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Inspirational Story
Lorna J. Brunelle, a long-time instructor at Boson Casting, shared her inspirational story about her battle with cancer. She recenty published a book called Dirty Bombshell-From Thyroid Cancer Back to Fabulous. Learn about it. |
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Dear Friends and Colleagues,
We hope that your holiday season was happy and healthy and your year is off to a fabulous start. |
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News
Lynda and Marjorie presented "Read-Aloud Stories-A Practical Approach to Address Pronunciation, Intonation, Vocabulary, and Grammar" at the Maryland TESOL Fall Conference held at Towson University on December 11th. Please click here for the handouts and to see the results of our online survey, "Storytelling in the ESL Classroom." Thanks for those of you who participated.
The International TESOL Convention will be held in New Orleans on March 16-19, 2011. We will be presenting "Innovative Techniques to Teach Stress and Intonation." Please visit us at Booth # 817. Exhibits will be open on Wednesday evening this year for a preview.
Marjorie has joined the staff of the Media Performance Institute of Boston Casting in Boston, MA. She and two of her students from her recent regional dialect modification class were interviewed on WBUR by Adam Ragusea on 12/28/10. Listen to the interview. |
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Idiomatic Expressions
We came across an interesting way to categorize idioms when teaching our students. Idioms often can be described as either opaque (requiring memorization since it cannot be visualized or inferred) or transparent (relatively easy to be discerned in context). If you have other strategies that you use, please share them with us and we will publish them next month. |
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Idioms Quiz with Prizes!
 Test your knowledge of idioms. Decide if these are TRANSPARENT or OPAQUE. Simply indiciate "T" or "O." We know these interpretations are not "set in stone," but "jump right in" and see if you can "hit a home run." Email us your answers. "Three's a charm," so the first three correct entries can purchase Medically Speaking Idioms at 50% off ($25) + Shipping and Handling. We'll share the answers next month.
- Out on a limb
- He's all thumbs
- Kick the bucket
- Back to square one
- Go under the knife
- Keep an eye on her
- In your neck of the woods
- Nip it in the bud
- It's right under your nose
- Wrap it up
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NEW RELEASE!!
 Many of our non-medical professionals have enthusiastically embraced this new product. We've received feedback that the content and format is user-friendly and excellent for independent study. Thanks to those who have already purchased Medically Speaking Idioms during the pre-release promotion. We welcome your feedback and we're currently awaiting book reviews from a TESOL newsletter. We'll keep you posted. |
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Coming in 2011
 Due to the overwhelmingly positive response from the Boston media, we're developing Boston RULES, our newest pronunciation program for regional accent modification. Look for our release in mid-2011! |
Marjorie Feinstein-Whittaker Lynda Katz Wilner
ESL RULES, LLC
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