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Check out tefl tesol about Authorized TESOL School and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: J. L. - Australia said: Problems for learners in GermanyEnglish, being a West Germanic language, is similar to German in many ways. For example some vocabulary is quite similar (some is even identical), as is some grammar, such as the subject-verb-object rule. There are however many differences which confuse German learners. Many of these differences can only be memorised, such as 'false friends'. False friends are words that appear similar (or the same) in both German and english but carry different...  [Read more]

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Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Jhelum Pakistan and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: This unit talks about the different types of conditionals. The zero which has the if and when form with the present tense. The First conditional has the if,will and the present simple tense. The second conditional has the if, past simple would,have ,might etc.the third conditional has the past perfect would,could with the past participle.and the mixed has the if and past perfect would conditionals. This unit also talks about the split tenses, the direct and reported speeches..Unit 7 discussed how...  [Read more]

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