<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681001691021972505</id><updated>2012-01-26T06:31:52.642-06:00</updated><category term='About IELS'/><category term='IELS Updates'/><category term='About Johnny English'/><category term='IELS Statistics'/><title type='text'>(IELS) International English Language School</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ielsrancorp.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5681001691021972505/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ielsrancorp.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>"Johnny English"</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17061199295578963191</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_V0GXOPok35g/SoRsZm31FJI/AAAAAAAAAtI/_EEzOFNcJqY/S220/JE1.JPG'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>55</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681001691021972505.post-6653445708330261403</id><published>2011-05-11T07:33:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2011-05-11T07:37:09.812-05:00</updated><title type='text'>RANCORP IELS OFFICE</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FCrVOrgCjPE/TcqC3dPscdI/AAAAAAAAA9I/Qi7f_HDtE6o/s1600/DSC02456.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; 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 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;&lt;u&gt;Professional English in Use – Medicine (&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Professional English in Use Medicine contains 60 units covering a wide variety of medical vocabulary. Topics include diseases and symptoms, investigations, treatment, examining and prevention. The book also introduces general medical vocabulary related to parts and functions of the body, medical, and para-medical personnel, education and training, research and presentations.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Contents&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Basics:&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;ol style="margin-top:0in" start="1" type="1"&gt;  &lt;li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"&gt;Health      and Illness&lt;/li&gt;  &lt;li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"&gt;Parts      of the body 1&lt;/li&gt;  &lt;li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"&gt;Parts      of the body 2&lt;/li&gt;  &lt;li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"&gt;Functions      of the body&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ol&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Medical and paramedical personnel and places&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo2; tab-stops:list .75in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;5.&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;      &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Medical practitioner 1&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo2; tab-stops:list .75in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;6.&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;      &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Medical practitioner 2&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo2; tab-stops:list .75in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;7.&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;      &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Nurses&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo2; tab-stops:list .75in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;8.&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;      &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Allied health professionals&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo2; tab-stops:list .75in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;9.&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;      &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Hospitals&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo2; tab-stops:list .75in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;10.&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Primary care&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Education and Training &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo2; tab-stops:list .75in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;11.&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Medical education 1&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo2; tab-stops:list .75in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;12.&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Medical education 2&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo2; tab-stops:list .75in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;13.&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;The overseas doctor&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Systems, diseases ans symptoms &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo2; tab-stops:list .75in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;14.&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Symptoms and signs&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo2; tab-stops:list .75in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;15.&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Blood&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo2; tab-stops:list .75in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;16.&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Bones&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo2; tab-stops:list .75in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;17.&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Childhood&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo2; tab-stops:list .75in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;18.&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;The endocrine system&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo2; tab-stops:list .75in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;19.&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;The eye&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo2; tab-stops:list .75in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;20.&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;The gastrointestinal system&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo2; tab-stops:list .75in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;21.&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Gynaecology&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo2; tab-stops:list .75in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;22.&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;The heart and circulation 1&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo2; tab-stops:list .75in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;23.&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;The heart and circulation 2&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo2; tab-stops:list .75in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;24.&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Infections&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo2; tab-stops:list .75in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;25.&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Mental illness &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo2; tab-stops:list .75in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;26.&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;The nervous system 1&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo2; tab-stops:list .75in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;27.&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;The nervous system 2&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo2; tab-stops:list .75in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;28.&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Oncology&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo2; tab-stops:list .75in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;29.&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Pregnancy and childbirth&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo2; tab-stops:list .75in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;30.&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;The respiratory system&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo2; tab-stops:list .75in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;31.&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;The skin 1&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo2; tab-stops:list .75in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;32.&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;The skin 2&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo2; tab-stops:list .75in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;33.&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;The urinary system&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Investigations &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo2; tab-stops:list .75in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;34.&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Basic investigations&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo2; tab-stops:list .75in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;35.&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Laboratory tests&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo2; tab-stops:list .75in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;36.&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Endoscopy&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo2; tab-stops:list .75in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;37.&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;X-ray and CT&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo2; tab-stops:list .75in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;38.&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;MRI and ultrasound&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo2; tab-stops:list .75in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;39.&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;ECG&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;                            &lt;/span&gt;Treatment &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level3 lfo3; tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;40.&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Medical treatment&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level3 lfo3; tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;41.&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Surgical treatment &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level3 lfo3; tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;42.&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Therapies&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;        &lt;/span&gt;Prevention &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level2 lfo4; tab-stops:list .75in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;43.&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Screening and immunization&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;        &lt;/span&gt;Epidemiology&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l4 level3 lfo5; tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;44.&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Epidemiology&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;        &lt;/span&gt;Ethics &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l5 level3 lfo6; tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;45.&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Medical ethics&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;         &lt;/span&gt;Research &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l6 level4 lfo7; tab-stops:list 1.25in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;46.&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Research studies&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;         &lt;/span&gt;Taking a history&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l7 level5 lfo8; tab-stops:list 1.5in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;47.&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Taking a history 1&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l7 level5 lfo8; tab-stops:list 1.5in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;48.&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Taking a history 2&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l7 level5 lfo8; tab-stops:list 1.5in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;49.&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Taking a history 3&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;         &lt;/span&gt;Examination&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;                            &lt;/span&gt;50 . Physical examination&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;                            &lt;/span&gt;51. Mental state examination &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;         &lt;/span&gt;Explanation&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.75in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l8 level6 lfo9; tab-stops:list 1.75in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;52.&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Explaining diagnosis and management&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.75in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l8 level6 lfo9; tab-stops:list 1.75in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;53.&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Discussing treatment &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.75in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l8 level6 lfo9; tab-stops:list 1.75in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;54.&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Giving bad news&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;         &lt;/span&gt;Presentations &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:2.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l9 level7 lfo10; tab-stops:list 2.0in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;55.&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Data presentation 1&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:2.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l9 level7 lfo10; tab-stops:list 2.0in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;56.&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Data presentation 2&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:2.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l9 level7 lfo10; tab-stops:list 2.0in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;57.&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Research articles&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:2.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l9 level7 lfo10; tab-stops:list 2.0in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;58.&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Abstracts &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:2.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l9 level7 lfo10; tab-stops:list 2.0in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;59.&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Conference presentations&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:2.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l9 level7 lfo10; tab-stops:list 2.0in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;60.&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Case presentations&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;                        &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"&gt;&lt;u&gt;Good Practice &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;         &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;               &lt;/span&gt;&lt;u&gt;Communication Skills in English for the Medical Practitioner&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;Good Practice focus on the language and communication skills that doctors need to make consultations more effective through a focus on five elements of good communication: verbal communication, active listening, voice management, non-verbal communication and cultural awareness.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Section 1: Introduction to communication&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Section 2: Developing Language and Communication skills for the patient encounter&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;                   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l10 level2 lfo11; tab-stops:list .75in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;1.&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;      &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Receiving the patient&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l10 level2 lfo11; tab-stops:list .75in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;2.&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;      &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;The presenting complaint &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;3.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;Past medical and family history&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;4.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;The social history and telephone consultations&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;5.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;Examining a patient&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;6.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;Giving results &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;7.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;Planning treatment and closing the interview&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;8.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;Dealing with sensitive issues &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;9.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;Breaking bad news&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Section 3: Interviewing different patient categories&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;           &lt;/span&gt;10.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Communicating with challenging patients&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;           &lt;/span&gt;11.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Communicating with the elderly&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;           &lt;/span&gt;12.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Communicating with children and adolescents &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5681001691021972505-1107171243133995699?l=ielsrancorp.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ielsrancorp.blogspot.com/feeds/1107171243133995699/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ielsrancorp.blogspot.com/2011/04/medical-english.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5681001691021972505/posts/default/1107171243133995699'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5681001691021972505/posts/default/1107171243133995699'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ielsrancorp.blogspot.com/2011/04/medical-english.html' title='MEDICAL ENGLISH'/><author><name>"Johnny English"</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17061199295578963191</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_V0GXOPok35g/SoRsZm31FJI/AAAAAAAAAtI/_EEzOFNcJqY/S220/JE1.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681001691021972505.post-4060207606071692127</id><published>2011-04-24T09:10:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2011-04-24T09:10:43.847-05:00</updated><title type='text'>WRITING</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:20.25pt;mso-add-space:auto; text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;A)&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Part I: Getting Started&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;                 &lt;/span&gt;Chap 1: Finding Your Voice&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;                              &lt;/span&gt;- Why Write?&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;                              &lt;/span&gt;- Voice:&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:18.0pt"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;What is voice? &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;                                           &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:18.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; Developing Voice&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Part II: The Writing Process&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;                            &lt;/span&gt;Introduction &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;                  &lt;/span&gt;Chap 2: First Steps &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;                  &lt;/span&gt;Chap 3: Writing a Paragraph&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;                  &lt;/span&gt;Chap 4: Writing an Essay&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Part III: The Structure of the Paragraph&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;                  &lt;/span&gt;Chap 5: The Paragraph&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Part IV: The Structure of the Essay&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;                  &lt;/span&gt;Chap 6: The Essay&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Part V:&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Rhetorical Patterns&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;                    &lt;/span&gt;Introduction&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;                   &lt;/span&gt;Chap7: Description&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;                   &lt;/span&gt;Chap 8: Narration&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;                   &lt;/span&gt;Chap 9: Illustration or Example&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;                   &lt;/span&gt;Chap 10: Process Analysis&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;                   &lt;/span&gt;Chap 11: Cause and Effect&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;                   &lt;/span&gt;Chap 12: Comparison and Contrast&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;                   &lt;/span&gt;Chap 13: Summary&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;                   &lt;/span&gt;Chap 14: Persuasion &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Part VI: Capitalization &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left:20.25pt;mso-add-space: auto;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;B)&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;WORDINESS&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left:20.25pt;mso-add-space: auto;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;C)&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;PARALLELISM&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:48.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2; tab-stops:list 48.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Introduction &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:48.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2; tab-stops:list 48.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Items in series &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:48.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2; tab-stops:list 48.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Pairs &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:48.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2; tab-stops:list 48.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Comparisons &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:48.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2; tab-stops:list 48.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Phrases and Clauses &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:48.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2; tab-stops:list 48.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Parallel words &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:20.25pt;mso-add-space:auto; text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;D)&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;MODIFIERS&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:48.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2; tab-stops:list 48.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Introduction&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:48.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2; tab-stops:list 48.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Misplaced modifiers&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:48.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2; tab-stops:list 48.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Limiting modifiers &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:48.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2; tab-stops:list 48.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Squinting modifiers &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:48.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2; tab-stops:list 48.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Split infinitives&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:48.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2; tab-stops:list 48.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Dangling modifiers &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="color:red"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:20.25pt;mso-add-space:auto; text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;E)&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;     &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;PUNCTUATION &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in"&gt;Exercises: (“Write about what you know” Daily routine, writing about your workplace, about your friend, about your family, about your favorite (singer, food, drink, Story writing), essays&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;&lt;u&gt;Resources: &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black"&gt;Writer's Resources: From Paragraph to Essay by &lt;i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"&gt;Julie Robitaille and Robert Connelly&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color:black"&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black"&gt;Writer’s Craft &lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Microsoft Student with Encarta Premium 2009 DVD by &lt;i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"&gt;Microsoft ® Encarta ® 2009&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5681001691021972505-4060207606071692127?l=ielsrancorp.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ielsrancorp.blogspot.com/feeds/4060207606071692127/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ielsrancorp.blogspot.com/2011/04/writing.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5681001691021972505/posts/default/4060207606071692127'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5681001691021972505/posts/default/4060207606071692127'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ielsrancorp.blogspot.com/2011/04/writing.html' title='WRITING'/><author><name>"Johnny English"</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17061199295578963191</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_V0GXOPok35g/SoRsZm31FJI/AAAAAAAAAtI/_EEzOFNcJqY/S220/JE1.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681001691021972505.post-4798575557443577106</id><published>2011-04-24T09:08:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-04-24T09:09:19.918-05:00</updated><title type='text'>READING</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:45.0pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:45.0pt"&gt;Importance of reading&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:45.0pt"&gt;Skimming and scanning &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left:63.0pt;mso-add-space: auto;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Short reading passages&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:63.0pt;mso-add-space: auto;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Readings about animals&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:63.0pt;mso-add-space: auto;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Readings from different books&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left:63.0pt;mso-add-space:auto; text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Summarizing the read passages &lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:45.0pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:45.0pt"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;&lt;u&gt;Resources&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;               &lt;/span&gt;Short and long texts passages from books&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;               &lt;/span&gt;Microsoft Student with Encarta Premium 2009 DVD by &lt;i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"&gt;Microsoft ® Encarta ® 2009&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style="mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"&gt; (articles about: History, Geography, &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;                    &lt;/span&gt;People &amp;amp; Society, Science &amp;amp; Nature, Arts &amp;amp; Literature, and Sports &amp;amp; Recreation)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;               &lt;/span&gt;Ultimate library&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;               &lt;/span&gt;Encyclopedia Britannica&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;               &lt;/span&gt;Dialogs&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;               &lt;/span&gt;English Tutor…&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;               &lt;/span&gt;Texts from VOA&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;               &lt;/span&gt;Rosetta Stone&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;               &lt;/span&gt;TOEFL books and software&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;               &lt;/span&gt;IELTS books and software&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;               &lt;/span&gt;TEOIC books&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;               &lt;/span&gt;Cutting Edge books &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;                &lt;/span&gt;Newspapers &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5681001691021972505-4798575557443577106?l=ielsrancorp.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ielsrancorp.blogspot.com/feeds/4798575557443577106/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ielsrancorp.blogspot.com/2011/04/reading.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5681001691021972505/posts/default/4798575557443577106'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5681001691021972505/posts/default/4798575557443577106'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ielsrancorp.blogspot.com/2011/04/reading.html' title='READING'/><author><name>"Johnny English"</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17061199295578963191</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_V0GXOPok35g/SoRsZm31FJI/AAAAAAAAAtI/_EEzOFNcJqY/S220/JE1.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681001691021972505.post-9213972984428494739</id><published>2011-04-24T09:07:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-04-24T09:08:08.553-05:00</updated><title type='text'>NOTES ON AMERICAN &amp; BRITISH ENGLISH</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:48.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops:list 48.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Introduction &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:48.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops:list 48.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;British English vice American English usage &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:48.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops:list 48.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;The difference between British and American Grammar&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:48.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops:list 48.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Understanding what you read (1&amp;amp; 2)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5681001691021972505-9213972984428494739?l=ielsrancorp.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ielsrancorp.blogspot.com/feeds/9213972984428494739/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ielsrancorp.blogspot.com/2011/04/notes-on-american-british-english.