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In a post published April 26, 2015, I recommended A guide to understanding persuasive language, provided by the University of New South Wales, Australia. This guide provided excellent advice on developing writing and speaking skills. Unfortunately, this link is no longer available, but don’t despair! I have found a well-written, concise guide on Literary Techniques by the BBC […]
(Photo credit: https://bit.ly/2NsUVgm) Firstly let’s get something clear here, I’m not talking about discipline as in teachers punishing students, I’m going to explore the idea of the role of personal discipline in the learning process for the student. In the past all forms of discipline were left up to the teacher to instill in the student. […]
via What is the role of DISCIPLINE in the future of LEARNING — The FUTURE of Learning
The English language is full of collocations and idioms. By collocations, I mean words that naturally go together like ‘high hopes‘, ‘heavy rain‘, and ‘make friends‘. We don’t say ‘tall hopes’, ‘huge rain‘ or ‘produce friends‘. Idioms are expressions whose meaning cannot be predicted by the words in the expression; for example, ‘to kick the […]
via A song with Collocations and Idioms — Mary’s English Blog
Having relatively recently taken my learning of the English language seriously, I have come across the idea of descriptive versus prescriptive language. I have always thought that as long as the intended message is sent, received and understood, the way in which this is achieved is irrelevant. What is Prescriptive language? This is where the […]
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ESL–English as a Second Language. (Confession time–English is my first language. I am functional but would not call myself quite fluent in Spanish. Those are the only two languages I know more than a few words in. I was also an English major in college.) I follow some very fine blogs written in English, where […]
As informed in my last writing IELTS is the English Language Proficiency test which is conducted across the globe for those aspiring people who wants to enhance their career or academics in a Native English speaking country. IELTS has two categories namely General IELTS and Academic IELTS. General is for those aspirants who are looking […]
THINGS TO REMEMBER – (1) Part 3 is the most difficult part of the test. You need to speak about more academic/advanced topics, which you may not be familiar with (2) Therefore, you should focus on giving a well-organized answer. Try to organize your response like a paragraph in an essay (a clear main […]
via IELTS Speaking Real Test 2018: Part 3 – Children — IELTS UNLOCKED
Image: Oxford English Dictionary, Mrpolyonymous CC BY 2.0 via flickr.com. But no, the Oxford Dictionary is not in charge. Who’s in charge of the English language? Nobody, of course. You might think that would make our writing easier; but actually, it makes it considerably harder. Here’s something you see all the time: someone either asks […]
via Who’s in charge of the English language? — Scientist Sees Squirrel
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* First, let’s look at the form (conjugation / spelling) of English verbs. They follow very simple patterns. English verb forms are much easier than many European languages like Spanish, Portuguese, French, Italian, and German. The Turkish language also has many more verb forms than English. There are patterns in every language which, if you can […]
via A Song with Past Simple Tense & Past Continuous Tense — Mary’s English Blog
Whether studying films at school is as important as studying literature? Analyzing motion pictures while at a place of education is as vital as learning literature. I agree with the statement because studying films helps in developing creativity, is a source of inspiration for many students and it helps the child in choosing correct life […]
via Essay – Whether studying films at school is as important as studying literature? — pteielts