ALOE: A Lesson on English

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"A Lesson on English" is a short, self-contained lesson on a word, a concept or some aspect of American culture or history. These lessons are used in ILI's American English Language Institute's conversational English classes.

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Name		Description
	Orange	The color of appetite!
	Purple	Reserved for royalty
	Natural Disasters	Nature acts and we deal with the consequences
	The Language of Business	What's a buzzword?
	British vs American English	What's a lift? A biscuit? A nappy?
	How to have a conversation	Create-your-own conversation!

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Name		Description
	Communication is important	Keep in touch!
	Christianity in the USA: the colonies	A brief look at Christian activities in Colonial North America
	December celebrations	Different celebrations in the USA in December
	Valentine's Day	Joy and sorrow!
	Lagniappe	A little extra
	4th of July	Independence Day
	June	The wedding month
	St Patrick's Day	The Celtic saint
	American superstitions	Black cats are bad luck!
	Halloween and Thanskgiving	Fall celebrations
	Christianity in the USA: 18th to 20th century	More history of the Christian church in the USA
	Christianity in the USA: before the colonies	The first Christians: who were they?

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Name		Description
	USA Universities and Colleges	The higher education system in the USA
	History of the English Language	Part two on the origins of English
	Christmas in the USA	How Christmas is celebrated in the USA
	Love	The meanings of the word LOVE
	New Year's Eve	USA celebration of the New Year
	History of English	Part One
	RED	Associations with the color red
	USA educational system	K-12 schools
	Education for adults	Training and further education
	University teaching	Professors and higher education practitioners
	Teaching high school	Multi-talented high school teachers!
	Education never ends	How to keep learning

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Name		Description
	Books	The wonderful world of books
	Land of warm winters	Florida
	Cliches	what is a cliche?
	Social class	Are there clesses in the USA?
	Oxymorons	Greek rhetorical devices
	Sarcasm	Tool of the unpowerful
	Blue	The color blue

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