives in the Bush
Bushman's hanky : Emitting nasal mucus by placing one index finger on the outside of the nose (thus blocking one nostril) and blowing.
Bushranger : highwayman, outlaw
Butcher : small glass of beer in South Australia - From the theory that a butcher could take a quick break from his job, have a drink and be back at work
BYO : unlicensed restaurant where you have to Bring Your Own grog, also similar party or barbecue

C

Cab Sav : Cabernet Sauvignon (a variety of wine grape)
Cactus : dead, not functioning ("this bloody washing machine is cactus")
Cane toad : a person from Queensland
Captain Cook : look (noun) ("let's have a Captain Cook")
Cark it : to die, cease functioning
Cat burying shit, as busy as a : busy
Cat's piss, as mean as : mean, stingy, uncharitable
Chewie : chewing gum
Chokkie : chocolate
Chook : a chicken
Chrissie : Christmas
Christmas : see Bourke Street
Chuck a sickie : take the day off sick from work when you're perfectly healthy
Chunder : vomit
Clacker : anus (from Latin cloaca = sewer). Also the single orifice of monotremes (platypus and echidna) used both for reproduction and for the elimination of body wastes.
Clayton's : fake, substitute
Cleanskin : Bottle of wine without a label. Usually bought in bulk by companies who then add their own personalised label and use the wine as e.g. gifts to clients
Cleanskin : cattle that have not been branded, earmarked or castrated.
Click : kilometre - "it's 10 clicks away"
Clucky : feeling broody or maternal
Coathanger : Sydney Harbour bridge
Cobber : friend
Cockie : farmer
Cockie : cockatoo
Cockie : cockroach
Cockroach : a person from New South Wales
Coldie : a beer
Come a gutser : make a bad mistake, have an accident
Compo : Workers' Compensation pay
Conch (adj. conchy) : a conscientious person. Somebody who would rather work or study than go out and enjoy him/herself.
Cooee, not within : figuratively a long way away, far off - England weren't within cooee of beating Australia at cricket
Cooee, within : nearby - I was within cooee of landing a big fish when the line broke. He lives within cooee of Sydney.
Cook (noun) : One's wife
Corker : something excellent. A good stroke in cricket might be described as a 'corker of a shot'
Corroboree : an aboriginal dance festival
Counter lunch : pub lunch
Cozzie : swimming costume
Crack a fat : get an erection
Crack onto (someone) : to hit on someone, pursue someone romantically
Cranky : in a bad mood, angry
Cream (verb) : defeat by a large margin
Crook : sick, or badly made
Crow eater : a person from South Australia
Cubby house : Small, usually timber, house in the garden used as a children's plaything.
Cut lunch : sandwiches
Cut lunch commando : army reservist
Cut snake, mad as a : very angry

ادامه دارد...

زود لینکاتون رو بزارین....

سلام

همه دوستانی که با وبلاگ این جانب تبادل لینک کرده بودند زودتر تو قسمت نظرات آدرس وبلاگشون رو بزارن تا من لینک اونا رو بزارم .(خودتون هم لینک بزارین.)

quotations

Experience is the name so many people give to their mistakes.
-Oscar Wilde


"Education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one."
-- Malcolm Forbes -


"The important thing is not to stop questioning" 
Albert Einstein: Inspirational and Motivational  


Knowledge is power

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People of all ages teach English. Indeed, many trainees in TEFL certificate courses have retired from their traditional professional lives. Schools often favour more mature teachers who can perhaps bring the benefit of business or professional experience to their lessons. Many people have started a second career in TEFL in middle age.

Do I need to be qualified to teach EFL?
Qualifications are not always essential, especially in certain parts of the world and for certain schools. In some countries, simply being a native speaker of English is enough. In others, a university degree in any subject, without any teaching or English qualifications, will suffice. Having said that, there is no doubt that a recognised TEFL qualification of some kind will open more doors, more rapidly, in more countries and at higher salaries. It will also be of practical value to you personally - not to mention your students - in giving you the confidence, skills and experience that will put you at ease in a classroom.

Can I teach EFL if I am not a native speaker?
Everything depends on your level. If you are bilingual or of near-native level, you can enrol in TEFL courses and teach EFL just as any native speaker. If your level is lower than this, you may be able to teach but only within your own country or in more remote parts of the world.

Can I do a TEFL course if I am not a graduate?
Yes. Although many centres require candidates to have a university degree in some discipline, it is equally possible to find others where the only requirements are a good command of English and a good educational background.

What qualifications are there for TEFL?
No single, standard international TEFL qualification currently exists. In North and Central America and much of the Far East, the most important qualification is a good first degree. In the European Union, the British Commonwealth and much of South America and Central Europe qualification means having passed a 70-hour TEFL course (including observed teaching practice) and often, but not always, having a university degree in any discipline.

Although various TEFL courses exist, those that are validated by external bodies, such as the Cambridge/RSA or Trinity College, London certificates, are usually preferred.

