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myLot reputation of 93/100. eslproofreader (273) 5 years ago

I've just started working on study aids for ESL that I plan to self-publish. They are similar to Cliff's Notes or Spark Notes; they give a guided summary of novels. Mine will differ b/c they will also include grammatical analysis, definitions for difficult vocabulary and idiomatic expressions, etc. So, they're designed not only to help the reader comprehend, but also to help her improve her lexical and grammatical skills (without having to look everything up in dictionaries and grammatical texts). What do you guys think? If English were your second language (or if it is), would this be something of interest to you?

 

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1. myLot reputation of 54/100. VKXY62 (951)   5 years ago

Hi esl, I do think that would be a good idea. I've always had trouble knowing which is correct between things similar to, 'turn the gas on the stove off before you go out.' or 'go out and turn the gas on the stove off before you do so.' etc, etc. I've been stuck looking at sentences that meant the same thing but were worded differently, and had no idea why one should be correct and another incorrect, but I seem to get away with it most of the time. An 'idiot's guide to punctuation' would be a prayer's answer too.

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2. myLot reputation of 100/100. maribea (1161)   5 years ago

I don't know what Cliff's notes or Spark Notes are...but I think your idea is very good, indeed..you mean you want to take a novel and add some useful notes to them, am I right?
This will result in a great help for people having English as a second language...If you could give also some tips like..this is better said this way...this would be very very useful...I mean..we ESL student are often using correct words but not in the correct way and only a native speaker can help us discover if a language sounds natural or artificial to a native speaker.
have a great day and good work!

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