Friday 24 January 2014

Hi Guys?
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  ! :)



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Sunday 19 January 2014

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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!!!


We compared 5 books which are frequently used by students. If you hesitate which book you should buy, look and decide:


The book
Level
Plus
Minus
REMARK
Michael Swan, Practical English Grammar

Lots of theory and examples
No practice
For us it was not possible to learn only with this book without practice.
Foley, Hall, My GrammarLab
C1-C2
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…
Martin Hewings, Advanced Grammar in Use
C1-C2
Lots of examples, order, lots of new words and phrases.
Sometimes we did not understand theory which was explained more clearly in Swan..

Michael Vince, Advanced Language Practice
C1-C2
All difficult and strange cases which were explained in the class. 
Lack of order. All is mixed up.

Michael Vince, First Certificate Language Practice
B2
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Too easy for us. We would like to recommend it the students from the first year.



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:

 mis- badly
 misdiagnose sth, misinform sb, mismanage sth, mistreat sth/sb
 inter- between from one to another
 interdependent, interrelated
 ill- badly
 ill-treated, ill-advised
 re- again
 refuel, rewrite, retell
 de- indicating reversal or removal
 depopulated, decentralize, destabilize
 anti- opposed to
 anti-racism, anti-drugs policy


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
register