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5681001691021972505/posts/default/9213972984428494739'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5681001691021972505/posts/default/9213972984428494739'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ielsrancorp.blogspot.com/2011/04/notes-on-american-british-english.html' title='NOTES ON AMERICAN &amp; BRITISH ENGLISH'/><author><name>"Johnny English"</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17061199295578963191</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_V0GXOPok35g/SoRsZm31FJI/AAAAAAAAAtI/_EEzOFNcJqY/S220/JE1.JPG'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681001691021972505.post-5546273900769248545</id><published>2011-04-24T09:05:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-04-24T09:06:25.072-05:00</updated><title type='text'>LISTENING &amp; LEARNING AMERICAN &amp; BRITISH ACCENT</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Introduction&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;         &lt;/span&gt;Section 1: &lt;u&gt;OVERVIEW OF AMERICAN ENGLISH SPEECH PATTERNS&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;INTONATION &amp;amp; STRESS&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Intonation &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Stress&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;At the word level&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Beyond the word level&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Falling and rising inflection&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Primary stress and final inflection&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Stress for emphasis &lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Stress for emphasis and final inflection &lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;RHYTHM &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Reductions &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Liking&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Practicing rhythm and stress&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;         &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;         &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"&gt;Section 2&lt;/b&gt;: &lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;&lt;u&gt;THE ENGLISH VOWELS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;                  &lt;/span&gt;Introduction to English vowels and diphthongs&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;        &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;The IPA symbols for vowels&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;                  &lt;/span&gt;Production and classification of vowels&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;                  &lt;/span&gt;Lengths of vowels and diphthongs &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;The simple vowels /&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&amp;quot;Lucida Sans Unicode&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color:black"&gt;ʌ/, /&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="unicode"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;inherit&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;;color:black"&gt;ə/, /&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;inherit&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;;color:black"&gt;i/, /&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&amp;quot;Lucida Sans Unicode&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color:black"&gt;ɪ/, /&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;inherit&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; color:black"&gt;ε/, /&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;æ/, /&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&amp;quot;Lucida Sans Unicode&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color:black"&gt;ɑ/, /ɔ&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Lucida Sans Unicode&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color:black"&gt;/ /&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:&amp;quot;Lucida Sans Unicode&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;color:black"&gt;ʊ/, /&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;inherit&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;;color:black"&gt;u/, /&lt;span class="unicode"&gt;ər/, /&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&amp;quot;Lucida Sans Unicode&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color:black"&gt;ʌr/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;The diphthongs /&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;inherit&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;;color:black"&gt;e&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&amp;quot;Lucida Sans Unicode&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color:black"&gt;ɪ/, /&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;inherit&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; color:black"&gt;a&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:&amp;quot;Lucida Sans Unicode&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;color:black"&gt;ɪ/, /oʊ/, /&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="unicode"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;inherit&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;;color:black"&gt;au&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="unicode"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Tahoma&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;color:black"&gt;̇/, /&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&amp;quot;Lucida Sans Unicode&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color:black"&gt;ɔɪ/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Bonus exercises &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Minimal pairs – Vowels&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;/&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Diphthongs &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"&gt;Section 3: &lt;u&gt;WORD STRESS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;                     &lt;/span&gt;STRESS AND MEANING&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Compound words&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Two-&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;part verbs&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Two – part verbs and idioms&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;PREFIXES AND SUFFIXES &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Prefixes and word stress&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Suffixes and word stress&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Meaning determined by stress on the suffix &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Suffixes and word stress placement &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Proper names, titles, times&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Abbreviations &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Times and dates&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Bonus exercises &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Practice Word Lists: abbreviations, common prefixes&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Compound words: verb &amp;amp; noun stress patterns: two –three syllable words; three –four syllable words; three – five syllable words &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;        &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"&gt;Section 4&lt;/b&gt;: &lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;&lt;u&gt;THE RHYTHM OF AMERICAN ENGLISH&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:none"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;                       &lt;/span&gt;IDENTIFYING SPEECH RHYTHM&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;                       &lt;/span&gt;REDUCED FORMS AND RHYTHM&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Reducing function word&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Simplifying vowels&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;The English articles&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Simplifying consonants&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Bonus exercises &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Reduced word groups&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Combining consonants&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Linking with the &lt;i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"&gt;tapped t&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Common Two-Word Reductions &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Bonus exercises&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Omissions of &lt;i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"&gt;h&lt;/i&gt; and &lt;i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"&gt;t &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Contracted forms&lt;i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Bonus exercises &lt;i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Reduced segments with contracted forms&lt;i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Putting it all together &lt;i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Conversational Exercise &lt;i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"&gt;Section 5 &lt;u&gt;THE AMERICAN ENGLISH CONSONANTS: The stops &amp;amp; The &lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;continuants&lt;i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:none"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;                       &lt;/span&gt;INTRODUCTION &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;The IPA symbols for consonants&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Classification of consonants &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:16.0pt"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; Tongue Tip Placement &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:18.0pt"&gt;. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;Use of Voice for Consonants&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:18.0pt"&gt;. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;Aspiration &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;                  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"&gt;/ p, b/&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;/t, d/&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;/k, g/ The stop consonants &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;                   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Initial stop consonants&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Final stop consonants &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Middle stop consonants&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:18.0pt"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; Middle t, d&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:18.0pt"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; The Glottal stop &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:18.0pt"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;The Tapped t &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Linking: Stop consonants – Vowels&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Linking:&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Consonants – consonants &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;The suffix – &lt;i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"&gt;ed&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:18.0pt"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; Stop consonants + Suffix -ed&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:18.0pt"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; Contrast: Voiceless –ed – Voiced – ed&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:18.0pt"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; Linking: Suffix – ed – consonants &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Bonus exercises&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Minimal pairs – Final stop consonants &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Silent spellings: - p, b&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;     &lt;/span&gt;t, d&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;     &lt;/span&gt;k, g &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;                     &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;                     &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"&gt;The continuant consonants &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;                 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;                    &lt;/span&gt;/ &lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;inherit&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;;color:black"&gt;θ, ð/&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;( thin, then) &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR" style="font-family:&amp;quot;inherit&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;                   &lt;/span&gt;-&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Contrast: / &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;inherit&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;;color:black"&gt;θ&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR" style="font-family:&amp;quot;inherit&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;;color:black; mso-ansi-language:FR"&gt;/ - /t/&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;         &lt;/span&gt;Contrast / ð/ - &lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;/d/ &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;inherit&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; color:black"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;                   &lt;/span&gt;-&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Contrast / θ/ - /s/&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;         &lt;/span&gt;Contrast / ð/ - /z/ &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;inherit&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; color:black"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;                   &lt;/span&gt;-&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Sound clusters / θ, ð/ &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;inherit&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; color:black"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;                   &lt;/span&gt;- Practice words&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;inherit&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; color:black"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;                   &lt;/span&gt;- Bonus exercises&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;inherit&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; color:black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;inherit&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; color:black"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;                 &lt;/span&gt;/f, v/ (fine, vet)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;inherit&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;;color:black"&gt;Contrast&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;/f/ - /v/ &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;inherit&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;;color:black"&gt;Contrast /f, v/ -&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;/ θ, ð/&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;inherit&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;;color:black"&gt;Suffix –s, suffix –ed &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;inherit&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;;color:black"&gt;Contrast /v/ - /b/&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;inherit&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;;color:black"&gt;Irregular plurals / lvz/&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;inherit&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;;color:black"&gt;Practice words&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;inherit&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;;color:black"&gt;Bonus exercise &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;inherit&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; color:black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;inherit&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; color:black"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;        &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;Section 6&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"&gt;&lt;u&gt;THE AMERICAN ENGLISH CONSONATS: The Sibilants &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;              &lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;               &lt;/span&gt;/s, z/ &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;              &lt;/span&gt;/&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Lucida Sans Unicode&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color:black"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family: &amp;quot;Lucida Sans Unicode&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; color:black"&gt;ʃ, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Tahoma&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color:black"&gt;ʒ/ (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:black"&gt;share, ruge) /&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;inherit&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;;color:black"&gt; &lt;span class="ipa"&gt;t&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Lucida Sans Unicode&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color:black"&gt;ʃ, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;inherit&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; color:black"&gt;d&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Tahoma&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color:black"&gt;ʒ/ &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:black"&gt;(chair, jam) &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;                  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-align:justify;text-indent: -.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black"&gt;Initial sibilant sounds&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;              &lt;/span&gt;/s/ blends&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;              &lt;/span&gt;Final sibilant sounds&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;                 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:18.0pt; color:black"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="color:black"&gt; Contrast: /s/ - /z/ &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;                  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:18.0pt; color:black"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="color:black"&gt; Contrast:&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;/&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Lucida Sans Unicode&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color:black"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family: &amp;quot;Lucida Sans Unicode&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; color:black"&gt;ʃ/ - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:black"&gt;/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;inherit&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;;color:black"&gt; &lt;span class="ipa"&gt;t&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Lucida Sans Unicode&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color:black"&gt;ʃ/&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Lucida Sans Unicode&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;color:black"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;               &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:18.0pt;color:black"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="color:black"&gt; Contrast: /&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;inherit&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; color:black"&gt; &lt;span class="ipa"&gt;t&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Lucida Sans Unicode&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;color:black"&gt;ʃ/ - /&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;inherit&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;;color:black"&gt;d&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Tahoma&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;color:black"&gt;ʒ/&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Tahoma&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;color:black"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;               &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:18.0pt;color:black"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Tahoma&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;color:black"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:black"&gt;Contrast /&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Tahoma&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;color:black"&gt; ʒ/ - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:black"&gt;other sibilant sounds &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;                &lt;/span&gt;STOP CONSONANTS + S&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;                    &lt;/span&gt;Suffix – s&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;                    &lt;/span&gt;Contrast: Suffix – s Voiceless - Suffix –s Voiced &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;                &lt;/span&gt;CONSONAT CLUSTERS WITH /s/&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;                     &lt;/span&gt;Contrast /s/ clusters&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;                    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:18.0pt; color:black"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="color:black"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;/ps/&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;- /bz/&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;                    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:18.0pt; color:black"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="color:black"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;/ks/ - /gz/&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;                    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:18.0pt; color:black"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="color:black"&gt; / ks/ - /sk/ &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;                    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:18.0pt; color:black"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="color:black"&gt; / ts/ - /dz/&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;                   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;                &lt;/span&gt;Suffixes &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;                    &lt;/span&gt;-es –ize – tion, sion, cian&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;                    &lt;/span&gt;- cial, -tial, cious, tious, xious&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;                     &lt;/span&gt;-sian, sion, geous, gious&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;                 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;- est&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;                     &lt;/span&gt;- ist &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;              &lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;              &lt;/span&gt;SIBILANTS + Suffix –ed&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-align:justify;text-indent: -.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black"&gt;Contrast: /st/ - /zd/ &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-align:justify;text-indent: -.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black"&gt;Linking sibilants – other sibilants &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-align:justify;text-indent: -.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black"&gt;Linking sibilants + suffix –ed – vowels &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-align:justify;text-indent: -.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black"&gt;Conversational exercise &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-align:justify;text-indent: -.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black"&gt;Silent spellings of S&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-align:justify;text-indent: -.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black"&gt;Spelling “ch” pronounced &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;/&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Lucida Sans Unicode&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color:black"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Lucida Sans Unicode&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; mso-bidi-font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;color:black"&gt;ʃ/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-align:justify;text-indent: -.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black"&gt;Minimal pairs – final sibilant sounds&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;       &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black"&gt;Section 7&lt;u&gt; THE AMERICAN ENGLISH CONSONATS: The Glides &amp;amp; The Nasals&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;                  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;                    &lt;/span&gt;/r/ &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;                   &lt;/span&gt;/r/ BLENDS&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-align:justify;text-indent: -.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Contrast /r/ blends: voiceless – voiced &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in;text-align:justify"&gt;MIDDLE /r/ blends &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in;text-align:justify"&gt;FINAL /r/ Blends&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-align:justify;text-indent: -.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Contrast /rt/ -/rd/&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-align:justify;text-indent: -.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Contrast /rs/ - /rz/&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-align:justify;text-indent: -.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;More Practice Words - /r/ blends&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-align:justify;text-indent: -.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Bonus exercises &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;                  &lt;/span&gt;/l/ &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;                  &lt;/span&gt;THE CLEAR /l/&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-align:justify;text-indent: -.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Long vowel + /l/&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;                   &lt;/span&gt;/l/ BLENDS&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-align:justify;text-indent: -.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Contrast /l/ blends: Voiceless – Voiced &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in;text-align:justify"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;FINAL /l/&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-align:justify;text-indent: -.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;A final consonant + /l/&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in;text-align:justify"&gt;THE BACK /l/&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-align:justify;text-indent: -.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Contrast: /l/ - /r/ &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-align:justify;text-indent: -.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Contrast: /l/ blends – /r/ blends &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-align:justify;text-indent: -.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;The suffix –ly&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-align:justify;text-indent: -.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR" style="mso-ansi-language:FR"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="FR" style="mso-ansi-language:FR"&gt;Conversational exercise – sounds /r/ &amp;amp; /l/&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-align:justify;text-indent: -.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span lang="FR" style="mso-ansi-language:FR"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="FR" style="mso-ansi-language:FR"&gt;Silent l&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-align:justify;text-indent: -.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;More practice words - /r/ &amp;amp; /l/&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-align:justify;text-indent: -.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Bonus exercises&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;                  &lt;/span&gt;/w/&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-align:justify;text-indent: -.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Contrast /v/ -/w/&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-align:justify;text-indent: -.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Bonus exercise&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in;text-align:justify"&gt;/j/ (yet) &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-align:justify;text-indent: -.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Contrast /j/ - &lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Lucida Sans Unicode&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;color:black"&gt;/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;inherit&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;;color:black"&gt;d&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Tahoma&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;color:black"&gt;ʒ/ &lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Tahoma&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;color:black"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:black"&gt;/h/ &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-align:justify;text-indent: -.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black"&gt;Silent h&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-align:justify;text-indent: -.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black"&gt;Bonus exercise &lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;                  &lt;/span&gt;THE NASAL SOUNDS&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;                    &lt;/span&gt;/m/, /n/&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-align:justify;text-indent: -.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black"&gt;Contrast: /m/ - /n/&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-align:justify;text-indent: -.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black"&gt;Contrast Voiceless – Voiced Endings&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-align:justify;text-indent: -.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black"&gt;Contrast: /l/ -/n/ &lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;                    &lt;/span&gt;/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;inherit&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;;color:black"&gt;ŋ/ &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-align:justify;text-indent: -.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;inherit&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;;color:black"&gt;Contrast /n/ - /ŋ/&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-align:justify;text-indent: -.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;inherit&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; color:black"&gt;Contrast /nk/ -/ŋ/ &lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-align:justify;text-indent: -.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;inherit&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; color:black"&gt;Contrast suffix endings –s,-d&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-align:justify;text-indent: -.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;inherit&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; color:black"&gt;The suffix –ing&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-align:justify;text-indent: -.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;inherit&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; color:black"&gt;Contrast endings –nking – nging&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-align:justify;text-indent: -.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;inherit&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; color:black"&gt;Bonus exercise &lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;inherit&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;;color:black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;inherit&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; color:black"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Section 8 &lt;u&gt;MORE ON STRESS AND INTONATION&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;inherit&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; color:black"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;                 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;inherit&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;;color:black"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;                &lt;/span&gt;INTONATION AND MEANING &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-align:justify;text-indent: -.