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23 November 2009 

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Lida Baker

 

Lida Baker teaches English and writes textbooks in Los Angeles

 
Lida Baker
Words of Comfort for an Unfortunate Event Other Than a Death  Audio Clip Available
"Even if you make a grammar mistake, or if you accidentally use the wrong word, it's your kindness and your intention that comes across," says Lida Baker
  • Finding the Right Expression of Sympathy When Someone Is Grieving  Audio Clip Available
  • Key to a Better Accent in English? Students Say It's in the Music  Audio Clip Available
  • Five New Year's Resolutions for Learners to Improve Their English  Audio Clip Available
  • Getting in Tune With Spoken English Means Thinking in Thought Groups  Audio Clip Available
  • Compounding Makes All the Difference Between a Black Bird and a Blackbird  Audio Clip Available
  • How to Reduce an Accent? First, Understand Just What an Accent Is  Audio Clip Available
  • 'House' or 'Home'? 'Friendlier' or 'More Friendly'? The Web Offers Answers  Audio Clip Available
  • Learning English by Listening, Um, to How People, Uh, Really Speak It  Audio Clip Available
  • Forget 'Chicken' and 'Egg,' What Comes First With 'After' and 'Before'?  Audio Clip Available
  • T Is for Trouble: Consonants Lead to Dissonance for an English Learner  Audio Clip Available
  • Gerunds vs. Infinitives, Part 2  Audio Clip Available
  • Gerunds vs. Infinitives, Part 1  Audio Clip Available
  • June 22, 2005 - Emotion in Words  Audio Clip Available
  • May 11, 2005 - Audience Mail  Audio Clip Available
  • April 27, 2005 - Compounding in English  Audio Clip Available
  • February 22, 2005 - Greetings in the U.S.  Audio Clip Available
  • January 26, 2005 - Questions About Pronunciation and Style  Audio Clip Available
  • December 22, 2004 - Lida Baker: Five New Year's Resolutions for English Learners  Audio Clip Available
  • November 24, 2004 - Lida Baker: Compliments in American English  Audio Clip Available
  • October 7, 2004 - Lida Baker: Crafting a Complaint  Audio Clip Available
  • August 12, 2004 - Lida Baker: Present Perfect Tense  Audio Clip Available
  • July 8, 2004 - Lida Baker: Common Sentence Errors  Audio Clip Available
  • May 20, 2004 - Lida Baker: Voiced and Voiceless Sounds in English  Audio Clip Available
  • April 15, 2004 - Lida Baker: Stress in American English  Audio Clip Available
  • March 4, 2004 - Lida Baker: Keyword Method as a Memory Aid  Audio Clip Available
  • January 22, 2004 - Lida Baker: Phrasal Verbs  Audio Clip Available
  • October 2, 2003 - Lida Baker: Thought Groups in Spoken English  Audio Clip Available
  • September 4, 2003 — Lida Baker: Informality in the Classroom  Audio Clip Available
  • June 26, 2003 - Lida Baker: Encouraging English Learners to Talk in Class, Part 2  Audio Clip Available
  • June 19, 2003 - Lida Baker: Encouraging English Learners to Talk in Class, Part 1  Audio Clip Available
  • April 3, 2003 - Lida Baker: War and English Teaching  Audio Clip Available
  • February 20, 2003 - Lida Baker: Linking and Blending  Audio Clip Available
  • January 16, 2003 - Lida Baker: Reduced Forms  Audio Clip Available
  • November 14, 2002 - Lida Baker: Listener Questions  Audio Clip Available
  • October 10, 2002 - Lida Baker: Names in America  Audio Clip Available
  • August 15, 2002 - Lida Baker: Exceptional Verbs  Audio Clip Available
  • June 20, 2002 - Lida Baker: Modals  Audio Clip Available
  • May 23, 2002 - Lida Baker: Making a Request  Audio Clip Available
  • April 7, 2002 - Lida Baker: Pronouncing 'th'  Audio Clip Available
  • March 3, 2002 - Lida Baker: Using a Dictionary  Audio Clip Available
  • January 20, 2002 - Lida Baker: Acquiring Vocabulary  Audio Clip Available
  • December 9, 2001 - Lida Baker: Stress in American English  Audio Clip Available