Ms Help, thank you for responding to my post. I did not find a notification in my spam folder. Is it possible that maybe my student saw that I changed the time of the session and she tried to change it again, and I didn't receive an email about it? Does italki send out email notifications when a student/teacher changes the time of a session, or do you just send out an initial email? I think it would be helpful to receive email notifications about any changes made to session requests. Another idea I had is if instead of a popup on your page when you have a session request, perhaps you can do a sound notification. Like when someone enters text into the chat window, there is a sound notification to let you know. I think that would be very helpful, and it would solve the issue of popup blockers. Also if you could have the home page automatically refresh itself every 5 minutes or so that would be helpful too. Just a few ideas. Thanks for your help!

Here are some great study resources for the TOEFL. Most of them are free (I'm all about the free resources), but a few (I think 2) are paid. Good luck!
<a href="http://toeflpractice.ets.org/">http://toeflpractice.ets.org/</a>
<a href="http://esl.about.com/od/teoflexam/TOEFL_Test_of_English_as_a_Foreign_Language_Exam_Help.htm">http://esl.about.com/od/teoflexam/TOEFL_Test_of_English_as_a_Foreign_Language_Exam_Help.htm</a>
<a href="http://www.english-test.net/toefl/">www.english-test.net/toefl/</a>
<a href="http://www.testwise.com/review.html">http://www.testwise.com/review.html</a>
<a href="http://www.englishclub.com/esl-exams/ets-toefl.htm">http://www.englishclub.com/esl-exams/ets-toefl.htm</a>
<a href="http://www.stuff.co.uk/toefl.htm">http://www.stuff.co.uk/toefl.htm</a>
<a href="http://www.4tests.com/exams/examdetail.asp?eid=57">http://www.4tests.com/exams/examdetail.asp?eid=57</a>

Greetings!
I'm Shayna. I am extremely passionate about language and culture, and have experience not only as a language teacher, but also as a language learner. I graduated from The George Washington University in Washington, DC with a BA in Anthropology (linguistic). Currently, I teach English to adult immigrants at a charter school in Washington, DC. The students I work with have unique learning styles, and most have been struggling to advance to the next level for two or more years. Due to my extensive experience as a language learner, I have developed a firm understanding of the mental processes associated with learning a new language in adulthood. This knowledge has helped me to create dynamic lesson plans tailored to the learning style of the individual, and as a result, all of my students have been able to pass their examinations, and progress to the next level. It would be my pleasure to be your English teacher. Hope to hear from you soon.
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A method that has been very successful with me is asking the students to answer who, what, where, why, when, how questions about a given topic, then having them take their answers and form them into a paragraph. If they can construct gramatically correct sentences, then the problem is usually that they don't understand how to construct a paragraph properly (the type of information to include, sequence, connecting ideas, etc.). If they can't construct gramatically correct sentences, then that is where you need to start.

The most helpful solution for me would be to notify me by email when I have a session request. I do all my work on the internet and it slows my browser down if I have too many pages open at once, so I rely on email notifications for all of the freelance work I do. I saw on my page that I have one missed session request, but I never received an email about it. I am also confused about why one of my session requests has expired. A girl scheduled a free trial with me for this Thursday, and I had to change the time because of a prior commitment, but now it says that the request has expired. I don't understand. Please help!

First of all, I must say that this sentence is poorly constructed. I myself had to read it over a few times before I completely understood what this person was trying to say, and I was only able to understand because I have seen the film (The Shawshank Redemption). It looks like this paragraph has been taken from a review of the film/book "The Shawshank Redemption." In order to explain the meaning of the sentence you asked about, I would have to reveal some of the plot of the film, so if you have not seen it yet, you may not want to read any further. The most important part of understanding this sentence, is understanding the meaning of "redemption", so that is where I will start. As a theological concept redemption is an element of salvation that broadly means the deliverance from sin. The English word redemption means 'repurchase' or 'buy back', and in the Old Testament referred to the ransom of slaves (Exodus 21:8). In the New Testament redemption is used to refer both to deliverance from sin and freedom from captivity. Taken in its widest sense, redemption is release from guilt, obligation, or punishment. Now back to the sentence in question: "...the redemption of a man who made a single mistake decades ago by a man who spent decades making up for the mistakes of others." The author of this quotation is talking about the two main characters in the film: "Andy Dufresne" and "Red". The man who made a single mistake decades ago is "Red." He committed a crime many years ago, and spent over thirty years in prison paying for his "mistake." The man who spent decades making up for the mistakes of others is "Andy." Andy was sent to prison for murdering his wife, but he was wrongly convicted - he was innocent. So what the author is trying to say is that "Red" received redemption from "Andy".

"True love" can be a difficult concept to define. It is a highly subjective term. However, generally speaking, this is the definition most associated with cultural references to the term: True love: Noun 1. (uncountable) The form of romantic affection that is considered pure and wholly positive, not just based on feelings of lust. 2. (countable) The unique individual for whom one feels such affection.

This is the definition of "foreigner" from the "New Oxford American Dictionary." foreigner |ˈf�rənər; ˈf�r-| noun a person born in or coming from a country other than one's own. • informal: a person not belonging to a particular place or group; a stranger or outsider. And just in case you are interested, here is the definition of "foreign." foreign |ˈf�rən; ˈf�r-| adjective 1. of, from, in, or characteristic of a country or language other than one's own: a foreign language. • dealing with or relating to other countries: foreign policy. • of or belonging to another district or area. • coming or introduced from outside: the quotation is a foreign element imported into the work. • (of a law or restriction) outside the local jurisdiction. 2. strange and unfamiliar: I suppose this all feels pretty foreign to you. • (foreign to) not belonging to or characteristic of: crime and brutality are foreign to our nature and our country.