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Acknowledgements I would like to dedicatethe Boostlr,r,ritingbooks to two very closecolleagues:Dean Staffordand YannickO'Neill.We have sharedmany experiencesand ideasabout teachingwriting skillsover the years,but your specialistknowledgeand enthusiasm for this aspect of learning and communication have always been an inspiration to me. Thanks mightily! Iason Renshaw The Publisherswould alsolike to thank the following teachersfor their suggestionsand comments on this course:Tara Cameron,RosanneCerello,Nancy Chan, ChangLi Ping,Ioy Chao,JessieChen,JosephineChen,ChiangYing-hsueh,Claire Cho, Cindy Chuang,Linda Chuang,Chueh Shiu-wen,Mark de Boer,Mieko Hayashida,Diana Ho, Lulu Hsu, EuniceIung, Hye Ri Kim, JakeKimball, JosieLai, Carol Lee,ElaineLee,Melody Lee,PeggyLi, EstherLim, Moon Ieong Lim, Iasmin Lin, Martin Lin, Catherine Littlehale Oki, Linda Liu, Tammy Liu, Goldie Luk, Ma Li-ling, Chizuko Matsushita, Geordie McGarty, YasuyoMito, Eunice Izumi Miyashita, Mari Nakamura, Yannick O'Neill, Coco Pan, Hannah Park, Karen Peng,Zanne Schultz, Kaj Schwermer,MiYeon Shin, Giant Shu, Dean Stafford, H1'LrnjuSuh,TanYung-hui, Devon Thagard, Iohn and Charlievan Goch,AnnieWang,Wang Shu-ling,Wu Lien-chun, SabrinaWu,Yeh Shihfen,TomYeh,LauraYoshida,andYunji Yun.
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ritin The Boost! Skills Seriesis the definitive ond comprehensive fourlevel seriesof skillsbooksfor junior EFLleame6.Theseries hos beendevelopedoround qge-qppropriote,cross-curriculor topics thqt developstudents'criticql thinking ond examinotion techniques.It followson integratedskillsopproochwith eochof the skillsbroughttogetherat the end of eochunit. The twelvecoreunitsin Boost! Writing 4 followo cleorqnd tronsporent structureto make teaching ond Ieqming eqsyond tun. The writing skills build ond progressocrossthe four levelsof Boost! Writing ond are co[elqted to the next generotionof tests of English. Youwill find the followingin Boost! Writing 4: a . . .
Age-opproprioteond cross-curriolor topics Modelsof goodwdting os well os exqmplesofbqd writing Writing practicethot builds from sentenceqnd parogroph levelsto full-lenglhpqssqges Activities thot provide on opportunity to creoteo wide voriety of text tFpes(essoys,letters,emqils, etc.)
Unit Topic - Eachunithasanage-appropriate and topic. cross-curricular Studentswill . findthetopicdirectlyrelates to their lives and study. own to learn. a beengaged andmotivated
Writing Skill of thetargeted A verysimpleintroduction unitskillis provided. Studentswill . be introduced to thewriting skillina clearand way. understandable
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PloyStotion 3 Sony intrcduced the first Ploystotiongome consolein the mid-1990s.It wqs very populqr qnd sold morc thon 100 million units.
Thenin 2000,SonyreleosedPloystotion2. This model hos olso beenvery populqr due to its excellentgraphicsqnd becouseit cqn plqy DVD5. Sonyhos releosedthe newestmodel in the series,Ploystqtion3. It is 35 times more powerful thon Ploystotion2. The controllen ore qlso much eqsierto usedue to speciolsensors. Sonysqysthqt ployinggomeson Plqystotion3 is like beingin o movie becousethe croDhicsqre soincredible.
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Circtethe best introductionfor the passage. SonyComputerEntertoinmentInc. is part of the SonyCorporation. It wos estoblishedin 1993 in Tokyo. SonyPlaystotion2 hos hqd q lot of competition from other consoleslike Microsoft Xbox qnd Nintendo GomeCube. The Sony Plqystotion3 gome consolehos been releosed.It is the lotestmodel in o populqr seriesthqt qlso includesPloystotion1 qnd 2. Ploystotion3 is much fosterthon Ploystotion2, ond it olso hqs o new contrcller ond incredible oroohics.
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Writing an introduction about something new youm6ywriteaboutsomethng new.Inthis kindof wfiting,younintroduction Sometimes should showthe rcaderwhythe thingrsimportantor interesting. Todothis,youshouldinclude new andinteresting detailsinyourintroduction.