Cambridge/RSA Certificate (CELTA)

This certificate course is often considered to be the reference for TEFL qualifications and is widely respected internationally. The full name is the Cambridge/RSA Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults. This replaces the previous, equally respected, Certificate in Teaching of English as a Foreign Language to Adults (CTEFLA). CELTA places great emphasis on teaching practice. With over 8,000 enrolments worldwide per year, CELTA is clearly the most popular TEFL course among teachers. It is externally validated by the University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate (UCLES).

CELTA courses are usually 4-week intensive programmes although it is sometimes possible to take the course on a part-time basis. In all CELTA courses, observed teaching practice is an important and integral part of the programme.

Entry requirements for CELTA courses vary somewhat from centre to centre. Although the course is open to native and non-native speakers, all candidates must be interviewed and take a language awareness test. Some centres require candidates to be graduates while others accept candidates with a good general education and command of English.

There are more than 200 centres offering CELTA courses in over 40 countries around the world. In all cases, Cambridge/RSA offers a job placement service to qualifying candidates. The course cost varies from about £500 to £1,000 ($800 to $1,600) depending on centre.

Trinity Certificate in TESOL

About 4,000 candidates annually qualify for the Trinity College London Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages. The Trinity syllabus is strictly controlled with basic requirements common to all validated centres. All trainees are, for example, expected to experience learning a foreign language.

The course may be full-time, usually following a 4- to 6-week intensive programme with 130 tuition hours, or part-time over a number of months. In many Trinity centres, it is possible to take a short, presessional course as an introduction, while some centres also offer a correspondence module in addition to the main programme.

Entry requirements vary between a good educational background and a university degree, with a good command of English obviously being a prime requirement. No distinction is made between native and non-native speakers.

Most Trinity Centres are in the UK although there are now a growing number overseas. The course cost varies from about £500 to £1,000 ($800 to $1,600) depending on centre.

Other TEFL courses

There are various other TEFL-related courses, some of them preparatory, some specialised, some run by chain schools who wish to train teachers in their own particular methods. Short, introductory courses can be useful to help you decide whether TEFL is for you or in the event that you cannot afford a full certificate course. Specialised courses (eg business English or neuro-linguistic programming) are useful for experienced teachers who wish to develop their careers.

Where can I find details of TEFL courses?
One of the best sources is the ELT Guide, published annually by the EL Gazette. For an online listing of TEFL and TEFL-type courses worldwide, try the TEFL Course Database at TEFL.NET.

Where can I find work once I have a certificate?
Again, the ELT Guide has a marvellous listing of schools throughout the world, presented country by country. For classified advertisements, you can look at jobs offered and jobs wanted at TEFL.NET ESL Jobs or the ESL Jobs Board. The EL Gazette has monthly listings in its paper journal. The Times Educational Supplement, the Guardian and many other newspapers carry announcements. For schools in individual countries, check out the English Club ESL Webguide.

Let’s Learn Slang

Let’s Learn Slang 

'Kick back'

Meaning:To 'kick back' is to relax and enjoy your free time. It may come from the idea of putting your feet up and taking off your shoes. You can also use the idiom in the form 'kicking back'.

Example: 'I'm just kicking back with some friends watching the ball game.'

Warning: Don't confuse this idiom with 'kickback' which is spelled the same way but has no space between the words. 'Kickback' refers to a bribe or payoff. 

'Look out!'

Meaning:This is a very useful phrase to know! You can use this phrase when you want to warn someone. If there is immediate danger, yelling ‘Look out!’ will alert everyone to the danger. For example, if someone is crossing a street and a car is coming down the street at a high speed, you might yell, ‘Look out!’

سلام

دوستان عزیز لطفا مطالب ارشیو را مطالعه کنید بعد سوالتان را بپرسید.لطفا سوالات تکراری نپرسید.

من به همه سه نوع کتاب معرفی میکنم که یکی از اونا رو خودم بیشتر دوست دارم و اونو به همه توصیه میکنم. ولی شما هر کدوم دوست داشتین استفاده بکنین. سی دی و کاست هم دارن.

1) New American Streamline

2) New Interchange

3) Headway

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If you study to remember, you will forget, but, If you study to understand, you will remember.

English Phonetic Spelling

Sometimes wrongly called the
International Phonetic Alphabet

When speaking on the telephone, it is sometimes useful to spell a word using English Phonetic Spelling. To spell "Club", for example, you would say: "C for Charlie, L for Lima, U for Uniform, B for Bravo."

It is very easy to learn English Phonetic Spelling. Start by spelling your name, then your company or address. Soon, you will know the whole alphabet. It also helps to remember that there are several groups of words that go together:

• Dances: Foxtrot, Tango
• Shakespeare: Romeo & Juliet
• Men's first names: Charlie, Mike, Oscar, Victor
• Cities: Lima, Quebec
  
  
  

  A	Alpha	J	Juliet	S	Sierra
  B	Bravo	K	Kilo	T	Tango
  C	Charlie	L	Lima	U	Uniform
  D	Delta	M	Mike	V	Victor
  E	Echo	N	November	W	Whisky
  F	Foxtrot	O	Oscar	X	X-ray
  G	Golf	P	Papa	Y	Yankee
  H	Hotel	Q	Quebec	Z	Zulu
  I	India	R	Romeo

  
  
  
  

  According to the International Phonetic Association, the above list is sometimes wrongly called the "International Phonetic Alphabet".