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Audio of Easy Writer Stories

• "My First Day at College", by Andrey Chechin (B)

•  "My Wedding", by Sonia Diaz (B and I))

• "How I Saved Somebody's Life", by Aleksander Vishnevetsky (B)

• "Juan de Pareja", by Zinaida Kitaychik (I and A)

• "This Writing Just Confuses Me", by Alexandre Shteynberg (I)

• "My Views on Divorce", by Tung Mei Ni (I and A)

• "Cross-country Skiing", by Stella Rasporskaya and Gennadiy Gelzayd (B & I)

• "The Blues and Greens of Ecuador", by Wilfrido Lopez

• "Solving Family Problems", by Adimir Ramos (B, low I)
  

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Activities for Listening Comprehension

• Cloze and Dictation:  "How I Saved Somebody's Life

• Oral Communication:  Expressing Concern  (all levels)

• Interview with Author:  Getting to Know Me  (all levels)

• True/False Questions and Practice with Adjectives:  Juan de Pareja"

• Open-ended Questions: Nine Questions (all levels)

• Nine Answers (intermediate to advanced)
  

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How To's

• How to Express Concern:  Are You Okay? (all levels)

• How to Express Gratitude: Thank You Very Much! (all levels)

• How to Express Wish or Desire:  Would You Please.... (all levels)

• How to Begin a Telephone Conversation:  This is Luis (all levels)

• How to Ask for and Give a Recipe:  Yum...I'd Love That Recipe!

• How to Make and Respond to Suggestions:  Get Me to the Train Station On Time (all levels)

• How to Arrange a Social Get-together: It's a Date! (all levels)

• How to Begin a Formal Letter:  Dear Help Desk, Part 1 (all levels)

• How to End a Formal Letter:  Dear Help Desk, Part 2 (all levels)

• You've Been Invited to a Party! What Should You Bring? (all levels)

• Traffic

• Telephone Frustration.  The Green Monster:  Hold, Please. (all levels)

• How to Avoid Pointing (and Other Embarrassing Situations): I'll Have That! (Beginner and Low-Intermediate)
  

American Holidays, Traditions, and History
Seasons of the Year

• Summertime, Summertime

• American Thanksgiving

• Barak Obama: A New Day

Miscellaneous Podcast Topics

• Code Name ESL

• I Hate Finals!

• Paper or Plastic? (high beginner to advanced)

The Grammar HELP! Handbook ONLINE!

Nouns and Pronouns:  Countable Nouns      Answers

Nouns and Pronouns:  Noncountable Nouns    Answers

Nouns and Pronouns:  Agreement      Answers

Nouns and Pronouns:  Double Negatives      Answers

Nouns and Pronouns:  Some      Answers

Pronouns: An Introduction. Subject and Demonstrative Pronouns

Sentence Structure:   Introduction     Answers

Sentence Structure:  Simple and Compound Sentences       Answers

Sentence Structure:  Complex Sentences     Answers

Sentence Structure:  there is, there are, they are     Answers

Sentence Structure:  Parallel Structure       Answers

Gerunds and Infinitive Phrases as Object of the Verb, Part 1       Answers

Gerunds and Infinitive Phrases as Object of the Verb, Part 2     Answers

Gerunds and Infinitive Phrases as Object of the Verb, Part 3     Answers

Gerunds and Infinitives Phrases as Object of the Verb, Part 4     Answers

Gerunds and Infinitive Phrases as Object of the Verb, Part 5    Answers

Verbs: Simple Present vs. Present Continuous    Answers

Verbs: Troublesome and Frequently Confused Verbs: got vs. have    Answers


Verbs: Troublesome and Frequently Confused Verbs: fell vs. felt    Answers


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