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Nintendoenjoyedsuccess with their Nintendo64 gome console,which wosreleosedirr1996. Nintendo'sWii gomeconsoleis now ovoiloble. One of the most populor Nintendo64 gomeswas Super Mario64. It olso hos o brqnd new controller. Comecubehod impressivegrophlcs. In 2001 Nintendoreleosedthe Gomecube. Wii ollowsployersto ploy mony of the Nintendogomesmode in the lost 20 yeors. It is the lotestconsolefrom Nintendo,which qlso modeNintendo64 qnd Gomecube.
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Product: The Advonced Come Console
Introduction The AdvqncedGome Consolehos been rcleosed. It is the newestconsolefrcm
Product: The Homework Robot
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Readthe passagea boy wrote about a video game, Takenotes on his opinions,
Sonic the Hedgehog I recentlygot o Ploystotion 3, qnd I am so hoppyl I hove been Dloyino L Sonicthe Hedgehog. Sonicis q grcot gqme. I like it becquseit is reolly fost qnd hos qmozing grophics.It qlso requiresq lot of skill and hqs o very interestingstory. Finollt I like the foct thqt I cqn ploy three different hedgehogchorocte$-Sonic, Shodowond Silver.
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Product: The Fll/inq Bike
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Writing to explainsomething Sometimesyoumayneedto write an emailor a letter to explainsomething.For example, youmayneedto explainwhyyoucannotdo somethingor go somewhere.Makesureto give reasonsto supportyour explanation.
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Comnletethe student'semailto her soccercoach. I qm sorry to inform you thot I will not be able to attend your soccercomp next week. I hopeI will be qbleto qttendthe next one. / He told me thqt I wosill qnd should stoy ot home. / He olso soid thqt I will needto rest for qt leqst q week.
DeorCoachSimpson, (1)
I om very ill, ond I needto stqy ot home ond rest. I becomesick q few doysogo, ond I went to the doctoryesterdqy,(2) (3)
As o result I will not be oble to come to your soccercqmp. (4)
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Followthe stepsto write a letter to your teacher.Explainthat you cannot attendschoolnext week becauseyou are goingon a family trip. Brcinsform.' Bruinstorm ideqs for your letter on a sepqrqtepieceof poper. Thlnk of some detoils for your explanqtion. Planj Useyour ideosto moke q writing plqn. wlite on introduction stoting your reoson, detoils for o body pqrogrqph explqining it fufther qnd q conclusionsoying whot you hope mqy hqppen.
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From:
[email protected] Subject: Party Hil It's my birthdaynextSaturday, and l'll be havinga bigpartyat my house. The partywill startat 2 p.m.andwill finishaboutI p.m.We'regoingto watchmovies,playgamesandeat pizza,so it shouldbe a lot of fun. I hopeyou canmakeit. James
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would you preferto go to schoolor to your answers. learnat home?Discuss
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lFJqlnilesah,ofi)ll {rnq Thisweek,mostchildren wentbackto Howevettherearethousands school. of children whodid not.Instead, theywillstudy at home.Thisiscalledhomeschooling. Homeschooling isactually olderthanregular Inthepast,children learned at home school. because schools did notexist.Evenafterschools appeared in thecity,therewerefewschools in the country.Asa result,manychildrenstillhadto studyat home.Somefamouspeople werehomeschooled, including Abraham Lincoln Edison. andThomas Formuchofthe 1900s, homeschooling wasrare.However, in the 1970s, manyparents startedhomeschooling theirchildren.Theychoseto do thisfor severalreasons. Some parentsthoughtthe localschoolswerebad,sotheydecidedto teachtheirchildren themselves. Otherswantedtheirchildren to learnaboutreligion, whichwasnottaught at school. Thesedays,homeschooling isverypopularin Westerncountries. TheUnitedKingdomhas about50,000homeschooled children,andCanadahasaround60,000. TheUnitedStates hasthe highestnumbetwithasmanyas1.1millionhomeschooled children. Considering thesenumbers, homeschooling islikelyto remainpopularforyearsto come.
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Background .
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Conclusion Finishwith current information6nd a prediction aboutthefuture
comntetettre passage. Thesenew computers will be very helpfulfor students./ Theschooldid hovesome computers beforebut not enoughfor everystudentto use. / Our schoolrccentlygot brondnew computels./ Furthermore, only o few computemcouldconnectto the Intemet.
