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Learning English to Take the PCAT

Hettie Towner

2014-08-08

The Pharmacy College Admission Test (PCAT) is a standardized test created for prospective pharmacy school students, and the PCAT tests general academic skills and scientific knowledge needed for those who plan to pursue a career in pharmacology. Students are given four and a half hours to take the test. The test contains seven sections which are verbal ability, quantitative ability, biology, chemistry, reading, and two writing sections. Sufficient English knowledge is needed in order to take and pass the PCAT, specifically for the verbal ability, reading comprehension, and writing sections. The remainder of the article will explain these sections, give some English studying tips, and provide helpful PCAT prep review websites.

Each section tests for different academic skill sets. The verbal ability section will test your grammar and vocabulary skills through analogies and sentence completion questions. The reading section will test for comprehension, analysis, and evaluatio...

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English Plus One More Language Makes You a Translator or Tour Guide

Max Devin

2014-08-07

When travelling to another country, it is essential to know the basics of the country’s official language. Knowing the foreign language of the country you wish to visit will help you get around a new area and easily communicate with the locals. In addition to these factors, knowing English and the language of the country you are visiting can also save you a lot of money while travelling.

Learning a language ahead of time is more cost efficient than hiring a translator or interpreter during your trip. Even though you can pay for online language classes, classes at a local school, or a tutor, learning at least the basics of a new language can easily be done for free online. Through multitudes of resources online, you can teach yourself the basics of any language for free. Omniglot.com provides hundreds of English to foreign language translations of commonly used phrases and useful information about the alphabets and writing systems for many languages. Mylanguages.org and ilan...

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English Exercises Online

Jeanna Cokes

2014-08-06

I can be difficult to find exercises online to practice your English. What do I mean by English Exercises? I mean English worksheets, I mean quizzes that you can use to test your knowledge. Below are a few of my favorites:

Quizlet.com: I confess I didn’t use Quizlet.com to practice my English; Instead I used it to practice my Spanish to cram for a huge test at school, and my goodness, this site is a godsend. Let me describe my experience. There I was, panicking because I thought there was no way on earth that I would be able to digest all of the Spanish vocabulary that I needed to memorize by the morning. Someone had texted me earlier recommending I try Quizlet, so I went on the site. To my absolute shock, someone on the site had already created digital flashcards for every single vocabulary word from my high schools book that I need to memorize. That alone saved me about two hours of time. In addition to having a huge amount of content, the site also has some real...

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College Student Summer Internships

Monica Gaylord

2015-01-13

College students often have trouble finding a good job because they are usually only available to work for a few months in between semesters. However, there are many great college student summer internships available for those who look for them in more places than just the traditional career fairs hosted by many colleges and universities. The internet now allows you to search and find jobs with ease, connecting you with employers locally and all around the world. Along with looking on LRNGO.com, which offers great summer internship opportunities for those who look, college students seeking a summer internship should search online at some of the websites mentioned below. Getting a summer internship can be a great way to get relevant job experience and make some money, the trick to getting a good one as a college student is just knowing where to look.

There are many kinds of internship...

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6 Steps to Find an ESL EFL Job Now

David Brake

2014-08-04

Getting work as an English teacher or tutor like any other job is a numbers game. Want to optimize your chances? Here's what we recommend.

Create a profile on LRNGO, and any other free job listing site. Remember it’s a numbers game, so you have to put yourself out there.

Add a picture that looks friendly and upload your resume to your LRNGO profile. You don’t have to list your personal information or life story on your resume, but put as much information as you are comfortable with.

Ok you have a resume and your LRNGO profile looks good, now you need a video on YouTube (or Vimeo). I would recommend that you make two if possible: one where you introduce yourself and talk about your qualifications and say that you are looking for work (think of it as a video resume), and one that is a free English lesson for beginners to show a sample of your teaching. (You can find many instructional videos for English on You...

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Great Children’s Books for English Learners

Sable Jarrett

2014-08-04

Reading English books is such an important part of learning the actual language. I love to read, so here are a few of my favorite children’s books that I believe are good for two things:

They are entertaining and have value for adults

They are excellent for getting a handle on the English language.

Why children’s books, you might say? I personally believe that (good) children’s books are incredible for learning English because the language is very clear but at the same time they will still provide challenge for intermediate English learning speakers. So, without further ado, here is a short list of my personal favorites:

Harry Potter- You probably know Harry Potter, so I won’t waste your time summarizing it. Something to watch out for with Harry Potter in particular is that it has a lot of made up words (Expelliarmus!). Despite this, I still believe that there is immense value for an...

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Easy Ways to Better Your English Writing

Janette Morrish

2014-07-31

These days, English is the language of choice in virtually every circle, whether academic or financial. There are many paths that branch off, such as diction, spelling, grammar, etc. Among these different fields, perhaps one of the most important one is writing. Whether you are a native English speaker or a beginner, there are so many things you can do to have better English writing. This article will explore some of those ideas, as well as give tips to help you find your way to a better English writing level.

Of course, like virtually every other thing in life, climbing up the ladder to a better English writing style is achieved through practice. Try writing out, say, 200 words every day. (Better by hand than on the computer, since on the computer you may rely too much on spell check. As implied, check it after you write it with the spell check on your computer.) The words can be on any subject under the sun: school, your spouse/partner, or your pet; the more subjects,...

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Engaging Ways to Teach English Literature

Alden Fairchild

2014-07-31

There are few better ways to teach than to get your students to actually enjoy the subject that they’re learning. Fortunately, one of the easiest subjects for this is English Literature. If you already teach English literature, you may be familiar with ways to do this. If you’re not, then no worries! Read on.

There are few subjects more enjoyable or more engrossing than literature, once that little seed of love for reading is watered just a little. But the key is to not just dryly recite facts about your favorite lines of poetry. In order to teach English literature engagingly, you have to try and impart any passion you have on to the students. Once the students have caught this wonderful infection, they’ll start to learn without you hardly having to try to teach English literature.

Another way is to talk about what you’re reading with the class. When you teach English literature, don’t just blindly recite the lines you have for the day. Read a line or two...

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