Archive for October, 2007

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Concerns, Cares, Celebrations

Recently in class we have been discussing issues in the media that concern us, and sharing our views and opinions in the form of persuasive writing. Today your blog post could explore this further. Think about what concerns you most about the world? Which current issues in the media do you feel it is most important for people to consider? What [...]

Blogging as communication, connection, conversation

You have good ideas about reading and good ideas about writing as well, but what about blogging?
What do you understand by blogging? Does blogging help you understand? What does it help you understand? Have a look at the student bloggers writing in English in Spain. Read three or four of the student entries and leave some [...]

Writing for communication

Writing is one of the most important skills you can develop. Like reading, writing is an essential skill. But there’s lots of different ways of writing. When you want to communicate to your friends by text message it is appropriate to use txtspk with all the abbreviations that you’re used to. When you are writing [...]