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5 Ways to Help Your Students Become Better Questioners

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Working within an answer-based education system, and with cultures where questioning may be considered a sign of weakness, teachers must go out of their way to create conditions conducive to inquiry. Here are some suggestions on how to encourage more questioning in the classroom and hopefully beyond it.
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English Grammar Lesson: Phrasal Verbs (Part One)

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Craig gives the first part of a video lesson / tutorial on the usage of phrasal verbs in English. In part one, Craig discusses separable phrasal verbs. This lesson is aimed at ESL students studying English grammar at an upper-intermediate level.
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English Grammar Lesson: Participle Adjectives

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Leanne gives a video lesson / tutorial on the usage of the participle (participial) adjectives. This includes an explanation about the difference between ~ing (present participle) and ~ed (past participle) forms. This lesson is aimed at ESL students studying English grammar at an upper-intermediate level.
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English Grammar Lesson: Present Perfect Simple

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Leanne gives a video lesson / tutorial on the usage of the Present Perfect Simple. This lesson is aimed at ESL students studying English grammar at an upper-intermediate level.
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English Grammar Lesson: Present Perfect Continuous

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Leanne gives a video lesson / tutorial on the usage of the Present Perfect Continuous (Progressive). This lesson is aimed at ESL students studying English grammar at an upper-intermediate level.
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English Grammar Lesson: First Conditional & Time Clauses

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Leanne gives a video lesson / tutorial on the usage of the First Conditional grammar rule as well as how to talk about the future with time clauses. This lesson is aimed at ESL students studying English grammar at an upper-intermediate level.
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Review and the Past Simple

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Mark reviews the differences between the present perfect simple and present perfect continuous and also explains the similarities and differences of the present perfect with the past simple. This video is for students at a pre-intermediate level.
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Explaining Now

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Leanne explains how English speakers use the present perfect simple to explain the present with finished, past actions and the present perfect continuous to describe longer, possibly unfinished actions. This lesson is for students at a pre-intermediate level.
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How Long (Part 3)

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Mark describes the difference between for and since when discussing duration with the present perfect tenses. This video is for students at a pre-intermediate level.
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How Long (Part 2)

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Mark explains how to use the present perfect simple and present perfect continuous to describe duration of unfinished activities. This video is for students at a pre-intermediate level.
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How Long (Part 1)

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Mark explains how to use the present perfect tenses to describe duration. This video is for students at a pre-intermediate level.
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Passive with the Present Perfect

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Mark explains how to make present perfect sentences in the passive voice. This video is for students at a pre-intermediate level.
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Passive with Modals

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Mark explains how to make passive sentences with modal verbs. This lesson is for students at a pre-intermediate level.
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Passive Sentences (Part 2)

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Learn how English speakers use the passive voice. This lesson is for students at a pre-intermediate level.
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Passive Sentences (Part 1)

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Learn how to use be with a past participle to make English sentences in the passive voice. This lesson is for students at a pre-intermediate level.
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Wish and Hope

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Learn the meaning and usage of both wish and hope in English. This lesson is for students at a pre-intermediate level.
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The First and Second Condtionals

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Learn how English speakers choose between the first and second conditionals. This lesson is for pre-intermediate students.
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The Second Conditional (Part 2)

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Learn how English speakers use the second conditional in English. This lesson is for pre-intermediate students.
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The Second Conditional (Part 1)

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Learn how English speakers make second conditional sentences, including the use of if and would. This lesson is for pre-intermediate students.
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The First Conditional

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Learn how to make and use first conditional sentences in English. This lesson is for pre-intermediate students.
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Future Aspects (Part 2)

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Learn two ways to use be going to and how to use the present continuous to talk about the future. This lesson is for students at a pre-intermediate level.