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Dear All, Choose one of the FOR and AGAINST topics from those we discussed in class with you today (the link to the textbook is in the end of this post) and do the following: 1. List the points on both sides of the issue you are planning to consider and share them in the thread. 2. Write your essay draft, paying special attention to the development of the argument and supporting evidence (how persuasive is it?) 3. Choose 5 expressions from your reading and make your own examples with them. I think it's more useful than providing examples from the dictionary because then you need to understand better how words combine (let me remind you about the Combinatory Dictionary of English, which you can access at http://bbidict.narod.ru ) and how formal they are. 4. Publish your essay draft in your blog a day before the next class or earlier and share a link to it in the thread. 5. Look through the draft of one of your peers and answer the following questions: a) Was it interesting

Dear All, Today we'll first revise the structure of a 5-paragraph essay by reading and discussing an essay about Market Forces in Business and then we'll complete set of exercises to help you improve your skills in writing thesis statements. Hope you will find these activities useful.                                                                                                                                     Can you comment on the content & structure of this essay: Interesting? (Why or Why not?) Logical? Well-supported? Your comment Add your versions of the thesis statements in the thread below. This is an example from the textbook: It's focuses on smth the audience can relate to 1.China is a wonderful tourist destination because of its interesting historical monuments, beautiful tourist resorts and outstanding natural beauty. 2. Think about why so many people want to go there. 3. Do not ask the question; answer it. If you do not kn

Dear All, Can you share with your peers and me your experience in writing a 5-paragraph essay? What I'd like to learn from you is what you found not difficult today and what you found not very easy or difficult to do Here is the list of points to consider: 1. Writing the introductory paragraph 2. Writing the body paragraphs a) formulating the thesis statement b) formulating the topic sentences c) organising the paragraphs logically d) finding convincing supporting evidence e) finding appropriate supporting evidence 3. List techniques you use to support your arguments a) b) c) d) e) 4. Essay opening techniques a) b) c) d) e) 5. Essasy closing techniques a) b) c) d) e) 6. How confident you are in doing the following: a) quoting  b) summarising smth. to include in your essay  c) paraphrasing 7. Any theory you feel necessary to discuss? a) b) c)   d) e)  Here is the scale to use: Need to revise/learn -Strongly disagree -Disagree  -Neither agree nor disagree -Agree -Strongly agree

Dear  All, I hope you'd find the tasks I've prepared for you for today useful as well as interesting. What I'd like to discuss with you are some useful techniques for learning new vocabulary. I'm sure you've discussed some aspects of this topic before, so first I'm inviting you to share with your peers in your groups of 2 or 3 the following question: What's your favourite technique for memorizing, recollecting and brushing up your vocabulary? Share your answers in the thread. Next, I'm inviting you to read the artcile about some strategies for learning vocabulary which are associated with what is known as spaced repetition learning strategies: https://bit.ly/2FaEeHO https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leitner_system Have you used a similar strategy? If yes, can you share your experience with us by first discussing it with each other and then sharing it in the thread. After that I'd like to ask you to share the list of dictionaries you use