English Language Learning Miscellany

A Full blown English learning programme for people who need business english but english is not their first language

graham0921 02/08/2014 10:50:58

3779

113

1

MindGenius

DogMe is a communicative approach to language teaching that encourages teaching without published textbooks and focuses instead on conversational comm…

graham0921 14/05/2017 13:59:33

4494

48

2

iMindMap

An enhanced version of exisiting MM on the Subject of Agreement or Disagreement

graham0921 17/09/2017 15:25:02

5909

127

4

iMindMap

The English language is full of "Emotion", so here is a mind map constructed for students of English regarding emotions and words that can b…

graham0921 09/10/2017 07:50:33

8458

177

2

iMindMap

English Idiomatic expressions that we encounter on a daily basis.

graham0921 23/08/2018 10:53:38

5176

40

0

iMindMap

Words that sound the same but are not the same in meaning and spelling.

graham0921 23/08/2018 11:13:07

1613

33

1

iMindMap

English Word skills for those who live and work with Helicopters, but English is not the native language

graham0921 29/08/2018 12:02:34

1868

9

0

iThoughts

Business English, The Vocabulary of the Global Economy is designed for upper intermediate and advanced learners of Business English in the improvement…

graham0921 16/09/2018 16:32:30

1541

16

0

iMindMap

This is taken from the Longmans 3000 words which are up to level 3 English. We start with the letter A

graham0921 25/09/2018 06:51:59

2959

104

2

iThoughts

Similar and differences in common everyday things, objects and animals

graham0921 11/02/2019 15:41:29

1553

19

0

iThoughts

The alphabet of negative English words

graham0921 24/03/2019 08:51:39

1709

70

0

iThoughts

A lesson or lecture of how the words 'Thanks' came into the language

graham0921 14/04/2019 06:04:07

1519

11

0

iThoughts

23rd April is English Language Day and Shakespeares Birthday, Celebrate this day with the historical timeline.

graham0921 23/04/2019 03:28:19

2631

26

0

iThoughts

Mr Trump delivered his second State of the Union Address on February 5, 2019. He broadly outlined his agenda on both foreign and domestic issues. Here…

graham0921 05/05/2019 07:21:04

1466

8

0

iThoughts

Part of an English lecture on the use of suffixes.

graham0921 19/05/2019 06:01:14

1864

22

0

iThoughts

Book Summary of Black Swan Green by David Mitchell, Published in 2006. Winning many awards and contains up to date vocabulary for review. The intentio…

graham0921 12/06/2019 04:22:00

1499

12

0

iThoughts

Black Swan Green Vocabulary List 1 contains 40 words drawn from the first two chapters of the book and gives a context definition for the word. Also s…

graham0921 12/06/2019 17:10:03

1399

12

0

iThoughts

Review these words from the Greek root bio, meaning "life" or "way of living."

graham0921 13/06/2019 07:23:29

2149

11

0

iThoughts

Just a bit of fun about some of the reactions we go through when we come to the end of a book. I think we have all been here at one point or another.

graham0921 16/06/2019 10:10:12

1619

28

0

iThoughts

Part of the summer project of learning vocabulary and how it is used in the English language.

graham0921 08/07/2019 10:54:19

2115

83

0

iThoughts

The first semester of 2018-19 academic year

graham0921 27/07/2019 18:43:40

1468

14

0

iThoughts

15 names of instruments that you may know or not know.

graham0921 30/07/2019 01:28:17

1625

6

1

iThoughts

One of the enduring great things about language is that it is in a continuous state of change. The words we use every day are relentlessly evolving an…

graham0921 27/08/2019 22:34:44

1574

15

0

iThoughts

One of the enduring great things about language is that it is in a continuous state of change. The words we use every day are relentlessly evolving an…

graham0921 27/08/2019 22:34:44

1574

15

0

iThoughts

What makes a place so memorable that it survives forever in a word. Our dictionaries are full of hidden histories, tales and adventures from all over …

graham0921 10/09/2019 01:30:12

1317

18

0

iThoughts

Information and details of six prominent people who have changed the English Language forever.

graham0921 26/09/2019 18:06:57

1442

40

0

iThoughts

Just recently completed a Master of Arts in Applied Linguistics and I though I would publish the Official Transcript in a Mind Map format rather than …

graham0921 02/10/2019 04:04:59

2177

10

0

iThoughts

Just recently we have seen the use of the "Dog" metaphor in the media again. So here is quick guide to its more common usage.

graham0921 03/11/2019 11:12:07

1295

7

0

iThoughts

A View from the Bridge is a play by American playwright Arthur Miller. It was first staged on September 29, 1955, as a one-act verse drama with A Memo…

graham0921 09/11/2019 09:16:08

2425

8

1

iThoughts

A number of words that confuse many people especially in Academic writing.

graham0921 11/12/2019 13:59:10

1076

24

0

iThoughts

Updated map showing events in the English Language in both 1768 and 1990. 1768 saw the first printing of "Britannica" the first English Lang…

graham0921 23/01/2020 10:27:18

1979

21

1

iThoughts

Palindromes are words that can be written both backwards and forwards

graham0921 25/01/2020 09:54:15

1297

5

0

iThoughts

A brief history of Humankind portrayed in this mind map from Yuval Noah Harari book Sapiens: A brief history of Humankind. This map is a precursor to …

graham0921 10/02/2020 11:28:19

4085

64

0

iThoughts

Here are the first 10 words from Chapters 1 & 2 in the book Sapiens. A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari. I have distilled out defin…

graham0921 10/02/2020 11:40:04

2679

31

0

iThoughts

An updated version of an old favourite for English Language learning.

graham0921 22/04/2020 18:33:03

2253

26

1

iThoughts

A few linguistic tips in the Klingon language for you Trekkies out there,

graham0921 03/06/2020 21:15:12

1357

6

0

iThoughts

Tips and strategies for English Learner Student Engagement part of a teacher conference

graham0921 02/07/2020 21:16:43

1269

11

0

iThoughts

The Keywords project is a radically collaborative, cross-institutional and cross-disciplinary research initiative sponsored by the University of Pitts…

graham0921 12/08/2020 21:13:17

1382

3

0

iThoughts

Just a quick delve into made-up word surround the musical industry

graham0921 17/08/2020 18:14:11

1415

3

0

iThoughts

A story template for creative writing for primary years using the 5 W's

graham0921 22/09/2020 19:44:29

7532

69

0

iThoughts

The Longman Communication 3000 is a list of the 3000 most frequent words in both spoken and written English, based on a statistical analysis of the 39…

graham0921 24/10/2020 19:17:27

950

23

0

MindMeister

I am sure that you have always wondered where Animal Collectives originated, well this Mind map is here to give you some information about the origin …

graham0921 25/10/2020 18:49:31

1167

7

0

iThoughts

This Map lists the collective nouns used for groups of people. Some of these terms are very old, while others are newer and have become accepted after…

graham0921 14/12/2020 20:55:45

1382

8

0

iThoughts

This Map of collective nouns is of the strange, odd, weird and bizarre collective nouns.

graham0921 18/12/2020 14:49:06

1100

4

0

iThoughts

A word in the English language that has been all but forgotten and traditionally used on the first day of the New Year

graham0921 01/01/2021 19:22:06

1404

9

2

iThoughts

A mind map devoted to Linguistic curiosities, the word Syne if from the Scottish ballad 'Old Lang Syne' which many of us sing during the yulet…

graham0921 18/01/2021 20:15:17

2097

0

iThoughts

The is the most commonly used word in the English Language, but it is also the most boring and bland until you really understand how to use it.

graham0921 21/01/2021 16:31:58

1223

13

0

iThoughts

A quick study of the word Calepin which leads us to the Oxford English Dictionary

graham0921 22/01/2021 19:57:50

1345

0

iThoughts

Internet Slang and Abbreviations is a map of the most commonly used items on the Internet these days.

graham0921 29/01/2021 21:13:17

1504

6

0

iThoughts

The same words used over and over again can cause you to become bored, so try and use different words to mean the same thing.

graham0921 30/01/2021 21:38:22

932

6

0

iThoughts

Gender Identity is part of the Keywords Project a radically collaborative, cross-institutional, and cross-disciplinary research initiative sponsored b…

graham0921 22/02/2021 20:12:05

1091

2

0

iThoughts

Research notes from a lecture from the National Archives of RAF Pilot Douglas Bader, the WWII Battle of Britain legless pilot.

graham0921 27/02/2021 21:40:33

946

3

1

iThoughts