THIRD CONDITIONAL

What will you do if this blog doesn't exist?? or...
What would you do if this blog didn't exist?? or..
What would you have done if this blog hadn't existed??? hahaha!!!

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SIMULTANEOUS TRANSLATION?

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FALSE FRIENDS or FALSE COGNATES

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USE OF ARTICLES: THE, A, AN

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MAKE and DO COLLOCATIONS

I would like to share with you my own personal list.
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MAKE

A plan
A mistake
A choice
An offer
A noise
Some arrangements
A phone call
A suggestion
Love
A decision
Money
An attempt to do something
A profit in business
A loss in business
An effort
War
Peace
An effort
Sure
An excuse
Progress
An exception
The bed
A list

DO

The washing
Business
The ironing
Your best Better
The shopping
Me a favour
The housework
The homework
Some work
The laundry
Some research
A sport (e.g. yoga)
The boring job
Good
Right
Wrong
Harm
Damage

CINEMA VOCABULARY

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VIDEO ON REDUCED RELATIVE CLAUSES

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RELATIVE CLAUSES

Defining and non-defining 1

Defining and non-defining 2

Sentence Patterns and more practice

ASSESSING WRITING AT THE LAB

CRITERIA


TASK FULLFILMENT

Relevance of assigned topics; development of thesis; substantiality; adequecy of content; addressing writing tasks effectively (letter, paraghraph, dialogue writing, etc.), ability to put meaning; through effectively.


ORGANIZATION

Clarity of ideas; fluency of expressions; logical sequencing; cohesion


VOCABULARY

Effective use of vocabulary; idiom choice; vocabulary range


USE OF STRUCTURES

Complexity of constructions; accuracy in the use of tenses, articles, prepositions, etcmastery of conventions: spelling, punctuation, capitalization, paragraphing.


Based on Jacobs et al.’s (1981) scoring profile