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Do you have any idea what we can write about? Maybe you would like to know sth about LINGUISTICS? We are waiting for your comments and ideas ! :)
How to learn a foreign language
Friday 24 January 2014
Sunday 19 January 2014
Have you heard about Pro-Ana? I have heard recently about it and I'm shocked! Girls have own websites with the slogan : PRO-ANA. It means that they treat anorexia like the kind of lifestyle , not disease!!
They have own Dekalogue and for instance:
1. My slenderness is more important than my health.
2 You don't eat- you are strong, you eat - you are weak.
and they are writing, e.g:
Today I ate one apple and drank green tea
DO YOU AGREE THAT MODERN TECHNOLOGY AND MASS MEDIA MAKES SOMETIMES YOUNG PEOPLE STUPID? WE ARE AGAINST PRO-ANA!!!
They have own Dekalogue and for instance:
1. My slenderness is more important than my health.
2 You don't eat- you are strong, you eat - you are weak.
and they are writing, e.g:
Today I ate one apple and drank green tea
DO YOU AGREE THAT MODERN TECHNOLOGY AND MASS MEDIA MAKES SOMETIMES YOUNG PEOPLE STUPID? WE ARE AGAINST PRO-ANA!!!
We compared 5 books which are frequently used by students. If you hesitate which book you should buy, look and decide:
The book
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Level
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Plus
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Minus
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REMARK
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Michael Swan,
Practical English Grammar
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Lots of theory and
examples
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No practice
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For us it was not
possible to learn only with this book without practice.
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Foley, Hall, My
GrammarLab
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C1-C2
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Lots of examples,
order, additional things, for instance phrasal verbs
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It is very difficult
book. We find that it is more difficult than Vince’s one. But it is the same
level…
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Martin Hewings,
Advanced Grammar in Use
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C1-C2
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Lots of examples,
order, lots of new words and phrases.
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Sometimes we did not
understand theory which was explained more clearly in Swan..
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Michael Vince,
Advanced Language Practice
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C1-C2
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All difficult and
strange cases which were explained in the class.
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Lack of order. All
is mixed up.
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Michael Vince, First
Certificate Language Practice
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B2
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Too easy for us. We
would like to recommend it the students from the first year.
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HEWINGS - ADVANCED GRAMMAR IN USE
In this book besides grammar which is similar to Vince, I think, we can find texts with new words!
Look:
Prague is a stunning city,and this thriving capital of the Czech Republic makes a romantic and vibrant citybreak destination. A stroll through Prague's cobbled streets is wonderfully exciting: its architecture is remarkably diverse, and amazingly untouched by the Second World War, although Charles Bridges and the Astronomical Clock have recently been undergoing restoration.
Or even we have information about prefixes!
Look:
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Or common abreviations:
PS - postscript
encl. - document enclosed
PTO - please turn over
NB - used to make sb notice some important information
PC - politically correct aiming to avoid offending anyone
ETA - estimated time of arrival
B&B - bed and breakfast
Or Glossary with academic English:
evaluate sth
discursive
summarize sth
criterion
coherent
command of sth
stylistic
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