"I installed several of them in one gulp, including AdBlock—a great though dubiously ethical way to keep lots of tabs open without slowing down your computer." (Slate)
Shouldn't that be 'ethically dubious'? 'Dubiously ethical' sounds like how devil-worshippers would feel if they were inadvertently doing something good.
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I have noticed that I get a lot of hits from people searching "present simple" and "ESL," and assume that this is language teachers looking for ideas or lesson plans. The following links are good places to start.
ESL Lounge Here you will find lesson plans organised by level. A fantastically useful site for busy teachers, and easy to navigate.
British Council Here lesson plans are organized by topic. There are more teaching activities in the 'downloads' section.
The Internet TESL Journal
They have not updated this page for a while, but there is still a lot you might find useful.
Humanising Language Teaching
This is an online journal, good for ideas, inspiration, and especially good towards the end of semester when you're feeling not quite human.
Dave's ESL Cafe
Almost too much to wade through, but a very useful resource. Lots of links to other sources.
Karin's ESL PartyLand
This is a page specifically dealing with teaching simple present and present progressive. I have not tried any of these, but there are a lot of ideas here, and they look good. At the very least you will be inspired.
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I think I have forgotten as much as I ever knew about grammar and syntax. Sometimes I go back and read my old posts and find myself appalled!
I don't think it's as much a grammar problem as it is word-choice. That is, either the writer doesn't know what 'dubiously' means or he doesn't know what ethics are. What's unethical about installing software that blocks ads that might slow down your computer? Unless, I suppose, you're a writer for an ad-intensive website.
I agree with you; it feels like it should be 'ethically dubious'.
I also mentally police other people's grammar, including my own. ^^;
By the way, I'm reading back through the old pages of your blog, and really enjoying it. Very very entertaining. I've also 'borrowed' some of your teaching ideas (like developing my own 'general knowledge quiz' to force students to practise good pronunciation). Just wanted to say that. You are a good writer. ^_^
IMO not incorrect but merely fanciful. Dubiously ethical is ethical in a dubious way (i.e. not necessarily, the expectation is it's going to be ethical but in this case that's dubious); ethically dubious is dubious in terms of ethics.
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