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;inherit&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;;color:black"&gt;Polite Tones&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-align:justify;text-indent: -.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;inherit&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; color:black"&gt;Mildly rising inflection&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-align:justify;text-indent: -.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;inherit&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; color:black"&gt;Sharply rising inflection&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-align:justify;text-indent: -.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;inherit&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; color:black"&gt;Swinging pitch inflection&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-align:justify;text-indent: -.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;inherit&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; color:black"&gt;Sharply falling inflection&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;inherit&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;;color:black"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;               &lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;inherit&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;;color:black"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;                &lt;/span&gt;VARIATIONS AND EXCEPTIONS &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-align:justify;text-indent: -.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;inherit&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;;color:black"&gt;Yes / No question form with falling inflection&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-align:justify;text-indent: -.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;inherit&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; color:black"&gt;Declarative form with rising inflection&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-align:justify;text-indent: -.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;inherit&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;;color:black"&gt;Wh&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ipa"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;inherit&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;;color:black"&gt; questions with rising inflection&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;                &lt;/span&gt;VARIATIONS IN STRESS&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-align:justify;text-indent: -.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Stress on descriptive words&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-align:justify;text-indent: -.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Degrees of stress&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-align:justify;text-indent: -.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Conversational exercise&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-align:justify;text-indent: -.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Stress with lower pitch&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;                 &lt;/span&gt;PRACTICING STRESS FOR EMPHASIS &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-align:justify;text-indent: -.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Clarifying and explaining&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in;text-align:justify"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;                  &lt;/span&gt;INTONATION AND PAUSES&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-align:justify;text-indent: -.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Messages that require pauses&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-align:justify"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:18.0pt"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; Addressing the listener by Name&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-align:justify"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:18.0pt"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; Responses beginning with Yes or No&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:18.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;      &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:18.0pt"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Messages with tag forms&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-align:justify;text-indent: -.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Pauses in longer sentences&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-align:justify"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:18.0pt"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; Compound sentences &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-align:justify"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:18.0pt"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; Parenthetical statements&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-align:justify;text-indent: -.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Stating options – two options&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-align:justify"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:18.0pt"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; Conversational Options &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-align:justify"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:18.0pt"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; More than two options &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-align:justify;text-indent: -.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Stating items or sequences &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-align:justify"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:18.0pt"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; Indefinite listings or choices&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-align:justify"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:18.0pt"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; Conversational Exercises&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-align:justify;text-indent: -.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Descriptions, directions or instructions &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-align:justify"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:18.0pt"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; Conversational Exercises – Putting it all together&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-align:justify"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:18.0pt"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; Bonus exercises &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:18.0pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:18.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Resources:&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;                 &lt;/span&gt;-&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;The American Accent Guide &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;                 &lt;/span&gt;- Pronounce It Perfectly in English&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;                 &lt;/span&gt;- Rosetta stone Version1 level 1, 2, and 3&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;                 &lt;/span&gt;- Clear Speech (from the start)&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;                 &lt;/span&gt;- Clear speech (pronunciation…)&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;                 &lt;/span&gt;- American Accent Training&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;                 &lt;/span&gt;- English Tutor: The ultimate way to learn English faster&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;                 &lt;/span&gt;- In Charge 1: an integrated skills course for high level students&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5681001691021972505-5546273900769248545?l=ielsrancorp.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ielsrancorp.blogspot.com/feeds/5546273900769248545/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ielsrancorp.blogspot.com/2011/04/listening-learning-american-british.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5681001691021972505/posts/default/5546273900769248545'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5681001691021972505/posts/default/5546273900769248545'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ielsrancorp.blogspot.com/2011/04/listening-learning-american-british.html' title='LISTENING &amp; LEARNING AMERICAN &amp; BRITISH ACCENT'/><author><name>"Johnny English"</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17061199295578963191</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_V0GXOPok35g/SoRsZm31FJI/AAAAAAAAAtI/_EEzOFNcJqY/S220/JE1.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681001691021972505.post-5573640063842620311</id><published>2011-04-24T09:02:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-04-24T09:03:26.461-05:00</updated><title type='text'>INTRODUCTORY COURSES</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:53.25pt"&gt;Greetings and Introduction&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in"&gt;Asking basic questions&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in"&gt;English Alphabet &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in"&gt;Numbers (cardinal, ordinal &amp;amp; fractional) &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in"&gt;Telling the time&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in"&gt;Days of the week&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in"&gt;Months of the year&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in"&gt;Telling the date&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in"&gt;Cardinal points&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in"&gt;Seasons&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in"&gt;Meals&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in"&gt;Colors&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in"&gt;Food and drinks&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in"&gt;Parts of the human body&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in"&gt;Words from the high-beginning level&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in"&gt;Occupation&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in"&gt;Places (bank, market, salon, taxi park…) + small talks&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in"&gt;Nationalities&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in"&gt;Clothes, shoes and jewelry&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in"&gt;Transportation (transport) &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in"&gt;Common diseases&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in"&gt;Common adjectives &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in"&gt;House and equipment&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in"&gt;Family and relatives &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in"&gt;Office equipment &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in"&gt;Animals + birds (motions, offspring, places, cries)&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in"&gt;Parts of a plant&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in"&gt;Money &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in"&gt;Sports&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in"&gt;Holidays &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in"&gt;Garden tools&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in"&gt;Daily routine&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in"&gt;Narrating your past and future activities &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in"&gt;Talking about your work place / your house / a town of your choice &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in"&gt;Talking about your friend&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in"&gt;Talking about your family&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in"&gt;Talking about your favorite (song &amp;amp; singer, food, drink, sport, movies, place,&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in"&gt;Short story telling &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in"&gt;People descriptions &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in"&gt;How does it work? (computer, car…)&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in"&gt;Interviewing&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in"&gt;Debates &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in"&gt;Dialogs for Everyday Use &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:.75in;mso-add-space:auto"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"&gt;Resources:&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Cutting Edges &lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Rosetta Stone&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;English Tutor&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;English for You&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Words from the high-beginning&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Rosetta Stone &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Internet &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Health foods&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Microsoft Student with Encarta Premium 2009 DVD by &lt;i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"&gt;Microsoft ® Encarta ® 2009&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"&gt;Verbal Advantage &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"&gt;Other software and books &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5681001691021972505-5573640063842620311?l=ielsrancorp.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ielsrancorp.blogspot.com/feeds/5573640063842620311/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ielsrancorp.blogspot.com/2011/04/introductory-courses.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5681001691021972505/posts/default/5573640063842620311'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5681001691021972505/posts/default/5573640063842620311'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ielsrancorp.blogspot.com/2011/04/introductory-courses.html' title='INTRODUCTORY COURSES'/><author><name>"Johnny English"</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17061199295578963191</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_V0GXOPok35g/SoRsZm31FJI/AAAAAAAAAtI/_EEzOFNcJqY/S220/JE1.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681001691021972505.post-7297449243583389745</id><published>2011-04-24T09:00:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-04-24T09:01:43.694-05:00</updated><title type='text'>GRAMMAR</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.5in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1; tab-stops:list .75in"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;I.&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;                   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"&gt;VERBS &amp;amp; TENSES&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"&gt;I.1.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;           &lt;/span&gt;Agreement&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"&gt;I.2.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;           &lt;/span&gt;Classification&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"&gt;I.3.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;           &lt;/span&gt;How to conjugate ordinary verbs&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"&gt;I.4.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;           &lt;/span&gt;Tenses&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"&gt;I.4.1.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;        &lt;/span&gt;Simple present tense&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"&gt;I.4.2.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;        &lt;/span&gt;Present continuous tense&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"&gt;I.4.2.1.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;     &lt;/span&gt;Form&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"&gt;I.4.2.2.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;     &lt;/span&gt;Time markers&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"&gt;I.4.2.3.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;     &lt;/span&gt;Use&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"&gt;I.4.2.4.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;     &lt;/span&gt;Particular use + Non progressive verbs + Verbs followed by gerund &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;                   &lt;/span&gt;Or infinitive&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"&gt;I.4.3.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;        &lt;/span&gt;Present perfect tense&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"&gt;I.4.3.1.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;     &lt;/span&gt;Form&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"&gt;I.4.3.2.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Time markers&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"&gt;I.4.3.3.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;     &lt;/span&gt;Use&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"&gt;I.4.4.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;        &lt;/span&gt;Present perfect continuous &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"&gt;I.4.4.1&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;      &lt;/span&gt;Form&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"&gt;I.4.4.2.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;     &lt;/span&gt;Time markers&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"&gt;I.4.4.3.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;     &lt;/span&gt;Use&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"&gt;I.4.5.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;       &lt;/span&gt;Simple past &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"&gt;I.4.5.1.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;Regular verbs&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"&gt;I.4.5.2.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;Irregular verbs&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"&gt;I.4.5.3.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;Pronunciation&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"&gt;I.4.5.4.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;Time markers&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"&gt;I.4.5.5.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;Use &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"&gt;I.4.6&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;       &lt;/span&gt;Past Continuous &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"&gt;I.4.6.1.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;Time markers&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"&gt;I.4.6.2.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;Use&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"&gt;I.4.7.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;      &lt;/span&gt;Past perfect &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"&gt;I.4.7.1.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;Time markers&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"&gt;I.4.7.2.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;Pronunciation &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"&gt;I.4.7.3&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;Use &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"&gt;I.4.8.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;      &lt;/span&gt;Past perfect continuous &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"&gt;I.4.8.1.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;Form&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"&gt;I.4.8.2.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;Use&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"&gt;I.4.9.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;      &lt;/span&gt;Simple future&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"&gt;I.4.9.1.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;Form&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"&gt;I.4.9.2.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;Time markers&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"&gt;I.4.9.3.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;Pronunciation&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"&gt;I.4.9.4.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;Use&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"&gt;I.4.10.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;Future continuous &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"&gt;I.4.10.1. Form&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"&gt;I.4.10.2. Use&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"&gt;I.4.11.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;Future perfect&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"&gt;I.4.11.1. Form&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"&gt;I.4.11.2. Use&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"&gt;I.4.12. Regular and irregular verbs list &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"&gt;I.5.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;       &lt;/span&gt;Errors to avoid in tense of verbs &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"&gt;I.6.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;       &lt;/span&gt;Errors to avoid in agreement&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"&gt;I.7.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;       &lt;/span&gt;Some notes on irregular verbs&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"&gt;I.8.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;       &lt;/span&gt;Verbs (gerund – infinitive- participle)&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"&gt;I.9.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;       &lt;/span&gt;Phrasal Verbs &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"&gt;I.10.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;Exercises and answers &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"&gt;II&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;ARTICLES&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:48.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops:list 48.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Introduction&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:48.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops:list 48.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Types of articles: indefinite and definite articles&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:48.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops:list 48.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Use &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:48.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops:list 48.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Position ‘a’&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:48.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops:list 48.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Omission of ‘a’&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:48.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops:list 48.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Position of ‘the’&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:48.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops:list 48.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Omission of ‘the’&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:48.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops:list 48.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Zero article&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:48.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops:list 48.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Exercises&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:48.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops:list 48.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Answers &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"&gt;III &lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;SENTENCE &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:48.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops:list 48.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;What is a sentence?&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:48.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops:list 48.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Parts of a sentence&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:48.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops:list 48.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Types of a sentence&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:48.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops:list 48.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Phrase&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:48.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops:list 48.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;The noun&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:48.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops:list 48.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Kinds of noun&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:48.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops:list 48.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Gender&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:48.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops:list 48.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Formation of feminine&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:48.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops:list 48.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Plural of noun&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:48.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops:list 48.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Exercises&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"&gt;IV&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;     &lt;/span&gt;ADVERB&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:48.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops:list 48.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Introduction &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:48.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops:list 48.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Kinds of adverbs&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:84.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2; tab-stops:list 84.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;·&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;         &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Adverbs of time&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:84.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2; tab-stops:list 84.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;·&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;         &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Adverbs&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;of place&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:84.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2; tab-stops:list 84.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;·&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;         &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Adverbs of manner&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:84.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2; tab-stops:list 84.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;·&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;         &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Adverbs of degree&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:84.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2; tab-stops:list 84.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;·&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;         &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Adverbs of frequency&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:84.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2; tab-stops:list 84.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;·&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;         &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Affirmative adverbs&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:84.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2; tab-stops:list 84.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;·&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;         &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Interrogative adverbs&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:48.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops:list 48.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;How to form an adverb&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:48.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops:list 48.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Some words that have the same form whether they are used as an adjective or an adverb&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:48.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops:list 48.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Adverbs that have two acceptable forms&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:48.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops:list 48.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Adverbs from nouns&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:48.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops:list 48.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Adverbs from adjectives&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:48.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops:list 48.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Comparison&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;of adverbs&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:48.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops:list 48.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Some irregular adverbs&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:48.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops:list 48.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;The place of the adverb&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:48.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops:list 48.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Exercises&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:48.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops:list 48.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Answers&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;V&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;       &lt;/span&gt;ADJECTIVES &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;- Introduction&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;- Kinds of adjectives&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:75.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3; tab-stops:list 75.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;·&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;         &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Adjective of quality &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:75.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3; tab-stops:list 75.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;·&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;         &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Adjective of quantity&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:75.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3; tab-stops:list 75.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;·&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;         &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Possessive adjective &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:75.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3; tab-stops:list 75.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;·&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;         &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Distributive adjective&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:75.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3; tab-stops:list 75.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;·&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;         &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Demonstrative adjective &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;         &lt;/span&gt;- Recognizing adjectives and adverbs&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;         &lt;/span&gt;- Compound adjectives&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;         &lt;/span&gt;- The position of adjective&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;         &lt;/span&gt;- Comparison of adjectives&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:75.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3; tab-stops:list 75.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;·&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;         &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Comparison of equality&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:75.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3; tab-stops:list 75.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;·&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;         &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Comparison of inferiority &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:75.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3; tab-stops:list 75.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;·&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;         &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Comparative form of gradual increase&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:75.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3; tab-stops:list 75.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;·&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;         &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Comparative form of decrease&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:75.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3; tab-stops:list 75.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;·&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;         &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Comparative of one syllable&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:75.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3; tab-stops:list 75.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;·&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;         &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Comparative of disyllabic&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:48.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops:list 48.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Notes on comparison of adjectives&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:48.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops:list 48.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Comparison with ‘other’, ‘else’ or ‘of all’&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:48.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops:list 48.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Errors to avoid in comparison&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:48.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops:list 48.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Confusion with adverbs and adjectives&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:84.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2; tab-stops:list 84.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;·&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;         &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Linking verbs &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:48.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops:list 48.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Use of quantitative adjectives&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:48.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops:list 48.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Some compound nouns from quantitative adjectives &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:48.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops:list 48.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Nouns from some adjectives&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:48.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops:list 48.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;The adjective used as a noun&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:48.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops:list 48.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Compound adjectives preceding and following a noun&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:48.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops:list 48.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Exercises&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;VI&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;       &lt;/span&gt;PRONOUN&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:48.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops:list 48.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Introduction&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:48.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops:list 48.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Definition &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:48.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops:list 48.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Kinds of pronouns &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:84.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2; tab-stops:list 84.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;·&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;         &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Personal pronouns &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:84.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2; tab-stops:list 84.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;·&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;         &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Relative pronouns &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:84.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2; tab-stops:list 84.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;·&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;         &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Interrogative pronouns&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:84.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2; tab-stops:list 84.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;·&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;         &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Demonstrative pronouns &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:84.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2; tab-stops:list 84.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;·&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;         &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Indefinite pronouns&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:84.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2; tab-stops:list 84.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;·&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;         &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Reflexive pronouns &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:84.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2; tab-stops:list 84.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;·&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;         &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Possessive pronouns &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:48.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops:list 48.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;The function of a pronoun in the sentence &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:84.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2; tab-stops:list 84.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;·&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;         &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Subject case &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:84.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2; tab-stops:list 84.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;·&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;         &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Object case&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:48.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops:list 48.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Agreement &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:48.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops:list 48.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Exercises&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:48.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops:list 48.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Answers&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"&gt;VII&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;      &lt;/span&gt;PREPOSITIONS &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:48.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops:list 48.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Introduction &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:48.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops:list 48.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Object of the preposition &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:48.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops:list 48.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Prepositional phrase&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:48.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops:list 48.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Preposition or adverb&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:48.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops:list 48.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Kinds of prepositions &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:84.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2; tab-stops:list 84.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;·&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;         &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Simple prepositions&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:84.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2; tab-stops:list 84.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;·&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;         &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Group prepositions &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:48.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops:list 48.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Errors to avoid&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:48.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops:list 48.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Idiomatic prepositions &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:84.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2; tab-stops:list 84.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;·&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;         &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Prepositions after some verbs &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:84.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2; tab-stops:list 84.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;·&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;         &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Prepositions after adjectives or participles&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:84.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2; tab-stops:list 84.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;·&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;         &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Prepositions after nouns&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:48.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops:list 48.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Some errors to avoid&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:48.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops:list 48.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Exercises&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:48.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops:list 48.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Answers &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;         &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"&gt;VIII&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;ACTIVE &amp;amp; PASSIVE VOICE&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:48.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops:list 48.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Introduction&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:48.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops:list 48.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Using Voice in Writing&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:48.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops:list 48.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Retained Objects&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:48.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops:list 48.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;How to change an active voice into a passive voice&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:48.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops:list 48.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Examples&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:48.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops:list 48.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Exercises &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:48.0pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"&gt;IX&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"&gt;CONJUNCTIONS&lt;/b&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;-&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;Introduction&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;-&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;Coordinating Conjunctions&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;-&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;Errors to avoid&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;-&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;Conjunctive adverbs&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;-&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;Correlative Conjunctions&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;-&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;Errors to avoid &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;-&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;Subordinating Conjunctions&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;-&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;Other errors to avoid &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;-&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;Exercises &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;-&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;Answers &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;X&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;        &lt;/span&gt;QUESTIONS TAGS &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;      &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;XI&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;        &lt;/span&gt;SENTENCE COMBINING&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:48.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops:list 48.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Introduction &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:48.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops:list 48.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Coordination:&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:84.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2; tab-stops:list 84.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;·&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;         &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Coordinating Conjunctions&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:84.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2; tab-stops:list 84.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;·&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;         &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Compound Predicates&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:84.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2; tab-stops:list 84.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;·&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;         &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Conjunctive adverbs and transitional expressions &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:84.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2; tab-stops:list 84.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;·&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;         &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;To add two related ideas&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:84.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2; tab-stops:list 84.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;·&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;         &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;To contrast two related or to limit an idea&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:84.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2; tab-stops:list 84.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;·&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;         &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;To show that one idea is a consequence of the other&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:84.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2; tab-stops:list 84.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;·&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;         &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;To show repetition or illustration of an idea in fact &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:48.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops:list 48.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Subordination strategies &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:84.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2; tab-stops:list 84.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;·&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;         &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Subordinating Conjunctions &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:84.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2; tab-stops:list 84.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;·&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;         &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;One idea is a contrast of the other &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:84.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2; tab-stops:list 84.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;·&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;         &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;One idea is a consequence of the other &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:84.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2; tab-stops:list 84.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;·&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;         &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;One idea is a condition of the other &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:84.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2; tab-stops:list 84.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;·&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;         &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;One idea is related in time to the other &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:48.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops:list 48.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Relative pronouns&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:48.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops:list 48.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Appositives &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:48.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops:list 48.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Verbal phrases&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:84.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2; tab-stops:list 84.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;·&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;         &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Infinitive phrase&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:84.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2; tab-stops:list 84.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;·&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;         &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Present participial phrase &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:84.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2; tab-stops:list 84.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;·&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;         &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Past participial phrase &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;- Using Coordination and Subordination &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"&gt;XII&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"&gt;Conditional sentences&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;XIII&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;Direct and Indirect speech &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;&lt;u&gt;Resources: &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;                   &lt;/span&gt;-&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;Basic English Grammar by &lt;i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"&gt;Betty Schrampfer Azar and Stacy A. Hagen&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;-&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;English Grammar in Use by &lt;i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"&gt;Raymond Murphy&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;                   &lt;/span&gt;-&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;Advanced Grammar in Use by &lt;i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"&gt;Martin Hewings&lt;/i&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;                   &lt;/span&gt;-&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;English Tutor &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;                   &lt;/span&gt;-&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;Changing Times, Changing Tenses&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;                   &lt;/span&gt;-&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;Common Mistakes in English &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;                   &lt;/span&gt;-&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;A concise English Grammar for Foreign Students&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;                   &lt;/span&gt;-&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;Rules for Writers&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;                   &lt;/span&gt;-&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;English Grammar: Style and Writing&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;                   &lt;/span&gt;-&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;Understanding and Using English Grammar by &lt;i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"&gt;Betty Schrampfer Azar&lt;/i&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5681001691021972505-7297449243583389745?l=ielsrancorp.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ielsrancorp.blogspot.com/feeds/7297449243583389745/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ielsrancorp.blogspot.com/2011/04/grammar.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5681001691021972505/posts/default/7297449243583389745'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5681001691021972505/posts/default/7297449243583389745'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ielsrancorp.blogspot.com/2011/04/grammar.html' title='GRAMMAR'/><author><name>"Johnny English"</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17061199295578963191</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_V0GXOPok35g/SoRsZm31FJI/AAAAAAAAAtI/_EEzOFNcJqY/S220/JE1.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681001691021972505.post-3042123695739184552</id><published>2011-04-24T08:56:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-04-24T08:58:37.142-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Communicating in English: Speaking &amp; Writing</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:47.25pt;mso-add-space:auto; text-indent:-.5in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;I.&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;                   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;"&gt;Introduction &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:47.25pt;text-indent:-.5in;mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;II.&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;                 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;"&gt;SOCIALISATION&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;     &lt;/span&gt;II.1.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;       &lt;/span&gt;Greetings and introductions&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;     &lt;/span&gt;II.2.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;       &lt;/span&gt;Welcoming visitors&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;     &lt;/span&gt;II.3.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;       &lt;/span&gt;Asking for and giving help&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;     &lt;/span&gt;II.4.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;       &lt;/span&gt;Making small talk&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;     &lt;/span&gt;II.5.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;       &lt;/span&gt;Answers for “thank you”&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;     &lt;/span&gt;II.6.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;       &lt;/span&gt;Inviting, responding and declining a request&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;     &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"&gt;III.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;     &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"&gt;REPORT WRITING&lt;/b&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;     &lt;/span&gt;III.1.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;     &lt;/span&gt;What is a report?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;     &lt;/span&gt;III.2.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;     &lt;/span&gt;Characteristics of an effective report&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;     &lt;/span&gt;III.3.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;     &lt;/span&gt;Report structure&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;     &lt;/span&gt;III.4&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;      &lt;/span&gt;Procedure for report writing&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;     &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"&gt;IV.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;        &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"&gt;MEETINGS&lt;/b&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;     &lt;/span&gt;IV.1.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;     &lt;/span&gt;What makes a good meeting?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;     &lt;/span&gt;IV.2.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;      &lt;/span&gt;The Chair’s role&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;     &lt;/span&gt;IV.3.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;      &lt;/span&gt;Chairing and leading discussion&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;     &lt;/span&gt;IV.4.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;      &lt;/span&gt;Stating and asking for an opinion&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;     &lt;/span&gt;IV.5.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;      &lt;/span&gt;Interrupting&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;     &lt;/span&gt;IV.5.1.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;Handling interruptions &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;     &lt;/span&gt;IV.6.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;      &lt;/span&gt;Asking and giving clarifications&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;     &lt;/span&gt;IV.7&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;       &lt;/span&gt;Delaying the decision&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;     &lt;/span&gt;IV.8&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;       &lt;/span&gt;Ending the meeting&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;     &lt;/span&gt;IV.9.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;      &lt;/span&gt;Tips to remember&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;     &lt;/span&gt;IV.10.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;Tips and tricks&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;     &lt;/span&gt;IV.11.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;     &lt;/span&gt;Creating meeting agenda&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;"&gt;V&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;        &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;MINUTES&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;"&gt;V.1.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;         &lt;/span&gt;What is the minutes?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;"&gt;V.2.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;         &lt;/span&gt;Some pointers to help you writing the minutes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;"&gt;VI&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;         &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;MEMOS &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;"&gt;VII&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;       &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;WRITING AND FILLING OUT QUESTS &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;"&gt;VII.1.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;        &lt;/span&gt;Request form&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;"&gt;VII.2.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;         &lt;/span&gt;Travel clearance&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;VIII&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;     &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;LEAVES&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;"&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;"&gt;VIII.1.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;     &lt;/span&gt;Maternity leave&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;"&gt;VIII.2.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;     &lt;/span&gt;Annual leave&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;"&gt;VIII.3.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;     &lt;/span&gt;Paternity leave&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;"&gt;VIII.4.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;     &lt;/span&gt;Circumstances leaves&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;"&gt;IX&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;"&gt;.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;       &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"&gt;SPEECH DELIVERY&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;"&gt;IX.1.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;       &lt;/span&gt;What is a speech?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;"&gt;IX.2.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;       &lt;/span&gt;Speech structure&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;"&gt;IX.3.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;       &lt;/span&gt;Speech delivery tips &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;"&gt;IX.4.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;       &lt;/span&gt;Body language speaks for itself&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;"&gt;X&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;         &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"&gt;TELEPHONING&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;"&gt;X.1.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;       &lt;/span&gt;Preparing to make a telephone call&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;"&gt;X.2.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;       &lt;/span&gt;Introducing &amp;amp; receiving calls&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;"&gt;X.3.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;       &lt;/span&gt;Taking and leaving a message&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;"&gt;X.4.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;       &lt;/span&gt;Asking for and giving repetition&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;"&gt;X.5.