The English Language Examination Tests

Being in honors English for my freshman year of high school would be a great opportunity to further my growth.. English is a vital, branching off of every core subjects such as Math, Science and Social Studies.Throughout my past education years , I have set my `expectations at a higher level,trying to have further knowledge of the subject. I feel that by being in Honors English, I will continue to challenge myself in ways I have never been offered by before. This course will place me in an atmosphere where I will be able to continue to work to my highest potential, with higher expectations from my teachers. I also believe being in honors English, will better prepare me for upcoming AP courses and my future college career. By perusing this

The grammar quiz on numbers was the most confusing for me so far. While I was working on this quiz I had to refer back our book, The Gregg Reference Manuel several times to help myself correctly finish the worksheet. After Finding out that I need a lot more work in numbers, I’m going to repeat this work sheet at least one more time before moving on to the next week. Hoping that this will help me feel a little more at ease with this section. I still struggle with all grammar but each time while writing I’m becoming more a wear of my mistakes.

The official language of Jamaica is English, but those who stay in rural areas speak patois. Patois is a creole dialect with West African, Spanish, and French elements. The language today reflects the history of the country and its interaction with diverse mixture of cultures from many ethnic, and social backgrounds. The local language is a reflection of a history of contact with variety of speakers, but the official language remains to be standard English (Pryce, 1997). However many Jamaicans

There’s no other place in this world where you’ll find somewhere that offers rich and vibrant culture other than Jamaica. Being the third largest Caribbean Island just south of Cuba, the population of Jamaica is approximately 2.8 million people. According to the Statistics Institute of Jamaica: In 2014 the latest estimate of people was 2.7 million. The people that reside in Jamaica, 90% are African descent, with the other ten percent made up of mostly Caucasians, East Indians and Chinese (Barrett 1997:3). The people of this island are fusions of many different ethnicities that have arrived on the island’s shores through as far as a few hundreds of years. Majority of the island is from African descent, but also many small communities of Indian, Chinese, Arab, and European. The well-known Jamaican accent, the food, and the music of Jamaica takes after the historical backdrop of the island. Jamaican culture is more than simply reggae music. The people is what makes Jamaica, and Jamaica is what makes the people there.

English language techniques are used in many writings to help the readers to have a better understanding and for the writers to express more. It is also same for an argumentative writing. In this particular essay, the writer had used language techniques to persuade readers that Australia should not become a republic country. This essay will discuss about what kind of language techniques the writer had used to persuade the readers that the writer’s opinion is correct.

Argumentation – An argument is writing that is used to convince the audience of something.

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There are a lot of different countries in the world. Some have many similarities and some have few similarities. English is the international language and everyone should try and learn this language if they want to communicate with the rest of the world. Most people think of the United Kingdom and the United States of America, as the english speaking countries. This is not the only English-speaking countries, with English as the national language. In this text I will take a closer look at a country that has english as the national language. I will look at the differences and similarities that this country has with The United Kingdom. The country is surprisingly small and has a population of approximately 3 million people. It is a small island and the largest English-speaking country in the Caribbean. It was a British colony from 1665 to 1962 and that is probably one of the reasons why most of the people there speak english. The country i am talking about is obviously Jamaica.

Coming from Jamaica, speaking what is known as “Broken English” made it difficult to communicate effectively with other students in school, as well as understanding the school work given by the teachers. The language barrier made it difficult to comprehend the school work, which led to being held back in the third grade. Simple tasks such as spelling, writing and mathematics were problematic because of the difference in the educational

Within English 219, we have already learned a vital set of writing skills, that will allow for the improvement of essays, and summaries that must be written for future assessments. Some of these skills that would be relevant for achieving general writing improvement could be ideas such as thesis development, structuring and planning, or more specific examples when actually fleshing out the essay such as elements of grammar and style. Thesis development which is crucial so that ideas can be fully explained and related back to a point which can be interpreted as an overarching theme for the entire paper, and allows the reader to interpret the topic of not only the essay but of each paragraph. Taking a step back we looked in class at the subject

The necessity of entering Class 307, for me specifically, was to improve upon my basic understanding of grammar, punctuation, sentence structure, and textual features, in order to improve my ability to maximise the impact that I could create within my writing. EDU307 would then cause a complete re-evaluation of my under-standing of the English Language, and learn to properly apply the knowledge absorbed from the lectures, tutorials, readings and MyWritingLab Global included. As my primary interest

In an effort to gain useable and positive feedback from English language learners, teachers must use ongoing assessments. Whereas standardized tests only give information on students during a certain part of the year, ongoing assessments will allow teachers to monitor students’ progress throughout the year. Informal assessments are very beneficial in monitoring the progress of students. One type of informal assessment is the use of role playing. During role playing, students are given opportunities to speak in English dealing with different situations. This assessment will let the teacher observe how well the student is comprehends the scenarios and how they respond to them. This type of assessment is effective because it allows students to put the English language into use increasing their English

As a student who graduated from U-Link CIC Shanghai, I feel grateful for my four-year CIC careers, which brought me academic success – my English level was improved to a proficient level, which satisfied the requirements of American colleges. However, after studying in UC Davis for over a year accompanying with ESL writing courses taken every quarter, I found that ESL exams provided by CIC seem to have some imperfections: the writing section of the exams are not extensive enough to let students practice writing different styles of essays. In this letter I would like to analyze in details about how this form of exam would affect students, and some possible solutions I have come up with.

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1) Develop a chart (matrix) of 1000−1,250 words that compares and contrasts the different types of assessments, the characteristics of each, and for what situations each is best suited. It should address the following: