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		<title>Use of 3rd-person plural pronoun as 3rd-person gender-neutral pronoun: The reflexive</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here is an excellent discussion on the use of the reflexive 3rd-person plural when used as 3rd-person gender-neutral pronoun: Themself or Themselves? (Disponible en anglais seulement) Introduction As discussed in a previous article in Legistics, the plural pronoun &#8220;&#8221;they&#8221;" can be used to represent a singular antecedent that is gender-neutral and indefinite, for example, &#8220;&#8221;someone&#8221;", [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://eslweb.net/blog/?p=475</link>
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		<title>Project Censored classroom activities</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here are some great activities from Project Censored: CENSORSHIP GUIDE FOR TEACHERS &#124; Project Censored CENSORSHIP GUIDE FOR TEACHERS12 Ways To Use Project Censored In Your Classroom from 「Challenging Big Media News And Censorship」 in the ACME Activities Guide (http://www.acmecoalition.org/) 1. 「News」 and 「Censorship」: Beginning with definitions can be helpful. Have students define 「news,」 and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://eslweb.net/blog/?p=471</link>
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		<title>The language police</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This story is fascinating from a social-linguistic, historical perspective. It demonstrates how powerful language is, and the extent to which individuals, groups, and governments identify with it. Those who are quick to criticize the PRC government for its linguistic intolerance might keep in mind that the same types of policies once existed in the US [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://eslweb.net/blog/?p=466</link>
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		<title>Who says the US has no culture?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We have plenty of culture, as this story by the BBC demonstrates. This story could serve as the basis of a discussion about culture, with a stretch of the imagination. What would Taiwanese, for example, make of this odd American custom? BBC News &#8211; Californians bare bottoms for passing trains The southern Californian city of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://eslweb.net/blog/?p=459</link>
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		<title>Mercury Theatre</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Radio drama holds tremendous potential as language learning material, and the Mercury Theatre arguably produced some of the best radio drama. The Mercury Theatre on the Air The finest radio drama of the 1930』s was The Mercury Theatre on the Air, a show featuring the acclaimed New York drama company founded by Orson Welles and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://eslweb.net/blog/?p=440</link>
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		<title>I didn&#8217;t know swordfish had Internet access</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Can you see what is wrong with this statement? New oil spill total is bad news for BP, wildlife &#8211; Yahoo! News GRAND ISLE, La. – The astonishing news that the oil leak at the bottom of the sea may be twice as big as previously thought could have major repercussions for both the environment [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://eslweb.net/blog/?p=437</link>
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		<title>Radio Diaries</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a gem of a site. Along with StoryCorps, this is one of the best sites I&#8217;ve stumbled across in a long time, and I&#8217;m surprised I hadn&#8217;t learned of it sooner. One thing very nice about RadioDiaries is that you have the option of downloading in mp3 format, and it includes transcripts. This is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://eslweb.net/blog/?p=434</link>
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		<title>China Post is looking for a proofreader</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Attention: Proofreader urgently needed at China Post!]]></description>
		<link>http://eslweb.net/blog/?p=427</link>
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		<title>What does your community need?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This invention is incredibly cool. When can I get a hand-held version? This article and the invention about which it was written could stimulate discussion and group activity related to how science might improve one&#8217;s own community. &#8220;Given unlimited X, how could you improve Y.&#8221; Such a discussion might start with a brainstorm of the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://eslweb.net/blog/?p=420</link>
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		<title>You be the judge</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m getting increasingly interested in activities that require a discussion of values, community, and society. Related issues are generally ripe discussion topics. The following is from today&#8217;s news in Taiwan, and I&#8217;m wondering how such a variety of crimes (or otherwise objectionable actions) could serve as the basis for an activity. Can a group be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://eslweb.net/blog/?p=415</link>
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