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TOPIC SENTENCE and a controlling IDEA

TOPIC SENTENCE and a controlling IDEA Example :Driving on freeways requires skill and alertness. *Driving on freeways : topic sentence. *skill and alertness :controlling idea. Make a topic sentence and a controlling idea. ! No.1 is done for you !!!!! 1. driving Tokyo requires nerves of steel. *Driving in Tokyo : Topic sentence. *Nerves of steel : controlling idea. 2. Driving in Tokyo requires an aggressive attitude. 3. living in a dormitory helps foreign students improve their English faster. 4. Living in a dormitory help foreign students learn about American culture more quickly. 5. living in a dormitory may cause severe culture e shock for some foreign students. 6. San Francisco has a great variety of ethnic neighborhood. 7. San Francisco is famous for its temperate climate. 8. San Francisco is well known for its many tourist attraction. 9. Meeting and making friends with American is a major problem for foreign students. 10. communicating in English is a major problem ...

VERB TENSES

Verb Tenses Simple Present / Present Continuous 1. Every Monday, Sally (drive) her kids to football practice. 2. Usually, I (work) as a secretary at ABT, but this summer I (study) French at a language school in Paris. That is why I am in Paris. 3. Shhhhh! Be quiet! John (sleep) . 4. Don't forget to take your umbrella. It (rain) . 5. I hate living in Seattle because it (rain, always) . 6. I'm sorry I can't hear what you (say) because everybody (talk) so loudly. 7. Justin (write, currently) a book about his adventures in Tibet. I hope he can find a good publisher when he is finished. 8. A: Do you want to come over for dinner tonight? B: Oh, I'm sorry, I can't. I (go) to a movie tonight with some friends. 9. The business cards (be, normally ) printed by a company in New York. Their prices (be) inexpensive, yet the quality of their work is quite good. 10. This delicious chocolate (be) made by a small chocolatier in Zurich, Switzerland. Verb Tense Simple...

TEFL: DESCRIBING LEARNERS

TEFL DESCRIBING LEARNERS AGE • Is a major factor in our decisions about how and what to teach. • Children learn language faster than adults do (plasticity of a young brain). • Adults have so many barriers to learning (both because of the slowing effects of ageing and because of their past experience). Young Children (up to nine or ten) • They respond to meaning even if they do not understand individual words • They often learn indirectly rather than directly- they take in information from all sides, learning from everything around them rather than only focusing on the precise topic they are being taught. • Their understanding comes not just from explanation, but also from what they see and hear and crucially, have a chance to touch and interact with. • They generally display an enthusiasm for learning and a curiosity about the world around them. • They have a need for individual attention from the teacher. • They are keen to talk about themselves, and respond well to learning that use...

PURPOSE

LESSON 1 YOUR PURPOSE and YOUR AUDIENCE Objectives • Learn about the reasons people write • Learn about writing for a particular reader Elegant architecture, finest material EXECUTIVE MENTENG APARTMENT 1, 2, 3 Bedroom & penthouse available Open 7 days / week Free pick up for viewing School bus available Call us for site viewing: 021 3149916 www.spam.co.id menteng@pacific.net.id The marketing division of the Apartment has a reason for writing this advertisement. He wants to attract people to hire it. That is the purpose—to persuade someone. Purpose is the reason a person write something. The main reason people write are: • to tell about something that happen • To describe something • To explain how or why something is done • To persuade someone to think or act in a certain way The marketing division hopes that someone looking for an apartment will read the advertisement. People who need an apartment make up the marketing’s audience An audience is the person or group of people w...

CENTERING DIPHTONGS

CENTERING DIPHTONGS  Phonology Centering diphthongs Centering diphthong is as diphthong in which there is a glide made from one vowel the position of the central vowel Notes: • The position of the second element becomes lower • In dialect may be even as low as /Λ/ There are four English centering diphthong  /Iə/  /єə/  /uə/  / כə/ The diagram Example  /Iə/ :lay  /єə/ :hair  /uə/ :poor  / כə/ :yours