Imagine you are watching an old American movie -- the crime film “Dirty Harry.” You have heard that one part of the film is very famous in American culture. You have heard different English speakers ...

Um, don’t you get, you know, annoyed by verbal clutter? Nothing sinks a public speaker quicker than an overdose of ums and uhs. Professional yakkers are expected to purge their speech of such lexical ...

Discourse markers list with 61 discourse markers and linkers to help students write and improve structural features in GCSE English. This discourse marker cheat sheet can be used as a classroom poster ...

MOST conversations in speaking or writing contexts are usually prefaced with discourse markers. Why is this fitting, and why are discourse markers inevitable in communication? This article discusses ...

This is an interactive PowerPoint lesson for B2 level students of English focusing on discourse markers that have different functions. This lesson lasts for approximately one hour or more and contains ...

WELCOME to the last part of the series on discourse markers. This week, we will consider discourse markers – words that show the connection between what a speaker is saying and what has already been ...