10 Words to Cut From Your Writing

10 Words to Cut From Your Writing by  Shanna Mallon

As Mark Twain famously wrote, "I didn't have time to write a short letter, so I wrote a long one instead." His point? Strong writing is lean writing.
When you want to make your writing more powerful, cut out words you don't need--such as the 10 included in this post:

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•   Just
•   Really
•   Very
•   Perhaps/maybe
•   Quite
•   Amazing
•   Literally
•   Stuff
•   Things
•   Got  

10 Techniques for More Precise Writing

Oral Presentation Tips

6 Must-Know Tips for Giving a Presentation in a Foreign Language

Five Presentation Tips
for ESL Students
www.roadtogrammar.com

Giving presentations is a great way to practice your English, whether the
presentations are in class and just for practice or in the real world. But to give a
great presentation, you need a little more than just good English. Here are five
important presentation tips for you.


Tip 1 Why do people get nervous when they give a presentation?

 While delivering your talk, if you can focus on only those people who are reacting positively – nodding, smiling and listening intently– you will feel much more comfortable. Ignore any member of the audience who does not look happy.

Tip 2 Use your voice as a tool
In the same way that you have to work on your body to keep fit, you have to work
on your voice for it to be an effective tool.


Tip 3 Make it look good
Put just a little text on each slide, so that the audience can follow your topics, but concentrate on you. Handouts, too, should be designed with this in mind.Finally, what about the way you present yourself? For an extra lift, wear your best
clothes and make-up. If you look good, your presentation will look good.

Tip 4 Make it interesting
Everybody is capable of engaging an audience. And it might be easier than you think. Good presenters know these few tips:www.roadtogrammar.com

• Involve the audience in the talk by asking lots of the questions

• Move about comfortably; don’t stand rooted to the spot

• Talk about your personal experiences and share anecdotes.People will be able to relate to you better

• Link your talk to recent hot topics in the media

• Use humor in wise amounts

• Use interesting facts and start off by saying ‘Did you know…?’

• Use positive, engaging language instead of being too formal.

• Constantly remind the audience how your talk will benefit them.“Remember that this is the way to ace your job interview…”

• If you project confidence and vary your tone of voice, the audience will listen to every word you say

Tip 5 Enjoy it!
You don’t think you could enjoy giving a presentation? After you finish, you are
sure to get a tremendous amount of satisfaction from a job well done..

Gerund or Infinitive

Verbs Followed by Gerund and/or Infinitive

Gerund only	Infinitive only	Gerund or Infinitive
admit anticipate appreciate avoid can't help consider defend defer delay deny detest discuss dislike dread enjoy excuse fancy finish forgive imagine involve keep (=continue) mention mind miss pardon postpone prevent quit (=stop) recall recollect resent resist resume risk save (=avoid the trouble of) suggest understand	afford agree appear arrange ask attempt beg care chance choose claim consent conspire dare decide demand deserve endeavor expect fail happen hesitate hope intend learn manage mean need omit offer plan prepare pretend promise prove refuse remain rush seem struggle swear tend threaten wait want wish	attempt* can/can't bear begin cease continue dislike dread forget* hate intend like love neglect prefer propose regret* remember* can/can't stand start stop* try*

*These verbs have a different meaning with the gerund or infinitive.

http://www.englishcorner.vacau.com/grammar/gerinflst.html

• For more practice click here.

• Don´t forget to click here, too. Worksheets were given in class, bring the answers.

 

• More exercise at Audio-Engilsh.

Reach Students To Make a Lasting Impact

How To Reach Students: 18 Simple Ways To Make A Lasting Impact

Read all the 18 ways here

This is the last one.
18. Establish a relationship.
See all of the above.
Oh, by the way, here is Mr. Keating in action if you haven’t seen it.







http://www.teachthought.com/teaching/how-to-reach-students-18-simple-ways-to-make-a-lasting-impact/

Alice Munro Wins Nobel Prize For Literature

Alice Munro: 'Splendid' to be awarded Nobel Prize

10 October 2013 Last updated at 19:56 BST

Canadian writer Alice Munro has said it is "splendid" to have been awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.

Speaking to Canadian broadcaster CBC's Heather Hiscox, Ms Munro said that she felt very happy that the award could "make people see the short story as an important art."

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Alice Munro wins Nobel Prize for Literature.

 

Read 12 Short Stories From Nobel Prize-Winning Writer Alice Munro Free Online

Calling her a “master of the contemporary short story,” the Swedish Academy awarded 82-year-old Alice Munro the Nobel Prize in Literature today. It is well-deserved, and hard-earned (and comes not long after she announced her retirement from fiction). After 14 story collections, Munro has reached at least a couple generations of writers with her psychologically subtle stories about ordinary men and women in Huron County, Ontario, her birthplace and home.

 

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Angling,a Sport

Angling is one of the most popular participant sports, following closely behind swimming and walking.
Indeed, particularly in the USA, fishing is now one of the top favourites as a televised sport.

Watch this awesome video after reading the worksheet given in the class.

Ron McCallum: How technology allowed me to read

Blind almost since birth, Ron McCallum is one of Australia's most respected legal scholars, and an activist on behalf of disabled people around the globe.

Click here to read the transcript after listening and answering the questions given in the class.

Keep Calm and Write On

   IHTOC3 David Petrie Keep Calm and Write On

BBC Learning English: At Liberty

AT LIBERTY

To be at liberty to do something means to be free to do it without any restrictions.
Examples:
Some companies keep information about salaries confidential and lower rank managers are not at liberty to discuss them.
This is a free country! I’m at liberty to go wherever I like.

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