A look at language
First of all, thanks to those who got e-tivity 2 done by the deadline. I posted it late so I’ll wait until April 26th to post e-tivity 3 to give you time to finish doing it and replying to each other.
In the meantime, hopefully you have all received the message below and the attached file you need to reply to this blog entry.
I will generally not “check” the language used in your blog messages because we will focus on language and grammar in our use of the wiki and in class. However, I thought it might be useful to just start taking a small look at language. I’ve corrected the language in your messages from e-tivity 1. It’s very important to remember that we learn a lot not only from our own mistakes but from other people’s mistakes too! Therefore, when you’re not doing an e-tivity, try doing this.
Read the corrections for all of the messages (in the .rtf file I have sent you via e-mail). In particular focus your attention on the comments on the right side of the screen. Read all the comments carefully; I have not repeated comments so some at the end of the file make reference to others at the beginning.
Reply to this message with a comment in which you write about 1+ things you learned about the English language from the corrections, and ask any questions you may have.
Make mistakes, learn, improve, make mistakes, learn, improve … this is our iterative process!
Sarah
posted by Sarah @ 8:34 PM
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1 Comments:
• You can’t use a comma before “because”, “so”.
• “Very much” always comes after the object: “I like pizza very much”; “I like what I’m studying very much”.
• Geographical names are considered proper names and as such don’t use the article “the”, except for plural names and names of rivers.
• In the meaning of the Italian “come”, “like” describes the way something is, whereas “as” describes what something is.
• “Information” and “fur” are uncountable, therefore always singular. Wrong: “informations”; “it has got a thick fur”. Correct: “information”; “it has got thick fur”.
• You have to use “when”, “if”, “after”, “before”, “unless”, “as soon as”, “until”, “once” with the present simple when you are referring to the future: “I will be ready when I go to Sheffield next September”; “once you start you’ll become addicted”.
• When you start a letter or message in English, following the introductory salutation and comma you have to use a capital letter.
Vocabulary
• Keep up with = stare al passo con.
• Funny = fa ridere. Fun = divertente.
• Annoying = scocciante, seccante.
During Level 4, I should have learnt:
• if you’re talking about past without specifying when exactly, you have to use the past perfect, not the simple past;
• if the action is finished in the past, you have to use the simple past.
Christian (posted by Sarah)
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