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  • The paragraph: a video tutorial
    • Introduction
    • What is a paragraph?
      • Part 1
      • Test yourself
    • Develop with unity in mind
      • Part 2
      • Test yourself
    • Ways to develop a paragraph
      • Part 3
      • Test yourself
    • Make it coherent
      • Part 4
      • Test yourself
    • Make it yours
    • Credits

Resources

ESL/EAL

  • English Idioms - learn about idioms from these hilarious BBC videos.
  • Glossary of Grammatical Terms
  • Phrasal Verbs - list of commonly used phrasal verbs from A-Z.
  • PET/ESL PET

Speaking and listening

  • Eva Easton's Authentic American Pronunciation
  • Phonetics: The Sounds of English and Spanish by the University of Iowa

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