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Email scams and storytelling

In the ESL writing class, I try to make lessons that help students develop practical skills.
Read moreReal life editing exercise

ESL teachers sometimes need donuts. They also need writing lessons that students can finish in 20-30 minutes. Here are two activities.
Read moreTwo Short Writing Activities

Here is a high beginner+ ESL classroom activity that blends reading, writing, listening and speaking skills.
Read moreESL Activity: Conversations and Note-Taking about Inventions

This 45-minute (or less) drill helps students learn to write 4 kinds of sentences.
Read moreESL Writing Drill: 4 Key Sentences

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The letter of application you send with your CV is sometimes called a covering letter. It is usually the first direct contact between a candidate and an employer, so make sure it is well-written and presented. It should normally contain 3-4 paragraphs.

Here is a list of points you should include:

Say that you would like to apply

Say where you found out about the job

Say why you would like the job

Say why you are qualified to do the job

Say you can provide more information if necessary

Say when you would be available for interview

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The letter of application you send with your CV is sometimes called a covering letter. It is usually the first direct contact between a candidate and an employer, so make sure it is well-written and presented. It should normally contain 3-4 paragraphs.

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This upper-intermediate ESL lesson plan is the second of three lessons on the theme of 'profession'. It contains activities, games and resources for teaching English students how to write a cover letter for a resume.

Compare and contrast the characteristics of formal and informal writing with your students and try to elicit examples of each point.

ESL activities for writing a cover letter

The professional
Students review the function and purpose of a CV cover letter before writing one for themselves.
For the first part of this activity, elicit the different parts of a CV, the kind of information contained in each and add it to the board. In the end, your board may look like the following:

Personal profile, education, work experience, skills, interests, references.

Next, discuss the type of information contained in each section. For adult classes, draw on the students' experiences and talk about the expectations and structure of a CV as it relates to their culture. For less experienced groups, discuss what they think each section contains.

Moving on from that, confirm that the students understand the purpose of a cover letter. Try to arrive at the following two objectives:

1. To secure a job interview.
2. To convince the employer to read your CV.

Tell your students that for their next activity, they will be writing a cover letter. Try to elicit as much as possible of the following structure and add it to the board for your students to copy.

Dear [Mr./Mrs./Ms. ___ ] or [Sir/Madam] when we don't know who we are addressing.

Introduction
Who you are and what you are currently doing.
Why you are writing.

Skills and motivation
Why you are perfect for this job.
Why you want it.

Closing
Thank the reader. Call to action: Request an interview or follow-up phone call.

[Sincerely/regards]

Signature/name

The perfect opportunity
Students will work in groups to create cover letters for some unusual positions.
Start by discussing the following genuine job titles and the required skills and experience needed for each. After that, assign each one to a group and have them write the perfect cover letter.

Dog surfing instructor: People you pay to teach you and your dog to surf.
Professional cuddlers: Can charge up to $80 an hour to snuggle with strangers.
Dog food taster: Hired by pet food companies to test the quality of their products. They usually spit out the food once they taste it.
Fortune cookie writer: Fortune cookie manufacturers usually hire freelancers or in-house writers to come up with inspiring or witty fortunes. These people typically make around $40k a year.

Homework assignment: Topical reading
Students have to summarise an article related to a peculiar occupation.
Students must find an article profiling someone who has an unusual job. They should write a summary of the article and prepare to answer questions on it during the next lesson.

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How to write a cover letter | Upper-intermediate (B2) ESL lesson plan

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Preparation

Reading text

Tips

1. Write about your good points, not your bad points.

2. Don't include every single thing. Choose a few points and focus on them.

3. Don't add your contact details (e.g. address, phone number). You could get unwanted messages.

4. Check your spelling and punctuation before you post.

5. You can use punctuation and emojis when you're joking, e.g. ?! and .

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A growing collection of free printable ESL flashcards, worksheets, coloring pages, alphabet for teachers, parents and children.

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We offer you a growing collection of flashcards, worksheets, free coloring pages, an alphabet for teachers, parents and children. You can also find educative stories like Aesop Fables, or fairy-tales by Christian Anderson or Brothers Grimm, online games for kids to have fun, puzzles and other interesting stuff.

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Antes de empezar a escribir, es buena idea que hagas un pequeño esquema de lo que quieres decir para ordenar tus ideas. De esta manera te darás cuenta del ritmo que necesita tu texto y escogerás bien los conectores que uses. Puedes incluir una introducción, desarrollo y conclusión: aunque la redacción no sea muy extensa, es buena idea que las tres partes se diferencien.

