Portfolio 2 - Common Grammer Mistake

We can only tell if the person is proficient in English by the way they write. Writing tells about a person's style and ability to express oneself. In the modern era, plain English is recommended instead of using jargons or flowery words. Some common grammer mistakes examples are like 'we look forward to meet you soon or we look forward to hear from you soon', but the correct way of writing should be 'we look forward to meeting you soon or we look forward to hearing from you soon. Another example is the word ' alot', there is no such word, it should be written as a lot. A good and easy to understand English sentence should also consist no more than 17 words. If the sentence is too long, it makes it difficult for the reader to understand and absorb the meaning. Puntuaction also plays a crucial role in structuring sentences, a misplacement of the comma or full stop will change the meaning of the entire sentence. An another important hint to look out for is to accept that writing and speaking is not the same. Some people might think that they can just type out what they have said out. In actual fact, not all conversations can be done that way.

Adjective Lesson Plan - English Adjectives Activity

In English, it is common to use more than one adjective before a noun - for example, "He's a silly young fool," or "she's a smart, energetic woman." When you use more than one adjective, you have to put them in the right order, according to type. This page will explain the different types of adjectives and the correct order for them.

1. Which is the correct order?
a) small Canadian thin lady
b) Canadian small thin lady
c) small thin Canadian lady
d) thin small Canadian lady

Answer: b
Size, shape, then origin.

2. Which is the correct order?
a) carving steel new knife
b) new steel carving knife
c) steel new carving knife
d) new carving steel knife

Answer: b
Age, material, then purpose.


3. Which is the correct order?
a) beautiful blue sailing boat
b) blue beautiful sailing boat
c) sailing beautiful blue boat
d) blue sailing beautiful boat

Answer: a
Opinion, colour, then purpose.


1st Conditional Tense - First Conditional Exercise in English

Compare the following two sentences:
A. If you call me I come.
B. If you call me I will come.

Both sentences seem to suggest that an action will take place, if a certain condition is met.That's what they have in common.There is a difference though, in a way that sentence A seems to express a sort of general rule, a principle that the speaker adheres to. In sentence B the speaker merely states an intention (what is likely to happen). We use the 1st Conditional in offers, suggestions, warnings and threats.
Examples: If we hurry (present simple), we will catch the bus.
If we miss it, there will be another one


1. If I lose my job now I ...
a) would start a business of my own.
b) will take a long holiday and apply for a new job later.
Answer: b


4. If the demand increases prices ...
a) rise.
b) will rise.

Answer: b

References
http://www.learn4good.com/languages/evrd_grammar/1stconditional.htm
http://www.learn4good.com/languages/evr_english_grammar.htm

Portfolio 1 - People's resistance to new ways of doing things

In general, people do not resist just to new ways of doing things but rather to any new changes that is taking place around them.
Everyone feels the most comfortable when they are in their comfort zone and doing the things they have known or done for ages.
However, in this new modern age, technology is changing very fast and the need to upgrade is essential for everyone.

Also, new technology may be adding burden to those bpeople who still coping with the current/existing technology. In such cases, they will have to juggle with the both systems.
Hence, they have to adapt to this kind of learning environment. For people who are more educated, it may be easier because they are educated in a way that learning is a crucial part of everyone's life. But for those less fortunatate people who received little or no education, they would be pondering and puzzled on the new terms and usage. For example, bank statements going paperless, using email to commmunicate the latest bank statement to us instead of mailing the hardcopy to us.

Another example would be paying bills via bank transfer instead of using cash.
Although majority of the people are educated but there are still a minority who are not. This could explain why some if the people resist to new technology and changes. However, I believe there are ways to improve this situation. The technology enables us to fill up our particulars via the electronic form which no longer require a hard copy. It can be very helpful to the people who wish to adapt to this new technology if there is a booth and a staff to assist those who cannot read and write.

I conclude that by doing it this way can help improve the situation.