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[Amy!]

I started today with Reading Stratigies and I made short summray for part of the lecture, I just made it shorter I mean I didn't add a lot of things because I can't write fast with the Dr.

InshaAllah I will try my best to write small notes from his lecture in future

3 Ways to Get the Meaning From Context:

1- Punctuation:
• Some of Punctuation Marks:
. = period or full stop
, = comma
; = semi-colon
: = colon
-= hyphen
_ = dash
( ) = round brackets

• Uses of Punctuation Marks:
I think it's good to take a look at the using for punctuation marks, and i don't know if we will study it later , but it's good to know a brief about it.
see this link:
http://www.englishclub.com/writing/punctuation.htm

• Example:
Tony Blair (the former British prime minister) resigned from office in 2007.

2- A clue in another sentence: (surrounding words)
• Example:
A school system in one country is not identical to the system in any other country. It cannot be exactly the same because each culture is different.
The second sentence have the same meaning of the first sentence.

3- Logic:
• Example:
Public schools are all both free all students and egalitarian; all students are considered equal and learn the same the same material.
Here, egalitarian means equal.

[Amy!]

can someone tell me what is the difference between topic and main idea?

[Amy!]

I did the first homework for the first lecture of Reading Stratifies

Exercise 3. Page 6:
1. On the other hand = from another point of view
2. Compulsory = required.
Universal = available to everyone
Primary school = elementary school
3. Rural = villages, small town or the country side.
4. Egalitarian = equal
5. Discipline = self-control
6. Entire = whole.
Status = social position
7. Determines = exams is optional for them or not required
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Exercise 5. Page 9:
From paragraph A:
Look at the school system, and you will see the social structure and the values of its culture.
From paragraph F:
Look at a country's schools, and you will learn about the society in which they exist.

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Exercise 2. Page: 15+ 16:
2. Students
3. Students
4. Students in the sensing group
5. Students
6. Professors
Exercise 1. Page 18:
2.individualism
3. contrast.
4. culture
6. traditions
7. goals.
8. assignments.
9. lectures.
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Exercise 3. Page 19:
2. attend
3. to
4. at
5. in
6. of
7. to
8. Take


i missed one because I didn't understand the difference between the main idea and the topic.

[Amy!]

I wish you join me to compare my answers to yours.

[Life is hard]

the main idea is Always as i think come in first of the paragraph and some times soldem in last line or the word in the paragraph talking about it more than one time

topic
it means the name of the any paragraph



hope i did it well !!

[Life is hard]

i will come back for the homework later coz i have to take a nap before work

[زورق*]

Amy!


Iam glad when I see any perfacte work same your work here


thanks


my friends/ please start our courses educational. now each one can open

his course to start explain the lectures

[Amy!]

Thanks Zaworaq :)

I listened to the first lecture of Grammatical Structure

hmm there isn't a lot about it I made a summary for it and I think the point about third person is interesting so i explained it

1st Lecture:
Present Simple uses:
For things happen everyday like:
habits, like My friend goes to university everyday
routines, e.g. Mona surfs the web everyday
and general facts e.g. water freezes at 0 degree

present progressive uses:
things that happen NOW.
e.g. I write this summary now.

Present Simple Form:
* He, She, It + Verb with S
e.g. She draws everyday.
* They, We, You, I + Verb infinitive
e.g. They go to work everyday.

What Is First, Second, and Third Person?
First Person: uses I as the narrator. E.g. I like books.
Second Person: uses YOU a lot. E.g. You like books
Third Person: Use He, she, it. E.g. She likes books.
Here is more about this:
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-the-...ird-person.htm




Spelling Rules When Adding 'S' To Verb:
Rule 1:
Add es after verbs ending in –ch. –sh, -ss, and –x
e.g. teaches, pushes, passes, fixes.
Rule 2:
When verb ends with consonant + Y = Ies.
e.g. fly = flies. Try = Tries.
Rule 3:
Do becomes does
Go becomes goes
Have becomes has.

Negatives in Simple Present:
They/ you/ we/ I + don't +verb.
e.g I don't work.
He/ she/ it + doesn't + verb without 'S'
e.g. she doesn't work.

Questions in Simple Present:
Do + I/ you/ we/ they + verb + ?
e.g. Do you work?
Does he/ she/ it + verb (without 'S') + ?
e.g. Does she work?

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nice job Amy

thnx 4 the explanation