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;       &lt;/span&gt;Appointments&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;"&gt;X.6.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;       &lt;/span&gt;Ending call&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;"&gt;XI&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;"&gt; &lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;     &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"&gt;PRESENTATIONS&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;"&gt;XI.1. Planning and getting started&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;"&gt;XI.1.1. Presentation technique and preparation&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;"&gt;XI.1.2. The audience &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;"&gt;XI.1.3. Structure (1) The introduction&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;"&gt;XI.2. Image, impact and making an impression&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;"&gt;XI.2.1. Using visual aids: general principles&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;"&gt;XI.2.2. Talking about the content of visual aids&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;"&gt;XI.2.3. Describing Change&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;"&gt;XI.3. The middle of the presentation &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;"&gt;XI.3.1. Holding the audience’s attention&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;"&gt;XI.3.2. Structure (2) The main body&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;"&gt;XI.3.3. Listing information &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;"&gt;XI.3.4. Linking ideas&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;"&gt;XI.3.5. Sequencing &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;"&gt;XI.4. The end is near… this is the end&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;"&gt;XI.4.1. Structure (3) The end&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;"&gt;XI.4.2. Summarizing and concluding &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;"&gt;XI.4.3. Questions and discussion&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;XII&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;         &lt;/span&gt;NEGOTIATIONS&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;"&gt;XII.1.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;     &lt;/span&gt;Know what you want&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;XII.1.1. Types of negotiation&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;XII.1.2. Preparation for a negotiation&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;XII.1.3. Making an opening statement &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;XII.2.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;     &lt;/span&gt;Getting what you can &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;XII.2.1. Bargaining and making concessions&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;XII.2.2. Accepting and confirming&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;XII.2.3. Summarizing and looking ahead&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;XII.3&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;     &lt;/span&gt;Not getting what you don’t want &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;XII.3.1. Types of negotiator &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;"&gt;XII.3.2. Dealing with conflict&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;"&gt;XII.3.3. Rejecting&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;"&gt;XII.3.4. Ending the negotiation&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;"&gt;XIII&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;       &lt;/span&gt;INTERVIEWS&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;"&gt;XIV&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;      &lt;/span&gt;LETTER WRITING&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;"&gt;XV&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;        &lt;/span&gt;JOB APPLICATIONS &amp;amp; CV&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;"&gt;XVI&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;      &lt;/span&gt;INVITATIONS, CARDS, APOLOGIES, ANNOUNCEMENTS, THANKS,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;"&gt;Resources:&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal; mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;"&gt;Communicating in Business &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal; mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;"&gt;New International Business English &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal; mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;"&gt;Upper Intermediate Business English&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal; mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;"&gt;Advanced Business English&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom: 0in;margin-left:1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent: -.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;;mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;"&gt;Microsoft Student with Encarta Premium 2009 DVD by &lt;i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"&gt;Microsoft ® Encarta ®&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; 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Writing'/><author><name>"Johnny English"</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17061199295578963191</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_V0GXOPok35g/SoRsZm31FJI/AAAAAAAAAtI/_EEzOFNcJqY/S220/JE1.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681001691021972505.post-458066311400187754</id><published>2011-04-24T08:34:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2011-04-24T08:40:46.927-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Schedule - Entry requirements &amp; Lab Policy</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:110.25pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list 0in"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:&amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;;mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;mso-bidi-font-family:Georgia"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;1.&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:16.0pt; font-family:&amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;"&gt;Schedule &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:&amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;             &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;Monday – Saturday 7am to 9 pm (closed from 12-2pm for lunch) &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;     &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;All classes scheduled in 2 hour blocks/sessions.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:110.25pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list 0in"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;;mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;mso-bidi-font-family:Georgia"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;2.&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14.0pt; font-family:&amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;"&gt;Entry requirements&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops:list .5in"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family:Georgia;mso-bidi-font-family:Georgia"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;1.&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;       &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Having an A2 level &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops:list .5in"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family:Georgia;mso-bidi-font-family:Georgia"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;2.&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;      &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;A filled out application form&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops:list .5in"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family:Georgia;mso-bidi-font-family:Georgia"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;3.&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;      &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;"&gt;Computer literacy (with proof)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops:list .5in"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family:Georgia;mso-bidi-font-family:Georgia"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;4.&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;      &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;"&gt;A flash disk (for homework)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops:list .5in"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family:Georgia;mso-bidi-font-family:Georgia"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;5.&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;      &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;"&gt;A ream&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops:list .5in"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family:Georgia;mso-bidi-font-family:Georgia"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;6.&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;      &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;"&gt;A quarterly pay slip of &lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"&gt;RWF 95,000 or &lt;/b&gt;a one month payslip of &lt;b&gt;RWF45,000&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;with two&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"&gt; &lt;/b&gt;granted&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"&gt; checks &lt;/b&gt;. (Please read payment method and school fees note)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;                          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;3.&lt;/b&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;"&gt;Laboratory Policy&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:.5in; text-indent:-.25in;line-height:18.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3;tab-stops:list .5in"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;color:#2A2A2B"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;·&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;         &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; color:#2A2A2B"&gt;The IELS provides the Language Laboratory for students to do course work. Students found to be using the Language Laboratory facilities for purposes other than legitimate course work will be asked to leave the Laboratory.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:.5in; text-indent:-.25in;line-height:18.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3;tab-stops:list .5in"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;color:#2A2A2B"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;·&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;         &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; color:#2A2A2B"&gt;Students are not allowed to load personal software on computer hard drives. Personal software that can be run from a floppy disk or CD is not allowed on any machines. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:.5in; text-indent:-.25in;line-height:18.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3;tab-stops:list .5in"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;color:#2A2A2B"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;·&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;         &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; color:#2A2A2B"&gt;Computer games &amp;amp; chats are not allowed on the machines in the Language Laboratory. Students running games or playing songs will be asked to close the games &amp;amp; songs and leave the Language Laboratory. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:.5in; text-indent:-.25in;line-height:18.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3;tab-stops:list .5in"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;color:#2A2A2B"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;·&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;         &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; color:#2A2A2B"&gt;Students are required to speak English at all times while in class.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:.5in; text-indent:-.25in;line-height:18.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3;tab-stops:list .5in"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;·&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;         &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;"&gt;Students are required to provide their own flash disks. The IELS does not provide students with blank disks.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:.5in; text-indent:-.25in;line-height:18.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3;tab-stops:list .5in"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;color:#2A2A2B"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;·&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;         &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; color:#2A2A2B"&gt;Students are not allowed to setup, and/or install files on the computers. Storing unauthorized software on the Laboratory computers is not allowed. Students are not authorized to plug/unplug cables from computers.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:.5in; text-indent:-.25in;line-height:18.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3;tab-stops:list .5in"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;·&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;         &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;"&gt;Food and drink are not allowed in the Language Laboratory. Students with food or drink will be asked to leave the Laboratory.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:3.75pt; margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3;tab-stops:list .5in"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;color:#333333"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;·&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;         &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; color:#333333"&gt;The use of cell phones in the Language Laboratory is prohibited. Cell phones must be on silent mode.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:3.75pt; margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3;tab-stops:list .5in"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;color:#333333"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;·&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;         &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; color:#333333"&gt;Printing is permitted only upon prior approval&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:&amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial; color:#333333"&gt;.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:.5in; text-indent:-.25in;line-height:18.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3;tab-stops:list .5in"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;·&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;         &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;"&gt;Do NOT turn off computers at any time.&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(42, 42, 43); "&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:.25in; line-height:18.0pt"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;;color:#2A2A2B"&gt;Actions that constitute abuse of Language Laboratory computer Laboratory, equipment, or physical resources include:&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:18.0pt; mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3;tab-stops:list .5in"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;color:#2A2A2B"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;·&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;         &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; color:#2A2A2B"&gt;Engaging in behavior that impedes normal use of Laboratory or equipment.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:18.0pt; mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3;tab-stops:list .5in"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;color:#2A2A2B"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;·&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;         &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; color:#2A2A2B"&gt;Using Language Laboratory resources for commercial or personal purposes.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:18.0pt; mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3;tab-stops:list .5in"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;color:#2A2A2B"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;·&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;         &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; color:#2A2A2B"&gt;Failing to abide by posted Laboratory policies or the instructions of Language Laboratory facilitators.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:18.0pt; mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3;tab-stops:list .5in"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;color:#2A2A2B"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;·&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;         &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; color:#2A2A2B"&gt;Attempting to tamper with, misuse, or illegitimately access equipment, hardware, software, or space.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;I the undersigned have read and accept to fully abide by the Laboratory policy.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;"&gt;Student’s signature ____________________________________&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;"&gt;Date______________________________________________&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5681001691021972505-458066311400187754?l=ielsrancorp.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ielsrancorp.blogspot.com/feeds/458066311400187754/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ielsrancorp.blogspot.com/2011/04/schedule-entry-requirements-lab-policy.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5681001691021972505/posts/default/458066311400187754'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5681001691021972505/posts/default/458066311400187754'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ielsrancorp.blogspot.com/2011/04/schedule-entry-requirements-lab-policy.html' title='Schedule - Entry requirements &amp; Lab Policy'/><author><name>"Johnny English"</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17061199295578963191</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_V0GXOPok35g/SoRsZm31FJI/AAAAAAAAAtI/_EEzOFNcJqY/S220/JE1.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681001691021972505.post-8769176545477105558</id><published>2011-04-24T06:01:00.008-05:00</published><updated>2011-05-03T00:11:22.972-05:00</updated><title type='text'>APPLICATION FORM</title><content type='html'>&lt;pre&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;;font-family:&amp;quot;;font-size:12.0pt;color:black;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style="  ;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;font-size:16px;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;  &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;                   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;!--[if gte vml 1]&gt;&lt;v:shapetype id="_x0000_t202" coordsize="21600,21600" spt="202" path="m,l,21600r21600,l21600,xe"&gt;  &lt;v:stroke joinstyle="miter"&gt;  &lt;v:path gradientshapeok="t" connecttype="rect"&gt; &lt;/v:shapetype&gt;&lt;v:shape id="_x0000_s1026" type="#_x0000_t202" style="'position:absolute;" strokeweight=".5pt"&gt;  &lt;v:fill color2="black"&gt;  &lt;v:textbox style="'mso-next-textbox:#_x0000_s1026'" inset="7.45pt,3.85pt,7.45pt,3.85pt"&gt; &lt;/v:shape&gt;&lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;span style="mso-ignore:vglayout;position: relative;z-index:251660288"&gt;&lt;span style="left:0px;position:absolute;left:466px; top:-2px;width:198px;height:183px"&gt;  &lt;table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"&gt;  &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td width="199" height="183" bg=""  style="border:.5pt solid black;   vertical-align:top;background:whitecolor:white;"&gt;&lt;span style="position:absolute;mso-ignore:vglayout;left:0pt;z-index:251660288"&gt;   &lt;table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"&gt;    &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;     &lt;td&gt;     &lt;div shape="_x0000_s1026" style="padding:4.35pt 7.95pt 4.35pt 7.95pt" class="shape"&gt;     &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Please make sure that you have read the Entry     requirements and Lab policy before completing this application form. Answer     either in English or in French for your learning goals.&lt;/p&gt;     &lt;/div&gt;     &lt;/td&gt;    &lt;/tr&gt;   &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;   &lt;/span&gt; &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;                &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;Application Form &amp;amp; Agreement &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;  &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;           &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;  RanCorp Services International English Language School &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;  &lt;pre&gt;&lt;span lang="FR"   style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;                       &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;RanCorp Services IELS&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="FR"   style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;                 E-mail: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:halijf@yahoo.fr"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; mso-bidi-Courier New&amp;quot;font-family:&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;h&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;alijf@yahoo.fr&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="FR"   style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="FR"   style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;                 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;Tel: 0783593253 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;                 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;;mso-bidi-Courier New&amp;quot;font-family:&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ielsrancorp.blogspot.com/"&gt;www.ielsrancorp.blogspot.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;                  &lt;b&gt;APPLICATION DEADLINES&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'courier new';"&gt;Normally, we must receive a complete set of application documents&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'courier new';"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'courier new';"&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'courier new';"&gt;and fees to grant your enrollment before the program starts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;  &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;   Part A. Personal data:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;  &lt;pre&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;   First Name ______________ Last Name: ______________&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;   Home Address_________________________&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;   Telephone___________________ Fax:________________&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;   E-mail______________________&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;;color:black;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;   Date of Birth _____/____/____&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;__ Male __Female&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;;color:black;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;    Place of Birth (country, city)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;________________&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;    Occupation _______________&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;At__________________&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;    Nationality _____________ Country ________________&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;    ID or Passport number: ________________________&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;    Native language _________________________________&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;   Other languages, if any&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt; ___________________________&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;   Emergency Contact&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;: _______________________________&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;   Name:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;__________________________________________&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;  Relationship: _____________ Telephone: _____________&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;Part B: Educational History &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;    School &amp;amp; Location:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;    Degree or Diploma Awarded:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;    Date of Degree:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;    From ----to-----&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;    Major Subject:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;  &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:normal;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt; Are you currently studying? (S = Secondary school or U= university) S_____ / U____&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;  &lt;h3 style="margin-left:0in;text-indent:0in;mso-list:none;tab-stops:86.3pt 132.1pt 177.9pt 223.7pt 269.5pt 315.3pt 361.1pt 406.9pt 452.7pt 498.5pt 544.3pt 590.1pt 635.9pt 681.7pt 727.5pt 773.3pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:normal;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt; If yes, what time do you go to school? From________ to _______&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;  &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt; Part C. Program data&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;  &lt;pre&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt; I am applying for: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre style="margin-left: 32.25pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list 0in left 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;-&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;Day program&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre style="margin-left:32.25pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops:list 0in left 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;-&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;Evening program&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre style="margin-left:32.25pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops:list 0in left 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;-&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;Week end program &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre style="margin-left:32.25pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops:list 0in left 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;-&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;Distance learning program&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;   - From ___to ___ &lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;(8:00—10:00 am; 10:00 –12:00; 2:00 -- 4:00;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;4:00—5:30; 5:30—7:30; 7:30—9:00) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;  Please choose the course&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre style="margin-left:32.25pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops:list 0in left 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;-&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;Beginning,Intermediate&amp;amp;Advanced Language Courses&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:32.25pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list 0in"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;-&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;TOEFL-&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;TOEIC-&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;           &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;IELTS&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;       &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:32.25pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list 0in"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;-&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;American &amp;amp; British Accent Guide&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:32.25pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list 0in"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;-&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;Business English&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:32.25pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list 0in"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;-&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;Military English&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:32.25pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list 0in"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;-&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;Medical English &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:32.25pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list 0in"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;-&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;English for International Tourism &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:32.25pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list 0in"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;-&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;Writing Workshops&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:32.25pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list 0in"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;-&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;Grammar Training&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:32.25pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list 0in"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;-&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;Speaking Seminars &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;                           &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;pre&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;Do you have a laptop or flash /CD / DVD player? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;(Laptop____ /&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;(Flash / CD / DVD player)____&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;  Have you ever studied English?  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style=" white-space: pre; font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;I have studied English for ______ months &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;  What is your current level of English?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;     Beginner __ High beginner __ Intermediate__ &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;    High Intermediate__ Advanced&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt; - Describe your English learning goals and strategies? How will you specifically benefit from the  program? At what suitable time would you like to review your learning materials?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;What hurdles  do you predict to hamper your progress? (Answer in French or English, please be specific as  much as possible)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt; - How do your interests and career objectives match with this English Training Program?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;  (Answer in English or in French)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;pre&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;PartD:Self assessment(Answer in English or in French)                          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;- How would you describe the challenges you have in English?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;- What have you been doing to resolve them?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;- How long have you thought it would take you to overcome the problem?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;- What materials if there are any, have you been using?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;- What have you learnt that you didn’t know?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;- What do you think your accent is? (American, British or none)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;- Do you think that the lack of using grammar correctly affects the way we communicate? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;     Yes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;___ / No_____&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt; - Use the words below to rate your grammar skills &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;     Excellent – Very good- Good- Fair - Bad&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;  Verbs &amp;amp;Tenses_________;Nouns_________;Adjectives_________&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;  Adverbs________;Prepositions________Conjunctions_________&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;  Pronouns__________; Interjections___________&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt; How would you estimate your vocabularies?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt; Sufficient_____ / Limited_____ / A few____&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt; Do you ever run out of words when speaking? __/ __&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt; What do&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt; you do to enrich your vocabularies?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt; If reading is mentioned, in a few words, what have you recently read?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;     How often do you speak English whenever you get a chance?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;    Always___ / Often___ / Sometimes___/ Seldom_____&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;  When you are speaking English, do you feel confident or insecure?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;  Part E: Weaknesses and Strengths &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;   Please rate yourself on the traits shown below&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;   Percentile (1-100)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;  - &lt;/b&gt;Intellectual ability------; Motivation &amp;amp; diligence-----; Decision making-----;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt; - Integrity-----; Time management----; Stress management----; Teamwork----; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt; - Problem-solving ability---; Goals prioritizing---; Creativity----&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt; Part F. Payment of Fees: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt; All courses must be pre-paid. Students must pay for three months of courses to guarantee  placement (students may pay the 1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;st&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt; month and also deposit two non-refundable guaranteed   checks). &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;pre&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;I&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;. A non-refundable registration fee of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;RWF 5000, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;school fees of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;RWF 75,000&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt; for a quarter &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;are required with your application.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt; II. Please select one of the following payment options&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt; 1. __ “Full payment” Please find enclosed a pay slip of due total amount of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;RWF 80,000&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;         for the registration, and school fees of three months.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt; 2. __ “Installments” Please find a pay slip of one month equivalent to &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;RWF 30,000&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;       &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;for registration (RWF5000),  and school fees (RWF25000) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;       for the first month along with two non-refundable guaranteed checks &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;       for the second and the third months equivalent to fifty thousand (50,000) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;      Notice: The above fees are only applicable for General English courses. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;  The standard Tests and    Professional English training the school fees are $ 100 per month.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;   III.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;Sources of Support&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;                          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;   Self (Name / ID card and Signature)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;   Parent (Name/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;                     &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;ID card&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt; / Phone &amp;amp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;Signature)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;   Sponsor (Name/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;       &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;ID card /Passport/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;Phone&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt; &amp;amp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;Signature)&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre; "&gt;     &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;;mso-bidi-Times New Roman&amp;quot;;font-family:&amp;quot;;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;Please note that your application will be considered as received only when your payment of the enrollment fees and the tuition deposit has been received.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;All payments are payable through &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;FINA BANK, A/N:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;013-1100340&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;;mso-bidi-Times New Roman&amp;quot;;font-family:&amp;quot;;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;  &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;                        &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;Part G. Agreement&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;  &lt;pre&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;By signing this Application, I also acknowledge it stands for the contract of learning English (see the selected program) between &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;I ___________________________________ and the school mentioned above. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;I certify the above information is complete and correct. I understand that my misrepresentation may result in breach of this agreement and expulsion from the program. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;I have read the Agreement and agree to follow all RanCorp Services IELS procedures.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;This Agreement will be effective when my application is accepted by IELS and shall be governed by the laws of the Republic of Rwanda.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;Applicant's Signature ___________________________&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;        &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;Date:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;                 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;___________________________&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;Please do not forget to make a copy of this completed and signed application for your records and enclose your payment of the application fee and deposits.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5681001691021972505-8769176545477105558?l=ielsrancorp.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ielsrancorp.blogspot.com/feeds/8769176545477105558/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ielsrancorp.blogspot.com/2011/04/application-form.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5681001691021972505/posts/default/8769176545477105558'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5681001691021972505/posts/default/8769176545477105558'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ielsrancorp.blogspot.com/2011/04/application-form.html' title='APPLICATION FORM'/><author><name>"Johnny English"</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17061199295578963191</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_V0GXOPok35g/SoRsZm31FJI/AAAAAAAAAtI/_EEzOFNcJqY/S220/JE1.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681001691021972505.post-717780715075884937</id><published>2011-01-23T05:38:00.003-06:00</published><updated>2011-01-23T05:50:25.105-06:00</updated><title type='text'>INTERNATIONAL ENGLISH LANGUAGE TESTING SYSTEM 'IELTS'</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_V0GXOPok35g/TTwTwqFc8vI/AAAAAAAAA7A/KcMXPMZb30M/s1600/DSC04291.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_V0GXOPok35g/TTwTwqFc8vI/AAAAAAAAA7A/KcMXPMZb30M/s400/DSC04291.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565344966174896882" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;                                                                          IELTS&lt;div&gt;                                                         Opens doors and creates opportunities.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;With RanCorp IELS, we are fully committed to help you to achieve the grade you want in the IELTS.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5681001691021972505-717780715075884937?l=ielsrancorp.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ielsrancorp.blogspot.com/feeds/717780715075884937/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ielsrancorp.blogspot.com/2011/01/international-english-language-testing.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5681001691021972505/posts/default/717780715075884937'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5681001691021972505/posts/default/717780715075884937'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ielsrancorp.blogspot.com/2011/01/international-english-language-testing.html' title='INTERNATIONAL ENGLISH LANGUAGE TESTING SYSTEM &apos;IELTS&apos;'/><author><name>"Johnny English"</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17061199295578963191</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_V0GXOPok35g/SoRsZm31FJI/AAAAAAAAAtI/_EEzOFNcJqY/S220/JE1.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_V0GXOPok35g/TTwTwqFc8vI/AAAAAAAAA7A/KcMXPMZb30M/s72-c/DSC04291.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681001691021972505.post-4731722814791830692</id><published>2011-01-23T04:58:00.001-06:00</published><updated>2011-01-23T05:34:14.211-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Speaking Seminars</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_V0GXOPok35g/TTwR1Bu8qbI/AAAAAAAAA64/MAK0W517kRc/s1600/DSC06780.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_V0GXOPok35g/TTwR1Bu8qbI/AAAAAAAAA64/MAK0W517kRc/s400/DSC06780.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565342842219178418" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;While speaking in front of a group can sometimes be scary for some people, for the others is an exciting thing to do. People fail to speak clearly and enunciate their words and as a result, once the audience can’t understand or hear your, they won’t be able to enjoy your presentation. However, when you have some tricks up your sleeve, your presentation becomes fruitful and your enthusiasm will rub off on your audience.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Communicating in Business equips you with all the tools you need about:&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops:list .5in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;         &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;presenting&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops:list .5in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;         &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;negotiating&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops:list .5in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;         &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;telephoning&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops:list .5in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;         &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;meetings and socializing &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5681001691021972505-4731722814791830692?l=ielsrancorp.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ielsrancorp.blogspot.com/feeds/4731722814791830692/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ielsrancorp.blogspot.com/2011/01/speaking-seminars.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5681001691021972505/posts/default/4731722814791830692'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5681001691021972505/posts/default/4731722814791830692'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ielsrancorp.blogspot.com/2011/01/speaking-seminars.html' title='Speaking Seminars'/><author><name>"Johnny English"</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17061199295578963191</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_V0GXOPok35g/SoRsZm31FJI/AAAAAAAAAtI/_EEzOFNcJqY/S220/JE1.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_V0GXOPok35g/TTwR1Bu8qbI/AAAAAAAAA64/MAK0W517kRc/s72-c/DSC06780.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681001691021972505.post-1690278572846340646</id><published>2011-01-23T02:19:00.001-06:00</published><updated>2011-01-23T04:53:36.362-06:00</updated><title type='text'>English Grammar Training</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_V0GXOPok35g/TTwCyDh0e7I/AAAAAAAAA6w/_yAzLSjXaU0/s1600/DSC06794.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 304px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_V0GXOPok35g/TTwCyDh0e7I/AAAAAAAAA6w/_yAzLSjXaU0/s400/DSC06794.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565326298486963122" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;English grammar consists of a set of rules or conventions that helps to guide the use of correctly written and spoken English. But many people, due to their misuse of the form and the structure of the words (morphology) and their interrelation in sentences (syntax) find themselves misunderstood. Therefore, the study of the proper use of English grammar will help you to communicate effectively and not create the confusion. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5681001691021972505-1690278572846340646?l=ielsrancorp.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ielsrancorp.blogspot.com/feeds/1690278572846340646/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ielsrancorp.blogspot.com/2011/01/english-grammar-training.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5681001691021972505/posts/default/1690278572846340646'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5681001691021972505/posts/default/1690278572846340646'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ielsrancorp.blogspot.com/2011/01/english-grammar-training.html' title='English Grammar Training'/><author><name>"Johnny English"</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17061199295578963191</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_V0GXOPok35g/SoRsZm31FJI/AAAAAAAAAtI/_EEzOFNcJqY/S220/JE1.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_V0GXOPok35g/TTwCyDh0e7I/AAAAAAAAA6w/_yAzLSjXaU0/s72-c/DSC06794.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681001691021972505.post-8599924933709625915</id><published>2011-01-23T01:51:00.002-06:00</published><updated>2011-01-23T02:18:42.231-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Writing Workshops</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_V0GXOPok35g/TTvfeoSJCyI/AAAAAAAAA6o/fLW_xoTLAtE/s1600/DSC06799.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 156px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_V0GXOPok35g/TTvfeoSJCyI/AAAAAAAAA6o/fLW_xoTLAtE/s400/DSC06799.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565287481848957730" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;The ability to write and speak correctly and effectively is not only a necessity for courses in English, but also a prerequisite for succeeding in any school subject, including the physical and social sciences, and mathematics. Most standardized and school admissions tests that students take emphasize the ability to use the English language properly. Writing and speaking skills are also important tools for getting a job and trying to advance a chosen career. &lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Employees will often make judgments about employees based on how well they are able to communicate to clients, fellow employees, and to those they supervise. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;The ability to use words in a precise and powerful manner, to communicate clearly, correctly, and effectively in every situation, both on and off the job is crucial. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;mso-fareast-Times New Roman&amp;quot;;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US; mso-bidi-language:AR-SAfont-family:&amp;quot;;font-size:12.0pt;"&gt;“Good English, well spoken and well written, will open more doors than a college degree. Bad English will slam doors you don’t even know exist."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#0000EE;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5681001691021972505-8599924933709625915?l=ielsrancorp.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ielsrancorp.blogspot.com/feeds/8599924933709625915/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ielsrancorp.blogspot.com/2011/01/writing-workshops.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5681001691021972505/posts/default/8599924933709625915'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5681001691021972505/posts/default/8599924933709625915'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ielsrancorp.blogspot.com/2011/01/writing-workshops.html' title='Writing Workshops'/><author><name>"Johnny English"</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17061199295578963191</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_V0GXOPok35g/SoRsZm31FJI/AAAAAAAAAtI/_EEzOFNcJqY/S220/JE1.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_V0GXOPok35g/TTvfeoSJCyI/AAAAAAAAA6o/fLW_xoTLAtE/s72-c/DSC06799.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681001691021972505.post-4169417774046841832</id><published>2011-01-23T01:40:00.003-06:00</published><updated>2011-01-23T01:50:11.856-06:00</updated><title type='text'>English for International Tourism</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_V0GXOPok35g/TTvdjoF-BvI/AAAAAAAAA6Q/y2fxVZLDLi8/s1600/DSC06803.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 354px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_V0GXOPok35g/TTvdjoF-BvI/AAAAAAAAA6Q/y2fxVZLDLi8/s400/DSC06803.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565285368673994482" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div&gt;  Effective English language and interpersonal skills are now essential job requirement in the hotel and tourism industries. In a global working environment where employees are in constant contact with each other and the public, the ability to use English is an absolute necessity.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;                            English for International Tourism &lt;/b&gt;is a language course designed to cater for learners studying for vocational qualifications in the travel trade and for working professionals undertaking in-service language training.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;                           The Student’s Book contains twelve main units and three consolidation sections. Each unit contains a variety of language tasks developed around topics related to the travel industry and the provision of hotel accommodation. Each unit contains one or more listening tasks, a language focus section followed by practice, vocabulary development, pronunciation practice and a speaking section which is designed to bring the language previously studied into active use.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;st1:city st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;                             Reading&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt; and writing skills also feature prominently as do the professional practice boxes which provide language skills that are necessary when performing work-related tasks.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;                                        &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;                                         &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;                              &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5681001691021972505-4169417774046841832?l=ielsrancorp.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ielsrancorp.blogspot.com/feeds/4169417774046841832/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ielsrancorp.blogspot.com/2011/01/english-for-international-tourism.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5681001691021972505/posts/default/4169417774046841832'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5681001691021972505/posts/default/4169417774046841832'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ielsrancorp.blogspot.com/2011/01/english-for-international-tourism.html' title='English for International Tourism'/><author><name>"Johnny English"</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17061199295578963191</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_V0GXOPok35g/SoRsZm31FJI/AAAAAAAAAtI/_EEzOFNcJqY/S220/JE1.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_V0GXOPok35g/TTvdjoF-BvI/AAAAAAAAA6Q/y2fxVZLDLi8/s72-c/DSC06803.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681001691021972505.post-1685342317173167729</id><published>2011-01-20T07:43:00.002-06:00</published><updated>2011-01-20T08:31:29.263-06:00</updated><title type='text'>We have a specialty in Business English training</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_V0GXOPok35g/TTg_XbKcuEI/AAAAAAAAA6I/1aOoDf91Q6E/s1600/DSC06785.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 120px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_V0GXOPok35g/TTg_XbKcuEI/AAAAAAAAA6I/1aOoDf91Q6E/s400/DSC06785.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564267011277371458" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;                                       &lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="color:blue"&gt;Market Leader: Advanced Business English Course&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Market Leader is a multi-level business English course for business people and students of Business English. It deals with: being international- training- partnerships- energy- employment trends- business ethics- finance and banking- consultants- strategy – doing business online- new business- project management. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#3333FF;"&gt;COMMUNICATING IN BUSINESS &amp;amp; NEW INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS ENGLISH&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#3333FF;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_V0GXOPok35g/TTg_XAeHzPI/AAAAAAAAA6A/BX6eQ0yAFgA/s1600/DSC06783.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 157px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_V0GXOPok35g/TTg_XAeHzPI/AAAAAAAAA6A/BX6eQ0yAFgA/s400/DSC06783.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564267004112129266" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="color:blue"&gt; Communicating in Business&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Communicating in Business is for students at the intermediate level who need to improve their skills in the key areas of business communicating: taking part in meetings, telephoning, negotiating, presenting and socialization.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="color:blue"&gt;New International Business English&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;New International Business English is a flexible course at the upper- intermediate level for people who need or will soon need to use English in their day-to- day work. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;It focuses on: face to face; letters-faxes-memos; on the phone; summaries-notes-reports; working together; international trade; money matters; dealing with problems; visitors- travelers; marketing; meetings; processes and operations; jobs and careers; sales and negotiation; and a special project. &lt;/p&gt;       &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5681001691021972505-1685342317173167729?l=ielsrancorp.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ielsrancorp.blogspot.com/feeds/1685342317173167729/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ielsrancorp.blogspot.com/2011/01/we-have-specialty-in-business-english.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5681001691021972505/posts/default/1685342317173167729'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5681001691021972505/posts/default/1685342317173167729'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ielsrancorp.blogspot.com/2011/01/we-have-specialty-in-business-english.html' title='We have a specialty in Business English training'/><author><name>"Johnny English"</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17061199295578963191</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_V0GXOPok35g/SoRsZm31FJI/AAAAAAAAAtI/_EEzOFNcJqY/S220/JE1.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_V0GXOPok35g/TTg_XbKcuEI/AAAAAAAAA6I/1aOoDf91Q6E/s72-c/DSC06785.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681001691021972505.post-6066059712222064211</id><published>2011-01-20T06:40:00.003-06:00</published><updated>2011-01-20T07:39:00.687-06:00</updated><title type='text'>American and / or British Accent Acquisition</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_V0GXOPok35g/TTg2ffYjR7I/AAAAAAAAA54/CfRbtlV3CNQ/s1600/DSC06775.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 259px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_V0GXOPok35g/TTg2ffYjR7I/AAAAAAAAA54/CfRbtlV3CNQ/s400/DSC06775.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564257254244566962" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_V0GXOPok35g/TTg2fOhpCSI/AAAAAAAAA5w/3gAia9VQ-vs/s1600/DSC06773.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 282px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_V0GXOPok35g/TTg2fOhpCSI/AAAAAAAAA5w/3gAia9VQ-vs/s400/DSC06773.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564257249719290146" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class="P6"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3366FF;"&gt;                                                        NEW CUTTING EDGE &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="P6"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;New Cutting Edge is a multiple –level general English course for adults and young adults. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="P6"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;From Starter to Advanced, each level of Cutting Edge features:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="P6" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops:list .5in"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;-&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;         &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;A comprehensive syllabus with thorough grammar, vocabulary and skills work&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="P6" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops:list .5in"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;-&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;         &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;Systematic vocabulary building which focuses on high-frequency, useful words and phrases&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="P6" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops:list .5in"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;-&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;         &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;Clearly – structured tasks encourage student fluency and confidence&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="P6" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops:list .5in"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;-&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;         &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;Mini-dictionary included inside every Students’ Book&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="P6"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;Cutting Edge (starter to advanced) takes students through the A1 level to C1 level of the Common European Framework. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;                                                            &lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#3333FF;"&gt;ROSETTA STONE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_V0GXOPok35g/TTg2epeQ74I/AAAAAAAAA5o/JznC8PwaHNI/s1600/DSC04282.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_V0GXOPok35g/TTg2epeQ74I/AAAAAAAAA5o/JznC8PwaHNI/s400/DSC04282.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564257239773015938" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class="P2"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255); "&gt;&lt;u&gt; Rosetta Stone&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="P2"&gt;Comprehensive language-learning solutions for private, educational and professional use.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="P2"&gt;Selected by:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="P2"&gt;Fortune 500 executives, the U.S. State Department and NASA!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="P2"&gt;Used by millions of people in over 150 countries.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="P2"&gt;Benefits of Rosetta Stone:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="P6" style="margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in; "&gt;&lt;span style=" ;font-family:OpenSymbol;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;–&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Fast, effective learning&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="P6" style="margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in; "&gt;&lt;span style=" ;font-family:OpenSymbol;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;–&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Individualized instruction&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="P6" style="margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in; "&gt;&lt;span style=" ;font-family:OpenSymbol;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;–&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Learners of any age, ability or&lt;span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;language background&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="P6" style="margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in; "&gt;&lt;span style=" ;font-family:OpenSymbol;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;–&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Systematic structure and sequence&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="P6" style="margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in; "&gt;&lt;span style=" ;font-family:OpenSymbol;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;–&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Over 8,000 real-life images&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="P6" style="margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in; "&gt;&lt;span style=" ;font-family:OpenSymbol;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;–&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Listening, reading, speaking, writing&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="P6" style="margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in; "&gt;&lt;span style=" ;font-family:OpenSymbol;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;–&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Emphasizes communication skills&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="P2"&gt;Beginning through everyday proficiency&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="P2"&gt;                                   &lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#3333FF;"&gt;THE AMERICAN ACCENT GUIDE &amp;amp; PRONOUNCE IT PERFECTLY&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="P2"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#3333FF;"&gt;                                                                         IN ENGLISH&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_V0GXOPok35g/TTg2eFhY-9I/AAAAAAAAA5g/4Pj-iax6OyY/s1600/DSC04281.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_V0GXOPok35g/TTg2eFhY-9I/AAAAAAAAA5g/4Pj-iax6OyY/s400/DSC04281.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564257230122449874" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;p class="P2"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;                      &lt;/span&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3366FF;"&gt;The American Accent Guide&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:6;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:19px;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:6;"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;A Complete and Comprehensive Course on the Pronunciation and Speaking Style of American English for Individuals of All Backgrounds.