Anglo mania is the most dangerous disease most English learners suffer from. How to cure this malady and what is the highly effective drug to cure this? You can solve this problem by yourself. Sit comfortably and meditate on you own language and how you learnt it when...
Language learning is purely a personal affair. One can never master a second language unless one tries to compare and contrast it with one’s mother tongue. That is the secret of mastering a second language. If approach in the right way, it is extremely easy to learn...
Have you ever peeped into your mind? Do you see your mind as a dense jungle of words or as a huge album of pictures? In fact your mind is a wonderful universe of your own which nobody else can enter unless you invite. How can you invite one to enter your universe...
TOEFL and IELTS are the two biggest standardized tests of the English language. These tests assess your reading, listening, speaking and writing skills. This article is a brief introduction about learning English for IELTS or TOEFL. The eye (physical eye and...
Whenever we open our eyes, we see uncountable number of things around us. We see from tiny grains of sand to giant stars, from dew drops to vast sea, from tiny bugs to huge whales. We have given names to all living and nonliving things for our convenience to recognize...
In our universe, we only see matter and actions. The combination of matter in different quantities has made all fauna such as man, animals, reptiles and birds, then, flora such as trees, plants and creepers, next, things such as soil, sand, rock, planets and stars. So...
A single word is a simple picture. A phrase is an unfinished picture. A sentence is a complete picture giving the reader a clear thought and some feeling conveyed through words. Read the following words, phrases and sentences given. Box The box on the box In the box...
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‘UNDERSTANDING ADVANCED ENGLISH GRAMMAR’ is the first book of a series of three books. This book begins with the introduction of the three dimensions of the English language. It is an innovative method of teaching Active Voice, Passive Voice and Causative uses looking at an action in three different angles.
ENGLISH PHRASAL VERBS THROUGH PICTURES is a book with a new vision. Phrasal verbs are very useful for expressing one's feelings with emotions. The English language is rich with many phrasal verbs that are constantly used in everyday communication.
Amarasiri Ganewatta is the director of the English Language Laboratory. He is a retired English teacher and a language translator living in California, USA.