Por otro lado, para que una redacción en inglés sea fluida, además de correcta gramaticalmente, debemos usar las preposiciones, conjunciones y adverbios, que en inglés se conocen como conectores. Estas palabras nos ayudan a contraponer las ideas y a organizar nuestros textos para que sean coherentes y se entiendan. Los conectores son palabras que unen frases. Los hay de diferentes tipos. Te los explicamos a continuación.

Coordinación

En inglés, adding. Como su propio nombre indica lo que hacemos con los conectores es unir dos frases que están al mismo nivel, sin que una se contraponga a la otra.

and - y

also - también

as well as - así como

moreover - además

too - también

furthermore - además

additionally - además

Ejemplos conectores redacción inglés de coordinación:
Barcelona is a very interesting city. Furthermore, there lives my family. - Barcelona es una ciudad interesante. Además, allí vive mi familia.

Contraste

En inglés el contrasting, es una de las dos formas que tenemos para contraponer ideas mediante el uso de conectores.

but - pero

however - sin embargo

on the other hand - por otra parte

despite of - a pesar de

Ejemplos conectores redacción inglés de contraste:
Despite of her age, she is the manager of the company. - A pesar de su edad, ella es la gerente de la empresa.

Causales

Este tipo de conectores establecen una relación de causa entre las proposiciones de la oración.

because - porque

as a result - como resultado

therefore - por consiguiente

at the same time - al mismo tiempo

consequently - consecuentemente

Ordenación

La verdadera clave de una redacción 10 es que las ideas estén bien ordenadas para tener un texto coherente y entendible de cara al lector. Por eso, hay un tipo de conectores que te van a ser muy útiles: se trata de los conectores de secuencia:

first - en primer lugar

then - entonces

finally - finalmente

next - siguiente

before - antes de

later - más tarde

De resultado

En tu discurso escrito, tienes que ofrecer conclusiones y marcar una línea temporal.

so - así, de esta manera

then - luego

in order to - para

Condición y finalidad

Para argumentar nuestras ideas podemos necesitar hablar de condiciones necesarias para que esta se cumpla. Y también de cuál es el propósito de lo que estamos exponiendo.

if - si (condicional)

since - desde, ya que

so that - para

Ejemplos conectores redacción inglés de condición:
If you go to live abroad, you will have more chances to work as a researcher. - Si vas a vivir al extranjero, tendrás más oportunidades de trabajar como investigador.

¿Quieres aprender inglés desde la comodidad de tu propia casa y con clases personalizadas "one to one"? ¡ Escríbenos!

Catalina Banfi
English Teacher

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Antes de empezar a escribir, es buena idea que hagas un pequeño esquema de lo que quieres decir para ordenar tus ideas. De esta manera te darás cuenta del ritmo que necesita tu texto y escogerás bien los conectores que uses. Puedes incluir una introducción, desarrollo y conclusión: aunque la redacción no sea muy extensa, es buena idea que las tres partes se diferencien.

Por otro lado, para que una redacción en inglés sea fluida, además de correcta gramaticalmente, debemos usar las preposiciones, conjunciones y adverbios, que en inglés se conocen como conectores. Estas palabras nos ayudan a contraponer las ideas y a organizar nuestros textos para que sean coherentes y se entiendan. Los conectores son palabras que unen frases. Los hay de diferentes tipos. Te los explicamos a continuación.

Coordinación

En inglés, adding. Como su propio nombre indica lo que hacemos con los conectores es unir dos frases que están al mismo nivel, sin que una se contraponga a la otra.

and - y

also - también

as well as - así como

moreover - además

too - también

furthermore - además

additionally - además

Ejemplos conectores redacción inglés de coordinación:
Barcelona is a very interesting city. Furthermore, there lives my family. - Barcelona es una ciudad interesante. Además, allí vive mi familia.

Contraste

En inglés el contrasting, es una de las dos formas que tenemos para contraponer ideas mediante el uso de conectores.

but - pero

however - sin embargo

on the other hand - por otra parte

despite of - a pesar de

Ejemplos conectores redacción inglés de contraste:
Despite of her age, she is the manager of the company. - A pesar de su edad, ella es la gerente de la empresa.

