Dr. Rod Ellis: TESOL Written Corrective Feedback - matbury.com Professor Rod Ellis, gave a presentation which is available on YouTube.com. In it, he focuses on written corrective feedback. I’ve written a basic summary below. Get a drink, a snack, your notebook, make yourself comfortable and enjoy an allusive, informative explanation of the current state of affairs regarding written corrective feedback; the types and strategies, what we know, what we don’t know and what we should do. Running time: 1:09:08 Why do we give written corrective feedback? To enable learners to revise their own writing, i.e. produce a better second draftTo assist learner to acquire correct English A Typology of corrective feedback types Strategies for providing corrective feedbackHow learners respond to the feedback Written corrective feedback strategies 1. Advantage – Provides learners with explicit guidance about how to correct their errors. * The effect of focused written corrective feedback and language aptitude on ESL learners. 2. Advantages Disadvantages 4. 1. 2. 5. 6.
How to Write an Argumentative Essay Planning Stage For an argument essay to be effective, it must contain certain elements that will persuade the audience to see things from your perspective. For this reason, you must take a few minutes to plan and prepare before you jump into writing an argument essay. Find a Good Topic To find good topic for an argument essay you should consider several issues that will have two conflicting points of view or very different conclusions. As you look over a list of topics you should find one that really sparks your interest. While a strong interest in a topic is important, it's not enough to be interested. As you explore the topics, make a mental list of points you could use as evidence for or against an issue. Consider Both Sides of Your Topic and Take a Position Once you have selected a topic you feel strongly about, you should make a list of points for both sides of the argument and pick a side. In the planning stage you will need to consider strong arguments for the "other" side. 1. 2.
The generation gap by Colin McIntosh It’s a feature of younger generations through the centuries that they feel the need to give themselves an identity through their ideas, their fashion, their politics, and their language. Leaving aside their language for another post, let’s look at the labels they’ve given themselves, that they’ve given others, and that others have given them, many of which are new additions to the Cambridge English Dictionary. The Beat Generation, born in the US in the 30s, were probably the trailblazers. The boomers, or baby-boomers, born in the baby boom after the Second World War, were the ones who, in Harold MacMillan’s famous phrase “never had it so good”, and they’re still thought of in this way by succeeding generations who had it worse. Generation X, the group of people who were born in the 1960s and 1970s, were often portrayed as having no clear direction to their lives. Like this: Like Loading...
Punctuation Marks period || comma || question mark || exclamation mark || colon || semicolon || hyphen || dash parentheses || brackets || ellipsis || apostrophe || quotation marks || slash The Guide to Grammar and Writing is sponsored by the Capital Community College Foundation, a nonprofit 501 c-3 organization that supports scholarships, faculty development, and curriculum innovation. I If you feel we have provided something of value and wish to show your appreciation, you can assist the College and its students with a tax-deductible contribution. For more about giving to Capital, write to CCC Foundation, 950 Main Street, Hartford, CT 06103. Phone (860) 906-5102 or email: jmcnamara@ccc.commnet.edu.
Writing task two Task description You will be given a discussion topic. Your task is to write a 250 word essay on that topic. You should spend around 40 minutes on the task. What is being tested is your ability to: Present a point of view with convincing evidence Challenge an alternate point of view Focus on the topic and avoid irrelevancies Communicate in a style that is easy to follow and cohesive Use English accurately and appropriately Sample task You should spend about 40 minutes on this task. Your task Complete the task 2 exercise above. Sample answer It has been around forty years since television was first introduced into Australian households and people today still have mixed views on whether it has a positive or a negative influence on the society. “The essay has a clear introduction which poses the problem. Strategies for improving your IELTS score The style of essay required for Task 2 of the IELTS writing test is standard to academic courses. Connecting sentences A. B.
Writing the Essay Intro and Conclusion Your essay lacks only two paragraphs now: the introduction and the conclusion. These paragraphs will give the reader a point of entry to and a point of exit from your essay. Introduction The introduction should be designed to attract the reader's attention and give her an idea of the essay's focus. Begin with an attention grabber. Conclusion The conclusion brings closure to the reader, summing up your points or providing a final perspective on your topic. All the conclusion needs is three or four strong sentences which do not need to follow any set formula. relative clauses 1. The relative pronouns: The relative pronouns are: We use who and whom for people, and which for things. We use relative pronouns to introduce relative clauses, which tell us more about people and things. 2. We use relative clauses to postmodify a noun - to make clear which person or thing we are talking about. as subject (see Clauses Sentences and Phrases) Isn’t that the woman who lives across the road from you? WARNING: The relative pronoun is the subject of the clause. *The woman who [she] lives across the road… *The tiger which [it] killed its keeper … as object of a clause (see Clauses, Sentences and Phrases) Have you seen those people who we met on holiday? - Sometimes we use whom instead of who when the relative pronoun is the object: Have you seen those people whom we met on holiday? - When the relative pronoun is object of its clause we sometimes leave it out: Have you seen those people we met on holiday? WARNING: The relative pronoun is the object of the clause. 3. 4. 5. 6.