New Computers (1)
Now, everyclqssrcomhqs three computersond there qre more computerlobsoroundthe school. (2)
Mony of thesecompute$ did not work well. (3)
Fortunqtelt the new compute$ oll hqve on Internet connection.Also, there ore now enough compute$ for every student to use. {4)
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rollow the stepsto w]ite an essayabout a new rule at your schoolbanning cell phones. Broinsform,' Bminstorm ideosfor your essqyon o sepqrqtepieceof poper' fhink obout whqt your schoolis like ond how the new rule will chonge it. Pian:Useyour ideosto moke q wdting plon. Write qn interestingintroduction, body pqrqgrqphsgiving bockground informotion, ond q conclusionproviding cunent informqtion ond o prcdiction qbout the futurc.
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lo buildnany scAoolsor pay leaders. CA;ldren 'n lhese counlnesoflen c;nnor go ro sc/.ool.Someof lhesekidsm,ghIsludy al hone. Olhe*, however,wtllnol re.c;e,ve a! all. Somec|ildren live far away #om scAool in c,ounlnes wilh no pubhc lranspo,lahon. -flese
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W h a t f a m o u sb u i l d i n g sa r e i n y o u r country? Discussyour answers.
Readthe passage.
The UnitedStatesCapitol The United StotesCapitol is locotedin Wqshington, D.C. It is the home of the United Stotesgovernment.The Copitol is olso one of the most well-known buildingsin the world.
PrcsidentGeorgeWqshington. Its north wing wos finished in 18OOond its south winq in 1811.In 1814,the Copitolwos bumed down by the Bdtish ormy. Its reconstructionwos not completely finished until 1829.Sincethen, the building hos been olteredseveroltimes.
The constructionof the Copitol wos stqrtedin 1793.The building wqs designedby Dr. Williqm Thomton, ond one of its stoneswas loid by
The United StotesCopitol is visited by thousondsof tourists every yeqr.
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ploy well. Common exomplesinclude the trumpet, flute qnd clodnet. Stringinstrumentsqre ployedby strokingor pluckingstrings. Someore easyto leorn, while othersqrc very hqrd to pick up. Typiccl exomplesorc the guitor, violin ond cello. Percussioninstruments ore plqyed by hitting or shoking them. Common kinds include the drums, xylophone dnd tomboudne. Althouoh some ore very eosyto plqt others ore tricky to moster.
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Usingsynonymsand pronouns instead Yourwniting canbemoreinteresting if youusesynonyms andpronouns ofrcpeating the samewords manytimes. . A synonymis a word that hasthe samemeaningas anotherword Varge,massiveandhuge arc synonymsofrl:7]. . ,Apronounis a word that can replacea nounor nounphraseVt,they,he,him,this,those, some, others. none).
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Acoustic Guitors
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what things do you like to do on your your answers, vacation?Discuss
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WinterActivities WinterlWhatisthefirstthingthatcomesto Formany, Hotchocolate? mind?Snowmen? Threecommonkindsare it iswinteractivities. andsnowboarding. skiing, tobogganing skiingdowna mountain Toski,peoplewearskisandusepoles.Because First, thereisskiing. or elsetheymightfallandhurtthemselves. skiers needto be skillful canbe quitedifficult, isa sledtharis A toboggan Another winteractivityistobogganing. riddendownsnowyhills,A shortropeisusedto steerit. it isfunandeasyto do. Tobogganing isreallypopularbecause A snowboardis likea big skateboard Last,we havesnowboarding. lt isusedto ridedownsnowymountains. withoutwheels, lt canbe a lot offun, isverypopularwith teenagers. Snowboarding but it isdifficultto do well. winter areallwell-known andsnowboarding Skiing, tobogganing People allovertheworldhavefun doingthemduring activities. wintervacations.
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SpaceExploration Would you like to travel into space? D i s c u s ys o u r a n s w e r s .
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BetterWoys to SpendMoney Somepeoplethinkwe shouldspendmore moneyon spaceexploration, but r I do not thinkso. 2 | think it would be betterto spendmoreto fight poverty, stoppollutionand improveeducation.
.r First, we shouidspendmoremoneyto helpfightpoverty. l\4illions of peoplein theworld programs, do not haveenoughmoneyforfoodor housing. Bygjvingmoneyto special we couldhelpthesepeoplelivebetterlives. Second,,r, moneycouldalsobe usedto stop pollution.We couldfind cleanerwaysto live that do not pollutethe airor the oceans. Wecouldalso cleanup the pollutionthat alreadyexists. Third,I believewe shouldspendmoneyto improve education. Wecouldhiremoreteachers.; Wecouldalso buildbetterschoolsand buy equipment,likecomputers. c ldo not feelweshouldspendmoremoneyon space exploration. Instead, I thinkwe shouldspendit on fighting poverty,stoppjngpollutionand improvingeducation.
