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cunliffe
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Hi all. My colleagues always complain that our students (mainly from Pakistan, Poland and Slovakia) do not use the article. I would like to send a slide out to them (my colleagues), with a paragraph on it, with the articles missing. I will ask them to provide an article if necessary. They will be able to do this quickly, without any effort, of course. I would then have the rule fly in, or show that on another slide, just to show them how difficult it is. But I was wondering if anyone knows of any such resource? |
25 Apr 2015
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spinney
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Hi Lynne! I only know of a couple of prinatbles here: And another here: They give a brief summary of the that rule works in most, but not all, cases. To tell you the truth I �v been meaning to do one of my own for yonks now. Dale |
25 Apr 2015
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lesleymisano2
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Hi Lynne, Saw your request and have uploaded one of the charts I did years ago. I �ve just uploaded it on islcollective as I usually do with my stuff. I don �t know if it �s what you were looking for exactly, but hope it �s useful in some way. I think I �ve taken all the Italian �bits � out. If things aren �t too clear, mail me on how I can improve it. All the Best Lesley |
25 Apr 2015
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cunliffe
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Hi guys, thank you! Lesley, I sent you a pm on iSLC and I �ve got the ws, thanks. It �s great and I �ll use that with my students. What I was after was a paragraph which included as many different reasons for using the article as possible, so that I could get the teachers thinking: what is the rule for that... so they would realise how difficult it is. I �m not expressing this very well! Anyway, I �ve written a ridiculous paragraph! Jen bought _ new dress for _ party, then she went to _ party in _ new dress. She met _ man in _ far corner who told her was _ teacher in _ morning and a gardener on _ sunny days. He offered her _ pickled onion and _ glass of _ beetroot juice then asked her if she preferred _ cats or _ dogs etc.... This is the quality of my training for staff, ha ha! |
25 Apr 2015
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yanogator
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Your paragraph might be ridiculous, Lynne, but it is an excellent exercise in using articles (or not).
Bruce |
25 Apr 2015
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ohermann
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Hi Lynne, It would be great if you incorporated the whole version of the ridiculous paragraph into a new wks of yours. There are also other languages having problem with the "articles thing". My own language also doesn�t know, I mean doesn�t have or contain, this tricky grammar thing. So if you prepare such a wks, pleeeease, do not forget to include the "answer key" for Polish, Pakistani, Slovak nad Czech teachers ;-) Oto
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26 Apr 2015
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cunliffe
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Hi guys, thanks for your comments. Last night, I received an email from the wonderful Lesley Misano, who had annotated my ridiculous paragraph, pointing out the rules and considerations. It �s turned into a great exercise and I think �my � teachers will enjoy it. I will expand it and upload it here, if Lesley doesn �t mind.... Lynne |
26 Apr 2015
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Minka
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Good idea! But ... When you say "They will be able to do this quickly, without any effort, of course. " I just don �t find it so self understood. Just a thought. |
26 Apr 2015
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ueslteacher
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Hi Lynne, I see that you �re all set so maybe you �ll find something useful here for your other projects:) |
26 Apr 2015
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cunliffe
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Hi Sophia, it �s so nice to see you back here and that is a fab link, thanks. Lynne |
26 Apr 2015
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