Sunday 28 July 2019

Welcome to RW2e and to our class blog

What I read

Although I've read a bit in preparation for it, this post has a different purpose than summarizing and responding to something I've read. I want to welcome you to your EAP class on Monday and Wednesday mornings.

So, welcome.
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My response 

Thank you for joining our Saturday class in Reading and Writing for academic purposes. I hope you find the next four weeks useful, productive, also challenging, and perhaps even fun. 

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In her foreword to students on page 6, the series editor, Dorothy E. Zemach, gives some strategies for successful learning, one of which is to "be an independent learner" (in Bixby & Scanlon, 2013). This class blog is one way for us to do this. As Zemach suggests we do in her comment, it is one way for you to "find and then share information about ... different topics." Some of the topics you will write about here are the unit topics, but I also like Zemach's suggestion that "reading for pleasure and using the Internet in English" are important, so your writing here will not be limited to the topics of the units that we study over the next four weeks. 

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Reference

  • Bixby, J. & Scanlon, J. (2013). Skillful Reading & Writing, Student's Book 3. Oxford: Macmillan Education 
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  1. Nine29 July 2019 at 11:52

    Friendly, helpful, honest, cheerful and awesome are 5 words that would describe who am I.
    2. I belong to the volunteer group at orphanage that I mentioned and also sport player group such as badminton and petanque.
    3. Both of the groups provides great opportunity to make new friends. As I am studying in University, Joining social group giving me more friends, especially from different departments.

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