Getting to know Practical English Usage

Practical English Usage is the 'grammar book' on this course … but it's actually a lot more than that. It's a great source of practical information about how English works, and you can use it to help you plan language presentation lessons too.

So … here are five questions, the answers to which you'll find somewhere in Practical English Usage (If you look at the Comment I've written on this post, you'll find which sections to look in).

1. When Americans say 'pitcher', what do British people call it?

2. What's the difference between 'speak' and 'talk'?

3. What do you use a colon for in English?

4. When do you use 'some' and when do you use 'any'?

5. What's the difference between 'small' and 'little'?

Welcome to the TEYC Course Blog

This is the blog for the Teaching English to Younger Children course from Högskolan i Kalmar, which is running in Autumn 2006 and Spring 2007 in Åseda (a town in southern Sweden, just in case anyone who's not on the course reads this!).

I hope that you've activated your ID for the course blog - if you haven't, you can't post here. If it hasn't worked, or if you've not got the 'Blogger invites' mail any more, just get in touch and I'll send you another one.

I'm hoping that this blog will turn into a resource for you all. However, that's largely up to you …

You don't have to post here in English, by the way. We all understand both languages, so feel free to express yourself in the language of your choice!