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="T1"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14.0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;        &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="T2"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-ansi-;font-size:12.0pt;"&gt;An Interactive Approach&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; with 8 hours of audio instruction on CD.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Develop your English communication skills for professional advancement and social situations. This comprehensive guide provides you interactive exercises using everyday language. Learn to apply:&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;–&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;The pronunciation of each sound, sound blends and grammatical segments.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;The rhythm and voice patterns unique to American English.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Proper stress on words and sentences.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Used by colleges, universities, language schools and by individuals for self-study.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="P2"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style=" ;font-size:medium;"&gt;                &lt;/span&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3366FF;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;Pronounce It PERFECTLY in ENGLISH&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="P2"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;Learn to speak with an authentic American accent&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="P2"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;Listen and imitate the sound patterns of spoken American English&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="P2"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;Essential help for ESL students, TOEFL and TOEIC test takers, and all others who speak English as their second language.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="P6"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5681001691021972505-6066059712222064211?l=ielsrancorp.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ielsrancorp.blogspot.com/feeds/6066059712222064211/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ielsrancorp.blogspot.com/2011/01/new-cutting-edge-new-cutting-edge-is.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5681001691021972505/posts/default/6066059712222064211'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5681001691021972505/posts/default/6066059712222064211'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ielsrancorp.blogspot.com/2011/01/new-cutting-edge-new-cutting-edge-is.html' title='American and / or British Accent Acquisition'/><author><name>"Johnny English"</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17061199295578963191</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_V0GXOPok35g/SoRsZm31FJI/AAAAAAAAAtI/_EEzOFNcJqY/S220/JE1.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_V0GXOPok35g/TTg2ffYjR7I/AAAAAAAAA54/CfRbtlV3CNQ/s72-c/DSC06775.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681001691021972505.post-3975298680749534965</id><published>2011-01-20T06:31:00.001-06:00</published><updated>2011-01-20T06:36:19.140-06:00</updated><title type='text'>CAMPAIGN MILITARY ENGLISH</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_V0GXOPok35g/TTgrTo7jdTI/AAAAAAAAA5Y/c_fPRzwGs4k/s1600/DSC06772.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 186px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_V0GXOPok35g/TTgrTo7jdTI/AAAAAAAAA5Y/c_fPRzwGs4k/s400/DSC06772.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564244956020962610" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_V0GXOPok35g/TTgrTZdIuXI/AAAAAAAAA5Q/V3mkQ8Z9d7s/s1600/DSC06771.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 251px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_V0GXOPok35g/TTgrTZdIuXI/AAAAAAAAA5Q/V3mkQ8Z9d7s/s400/DSC06771.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564244951866849650" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3366FF"&gt;Student’s Book Level 1&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"&gt;Campaign Military English&lt;/i&gt; is designed to meet the English language needs of military personnel engaged in all operations, including peacekeeping, humanitarian assistance and training exercises.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;CAMPAIGN combines the rigorous language analysis of a good English for Specific Purposes course with the teachability of a good General English course. It deals with real issues that concern servicemen and women. Units range from Military Technology to Sports and Fitness to Peacekeeping and Peacekeepers. There are topics and texts from a variety of international military contexts, including the &lt;st1:country-region st="on"&gt;US&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;, the &lt;st1:country-region st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;UK&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;, NATO and the UN. Throughout, learning of key specialized military lexis goes hand in hand with the development of general language competence through systematic skills practice and a carefully planned grammar syllabus.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;       &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;              &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3366FF"&gt;Check Your Vocabulary for Military English&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Check your Vocabulary for Military English is designed to help you learn and improve specialist military vocabulary. It contains more than 50 exercises which are ideal for both self study and use in class.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;A range of vocabulary is covered, including:&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"&gt;Military orders&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;                       &lt;/span&gt;commands&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;                   &lt;/span&gt;location&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"&gt;Operations&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;                              &lt;/span&gt;slang&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;                            &lt;/span&gt;aircraft&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"&gt;Conversations&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;                         &lt;/span&gt;vehicles&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;                       &lt;/span&gt;weapons&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;There are also exercises which test grammar and use of English, together with pronunciation and spelling.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;                   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3366FF"&gt;Campaign Dictionary of Military&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;The Campaign Dictionary of Military Terms provides clear definitions of over 6,000 British, American and international military terms.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;The Entries cover a comprehensive range of topics including rank, training, military personnel, manoeuvres, vehicles, tactics and commands, weapons, equipment, geography, terrain and weather.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Entries show phonetic transcription, grammatical categories and clear example sentences to show how terms are used in context; ‘Comment’ boxes give useful background information.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops:list .5in"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family:Wingdings;mso-bidi-font-family:Wingdings"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;n&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;      &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Over 6,000 British, American and international military terms&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops:list .5in"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family:Wingdings;mso-bidi-font-family:Wingdings"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;n&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;      &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Phonetic transcription and grammatical information&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops:list .5in"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family:Wingdings;mso-bidi-font-family:Wingdings"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;n&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;      &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Clear example sentences &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5681001691021972505-3975298680749534965?l=ielsrancorp.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ielsrancorp.blogspot.com/feeds/3975298680749534965/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ielsrancorp.blogspot.com/2011/01/campaign-military-english.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5681001691021972505/posts/default/3975298680749534965'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5681001691021972505/posts/default/3975298680749534965'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ielsrancorp.blogspot.com/2011/01/campaign-military-english.html' title='CAMPAIGN MILITARY ENGLISH'/><author><name>"Johnny English"</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17061199295578963191</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_V0GXOPok35g/SoRsZm31FJI/AAAAAAAAAtI/_EEzOFNcJqY/S220/JE1.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_V0GXOPok35g/TTgrTo7jdTI/AAAAAAAAA5Y/c_fPRzwGs4k/s72-c/DSC06772.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681001691021972505.post-7941256757121007217</id><published>2011-01-18T03:26:00.003-06:00</published><updated>2011-01-18T04:01:31.274-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Our General English Program takes you to an International English speaker..</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;     &lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#3333FF;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;Beginning, Intermediate &amp;amp; Advanced English Language Skill Courses&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;       &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;From Cutting Edge Starter to Advanced along with Pronounce It PERFECTLY in &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large; "&gt;             English, American Accent Guide, Rosetta Stone, World English to Advanced &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large; "&gt;       Grammar in Use you definitely become an international writer and speaker.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_V0GXOPok35g/TTVhM_H5zcI/AAAAAAAAA4o/GQSsQteUqJo/s1600/DSC06799.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 156px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_V0GXOPok35g/TTVhM_H5zcI/AAAAAAAAA4o/GQSsQteUqJo/s400/DSC06799.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563459790417022402" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_V0GXOPok35g/TTVhM2oVLJI/AAAAAAAAA4g/KDkm0UH1NmA/s1600/DSC06792.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 330px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_V0GXOPok35g/TTVhM2oVLJI/AAAAAAAAA4g/KDkm0UH1NmA/s400/DSC06792.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563459788137114770" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_V0GXOPok35g/TTVhMnZ7dZI/AAAAAAAAA4Y/DYJrNvS8NY4/s1600/DSC04295.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_V0GXOPok35g/TTVhMnZ7dZI/AAAAAAAAA4Y/DYJrNvS8NY4/s400/DSC04295.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563459784050177426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_V0GXOPok35g/TTVhMIAXRII/AAAAAAAAA4Q/rx2l9udiWew/s1600/DSC06773.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 282px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_V0GXOPok35g/TTVhMIAXRII/AAAAAAAAA4Q/rx2l9udiWew/s400/DSC06773.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563459775621448834" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;                         &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5681001691021972505-7941256757121007217?l=ielsrancorp.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ielsrancorp.blogspot.com/feeds/7941256757121007217/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ielsrancorp.blogspot.com/2011/01/our-general-english-program-takes-you.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5681001691021972505/posts/default/7941256757121007217'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5681001691021972505/posts/default/7941256757121007217'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ielsrancorp.blogspot.com/2011/01/our-general-english-program-takes-you.html' title='Our General English Program takes you to an International English speaker..'/><author><name>"Johnny English"</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17061199295578963191</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_V0GXOPok35g/SoRsZm31FJI/AAAAAAAAAtI/_EEzOFNcJqY/S220/JE1.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_V0GXOPok35g/TTVhM_H5zcI/AAAAAAAAA4o/GQSsQteUqJo/s72-c/DSC06799.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681001691021972505.post-4979167633708124194</id><published>2011-01-18T03:19:00.002-06:00</published><updated>2011-01-18T03:25:37.936-06:00</updated><title type='text'>MEDICAL ENGLISH</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_V0GXOPok35g/TTVb5Ph5SRI/AAAAAAAAA4I/hNealdv_CHU/s1600/DSC06766.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 179px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_V0GXOPok35g/TTVb5Ph5SRI/AAAAAAAAA4I/hNealdv_CHU/s400/DSC06766.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563453953665485074" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;                                                        &lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3366FF"&gt;Good Practice&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3366FF"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;        &lt;/span&gt;&lt;u&gt;Communicating Skills in English for the Medical Practitioner&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;        &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"&gt;Good Practice &lt;/i&gt;is a course of doctors and medical students who need to communicate with patients in English. The course is for upper-intermediate to advanced learners of English.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;       &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"&gt;Good Practice&lt;/i&gt; focuses on the language and communication skills that doctors need to make consultations more effective through a focus on five elements of good communication: verbal communication, active listening, voice management, non-verbal communication and cultural awareness. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;      &lt;/span&gt;The course teaches learners how to sensitively handle a range of situations such as taking a patient history, breaking bad news, examining a patient and describing treatment options. It also prepares doctors for dealing with different types of patient, from children to the elderly.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;                              &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3366FF"&gt;Professional English in Use Medicine&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;     &lt;/span&gt;Professional English in Use Medicine&lt;/i&gt; contains 60 units covering a wide variety of medical vocabulary. Topics include diseases and symptoms, investigations, treatment, examining, and prevention. The book also introduces general medical vocabulary related to parts and functions of the body, medical and para-medical personnel, education and training, research, and presentations. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5681001691021972505-4979167633708124194?l=ielsrancorp.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ielsrancorp.blogspot.com/feeds/4979167633708124194/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ielsrancorp.blogspot.com/2011/01/medical-english.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5681001691021972505/posts/default/4979167633708124194'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5681001691021972505/posts/default/4979167633708124194'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ielsrancorp.blogspot.com/2011/01/medical-english.html' title='MEDICAL ENGLISH'/><author><name>"Johnny English"</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17061199295578963191</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_V0GXOPok35g/SoRsZm31FJI/AAAAAAAAAtI/_EEzOFNcJqY/S220/JE1.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_V0GXOPok35g/TTVb5Ph5SRI/AAAAAAAAA4I/hNealdv_CHU/s72-c/DSC06766.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681001691021972505.post-4281334181171289646</id><published>2010-07-09T10:11:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2010-07-09T10:18:12.643-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Do you want to ace your TOEFL?</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_V0GXOPok35g/TDc86mRRbyI/AAAAAAAAA30/25tpVgdr7jw/s1600/S7300683.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; 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&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ilad"&gt;bald eagle&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;or Haliaeetus Leucocephalus&lt;br /&gt;according to his scientific name. I have this passion as long as&lt;br /&gt;I can remember.&lt;br /&gt;A passion for a bird of prey that can be seen in some parts of the World&lt;br /&gt;would be more obvious. But life is full of inexplicable surprises&lt;br /&gt;and left me with this passion for the&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;bald eagle, the national&lt;br /&gt;symbol of the &lt;st1:country-region st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;United States   of America&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;When I read about bald eagles and about the way they live, I&lt;br /&gt;always start thinking about what a businessman can learn from&lt;br /&gt;them in order to become&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ilad"&gt;successful&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;and that is what this article&lt;br /&gt;is about.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;1. Vision&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;Bald eagles are birds that can often be found on very high&lt;br /&gt;altitudes. There they soar and with their very sharp eyesight&lt;br /&gt;they have a&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ilad"&gt;clear view&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;on the world below them and especially&lt;br /&gt;on the prey they want to catch; fish, that is what they like&lt;br /&gt;most. They can see the milky&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ilad"&gt;white spot&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;in the water from a&lt;br /&gt;distance of many miles. In high places they build their nests.&lt;br /&gt;On a rock, on the top of a tree but always on a spot where they&lt;br /&gt;have a good view on the world that surrounds them. And from&lt;br /&gt;their castle they see what is happening around them and that&lt;br /&gt;gives security.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The businessman should also have a&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;clear view&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;on what is&lt;br /&gt;happening in the market. From very far he should recognize his&lt;br /&gt;potential customers and "attack" them at the right moment. At&lt;br /&gt;the same time he should be aware of the dangers that surround&lt;br /&gt;him, anticipate, absorb&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ilad"&gt;the environment&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;and be prepared to act&lt;br /&gt;immediately.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;2. Knowledge&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;Bald eagles are confined to their territories. With the seasons&lt;br /&gt;some migrate but you find bald eagles only in a specific habitat&lt;br /&gt;namely forests, mountains and near sea and rivers. You won't&lt;br /&gt;find them in the desert. In their habitat they know what to do,&lt;br /&gt;where they can find prey and which dangers surround them. By&lt;br /&gt;instinct and by learning they have knowledge about the way they&lt;br /&gt;have to conduct their lives and about how they have to behave&lt;br /&gt;in this habitat. They will never go beyond the limitations of this&lt;br /&gt;frame work. If they do, they die.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This holds a lesson for the businessman. He should know&lt;br /&gt;everything about his business and when I say everything, I mean&lt;br /&gt;everything. He should know all about the products he sells from&lt;br /&gt;beginning to end, every detail should be an open book to him.&lt;br /&gt;He can never be surprised with questions on which he has no&lt;br /&gt;answers. He should know about marketing techniques, the&lt;br /&gt;position and plans of competitors etc., etc. And if he doesn't&lt;br /&gt;possess this knowledge by nature, he has to learn it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;3. Enough is enough&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;When Bald Eagles catch prey, they will catch only one fish at a&lt;br /&gt;time. It is not possible for them to catch more. But they know&lt;br /&gt;precisely how to catch this one fish. Their flying skills, their&lt;br /&gt;strong talons and their eyesight are extremely well developed&lt;br /&gt;and fit for the job. Almost every attempt to catch a prey is&lt;br /&gt;successful.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This phenomenom also holds a wise lesson for the businessman.&lt;br /&gt;He has to restrict himself to a number of products he can handle&lt;br /&gt;and products that matches his skills and abilities. To stay in&lt;br /&gt;the animal world: if you are a cow don't try to jump fences like&lt;br /&gt;a horse. People will only laugh at you. It is better to sell one&lt;br /&gt;product very well than ten without a satisfying result.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;4. Courage&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;Bald eagles mate for life and they are absolutely loyal to each&lt;br /&gt;other. From high altitudes the two birds tumble down in a&lt;br /&gt;dangerous free fall. Mocking the laws of gravity they unite.&lt;br /&gt;Only just above the tree tops they separate and fly wing by wing&lt;br /&gt;to the nest. This spectacular show requires great courage. A&lt;br /&gt;businessman also needs courage to be&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;successful. He has to make&lt;br /&gt;decisions about difficult and uncertain subjects. And he also&lt;br /&gt;needs to know when to stop his free fall. Having courage to make&lt;br /&gt;difficult decisions is not synonymous for being reckless. A&lt;br /&gt;decision that leads to disaster is not a decision, but a wild&lt;br /&gt;guess.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You see....the businessman can learn a great deal from this&lt;br /&gt;majestic bird that embodies not only beauty, strength and&lt;br /&gt;freedom but that possesses also the essential conditions and&lt;br /&gt;abilities to survive.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The beginning businessman as well, who is maybe starting his&lt;br /&gt;business in great uncertainty about the future, can learn from&lt;br /&gt;the&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;bald eagle:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5681001691021972505-1411490309184072762?l=ielsrancorp.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ielsrancorp.blogspot.com/feeds/1411490309184072762/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ielsrancorp.blogspot.com/2010/06/bald-eagles-business-leader.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5681001691021972505/posts/default/1411490309184072762'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5681001691021972505/posts/default/1411490309184072762'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ielsrancorp.blogspot.com/2010/06/bald-eagles-business-leader.html' title='BALD EAGLES: THE BUSINESS LEADER.'/><author><name>"Johnny English"</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17061199295578963191</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_V0GXOPok35g/SoRsZm31FJI/AAAAAAAAAtI/_EEzOFNcJqY/S220/JE1.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681001691021972505.post-1257836949528481280</id><published>2010-06-10T14:08:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2010-06-10T14:13:23.833-05:00</updated><title type='text'>METACOGNITION A WAY OF MASTERING YOUR ENGLISH</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: auto;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="color:blue"&gt;METACOGNITION&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="color:blue"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:none"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:  none"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"&gt;Is being aware of your thinking as you perform specific tasks and then using this awareness to control what you are doing. The two majors of metacognition are:&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;         &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Knowledge and control of self&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;         &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Knowledge and control of task.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Both are essential for success in any area (academic or nonacademic) &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="color:blue"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;                  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"&gt;&lt;u&gt;A. Knowledge and Control of Self&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Knowledge and control of self imply:&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;         &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Commitment (control)&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;         &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Attitudes (control)&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;         &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Attention&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;(control) &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="text-indent:.25in"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#993366"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;                             &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"&gt;Commitment&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;: If students are not committed to learning, they probably won’t learn much. Before you begin studying English, ask yourself one question.&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;Why do &lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:18.0pt"&gt;I&lt;/span&gt; want to study English?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Verdana; color:black"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Is it because you want to, or because someone else wants you to? Like every decision in life, studying English must be something you want to do.&lt;span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Verdana; color:black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;                                      &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#993366"&gt;Attitudes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; are beliefs we have that affect how we perceive things and what we do. Students should see how to change their negative attitudes (this is not any value to me, I can’t do this, I have no control over what is happening here, where am I going to use English? I have studied English for long time, what if I fail? Are they going to chasse me? People will laugh at me if I make mistakes. I have to go to English speaking country…) into positive ones (everything is possible let’s work hard, ask for clarification, seek for a help, working in group…)&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;             &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Verdana;color:#993300"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:99.0pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:99.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#993366"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;     &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"&gt;Attention&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; (attentive): there are two basic types of attention: automatic and voluntary. Automatic attention is reflexive in nature – a reaction.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:117.0pt"&gt;Voluntary attention is under conscious control. It is active rather than passive in nature.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;h2 style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left: 0in"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="color:blue"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;                       &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"&gt;&lt;u&gt;B. Knowledge and Control of Task&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;The second major aspect of metacognition is knowledge and control of task. It involves four components: &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;         &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;setting goals&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;         &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;planning&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;         &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;correcting for error&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops:list 1.0in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;-&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;         &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;evaluating&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:99.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#993366"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"&gt;Setting goals&lt;/b&gt;: &lt;/span&gt;if you don’t know where you want to go, you probably won’t get there. Setting goals allows you to focus on what is important and ignore what is not.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Your actions become more efficient because you know what you are looking for. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:99.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#993366"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"&gt;Planning:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; planning involves the deliberate selections of strategies to fulfill specific goals. That is, once you have identified a goal you begin to generate strategies for accomplishment the goal. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:99.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#993366"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:99.0pt"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#993366"&gt;Correcting for error&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="color:#993366"&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; the third aspect of knowledge and control of task is correcting for error. Here the student changes his or her plan based on negative and positive “feed – back” - how close or far way a student is accomplishing the goal. Periodically students may assess their progress toward the goal they have established and then change their behavior if necessary.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:99.0pt"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#993366"&gt;Evaluating&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="color:#993366"&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; evaluating, the final aspect of knowledge and control of task, deals with post – assessment of how well the task went. After students have completed a task, they might ask themselves such questions: - Did I accomplish my goal? How close did I come if it wasn’t totally successful? What did I do that didn’t work?&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5681001691021972505-1257836949528481280?l=ielsrancorp.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ielsrancorp.blogspot.com/feeds/1257836949528481280/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ielsrancorp.blogspot.com/2010/06/metacognition-way-of-mastering-your.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5681001691021972505/posts/default/1257836949528481280'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5681001691021972505/posts/default/1257836949528481280'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ielsrancorp.blogspot.com/2010/06/metacognition-way-of-mastering-your.html' title='METACOGNITION A WAY OF MASTERING YOUR ENGLISH'/><author><name>"Johnny English"</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17061199295578963191</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_V0GXOPok35g/SoRsZm31FJI/AAAAAAAAAtI/_EEzOFNcJqY/S220/JE1.