Causales

Este tipo de conectores establecen una relación de causa entre las proposiciones de la oración.

because - porque

as a result - como resultado

therefore - por consiguiente

at the same time - al mismo tiempo

consequently - consecuentemente

Ordenación

La verdadera clave de una redacción 10 es que las ideas estén bien ordenadas para tener un texto coherente y entendible de cara al lector. Por eso, hay un tipo de conectores que te van a ser muy útiles: se trata de los conectores de secuencia:

first - en primer lugar

then - entonces

finally - finalmente

next - siguiente

before - antes de

later - más tarde

De resultado

En tu discurso escrito, tienes que ofrecer conclusiones y marcar una línea temporal.

so - así, de esta manera

then - luego

in order to - para

Condición y finalidad

Para argumentar nuestras ideas podemos necesitar hablar de condiciones necesarias para que esta se cumpla. Y también de cuál es el propósito de lo que estamos exponiendo.

if - si (condicional)

since - desde, ya que

so that - para

Ejemplos conectores redacción inglés de condición:
If you go to live abroad, you will have more chances to work as a researcher. - Si vas a vivir al extranjero, tendrás más oportunidades de trabajar como investigador.

¿Quieres aprender inglés desde la comodidad de tu propia casa y con clases personalizadas "one to one"? ¡ Escríbenos!

Catalina Banfi
English Teacher

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By Maeve Maddox

Nominalization is the process of producing a noun from another part of speech. This post is about nouns formed from verbs.

Gerunds
The least-disguised nominalized verb is the gerund: the present participle form of the verb used as a noun:

Hiking can be arduous.
Writing is not for sissies.
Loitering is not permitted.

Agent Nouns
Many nouns that end in-or are derived from verbs; they denote the actor or agent of the verb from which they come:

actor: one who acts
inventor: one who invents
sculptor: one who sculpts
governor: one who governs
translator: one who translates

Note: The verbs in many -or agent nouns are not immediately recognizable because they correspond to Latin verbs, not English. For example, the rec- in rector is from the past participial stem of regere, "to rule." In modern usage, a rector is a member of the Anglican clergy who has charge of a parish. Historically, a rector was a ruler or governor with temporal powers.

The suffix -er also forms agent nouns: writer, worker, employer, dancer.

The suffixes -or and -er can also refer to things that perform a particular function: tiller, typewriter, projector.

Recipient Nouns
The suffix-ee is used in legal terminology to indicate the passive party in a legal transaction:

legatee: the person who is to receive a legacy
payee: the person who has the right to be paid

The -ee suffix is an adaptation of the é of certain Anglo-Norman past participles. The suffix has crept from legalese into general use. Some -ee forms do not jar:

employee: one who is employed
evacuee: one who is evacuated
parolee: one who is paroled

Others, however, sound silly:

tutee: one who is tutored
awardee: one who is awarded something
kidnapee: one who is kidnapped

Other Nominalized Verbs Formed with Suffixes
Other suffixes that transform verbs into nouns are:-tion, -sion, -ment, -ence, and -ance:

information, from "to inform"
investigation, from "to investigate"
collision, from "to collide"
agreement, from "to agree"
refusal, from "to refuse"
acceptance, from "to accept"
conference, from "to confer"
failure, from "to fail"

Zero-change Nominalization
Some verbs can be used as nouns without the addition of a suffix:

Sometimes the verb and noun differ in pronunciation. For example, the noun progress is pronounced with the stress on the first syllable; the verb progress is pronounced with the stress on the second syllable.

Use Nominalized Verbs with Care
Several articles in the DWT archives refer to "smothered verbs," referring to nominalized verbs that contribute to a stodgy style of writing.

Overuse of nominalized verbs, especially those ending in -tion and -ment, contribute to a wordy, stodgy style. For example,

The companies reached an agreement to build in the neighborhood.

Voters had a negative reaction to the new law.

There's nothing grammatically wrong with these sentences, but they can be improved stylistically by rewriting them to eliminate the nominalization and simply use the verb from which it comes:

The companies agreed to build in the neighborhood.

Voters reacted negatively to the new law.

The ability to form nouns from verbs by adding a suffix contributes to the marvelous flexibility of English, but-like all good things-it should be used in moderation.
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3 Responses to "Nominalized Verbs"

Preciseedit
I have been fighting nominalizations for years. They are the cause of boring and confusing academese, legalese, and businessese. They are the enemy of concise, clear, and direct writing.

They increase the noun to verb ratio, as well.

Consider this:
The increase in the consumption of ink has created a decrease in the utilization of pencils. (6:1 noun to verb ratio)
OR
People are using fewer pencils because they are using more red ink. (2:1 noun to verb ratio)

