October's Microlessons

One of the most useful features of Road to Grammar is the weekly "microlessons". These are short slideshows featuring a grammar/language point or a vocabulary set with audio and examples. A different microlesson is featured every week.

October's microlessons include:

1 Time Phrases

2 Longer is more polite

3 Phrases with DROP

Microlessons: FACE Phrases and Idioms

This week's microlesson features the following phrases and idioms with the word FACE:

1 a long face

2 face-to-face

3 face off

4 face the music

5 face the facts

6 face up to

7 two-faced

8 put on a brave face

Click the link to see the microlesson:

http://www.roadtogrammar.com/microlessons/?&1&acl

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Microlesson: Flight Attendants and Stewardesses

This week's microlesson shows how language can change over time, using the phrase flight attendant as an example.

Click the link to see the microlesson:

http://www.roadtogrammar.com/microlessons/?&1&acb

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Microlessons: Semicolons

This week's microlesson is on the use of semicolons. This is very useful information for ESL learners who do a lot of writing.

Link:

http://www.roadtogrammar.com/microlessons/index.html?&1&aca

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Microlesson: Words Ending in Away

This week's microlesson covers a list of words that end in -AWAY.

These words are:

• castaway
• stowaway
• runaway
• faraway
• giveaway
• takeaway
• throwaway

View the microlesson here:

http://www.roadtogrammar.com/microlessons/?&1&abz

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Microlesson: Through, Thorough, Though

This week's microlesson covers a list of words that my students always get confused about.

These words are:

• thorough
• thoroughly
• through
• throughout
• although
• though
• thought
• tough

It's no wonder students get confused - they all look kind of the same, don't they?

View the microlesson here:

http://www.roadtogrammar.com/microlessons/index.html?&1&aby

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Microlesson: Dealing with a Customer Complaint

This week's microlesson could be handy for Business English classes. The topic is: Dealing with a Customer Complaint.

See it here:

http://www.roadtogrammar.com/microlessons/index.html?&1&abk

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Microlesson: Uses of the Word POINT

Here is a new microlesson on the many interesting uses of the word POINT. Teachrs, this is a great slideshow to start your lesson with.

http://www.roadtogrammar.com/microlessons/index.html?&1&aav


Sample:

Microlesson: Expressive Writing

Try this quickie lesson to turn a sentence like this:

      A man was riding a horse.

...into this:

     It was a beautiful day in Montana and George was galloping on a magnificent horse, but all he could think of was Susan.
Link here:

http://www.roadtogrammar.com/microlessons/index.html?&1&aas

Microlessons

Microlessons are a new feature on Roadtogramar.com. This is part of the initiative to bring more visual and picture-based content to the site.

Each one features a few quick slides with a learning point presented in a nice, visual style. Microlessons are updated every week.

You can see the current microlesson on the home page. Just click beside the dot. Or you can see the index of all available lessons here:

http://www.roadtogrammar.com/microlessons/contents.html