NAVIGATING JOSE CARILLO’S ENGLISH FORUM WEBSITE
We are presenting this site navigation guide to make your visit and participation in Jose Carillo’s English Forum as productive, pleasant, and hassle-free as possible.
To begin with, please take note that this website has two distinct parts: the Front Page or Homepage, and the Forum Proper. You can view some of the contents of this site without necessarily entering the Forum Proper; when you click a tab on the Front Page, in particular, you will generally be led to the introductory page of that particular section. To go directly to the Forum Proper, you need to log in if you are already a registered member, or to first register if you are not yet a member. Only registered members who have logged in can reply to any of the posts inside the Forum Proper or make a new topic themselves.
INTERACTIVE SECTIONS
The major interactive sections of Jose Carillo’s English Forum are as follows:
Site Announcements
You can check out on this page the latest updates on the site and on the Forum.
English Grammar Problems
Use and Misuse – You can discuss on this page anything related to English grammar and usage. You can ask specific questions, answer any question for which you feel you have a good answer, or agree or diasagree with any statement made in any of the current posts. You can post a response to an existing topic by clicking on the “Reply” tab, and create a new topic of your own by clicking on the “New” tab.
Badly Written, Badly Spoken – This section serves as grammar police against blatant or grievous grievous public misuses of English. It entertains contributions in the form of photographs, transcriptions, or descriptions of blatantly wrong English usage in public media like billboards, newspapers and magazines, print and broadcast advertising, and books. Your comments to the postings on this page are also most welcome. Please send contributions in the form of images, PDF files, and the like by e-mail to jcarilloforum@gmail.com.
Joe Carillo’s Desk
Getting to Know English - Joe Carillo explains why some people are prone to writing grammatically problematic English. Continuing lessons on “Plugging the Gaps in our English” will be presented on this page on a weekly basis. You can respond to or ask questions about the lessons by clicking the "Reply" tab inside the Forum.
The tab for “Getting to Know English” on the Front Page has four submenus that allow access to their content directly without going into the Forum Proper. These submenus are as follows:
Quotable Quotes – Memorable and thoughtful statements on English in particular and on communication and teaching in general
Idiom for the Week - A featured English idiom and its meaning
Vocabulary Builder – A featured English word and its meaning
In a Lighter Vein - Humor involving the English language
The contents of these sections are updated weekly.
Essays by Jose Carillo - Joe Carillo writes on English usage and on English as the global language. Most of the essays presented in this page have previously appeared in his “English Plain and Simple” column in The Manila Times, but they are presented here in the context of current developments regarding the particular subject being taken up. Your comments to the essays appearing on on this page are most welcome. Just click the “Reply” tab to post your response.
Saying Your Piece
Pour Out Your Mind in English – This is a Freedom Park for self-expression. This page welcomes well-thought-out and well-considered postings in English about any subject under the sun. Postings that will be entertained are original essays, short stories, and verses in the English language written by the forum member himself or herself. Your comments to the contributed material appearing on this page are most welcome. Just click the “Reply” tab to post your response.
General Category
Lounge – This is a free-talk section where you can post anything about anything, particularly on subjects not related to English grammar and usage. Just be guided by the guidelines provided in the "Terms and Conditions" for the use of this website.
Readings
Going Deeper into English – This section provides hyperlinks to contemporary readings and classic studies in the English language. You cannot post comments directly on the websites for these readings because they lie outside the Forum website. However, you can always come back to the Forum and post your comments about any of the readings. Just click the “Reply” tab to post your response.
Advice & Dissent – This section features notable advocacies and controversies on English grammar and usage as well as on language in general. Your comments to the material appearing on this page are most welcome. Just click the “Reply” tab to post your comments.
Notable Works by Our Very Own – This is a continuing series on outstanding works of Filipino writers in English. Your comments to the material appearing on this page are most welcome. Just click the “Reply” tab to post your comments.
All three of these sections under “Reading” can be accessed in two ways: through their submenus in the “Readings” tab, or through their own respective tabs in the Front Page. Accessing these sections through their “Readings” tab will bring you directly into their pages inside the Forum Proper. On the other hand, accessing any of these sections by clicking their own respective tabs on the Front Page will first bring you to its introductory page outside the Forum Proper. Either way, however, you will need to log in or register first to get into the contents of these sections inside the Forum Proper.
Generally, the contents of most of these interactive sections of Jose Carillo’s English Forum are updated by midnight every Saturday.
Archives
You can access in these archives practically all of the materials that have previously appeared in the site’s pages outside the Forum proper. Materials inside the Forum proper will remain there on a continuing basis, so they generally won’t be forming part of these archives.
Help Center
Tech Support – You can report any problems related to the website here. Simply write and send your report and the Webmaster will attend to your concerns promptly.
OTHER SECTIONS
Jose Carillo’s English Forum has these other sections that can be accessed directly without going into the Forum:
Bookshop
The Bookshop carries the three English-usage books written by Jose Carillo. It gives the following information for each book: Excerpts, Reviews, and Ordering Details. The Table of Contents is provided for recent or forthcoming releases.
Suggested Readings
This is a list of books and websites personally recommended by Jose Carillo for serious English learners.
News From All Over
This is an aggregation of news stories and features about the English language from major newspapers, magazines, and websites all over the world. This section also welcomes news releases by organizations engaged in the teaching of English and related undertakings.
We hope that this navigation guide will help make your visits to Jose Carillo’s English Forum always a delightful, mind-enriching experience. Good luck!
Joe Carillo
