The English teachers voice

  For most of us, email is the most common form of business and personal communication so it’s important to get it right. Although emails usually aren’t as formal as letters, they still need to be professional to present a good impression. How to write a formal email Follow these five simple steps to make sure your English emails are perfectly professional. 1.      Begin with a greeting 2.      Thank the recipient 3.      State your purpose 4.      Add your closing remarks 5.      End with a closing 1.      Begin with a greeting Always open your email with a greeting, such as  “Dear David” . If your relationship with the reader is formal, use their family name (eg.  “Dear Mr. White” ). If the relationship is more casual, you can simply say,  “Hi Claudia” . If you don’t know the name of the person you are writing to, use:  “To whom it may c...

  What is the TOEFL Writing Exam Pattern? This section measures the test takers English writing proficiency in an academic setting and consists of two parts. Integrated Writing  Independent Writing The TOEFL Writing E¡exam duration is 50 minutes.   The time allotted to the Integrated writing task is 20 minutes, and that for the independent task is 30 minutes.  Independent Writing Task TOEFL Independent Writing topics require that the candidate writes an essay of approximately 300 words on a specific issue based on their knowledge and experience.  The Independent writing essay task is assessed on the basis of the quality of your writing.  The parameters of assessment are development, organization, and correct usage of grammar and vocabulary. The people who check the writing tests do not judge you on the basis of whether you agree or disagree with the topic, they are trained to accept varied opinions.  Integrated Writing Task The In...

  Dot-to-dots  worksheets are a fun, educational exercise that has many benefits for young learners. Using a dot-to-dot worksheet teaches children the order of numbers and helps them to learn to count. In many cases, children may need a little help, but as they get older, completing a dot-to-dot all by themselves is a great confidence booster for them. Dot-to-dot worksheets are also wonderful for improving hand-eye coordination. There is a lot of concentration that goes into completing a dot-to-dot worksheet as well as the obvious developmental improvement to their visual-motor control skills. Doing dot-to-dot worksheets also really helps to improve children's handwriting skills and is a valuable pre-writing teaching tool. As part of this process, children learn how to create shapes, control their pencils, and learn how much pressure to apply to the paper. In addition, working on a dot-to-dot is a great way to strengthen hand and finger muscles in preparation for writing. Duri...

  What is context and why is it important? The dictionary defines context as being: T he background, environment, setting, framework, or surroundings of events or occurrences. Simply put, context means circumstances forming a background of an event, idea or statement, in such a way as to enable readers to understand the narrative or a literary piece. ... This piece of information is called context. In language learning be it either your native language, or a second language, context allows the learner to form a picture in their minds of the word in an environment that makes its meaning easier to understand. For many older native speakers, they are able to read academic papers, books etc and completely understand virtually all of the vocabulary based upon the overall context even if they have never experienced many of the words before. ADVANCED ENGLISH: Enhancing Your Vocabulary with Prefixes and Suffixes. Attaching Context to Vocabulary Attaching context to the vocabulary that you...