CISL students living in San Diego or San Francisco learn many English words, but they also learn something not typically found in textbooks: how to speak “Californian!” As a Californian might (jokingly) say, “It’s, like, totally awesome!” California has its own special dialect and many of its own words. Thanks to Hollywood, some California slang...
Tag: <span>Vocabulary for ESL Students</span>
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New words added to the English dictionary in 2012
Every language grows and changes as people create new words. According to Miriam-Webster Dictionary, English officially added many new words in 2012, and CISL is taking a look at 15 of them today. How many of these have you heard before? aha moment bucket list cloud computing copernicium earworm energy drink f-bomb game changer gassed...