Hi everybody. I'd like to tell you about my progress at my English classes in NES.
When I was in school, I've been preparing for english state exam. My teachers told me how to write a letter to a friend and an essay. The letter had a strong structure, which couldn't be broken; the essay was too limited for such themes, on which it should be based, so this scheme hasn't created any stimulus for improving level of language.
In this classes I met plenty new structures and kinds of essays. Well, as for me, the main advantage of this classes is a really wondering feedback: for every draft you receive a whole essay about your mistakes, the understandable and appropriate pieces of advice. I really enjoy the live connection with the instructor, it develops speaking and listening skills a lot. However, it's a problem for me that there are no tasks, which bring me new vocabulary and strengthen grammar..
I hope, next semester in our classes we would write 3000-4000 letter works.
Have you been working on the grammar log and vocabulary list assignments? It's my goal for you to develop independent learning strategies through these assignments. I only require 10 grammar log entries and 20 vocabulary list entries, but you can certainly add more if you are really motivated to improve in these areas.
ReplyDeleteI was also preparing for the state exam last year, and I noticed that this exam was more about structure than about the knowledge of English. However, ithe experience I gained while I was preparing for the state exam helped me in writing one-paragraph essay and argumentative essay. I also feel like I need more vocabulary practice. To my mind, the best solution would be to spend a bit more time on working on vocabulary project.
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