by Jeremiah Bourque July 16, 2010 Follow author on Twitter>>>
Announcing: Learn Out Live Essays!
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Write Essays Like A Fish Swims
When you write an essay, do you feel like a fish out of water? Do you want to become more comfortable when you write?
More importantly, do you want constructive criticism and feedback to help you write better?
From today forward, I, Jeremiah Bourque, will be asking for short essays on one topic at a time from anyone who wants to submit these essays and receive feedback from a professional language tutor, that is, me.
Once I get a chance to go over essays, I will post the essays, and my corrections and friendly advice, in blog posts here at Learn Out Live.
A few things you should know:
It’s Free.
I won’t publish your name unless you ask, loudly.
Constructive criticism only. I won’t allow nasty comments either.
If I get 500 of these, I’ll have to pick and choose which to post.
I don’t know how many requests I’ll get, so that’s a healthy disclaimer.
I can guarantee one thing:
Everyone benefits from advice on how to write better essays.
By participating, you will be helping not just yourself, but everyone who reads this blog.
This effort is in cooperation with a Facebook page I co-admin, English Idioms, with over 22,000 fans. So, here’s one thing that I’d like to see in essays:
Try to use several idioms (minimum of three, preferably five or more) in your essays.
I can always give advice on better use of idioms. It’s easy for me, a native speaker, to do this for you.
Thank you very much, and I sincerely hope you enjoy this as much as I will.
So let’s begin, shall we?
Topic #1: Are Cell Phones Good For Society?
Short “persuasive essay.”
All opinions welcome!
I’m told technology is a big deal in Vietnam. English Idioms was founded by an English learner from Vietnam, so he is the inspiration for this first topic.
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569 days ago
Whenever I click on ‘E-mail Jeremiah Now!’ a page opens with the words: “Meow 404. Sorry, the cat has eaten that page you were trying to reach! We will have to feed her better next time!”
How do I e-mail you Mrs Bourque ??
569 days ago
Mr, and I fixed it, thanks a lot for pointing it out. I thought WordPress would make that work automatically. It didn’t. Not this version, anyway.
569 days ago
I remember the day when my parents bought me my first mobile phone as a reward for my school results. It was a beautiful and sunny day and I still can smell the scent of my new cell. I was proud and felt a kind of responsibility and seriousness. Since then, the mobile became one of the most important material things in my life. Yes, I can survive without the telephone, but there is always a sense of insecurity when I forget it at home…
I believe, that cell can safe my life. To tap out number 112 is all I need to do in case of emergency. If I am away from home, I can keep in touch with my family. When I am alone or desperate, I just call one of my friends. I often use the access to the internet and GPS technology.
The language of sms is simple, so I don`t need to be rhetorically skillful when I want to communicate my ideas with other people.
Well, the phone cells are neccessary, but we shouldn`t use it when we drive a car or travel by plane. And we should respect the mobile phone ethic like not to be loud or disturbing at public places etc.