The Journey Continuous Writing Essay We were quite a pair‚ silently waiting on the dusty train platform in the late afternoon. Clutching our rolling suitcases‚ we were unable to speak over the loud screeches and hisses of trains in Penn Station. There he was‚ my eighty year old grandfather with his massive shock of silvery hair and bushy eyebrows. Dressed in a plaid flannel shirt‚ which he insisted on wearing with suspenders‚ he was a unique sight in the middle of New York City. And there I was
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was assigned a seat; after two hours‚ I heard my name being called. Walking towards the front of the room‚ I sat down at a desk‚ signed a few papers‚ and returned to my seat. After another hour of waiting‚ the ceremony finally began. A speaker spoke‚ a slideshow played‚ and then the best part occurred: the calling of the countries. When I heard my country’s name‚ I stood up with pride‚ scanning the room and noticing that I was the sole person there from my country. It was now time to receive our documents
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I believe that grammar should be taught both explicitly and implicitly with a mixture of techniques. Sometimes‚ grammar issues arise in class and I deal with them at the moment of speaking while other times I explicitly teach my students’ grammar in order to practice the rule. I find that this method is best for my students. For instance‚ a critical incident that happened in class recently was that I was teaching the story "A Summer’s Reading". In this story‚ there is the theme of respect and the
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Contrastive Study of Grammar Translation Method and Communicative Approach in Teaching English Grammar Shih-Chuan Chang Department of Foreign Languages‚ Cheng Shiu University Chengcing Rd. Niaosong Township‚ Kaohsiung County‚ 833‚ Taiwan Tel: 886-07-731-0606-6212 Received: October 21‚ 2010 Accepted: January 11‚ 2011 E-mail: llc724@csu.edu.tw doi:10.5539/elt.v4n2p13 Abstract The Grammar Translation Method and the Communicative Approach have both played important roles in grammar teaching.
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When joining the armed forces‚ you never quite know what will happen or what to expect next. It can be an amazing or a gruesome journey‚ but it depends on how you want it to be. At the beginning the journey might seems scary and intimidating‚ but as time goes on‚ you soon get use to the lifestyle and learn a great deal from the experience. Before I joined in November 2008‚ I was going through a marital problem‚ I was weak‚ intimidating‚ and I have no one or where to turn to. I applied for job in
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"Explore how time and place are used in the prescribed speeches to shape the audience’s understanding of how knowledge of the past sheds light on the present" - HSC 2013 Speeches form an interpretation of historical events and values which are moulded around the speaker’s opinions and ideology. Paul Keating’s ’Funeral Service of the Unknown Australian Soldier’ 1993 and Noel Pearson’s ’An Australian History for Us All’ 1996‚ demonstrate a contrast between how a historical and contextual understanding
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A Journey A. Essay Life is challenging. It doesn’t always turn out the way we thought it would – sometimes it turns out for the better sometimes for the worse. Due to these challenges life put upon us we once in while have to stop and ask ourselves whether or not the decisions we’ve made in life were right or wrong and wonder how life would have been if we had acted differently. At some point in life we all have to make such sentimental self-realization. In the short story “A Journey” by Colm
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The Grammar Translation Method The Grammar translation method‚ or classical method started when people wanted to read literature written in the target language. Its focus was on grammatical rules‚ the memorization of vocabulary and of various declensions and conjugations‚ translations of texts‚ doing written exercises. Rules of grammar‚ not the language itself‚ are all important. Verb declensions are set out tables‚ vocabulary lists to be learned‚ leading to translation from mother tongue into
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never occurred to me that one performance could change my whole high school career in running. One single moment of my life changed my whole outlook on sports and life in general‚ and it happened in the least expected way possible. There was only the slightest breeze in the cool‚ spring air when I stepped onto the track. I looked at the stoic trees that were standing at attention across the track and exhaled‚ trying to shake off some of my frantic nerves.. The temperature was beautiful‚ a classic
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Susan B. Anthony is a woman of history‚ a civil rights activist who fought for women’s rights‚ anti-slavery laws‚ and fought against alcohol. Not everything she fought for went her way‚ but a lot did during and after her lifetime that had a huge effect on America. Susan was born on February 15‚ 1820 in Adams Massachusetts to a Quaker family. She was the second oldest out of eight‚ and only six of those kids lived to be adults. After the death of two of her siblings‚ her family moved to Battenville
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