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Why You Keep Forgetting English Words

Tired of learning new English words only to forget them the next day? In this lesson, Claire shares five proven strategies to help you remember vocabulary for good. You’ll learn how to make words ...
In this quick and easy English lesson, you’ll learn how to use reflexive pronouns correctly - words like myself, yourself, ...
More than one‐third of the world's population uses a writing system that includes both uppercase and lowercase letter forms.
First grader Aizlynn Castillo works on an assignment in Diana Oviedo-Holguin’s English-learner class at Heritage Elementary ...
Four new educational bingo card sets are now available online to support first-grade English instruction through structured, game-based learning. The new resources focus on verbs, adjectives, nouns, ...
Some of the words are cutesy (kerfuffle, jubilee). Others are onomatopoeic, with a similar sound to the idea they’re describing (meow, clink, squeak). Some are bizarre sounding (for example, syzygy: ...
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While rare in English-language books, “xigua” (西瓜), pronounced “shee-gwah", is occasionally used in English dictionaries as ...
The word Halloween seems like a good place to start. The Christian holiday All Saints' Day has been celebrated on Nov. 1 for over a thousand years. Another word for "saint" is "hallow" — as in ...
Fresno Unified did something few U.S. school districts have done before: create its own Hmong dual-language immersion program ...
For teachers, the numbers six and seven have suddenly taken on a new—and dreaded—significance this school year. From French class to gym class, students are frequently saying (or shouting) “six-seven” ...