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25 Comments Category: ESL Videos
Tags: First, M13's, Taiwan, Week

I try to make a vid showing where I lived for my first week in Taiwan.
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1 Comment Category: Illiteracy HELP
Tags: abot, About, concern, First, Give, History, Illiteracy, Please, Tell, Website

This Is My Project! Please Help

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Write Comment Category: ESL Articles
Tags: Affordable, Choice, Copywriting, English, First, Language, Second, Serviceswhen

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Writing the content for a company’s website is not a child’s play. It requires a lot of research and talent to deliver impressive and persuasive content that converts the website visitor into a customer soon after they read your content. Hence, the salaries demanded by copywriting professionals are too high that are often unaffordable for most website owners. Also, along with a handsome salary package are the benefits of life insurance and others that are expected from the companies. So, outsourcing copywriting services is the best way to go for a creative, positive and persuasive writing copy.

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9 Comments Category: Illiteracy HELP
Tags: 'functional, citizens, First, hear, Illiteracy, senior, Term

I am trying to date this term as back as possible.

Since as for me, I only heard it for the first time in my country in the nineties.

(I’m sure if this applied in other countries before, though…)

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23 Comments Category: Teaching Literacy
Tags: Acrostic, Attempt, Evaluate, First, Mine, Please, Poem, This, Writing

Literature
Is a reflection of reality
Transcribed in prose, drama or poetry
Educating man on the concept of humanity
Ravishing in language, style and antiquity
Aesthetic in its form and creativity
Teaching many on refined literacy
Undying as in works of Shakespeare and Shelley
Rampant in artistic license and honesty
Everlasting in human minds till eternity.

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1 Comment Category: Reading Skills Help
Tags: First, Grader, Improve, Reading, recommendations, Skills

Hi everyone,

My little brother, who is almost 7, is in jeopardy of being held back in 1st grade and I want to help him as much as possible so there might be a chance to improve on his deficiencies over this summer. His main problems include reading and writing.

Is there any type of audio program or reading program that can help him with reading? Any type of writing program for math?

Also any types of books that teachers might recommend?

I’m really committed to helping him and I would appreciate any feedback.

Thanks a bunch! :)

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6 Comments Category: World literacy
Tags: countires, First, Highest, Literacy, Rates, Second, Third, World

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6 Comments Category: Reading Skills Help
Tags: First, fluent, Grader, Reading, Should, Skills

My daughter just entered first grade this year. Her reading is not bad, but she still takes time in sounding out words and blending them together.

I am wondering if this is where she should be and if her father and I are pushing too hard? Everyone want their children above average, but I am trying to make sure she is where she should be.

Is first grade basically the learning stage where they learn to become fluent readers?

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2 Comments Category: ESL Literacy HELP
Tags: Beginner, best, English, First, Teach, Time

ESL beginner student wants to learn daily conversation English.What would be the best topic to teach her first at least to create an impression that studying English is interesting.

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Tags: Babies, First, Languages, Learn, Materials, Teach, Their, There

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I’m no neuro-scientist or professor of psycholinguistics…but when Stephen Krashen and Steven Pinker personally tell me that someone is doing valid and important work then I listen and read on.

language acquisition english out thereThis is the paper by Dr. Patricia Kuhl of the Institute for Learning and Brain Sciences at the University of Washington in Seattle that caught my eye, ‘a new view of language acquisition’ which talks about how infants acquire language and how early learning is achieved in a purely social context and the evidence suggests, shapes the neural framework of the brain for language and communication.…