Dale A. Wood
"Agent nouns" that end in "er" are derived from Anglo-Saxon-Jute or more recent forms of German. Very often, the German word is identical to the English word, or very close to it. There are hundreds of instances, and I will name some here, with the German form in parentheses if I can remember it:

baker (Becker), booker (Bucher), carpenter (Zimmerman), driver (Fahrer), farmer (Meyer is an old word for this), hooper, leader (Leiter), nailer (Nagler), preacher (Pfarrer), piper (Pfeiffer), Knight (Ritter = rider, but only on animals, not machines), singer (Sanger), teacher (Lehrer), big businessman** (Unternehmer), undertaker, vender (Kaufmann), wagoner (Wagner), wine maker (Weiner), worker (Arbeiter). Schriftsteller is the word for secretary, and that takes us back when most secretaries were men. The German word for a female secretary is Schriftstellerin. Schriftsteller is not the word for someone like the Secretary of the Treasury, which is the Minister of Finance in many countries. "Geldfuhrer" means the man in charge of the money.
** a mover and shaker!
The verb "fahren" is an irregular verb, and one of its forms is "fuhren", and that leads us to Fuhrer, which leads us to "leader", which leads us to Adolf Hitler (yuck!)

There are additional German or Anglo-Saxon surnames that end in "er", and I will leave it up to you to figure out the details if you would like to:
Archer, Cooper, Decker, Esser, Grover (one who raises fruit in orchards), Harper, Lander, Parker, Scribner, Teacher, Teller, Walker, Weller, Wonder, Writer.

Be careful with these names: "Weiner" is a maker of wine or a grower of grapes, but a "Wiener" is a person from Vienna (spelled Wien in German). Thus "Wiener" is a famous Austrian name. Most English-speaking people cannot keep it straight about "ie" and "ei", and we even have some people named "Pierce" and some named "Peirce".

Writer sounds like an odd name, but an Army sergeant named Lones Writer won several medals in shooting for the U.S. Olympic Team back in the 1950s, 60s, and 70s. One of his teammates, and a medalist, too, was named "Wigger", so we had Writer and Wigger on our team.

D.A.W.

Charles Higginson
While tutee, awardee and kidnapee may sound silly, at least they conform to the basic Anglo-Norman sense of "ee" - one to whom something has been done. Thinking about what "attendee" or "returnee" might really mean makes my head spin.

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By Maeve Maddox Nominalization is the process of producing a noun from another part of speech. This post is about nouns formed from verbs. Gerunds The least-disguised nominalized verb is the gerund: the present participle form of the verb used as a noun: Hiking can be arduous. Writing is not for sissies.

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OPINION ESSAY: Linkers, structure and exercise with answers

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OPINION ESSAY: Linkers, structure and exercise with answers

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Instructions

1. Begin your essay by introducing your topic and explaining that you are exploring the advantages and disadvantages of this topic. You do not need a thesis because this is not a persuasive-paper. You aren't proving anything; you are simply giving information In articles and compositions, we may use any of the following techniques to make the beginning more interesting to the reader:
- a reference to an imaginary scene or situation
- addressing the reader directly
- a rhetorical question
- a quotation

2 . The main body usually consists of two paragraphs. One presents the points forthe issue, along with our justifications or examples. The other presents the points against the issue with supporting sentences.

-Write a list noting the advantages and disadvantages of your topic. Arrange them in the order you plan on writing them in your essay. Create a rough outline of your essay, including how many paragraphs you want and what you plan on writing for the conclusion.

- Use transitions when writing your essay. Do not start every sentence with the words, one advantage or one disadvantage. Use words like despite, nevertheless, yet, however and although. Keep your advantages and disadvantages grouped together. Write one or two paragraphs for each.

3 . In the final paragraph we give our opinion and/or a balanced summary of the topic. To make the ending of the composition more effective, we can use one of the following techniques:
- state a personal opinion
- give the reader something to consider
- use a quotation or rhetorical question

-Do not include opinion words (I believe, I think, etc) in the introduction or the main body of compositions, reports and articles.

In a discursive composition, ideas should be linked with appropriate linking words and phrases. Examples of these include:

To list and add points:
Firstly/In the first place/To start/begin with ...; Secondly/In addition/Furthermore/Moreover/Besides...; Thirdly/Finally/Last; Last but not least; etc

To introduce or list advantages:
The first/main/most important advantage of...;
One/Another/An additional advantage of ...;
One point of view in favour of...; It is often suggested/believed/argued that...;
Some/Many people suggest/feel/argue that...; etc

To introduce or list disadvantages:
The main/most important disadvantage/drawback of...; One/Another/An additional disadvantage/negative effect of...; One point/argument against; etc

To introduce examples/reasons/results:
For example/instance; such as; like; in particular; therefore; for this reason; because; as; since; as a result; etc

To show contrast:
On the other hand; However; still; but; Nonetheless; Nevertheless; Although; Even though; Despite/ In spite of (the fact that); etc

To introduce a conclusion:
In conclusion; To conclude/sum up; All in all; Finally; Last; All things considered; Taking everything into account/ consideration; etc

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You should be able to use contrasting connector in your writings/speech