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Deor Mission Leqder, I would like to opply to ioin your spocemission. , I qm qn excellentchoicebecquseof my
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scientificknowledge,odventurousspirit qnd greot teqm skills. , I hove a strong knowledgeof science. I olwoys get excellentgrodesin scienceclqss.I even do experimentsqt home to (2)
increosemy knowledge.This knowledgewould be very useful to you on your mission. Second,(3)
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, I hqve excellentteom skills.
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Protecting Nature Manypeoplethinkwe shouldprotectnature. I agreefor severalreasons.lt is importantto respectall livingthings.Furthermore, natureis for not onlygood for our healthbut necessary our survival. Firstof all,we shouldprotectnaturebecauseit is importantto respectall livingthings. We shouldrespectall ofthese Wesharethe worldwith rnillions of plantand animalspecies. species becausetheyhavethe samerightto livethat we do. I believethat natureis goodfor our health.Spendingtime in natureis muchhealthier Second, than spendingtime in the city.Forexample,whenwe arein the forest,we feelbetter it isquietandthe air is clean. and morerelaxedbecause Lastbut not least,we shouldprotectnaturebecauseit is Everything in the worldis necessary for our survival. connectedand if we hurt nature,we areactuallyhurting ourselves. Forexample,if we polluteallthe waterin the world,we will not haveanyleftto drink. In conclusion, by protectingnature,we arenot only respecting livingthing\,we arealsoensuringour own healthand survival.
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U s i n gd e t a i l sa n de x a m p l e tso s u p p o r ty o u r i d e a s Whenyouwrite,youoftenneedto presentimportantideasto showwhatyouthinkabout something. Tosupporttheseideas,youcanusedetailsandexamples.
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Mony qnimqlsin the worldqre in seriousdonger. Oetol: @
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Second,I would like to point out thot I know q lot obout biology. (Detqil)
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Lost but not leost,I honestly believethot wildlife is importont for our plqnet. (Detqil)
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In conclusion,my loveof onimols,knowledgeofbiologyond beliefin the importonce of wildlife moke me qn excellentchoicefor Teenwildlife Protectors. I look forwordto your response. Yourssincerclt LisoBurgess
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Govemments Should Protect Wildlife
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I believethot it is the responsibilityof governmentsto protectwildlife. They hqve o lot , of money which they con use
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I to do this. Theycon hire mony peopleond buy o lot of equipment.Forexomple, they con employrongersond who know how to scientists protectonimols.Moreover, they cqn buy 0ll the things thesepeopleneedto do their iobswell, Iike vehicles, equipmentqnd computers.
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Lifeon the Moon Somepeoplethink we should try to settleon the moon. (1) for severolreosons.(2)
, we should settleon the
moon becouseit will help us improve our scientificknowledge,find new resourcesond creotenew plocesfor peopleto live. (3)
, I believethot settling on the moon will help us
improve our scientificknowledge.we will be qble to study new rocksond minerols. {4)
, we will be oble to obseNethe Eqrth from spoce.
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would give humqns q new ploce to live. The world is getting more crowdedwith people ond buildings, ond we moy eventuolly run out of spqcefor everyoneon Eorth. A moon settlementwould give us onother ploce to live. t7) to help us increoseour scientific knowledge,find new resourcesqnd creotenew plocesto live, I believewe should stqrt o settlementon the moon.
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SehoolApplication Wouldyou like to studyat an internationalschool? your anSwers. Whyor why not? Discuss
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Readthe letter. Deor Ms. Lee, I would like to qpply to becomeq studentqt Genius lnternotionolSchool.I think I would moke o greot studentfor your schoolbecouseof my qcqdemictqlent, strongEnglishqbilitiesqnd love of differentcultures. Firstof all, I om on excellentstudent.I get good grqdes in oll subjects,ond I olwoysperformwell in tests.For exqmple,lqst semesterI got As in oll subjects. Second,I hovevery goodEnglishskiUs,which I know is importont ot your school.By wcy of exomple,I find it eqsyto speokEnglishto my teochers,ond I reolly enioy reodingEnglishbooks. Lost but not leost, I love to leom obout different cultures. At on internotionol school, there will be students from mony different countries, qnd I qm excited to find out obout their beliefsond cultures. In conclusion,bosedon my ocodemictolent,good English skills ond interest in other cultures, I feel thot I would be on excellent student for your school. I look forwqrd to heoring from you obout my opplicotion.
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Writing to applyto a school lf youapplyto certainschools,youmayneedto write a formalletter.Inthis kindof letter,you Youshouldalsoinclude shouldgivereasonswhyyouare a goodpersonto jointhe school. addresses, a date,anda formalgneeting andclosing.
