Learning Materials

The materials that can be accessed from this page have usually formed the basis of English Language lessons given in the past by the author of this blog to university students. They are WORD files, each downloadable by clicking on the filename next to the selected title.

1. Understanding Written Instructions: INSTRUCS

2. Giving Examples: EXEMPLIFICATION

3. Definition and Types of Collocation: COLLOC

4. Words to Avoid in Academic Writing: STYLE

5. Sentence Links: : SENTLINK

6. Definition Writing: DEFNS

7. Aspects of Word Knowledge: VOCFEATS

8. Latin Roots of English Words: Latininf

9. Use of very/so/too/enough/quite (elementary): SO-TOO-VERY-ENOUGH-QUITE

10. How to Plan an Essay: ESSPLAN

11. Tricky Word Contrasts: voccnfsns

12. Consonant Reduction in Reading Aloud: plosives

13. Intonation of Spoken English: Intones

14. Essay Instruction Words: EssQWords

10 thoughts on “Learning Materials”

Le Tai | 4 April, 2017 at 11:12

thanks a lot!

Nahabwe | 20 February, 2016 at 07:33

Very helpful materials that I used in Jinja, You as my professor, now I use in Congo to help people get to know English. Great work Paul.

- PAUL FANNING | 20 February, 2016 at 10:25
  
  Thanks. It’s nice to hear from you again, and to know that the materials are doing some further good.
  
  - Nahabwe | 11 April, 2016 at 08:05
    
    You most welcome Mr. Fanning. During my English Class on Saturday I was asked by one of my students, if I would give a list of Irregular verbs. I promised the class that I would ask my English professor about that, and so here I am. Are there many irregular verbs in English?
  - PAUL FANNING | 11 April, 2016 at 10:27
    
    Thanks for your question. English has about 145 irregular verbs. You can find a list in most good grammars and dictionaries – and probably online somewhere too.
marcel | 14 August, 2013 at 15:15

Thanks a lot Mr. Fanning. May God Bless you.

Richard Sserunkuma | 14 August, 2013 at 09:20

I like this so much, please be blessed

dmauldin53 | 5 February, 2013 at 18:05

Thank you for taking the time to post these learning materials. They will be most helpful to this lady taking up writing again after a thirty year absence. 🙂

- PAUL FANNING | 5 February, 2013 at 19:41
  
  Good luck with the writing, and if my materials help in any way I’ll be really pleased.
  
  - dmauldin53 | 5 February, 2013 at 19:58
    
    No doubt that they will help. 🙂