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Thalia Gralik
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Dear mates,teaching prepositions is not an easy t�pic for Brazilians, and I am working in two schools, one of them uses American English and the other one British English! Now I´m mixing up grammar so, What is the correct form to say in American and British English: "there is a School "on" Park Street" / " there is a School "in" Park Street" / I live "on" Martin Afonso St. / I live "in" Martin Afonso St. / I live at 123, Martin Afonso St / I live on 371, Martin Afonso St.... if any of you could give me a help, I will be Very Thankful!
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23 Feb 2014
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ascincoquinas
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take a look here:
http://esl.about.com/library/beginner/bleasypreps.htm
http://www.onestopenglish.com/grammar/grammar-reference/nouns-and-phrases/prepositions-of-time-and-place-article/152825.article
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23 Feb 2014
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abgh8156
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Hi there. I get your position and problem.
Based on the EFL articles,, nowadays it �s not true you be demand on a specific accent when the English language is a foreign language in your country.
If you wanna to to be in general and the students to learn the English as an international language , it �s better to change your way of teaching. In EFL articles are mentioned some points you have to consider them.
1- The Basic accent and pronunciation is not American or British. What the other can understand can be acceptable.
2- The grammar rules which are different in UK. or US. are not more important. So each of them can be used and are correct.
3- We don �t want to learnt English because of it �s the language of US. or UK. we need to learn it because our needs to it in all over the world. So it �s not logical to learn the American culture or slang and there is no need to learn them. But if a person want to learn especially one of them because of his specific needs , it �s something else.
You can find other benefits of the EFL assumptions on the web by surfing it. |
23 Feb 2014
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douglas
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American English:
there is a School "on" Park Street
I live "on" Martin Afonso St.
I live at 123, Martin Afonso St
Cheers,
Douglas |
24 Feb 2014
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rilum2013
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HI,
I TEACH BRITISH ENGLISH AND THE PREPOSITIONS I USE WHEN I WANT TO TALK ABOUT STREET NAMES ARE: ON / AT.
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24 Feb 2014
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yanogator
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@ douglas, Don �t hate me for correcting you, but it �s "I live at 123 Martin Afonso St." (no comma between the number and the street). Bruce |
24 Feb 2014
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douglas
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You �re right Bruce, I just cut and pasted it without checking the punctuation (too focused on the preposition I guess), Thanks,
Douglas |
24 Feb 2014
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