2012年11月26日 星期一

How to Learn English?--學英文 怎麼學?

The following article was written by an NTNU professor who taught me History of English in the summer of 1988.  I came across this article yesterday in my good friend Annie's blog (http://blog.roodo.com/anniechan) and can't wait to share it with English learners.

http://www.cw.com.tw/article/article.action?id=5009285

學英文 怎麼學?

2007-06-15 Web only

作者:李櫻

2012年11月25日 星期日

No Makeup Day--"High School Girls Promote 'True Beauty'"

My sister who has been in the States for more than 20 years told me the other day while she was in Taiwan that it's an etiquette to wear makeup to work, a date, or a formal occasion.  And I know many American high school girls use cosmetics.  I always wonder why because in my opinion, at such a young age, they should let their natural beauty shine and be proud of it.   Here is an article related to this issue.

http://www.parenting.com/blogs/show-and-tell/jacki-babytalk/high-school-girls-promote-true-beauty

High School Girls Promote 'True Beauty'

November 20, 2012  -->

2012年11月17日 星期六

When It Comes to Grammar, Practice Works Better Than Explanation

Last Sunday, when asked why in English we put -(e)s after a verb, besides telling my neice that -(e)s is added to a verb and that a /s/ or /z/ sound is heard when the subject is third person singular, I asked her to tell me something about her mother, her teacher, her best friend, etc.  My neice was happy to say something about these people because they are close to her and they are real.  When she forgot to utter the /s/ or /z/ sound, I repeated the verb with a rising intonation, and she had no problems correcting the mistake on her own.

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2012年11月2日 星期五