Language Analysis | February 26 2008 | Candidates should demonstrate an ability to analyse language for teaching purposes and show understanding of basic ELT terminology relating to form‚ meaning and language use. | Assignment 2 | He takes after his father Context: Students listen to a short dialogue (a married couple have just had a baby boy) A. Congratulations Julie! How are you? B. I’m fine thanks. I’m feeling much better now. A. So...where is he? Wow‚ look at his
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In the current social context‚ some people say that lying is a form of dishonesty. They live so truthful that they never lie. The truth is good. But in my opinion‚ there are circumstances in which it is better to lie. Basically‚ there are two purposes of lying‚ which is lying with an evil motive and lying with a good intention‚ or more commonly called as “white lies”. Unquestionably‚ one should always abstain oneself from cheating‚ as it involves gains for one party in the sacrifice of
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Response Reading: An American Childhood My first reaction to An American childhood was a lot like my own memories when I was a child. I have vivid memories of throwing snowballs at cars driving by‚ playing football‚ and hanging with the boys. I related to Annie Dillard more than any author I have ever read. Dillard was not the average type of girl growing up and neither was I. I’m sure though that this relates to many children when growing up and not having a care in the world. She was much more
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I have always known my brother was different. From the day he was born he was hooked up on beeping machines and glow fingers‚ he wasn’t on them for very long but enough to make me always remember the way they sounded. I knew he had a scar on his chest‚ I knew he looked different from me. I always just wanted to know why. I would never know why until middle school. Middle school was when I started noticing the kids that where different. I noticed the kids that screamed down the hall‚ the ones who
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Gattica Reflection The movie GATTICA was a very interesting and entertaining movie. I do believe that it is very possible for our world to become like this one day. It is in human nature to discriminate against one another and all throughout history that has been shown. If we were introduced to Genoism‚ I have no doubt that it will take over our society and impact the way we think and live. Personally‚ I strongly disagree with everything that has to do with Genoism and genetically modifying
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rentA wise man once said "the biggest mistake is believing there is one right way to listen‚ to talk‚ to have a conversation—or a relationship." We all know that a lot of things affect the way of communication. Where we’re from‚ or our educational background‚ or‚ of course‚ our gender. thus‚ men and women differ in their ways of communication‚ that is‚ the difference can be seen clearly In their daily conversations and even in their way of complaining about a problem. It’s a common sense that women
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There is a popular saying thrown around quite often as a wise piece of advice; "you never know what you have until it’s gone." This saying contrasts times of plenty with times of suffering‚ comparing the feelings of contentment felt when one has something with the loss and sorrow felt when it is taken away. It implies that one can never really truly appreciate something’s worth unless one has had had to endure without it. In order to fully enjoy something‚ one has to appreciate its worth. In order
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The Road Not Taken” Final Stanza In Frost’s poem The Road Not Taken he is attempting to relay the sense of direction we all use in making decisions. Frost arranged each stanza in his poem to rely one thought for each stanza. The main idea of the poem is “one of reflection and imagery as Frost looks back on his life” (1) The Road Not Taken is one of the most misunderstood poem’s Frost every wrote in his life. Many people believe they understand the poem after its first
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he most frightening experience of my life happened about seven months ago when my friends and I went to the feast of Valletta and many people were there. Some of them were a little bit drunk or people celebrating like crazy because they are obsessed fans of the feast. We decided take a short cut for the bus to go back home and instead of passing from Republic street we passed from a little street that was all dark and scary. After some time I realized that we were lost. I was very afraid and so
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Workingwomen Why do women leave their children and go to work? Some women decide to work for financial support‚ some to escape from homes‚ and some to release their stress etc. however‚ some people believe women shouldn’t work; they should take care of their young children. On the other hand‚ others do not agree with it. I believe women should work‚ so the family can benefit in many ways. To begin with‚ having a working mother in the family will help the family financially. My friend Nima is a
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