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"' iin O A I nevergiveup ofter I beginsomething, "rr"n difficult. 312ShinwonBuilding School. 50ODqlgubeoldqero, Suseong-Gu B I qm writing to opplyto IntemotionolSuccess Dqegu706-011 C I look forwqrdto your rcsponse. D Forexomple,I hoveolrcodystudiedEnglishond July19 French. Mr. ]ohn Russell E DeqrMr. Russell, Intemotional Success School 139-143 Bonpo3-Dong,Seocho-Gu F JenniferPork Seoul,137-044 G Lostbut not leosl,I hovegoodteqmspi t. E I feel thot I om on excellent student for your school becouseof my tqlent with longuoges,belief in working hord ond teqm spidt. Filst of all, I qm tolented with languqges. I find it eqsy to leqrn new ldnguqges, qnd
I enioystudyingthem. By woy of exomple, I found. French difficult ot Second,I believe in working hord. fi6t, but I kept studying until I could speok well. _-,. I qlways try to work with those oround me. For exqmple, when I plqy teqm sports, I olwoys cooperqte with my teommqtes, so we cqn do our best. In conclusion, I believe my tolent with longuoges, belief in hord work ond teom spirit moke me qn excellent choice for your school. You6 sincerely,
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Principal'sname: Introduction:
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Bodyparagraph2 (reason): Topi(sentence:
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he o, Thankyoufor yourernai. I am g ad to hearthatyouare interested in becoming a reporter for the schoolnewspaper Beforeyoucanlo n the newspaper, l'd likeyouto writeme a shortema , givlngthreereasons whyyouthinkyou woud be a goodreporter. Forexampe, areyougoodat any anguages? Canyoutakephotographs? Youshouldalso provrde examples to suppotyourreasons ookforwardto yourrepy. T h a n yk o u , Mrs.Simpson
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StudyingAbroad Do you think studyingabroadis betterthan studying your answers. in your homecountry?Discuss
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A GreatPlaceto LearnEnglish
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Manyof Everyyearthousands of studentsgo abroadto studyEnglish. countrybut thesestudentsthinkyoucanonlylearnEngiish wellin an English-speaking placeto learnEnglish because it has I disagree. In my opinion,my countryisan excellent goodteachers, a varietyof learningmaterials and manyplaces to study. Firstof all,we havemanygoodEnglish teachers in my country.Somearelocalandsome arenativeEnglish speakers. Forexample, I am taughtby a localanda nativeEnglish teacher. I find learningfrom bothofthem perfectfor studyingEnglish. available Second, it isworthconsidering thatthereisa widevarietyof learningmaterials that students canuse. here.TherearemanyEnglish books,CDsandcomputerprograms At home,I useCDs Forexample, in my class, I readEnglish booksfull of interesting articles. gameson my computer. to practicemy listening andplayEnglish Lastbut not least,thereare manyplacesto learnEnglishin my country.Apartfrom school, I havebeento several I canalsostudyEnglish at institutions andcamps.Forexample, and listening skills. campswhichhavehelpedmewith my speaking properly. With In conclusion, I do notfeelthat studentsneedto go abroadto learnEnglish itsexcellent teachers, learnlngmaterials and places to study,I thinkmy countryisa great placeto learnEnglish.
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g,oup o{ faendnwhen lley sludy abroad.I agree. I *hinks*udyirg abroadin a group is lessslressful, more{un andlesslonely llan sludy;rg alone.
F'rslof all,stud'1rg-'lh f.;ends,s leasisiressfullkan study'rgalone.Inanollercounlry, sluder*sfacn.problems wh;chlhet' fnendscan helpllen wih. wlen I wassludyingin lhe Uni*edS*afes,r,y faendsoflen L,elpedne wtlh ny Erglish.Thisr\ade m,/,e>,penence mucAlesss*ress{ul. Second,* S morefun Io sludy ab.oadin a group. Fnendscan havea lol of fun logelle.. By *ay o{ exanple,my {aends andI l'ad so mucAyisi+ingmuseums. I amsu.e ii would nol havebeenas erloyablew'lhou| tl..em,
Last,sludyirgin a group;slessloneiylkn sludyng alone.Allhoughsludenlsnayfeel very lonelytn a foreign counlry, beingwtlh faends c,anhelp.As an example,whenI was aboard,I neverfell la lonelybec'avsery lAendswere.Ilere. I +Ainki+ 6 bel*e. lo sludy abroad'n a g,oup lhan lo sludy alone.wrlh tle.r {aends, siudenfs wili find lheir experiencelessslressful andlesslonelyllan by ttemselves.
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