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Prepositions for Describing Where on a Webpage

Diagram of Locations on a Webpage In the age of the internet, people often talk about webpages and their contents with friends and colleagues. ESL students, sometimes have difficulty knowing how to refer to the positions on a webpage of certain items, such as icons, links, scroll bar, etc. Here is a handy diagram with phrases describing the location of items on a webpage.  Practice Digital Literacy Exercises for ESL Students If you or somebody you know would like some practice learning how to use this vocabulary with the features of a webpage, here are some links for you to try. Web page vocabulary exercise 1 Web page vocabulary exercise 2 Web page vocabulary exercise 3 Web page vocabulary exercise 4 Web page vocabulary exercise 5 Please leave a comment for me on this blog post if you like these resources. 

pronunciation app

Are you unsure how to pronounce a word? Use your browser's speech synthesis system to pronounce any word or phrase you type into the input box below. Pronounce it Adapted code based on Jason Mayes' example here: http://codepen.io/anon/pen/xGXZaW I checked this blog post for common grammar, punctuation and spelling errors using a free online ESL grammar checker .

The Blogging Cookbook for ESL Students

Download the Cookbook The Blogging Cookbook for College ESL Students is intended to be self-explanatory. By following the directions, you will be able to create a web-log website (blog) that could prove useful and profitable to you. The examples are all relevant to ESL/EFL and will generate traffic, which will attract readers, advertisers and revenue to your blog. The principle goal of this cookbook, however, is to provide you with the confidence and momentum you’ll need to continue blogging and learning HTML, a basic web-programming language used extensively on the internet. This ebook is organized into three parts: Getting Started , Adding Content and Features , and Adding Apps . Getting Started will tell you about this book, and how to create a blog on a free blogging platform called Blogger.com . Blogger is a Google property. It is free and easy to use. After a year of blogging, Blogger will offer to integrate AdSense advertisements into your blog, which will allow you to...