10 Common Challenges Spanish Speakers Have When Learning English While English is – supposedly – an easy language to learn (maybe), every native speaker of another language has his or her issues. Today we’re looking at the common mistakes that native Spanish speakers make when trying to learn English. English learners, take a look – you might discover a mistake you didn’t even know you were making. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
English Punctuation - Learn English Free English Punctuation If you think punctuation doesn't matter, think again:- When you are speaking you use inflection, tone, nuance, pauses and word stress to communicate meaning. When you are writing you replace all this with punctuation. Using a full stop at the right time, can save a lot of embarassment:- Lynne Truss made a fortune out of pointing out that punctuation does indeed matter. The title, Eats shoots and leaves, comes from a joke about pandas:- A panda walks into a restaurant, sits down and orders a sandwich. Of course the entry would have been less deadly for the waiter if it had read - Panda: A bear, in the Uridae family, of Asian origin, characterised by distinct black and white colouring. There's another common joke:- An English professor wrote the words, “Woman without her man is nothing,” on the blackboard and directed his students to punctuate it correctly.The men wrote: “Woman, without her man, is nothing.”The women wrote: “Woman: Without her, man is nothing.”
Essay Punch Online: An Interactive Writing Tutorial British Council | Relative clauses - non-defining relative clauses Relative clauses - non-defining relative clauses Relative clauses add extra information to a sentence by defining a noun. They are usually divided into two types – defining relative clauses and non-defining relative clauses. Non-defining relative clauses Look at this sentence. My grandfather, who is 87, goes swimming every day. ‘who is 87’ is a non-defining relative clause. Look at some more examples. The film, which stars Tom Carter, is released on Friday. Non-defining relative clauses add extra information to sentences. Defining or non-defining? Remember that defining relative clauses are used to add important information. I’m going to wear the skirt that I bought in London. Non-defining relative clauses can use most relative pronouns (which, whose etc,) but they CAN’T use ‘that’ and the relative pronoun can never be omitted. The film, that stars Tom Carter, is released on Friday. Non-defining relative clauses are more often used in written English than in spoken English.
40 Useful Words and Phrases for Top-Notch Essays 17.7KGoogle +202 1702 2322 25 August, 2014 The secret to a successful essay doesn’t just lie in the clever things you talk about and the way you structure your points. To be truly brilliant, an essay needs to utilise the right language. General explaining Let’s start by looking at language for general explanations of complex points. 1. Usage: “In order to” can be used to introduce an explanation for the purpose of an argument. Example: “In order to understand X, we need first to understand Y.” 2. Usage: Use “in other words” when you want to express something in a different way (more simply), to make it easier to understand, or to emphasise or expand on a point. Example: “Frogs are amphibians. 3. Usage: This phrase is another way of saying “in other words”, and can be used in particularly complex points, when you feel that an alternative way of wording a problem may help the reader achieve a better understanding of its significance. Example: “Plants rely on photosynthesis. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Learn Paraphrase Writiing Introduction Do you want to improve your essay writing skills? If yes, learn paraphrasing. It is a skill that will upgrade your writing abilities. Here is a free six lesson e-course. This self-study course can help you write better sentences, paragraphs and essays. I promise. Who should take this e-course? need better writing skills plan to take a TOEFL or IELTS test want to increase English writing abilities quickly dream of studying in a western university Learn Writing Skills This e-course teaches six kinds of paraphrase writing skills. Here are the six skills and links to the lessons. Lesson 1: Synonyms. What is Paraphrase Writing? Paraphrasing is a reading and writing skill. Paraphrasing is not copying. Paraphrasing Helps Essay Writing Paraphrasing helps build writing skills in many areas. improve vocabulary powerlearn different sentence patternsexpand knowledge of expressionsdevelop your own writing style Research and Results I believe paraphrasing is a great writing skill. Download the Worksheets
Five Steps to Writing a Good For and Against Essay An essay is a formal piece of writing which describes, analyses or discusses a particular issue. The most common types are: Opinion essays. They present the writer’s personal opinion of the topic, supported with examples and reasons.For and against essays. In this post, I’ll guide you step by step to help you write a good for and against essay. Step 1. Step 1. Download pdf 1. 2. Once you have your first draft pay attention to how you have organised the information into paragraphs and grouped ideas. Once this is done you can focus on expression. 3. Introduction- Paragraph 1- Introduce the topic. 4. 5. 6. Step 2. Step 3. Using connectors is important to express different relationships between ideas. Read the flyer below to learn how to use: despite/in spite of, nevertheless, however, on the other hand, although, even though, though, yet, still, but and while/whereas. At the end of the flyer there are some interactive exercises to test your knowledge. Step 3. Test your knowledge Step 5.