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4 Comments Category: English Punctuation Videos
Tags: at, Creative, creative writing, creative writing in punctuation, Elijah, homeschool, Inspiring, Literacy, Reading, Writing

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2 Comments Category: ESL Literacy
Tags: at, Australia, creative writing, English/ESL, ESL, Need, Qualifications, Teach, teaching qualifications, TESOL

I’m thinking of immegrating to Australia and would like to know what teaching qualifications will I need to continue my career there.
I am already an ESL teach in England and have an MA in English Creative Writing + Trinity TESOL + City & Guilds Teacher Qualifications.

Can I get a job that will pay the rent and bills with those qualifications?
Can I convert those into Australiam qualifications?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

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Write Comment Category: Articles
Tags: About, at, creative writing, Life, r words, truth, Writing

When you are a writer, you cannot separate your writing from your life. Writers cannot not write, so writing for you is like breathing. It is so natural you don’t even think about it. I think it’s a shame that so many writers treat their writing as anything from “special time” to the last thing on their to-do list. Writing is life. And so the principles of life, or the truth about life, are also the principles of, or the truth about, the writing life.

I recently re-read a favorite spiritual book, and in it I found a quote from the…

Write Comment Category: Articles
Tags: at, Author's, creative writing, dg, General, Novice, Reading, Tips, Vocabulary, Writing

If you are reading this article then you probably have asked yourself at some point in your life, “Do I have what it takes to become an author?”

I believe that successful authors, those who actually write and finish that novel, or book of poetry, or even that book of short stories, and see it all the way to publication, have certain characteristics.

Characteristics of Authors

1. They like to sit for hours in front of a computer screen (or with pen and paper), typing (writing) away.

2. They think about their book, even when they’re not writing.

3. They…

Write Comment Category: Technology Literacy ARTICLES
Tags: at, brought, creative writing, Democratise, dg, evolution, General, Grammar, Grasp, Information, Interent, Literacy, Publishing, Technology, Writing

My name is Philip Spires and I am a Libros International author. It’s about six months since I first held a copy of my book, Mission, in my grasp. Mission was a project I had lived with, on and off, for twenty years. I wrote the book in the 1980s and forgot about it until November 2006. I retrieved it, decided to finish it and then there was Libros International. So, in my grasp, there was the book. It was a strange feeling. It felt like it had a life of its own, as if it had nothing to do…

Write Comment Category: ESL Articles
Tags: About, at, Children, creative writing, Cultures, english language, ESL, esl story books, esl teacher, Learn, learn english, Storybooks, Through, Writing

Hearing about the homes where other children live are perhaps the first thing a child will notice. They will ask questions about what they see, and through the problems encountered in a good story gain a broader understanding or the world beyond their own doors. A good selection of ESL stories will present a view of many different kinds of homes in a variety of places.

The games that foreign children play are of great interest, especially if some games are included as a part of the ESL kid’s activities. By participating in games the children not only learn English, but…

1 Comment Category: Articles
Tags: at, creative writing, dg, edwin schlossberg, From, General, graphs, Happy, Information, Note, Notes, r words, Reading, Scholastic, teaching writing intermediate- how to write a formal letter, william zinsser, Writer's, Writing

by Philip Yaffe

When I am introduced at social gatherings, the host or hostess usually says: “Hi, I want you to meet Philip Yaffe. He is a professional writer.” I almost always get the same response: “Oh, really. What type of novels do you write?” In other words, people automatically associate the term “writer” with “literature”; as if fiction were the only type of writing. It isn’t. And for most ordinary people, such as myself, it is the least important, yet it always seems to take pride of place.

Scholastic snobbery has a lot to do with this.

Virtually every secondary…

5 Comments Category: Literacy
Tags: at, creative writing, english only, Literacy, Opinion, Parents, Writing

For those who don’t know, a literacy parent is a parent who encourages their children to become writers (poetry, prose, etc.) especially if they read their child’s creative writing project and think their child has the talent to be successful.
I think literacy parents tend to be more in control than stage or sports parents, and aren’t nearly as pushy. I think of a literacy parent as someone who would read over a child’s writing, then be as constructive as they can in criticism and advice. Perhaps their only downside is they pressure their children to do well in English only;…

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4 Comments Category: Books
Tags: at, commonnouns, creative writing, English, english grammar, english grammar book, english grammar rules, ESL, esl study design, functional grammar, Grammar, Learners, Makes, Perfect, Practice, practice makes perfect learning languages, Translation, Translations, Writing

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Continuing the success of the bestselling Practice Makes Perfect series, Practice Makes Perfect English Grammar for ESL Learners features well-organized presentations, skill-building exercises, and a focus on practical conversational skills. Here you will find clear explanations accompanied by highlighted examples and boxed summaries of key points. You also get numerous exercises in a variety of formats, including fill-inthe-blank sentences and passages, translations, multiple-choice questions, sentence rewriting, and creative writing exercises. Answers to all questions are provided in the back of the book.

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