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Description Paper & How-To Essay: Student Writing
As part of our online writing classes, my students have been writing on different kinds of tasks. Recently they wrote a Description paper, where they were to describe a person, place, or thing, as well as a How-To paper, where they give cookbook-like instructions....
Student Writing: A Definition Paper
In a recent online writing class, my students have been studying about definition papers and how to write one. In this writing task, one seeks to define a word, idea, or person. Below are two samples my students wrote. Take a look! Life: Does its Definition Work? What...
Think About vs. Think Of
Tonight in one of my writing classes, a student in Shenzhen, China had written an essay: How to Learn Chinese. Curious, I asked her: "Why did you choose this topic?" Her answer: "It's the first thing I could think about." Her answer sounded a bit strange to my ear,...
English Idioms (Sayings)
What are idioms? At DreyerCoaching.com, we do not give our students long lists of vocabulary words and grammar points to memorize; there are more than enough "cram schools" doing that already. Instead, we want to teach "real English," the way English speakers,...
English is a crazy language! 疯狂英文
English is a crazy language! (This phrase comes from the hilarious writing of linguist Richard Lederer, who gives some great examples of this nutty language. Many words in English have multiple meanings. You can read his essay here.) ******************** Just now in...
Still
Just now I was teaching a male high school student in Shenzhen, South China, in his 1 on 1 English class. We were reading an Indian legend about the Northern Lights, and he asked about the word "still" in this passage: "The chief often worried about his son. He did...
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