It is a great opportunity for international students to improve english language .

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Hello! I'm realy glad to be a part of the group. See you on-line soon!

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Natasha

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Svitlana Chugu
Date: Wed Mar 28, 2007 10:42 pm

Dear Ruslan,
Please, enumerate the aspects of language you personally consider relevant and adequate for grammar studies?
Regards,
S.D.Chugu

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The purpose of this paper is to put one in the picture about what they have in common and what are the distinctions between them.
The executive branch of the US government is headed by the president. So, the president of the USA is the head of one leading states in the world. That is why it is very interesting and important to know as much as possible about those who were presidents of this country, about their similarities and differences.
So, Article II of the US Constitution admits executive power to the president. The president should be a natural-born citizen of the United States, at least 35 years old, and a resident of the country for at least 14 years. The president is elected for a term of four years and can only be reelected for one more term. This means that one can only be president twice. This law went into operation in 1951. Before that, the law was different. In fact, Franklin Roosevelt became a president in 1933. He was still president when he died in 1945. He was a president for 12 years. No one was president longer than he was. The 22 nd amendment was adopted after Franklin Roosevelt’s four successive terms. The president was elected on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of a leap year and took office on the 20th of January.
There were 43 presidents in the history of the USA. They were representatives of 17 states.
After studying party affiliation of the US presidents it should be said that all presidents of the USA were representatives of five political parties. The nation’s presidents have had much in common. The presidents of the USA were different people. The presidents were ranked as “great”, “near great”, “average”, “below average” and “failure” presidents.
The present American president George Walker Bush isn’t ranked either. Of course, historians will rank him in future.

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Serhiy Maruschak

Metaphor as a means of addresse-factor
E.Hemingway is a skillful writer, who uses a lot of stylistic devices, among which is metaphor, which makes his novel more colourful, emphatic, and close to the reader .He provides himself to be knowledgeable about different stylistic devices ;he makes the reader think over the meaning of metaphor as a means of addresse-factor in the certain situations and in the text in the whole ,what gives the reader more information and hints, which can be very important while reading.The meaning of the metaphor is essential for the full understanding of the novel.

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Svitlana V. Gladio
Date: Wed Mar 28, 2007 9:13 am

Dear Yulia,

Philosophers claim that every accident is logically planned, what, in your opinion, happened to the husband in the story? Was his failure predetermined?

THKS,
S.V.

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Dear Olexandr,
What do you think of the idea expressed in the book: If you forget for whom the bell tolls, it will toll for you? can it be applied to different situations?

I.Tereshchenko

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Maryna's paper addresses the teaching of language and culture. At times there has been a lot of discussion in our professional community, especially among those who view English as an International Language, as to the teaching of culture. Should we teach culture? And if English is an International Language, whose culture do we teach? There was a time, for example, when Saudi Arabia wanted students to learn English but not American/English culture. In the United States, I teach English to students from all over the world. If a Brazilian is doing business with a person from Taiwan and they are using English, which socio-cultural norms do they follow? It's a very interesting question.


Maryna also mentions that "education should have at its disposal such methods of teaching that will promote the introduction into the learning process the concepts of antidiscrimination, justice and pluralism." I believe this is part of the philosophy of more and more teachers that language classes shouldn't merely focus on topics such as music, food, and travel--that our students are in fact now members of a global community, and thus, we should look at global issues. Kip Cates, who teaches in Japan, has worked extensively on promoting the use of global issues in the classroom. You can read his article "Teaching for a Better World: Global Issues and Language Education" at http://www.hurights.or.jp/pub/hreas/5/06cates.pdf You can also find teaching materials on global issues at a number of sites. Here are two: http://www.exchanges.state.gov/forum/journal/ http://www2.tesol.org/communities/tsr

Interesting post Maryna!

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Dear All,

My name is Bertha Wise and my friend Nina brought me over to show me what you all had planned. I don't teach ESL or languages, but I do teach literature, humanities and ethics and I used to teach English composition courses at a community college in Oklahoma City. I visited Ukraine one year to participate in a two-week teachers' training, and I may have met you there. Poetry is also a favorite pasttime of mine!

I wish you the best in your conference and hope everyone learns a great deal.

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