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681001691021972505.post-9065850205664860082</id><published>2010-02-19T16:48:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2010-02-19T16:49:14.227-06:00</updated><title type='text'>PARTS OF A HOUSE</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:black"&gt;HOUSE &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:black"&gt;Room&lt;br /&gt;balcony&lt;br /&gt;bathroom&lt;br /&gt;bedroom&lt;br /&gt;dining room&lt;br /&gt;living room&lt;br /&gt;sitting room&lt;br /&gt;garage&lt;br /&gt;kitchen&lt;br /&gt;basement&lt;br /&gt;cellar&lt;br /&gt;attic&lt;br /&gt;study&lt;br /&gt;toilet&lt;br /&gt;door&lt;br /&gt;doorbell&lt;br /&gt;doormat&lt;br /&gt;letter box&lt;br /&gt;window&lt;br /&gt;roof&lt;br /&gt;chimney&lt;br /&gt;staircase/stairs&lt;br /&gt;flat (GB)&lt;br /&gt;apartment (&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:country-region st="on"&gt;US&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:black"&gt;DINING ROOM&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:black"&gt;dining room&lt;br /&gt;living room&lt;br /&gt;table&lt;br /&gt;chair&lt;br /&gt;armchair&lt;br /&gt;sofa&lt;br /&gt;floor&lt;br /&gt;ceiling&lt;br /&gt;rug&lt;br /&gt;carpet&lt;br /&gt;fireplace&lt;br /&gt;radiator&lt;br /&gt;lamp&lt;br /&gt;light&lt;br /&gt;curtain&lt;br /&gt;wall&lt;br /&gt;wallpaper&lt;br /&gt;television&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:black"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;KITCHEN&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:black"&gt;Kitchen&lt;br /&gt;fridge&lt;br /&gt;oven&lt;br /&gt;microwave oven&lt;br /&gt;dishwasher&lt;br /&gt;washing machine&lt;br /&gt;ironing board&lt;br /&gt;toaster&lt;br /&gt;liquidizer (GB)&lt;br /&gt;blender (&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:country-region st="on"&gt;US&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;mixer&lt;br /&gt;broom&lt;br /&gt;sink&lt;br /&gt;tap&lt;br /&gt;waste bin&lt;br /&gt;worktop&lt;br /&gt;tea towel&lt;br /&gt;frying pan&lt;br /&gt;saucepan&lt;br /&gt;pressure cooker&lt;br /&gt;kettle&lt;br /&gt;bowl&lt;br /&gt;tin opener&lt;br /&gt;corkscrew&lt;br /&gt;fork&lt;br /&gt;knife&lt;br /&gt;spoon&lt;br /&gt;teaspoon&lt;br /&gt;cutlery drawer&lt;br /&gt;cup&lt;br /&gt;glass&lt;br /&gt;saucer&lt;br /&gt;jug&lt;br /&gt;coffeepot&lt;br /&gt;coffee maker&lt;br /&gt;teapot&lt;br /&gt;tablecloth&lt;br /&gt;napkin&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:black"&gt;BATHROOM &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:black"&gt;Bathroom&lt;br /&gt;bath&lt;br /&gt;shower&lt;br /&gt;toilet&lt;br /&gt;bidet&lt;br /&gt;washbasin&lt;br /&gt;tap&lt;br /&gt;mirror&lt;br /&gt;soap&lt;br /&gt;soap dish&lt;br /&gt;towel&lt;br /&gt;towel rail&lt;br /&gt;bath mat&lt;br /&gt;toilet paper&lt;br /&gt;sponge&lt;br /&gt;comb&lt;br /&gt;hairbrush&lt;br /&gt;hair drier&lt;br /&gt;shampoo&lt;br /&gt;conditioner&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:black"&gt;safety razor&lt;br /&gt;electric razor&lt;br /&gt;shaving foam&lt;br /&gt;toothbrush&lt;br /&gt;toothpaste&lt;br /&gt;nailbrush&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:black"&gt;Nail polish &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:black"&gt;Lip balm&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:black"&gt;BEDROOM &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:black"&gt;Bedroom&lt;br /&gt;bed&lt;br /&gt;bedside table&lt;br /&gt;bedside lamp&lt;br /&gt;wardrobe&lt;br /&gt;chest of drawers&lt;br /&gt;drawers&lt;br /&gt;mattress&lt;br /&gt;pillow&lt;br /&gt;blanket&lt;br /&gt;sheet&lt;br /&gt;duvet&lt;br /&gt;bedspread&lt;br /&gt;alarm clock&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p align="right" style="text-align:right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black"&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="apple-style-span"&gt;QUESTIONS&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="apple-style-span"&gt;1.- Which are the parts of our house? Write in your notebook.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="apple-style-span"&gt;2.- Where do you sleep?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="apple-style-span"&gt;3.- Where do you eat lunch or dinner?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="apple-style-span"&gt;4.- Where can you cook?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="apple-style-span"&gt;5.- Where can you have a shower or a bath?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="apple-style-span"&gt;6.- Name some things you can see in your bedroom and in your dining room?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="apple-style-span"&gt;7.- Name some things you can see in your kitchen and in your bathroom?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5681001691021972505-9065850205664860082?l=ielsrancorp.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ielsrancorp.blogspot.com/feeds/9065850205664860082/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ielsrancorp.blogspot.com/2010/02/parts-of-house.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5681001691021972505/posts/default/9065850205664860082'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5681001691021972505/posts/default/9065850205664860082'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ielsrancorp.blogspot.com/2010/02/parts-of-house.html' title='PARTS OF A HOUSE'/><author><name>"Johnny English"</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17061199295578963191</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_V0GXOPok35g/SoRsZm31FJI/AAAAAAAAAtI/_EEzOFNcJqY/S220/JE1.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681001691021972505.post-3920254153016440589</id><published>2010-02-19T16:45:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2010-02-19T16:48:08.165-06:00</updated><title type='text'>CLOTHES VOCABULARIES</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="Section1"&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:4.5pt; margin-left:-.25in;line-height:140%"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Lucida Grande&amp;quot;; color:black"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;                    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;CLOTHES &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;  &lt;span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:&amp;quot;Lucida Grande&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/span&gt;  &lt;div class="Section2"&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:4.5pt; margin-left:0in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:140%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops:list .5in"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;color:black"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;·&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;                                 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Lucida Grande&amp;quot;; color:black"&gt;belt&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:4.5pt; margin-left:0in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:140%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops:list .5in"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;color:black"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;·&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;                                 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Lucida Grande&amp;quot;; color:black"&gt;blouse&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:4.5pt; margin-left:0in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:140%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops:list .5in"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;color:black"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;·&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;                                 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Lucida Grande&amp;quot;; color:black"&gt;bra&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:4.5pt; margin-left:0in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:140%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops:list .5in"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;color:black"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;·&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;                                 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Lucida Grande&amp;quot;; color:black"&gt;braces &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:4.5pt; margin-left:0in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:140%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops:list .5in"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;color:black"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;·&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;                                 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Lucida Grande&amp;quot;; color:black"&gt;boots&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:4.5pt; margin-left:0in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:140%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops:list .5in"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;color:black"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;·&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;                                 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Lucida Grande&amp;quot;; color:black"&gt;cap&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:4.5pt; margin-left:0in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:140%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops:list .5in"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;color:black"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;·&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;                                 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Lucida Grande&amp;quot;; color:black"&gt;coat&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:4.5pt; margin-left:0in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:140%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops:list .5in"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;color:black"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;·&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;                                 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Lucida Grande&amp;quot;; color:black"&gt;collar &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:4.5pt; margin-left:0in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:140%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops:list .5in"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;color:black"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;·&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;                                 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Lucida Grande&amp;quot;; color:black"&gt;dress&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:4.5pt; margin-left:0in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:140%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops:list .5in"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;color:black"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;·&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;                                 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Lucida Grande&amp;quot;; color:black"&gt;gloves&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:4.5pt; margin-left:0in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:140%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops:list .5in"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;color:black"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;·&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;                                 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Lucida Grande&amp;quot;; color:black"&gt;mittens &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:4.5pt; margin-left:0in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:140%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops:list .5in"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;color:black"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;·&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;                                 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Lucida Grande&amp;quot;; color:black"&gt;earmuffs &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:4.5pt; margin-left:0in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:140%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops:list .5in"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;color:black"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;·&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;                                 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Lucida Grande&amp;quot;; color:black"&gt;hat&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:4.5pt; margin-left:0in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:140%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops:list .5in"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;color:black"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;·&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;                                 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Lucida Grande&amp;quot;; color:black"&gt;panties / knickers (BE)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:4.5pt; margin-left:0in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:140%;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2; tab-stops:list .5in"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;color:black"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;·&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;                                 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Lucida Grande&amp;quot;; color:black"&gt;jacket&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:4.5pt; margin-left:0in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:140%;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2; tab-stops:list .5in"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;color:black"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;·&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;                                 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Lucida Grande&amp;quot;; color:black"&gt;jeans&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:4.5pt; margin-left:0in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:140%;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2; tab-stops:list .5in"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;color:black"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;·&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;                                 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Lucida Grande&amp;quot;; color:black"&gt;jumper&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:4.5pt; margin-left:0in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:140%;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2; tab-stops:list .5in"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;color:black"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;·&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;                                 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Lucida Grande&amp;quot;; color:black"&gt;nightgown&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:4.5pt; margin-left:0in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:140%;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2; tab-stops:list .5in"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;color:black"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;·&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;                                 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Lucida Grande&amp;quot;; color:black"&gt;laces&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:4.5pt; margin-left:0in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:140%;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2; tab-stops:list .5in"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;color:black"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;·&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;                                 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Lucida Grande&amp;quot;; color:black"&gt;pajamas&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:4.5pt; margin-left:0in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:140%;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2; tab-stops:list .5in"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;color:black"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;·&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;                                 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Lucida Grande&amp;quot;; color:black"&gt;pants&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:4.5pt; margin-left:0in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:140%;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2; tab-stops:list .5in"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;color:black"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;·&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;                                 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Lucida Grande&amp;quot;; color:black"&gt;raincoat&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:4.5pt; margin-left:0in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:140%;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2; tab-stops:list .5in"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;color:black"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;·&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;                                 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Lucida Grande&amp;quot;; color:black"&gt;scarf&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:4.5pt; margin-left:0in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:140%;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2; tab-stops:list .5in"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;color:black"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;·&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;                                 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Lucida Grande&amp;quot;; color:black"&gt;shirt&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:4.5pt; margin-left:0in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:140%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3; tab-stops:list .5in"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;color:black"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;·&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;                                 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Lucida Grande&amp;quot;; color:black"&gt;shoes&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;  &lt;span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:&amp;quot;Lucida Grande&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/span&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:4.5pt; margin-left:0in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:140%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3; tab-stops:list .5in"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;color:black"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;·&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;                                 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Lucida Grande&amp;quot;; color:black"&gt;shorts &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:4.5pt; margin-left:0in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:140%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3; tab-stops:list .5in"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;color:black"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;·&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;                                 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Lucida Grande&amp;quot;; color:black"&gt;boxer shorts&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:4.5pt; margin-left:0in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:140%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3; tab-stops:list .5in"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;color:black"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;·&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;                                 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Lucida Grande&amp;quot;; color:black"&gt;bathrobe &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:4.5pt; margin-left:0in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:140%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3; tab-stops:list .5in"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;color:black"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;·&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;                                 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Lucida Grande&amp;quot;; color:black"&gt;skirt&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:4.5pt; margin-left:0in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:140%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3; tab-stops:list .5in"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;color:black"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;·&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;                                 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Lucida Grande&amp;quot;; color:black"&gt;slacks&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:4.5pt; margin-left:0in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:140%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3; tab-stops:list .5in"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;color:black"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;·&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;                                 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Lucida Grande&amp;quot;; color:black"&gt;slippers&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:4.5pt; margin-left:0in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:140%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3; tab-stops:list .5in"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;color:black"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;·&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;                                 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Lucida Grande&amp;quot;; color:black"&gt;socks&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:4.5pt; margin-left:0in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:140%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3; tab-stops:list .5in"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;color:black"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;·&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;                                 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Lucida Grande&amp;quot;; color:black"&gt;stockings&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:4.5pt; margin-left:0in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:140%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3; tab-stops:list .5in"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;color:black"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;·&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;                                 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Lucida Grande&amp;quot;; color:black"&gt;suit&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:4.5pt; margin-left:0in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:140%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3; tab-stops:list .5in"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;color:black"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;·&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;                                 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Lucida Grande&amp;quot;; color:black"&gt;uniform&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:4.5pt; margin-left:0in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:140%;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo4; tab-stops:list .5in"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;color:black"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;·&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;                                 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Lucida Grande&amp;quot;; color:black"&gt;sweater&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:4.5pt; margin-left:0in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:140%;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo4; tab-stops:list .5in"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;color:black"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;·&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;                                 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Lucida Grande&amp;quot;; color:black"&gt;sweatshirt&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:4.5pt; margin-left:0in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:140%;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo4; tab-stops:list .5in"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;color:black"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;·&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;                                 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Lucida Grande&amp;quot;; color:black"&gt;t-shirt&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:4.5pt; margin-left:0in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:140%;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo4; tab-stops:list .5in"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;color:black"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;·&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;                                 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Lucida Grande&amp;quot;; color:black"&gt;tie&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:4.5pt; margin-left:0in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:140%;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo4; tab-stops:list .5in"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;color:black"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;·&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;                                 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Lucida Grande&amp;quot;; color:black"&gt;knot &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:4.5pt; margin-left:0in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:140%;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo4; tab-stops:list .5in"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;color:black"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;·&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;                                 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Lucida Grande&amp;quot;; color:black"&gt;tights &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:4.5pt; margin-left:0in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:140%;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo4; tab-stops:list .5in"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;color:black"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;·&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;                                 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Lucida Grande&amp;quot;; color:black"&gt;trousers&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:4.5pt; margin-left:0in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:140%;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo4; tab-stops:list .5in"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;color:black"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;·&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;                                 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Lucida Grande&amp;quot;; color:black"&gt;underclothes&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:4.5pt; margin-left:0in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:140%;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo4; tab-stops:list .5in"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;color:black"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;·&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;                                 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Lucida Grande&amp;quot;; color:black"&gt;underpants&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:4.5pt; margin-left:0in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:140%;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo4; tab-stops:list .5in"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;color:black"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list:Ignore"&gt;·&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;                                 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Lucida Grande&amp;quot;; color:black"&gt;undershirt &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333333"&gt;What size do you wear? Small – medium – large – extra – large &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333333"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level:1"&gt;&lt;span class="apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333333"&gt;Describing Clothes&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level:1"&gt;&lt;span class="apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333333"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333333"&gt;She is wearing high – heeled, low – heeled – flat heed shoes&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333333"&gt;He is wearing a heavy / light jacket&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333333"&gt;She is wearing a shirt with long / short sleeves ( a long or short sleeved shirt)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333333"&gt;He is wearing a tight / loose pants a clean / dirty or new / or sneakers &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333333"&gt;Narrow / wide shoulders &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333333"&gt;Checked &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333333"&gt;Dark / light&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333333"&gt;Heavy / light&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333333"&gt;Large / small&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333333"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Long / short skirt&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333333"&gt;Low / high&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333333"&gt;Striped &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333333"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333333"&gt;Taking care of clothes &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333333"&gt;Fold the clothes &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333333"&gt;Load the machine&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333333"&gt;Unload the machine&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333333"&gt;Put detergent in the machine&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333333"&gt;Put clothes in the dryer&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333333"&gt;To iron&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333333"&gt;To shorten skirt&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333333"&gt;To lengthen pants&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333333"&gt;To sew clothes&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333333"&gt;To hang up clothes&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333333"&gt;To try on clothes &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc"&gt;  &lt;li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo4;tab-stops:      list .5in"&gt;scissors&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;  &lt;li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo4;tab-stops:      list .5in"&gt;zipper&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;  &lt;li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo4;tab-stops:      list .5in"&gt;button&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;  &lt;li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo4;tab-stops:      list .5in"&gt;needle&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;  &lt;li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo4;tab-stops:      list .5in"&gt;thread &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;  &lt;li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo4;tab-stops:      list .5in"&gt;hanger&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333333"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;                           &lt;/span&gt;&lt;u&gt;Jewelry &lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;     &lt;/span&gt;Ring – earring –necklace bracelets &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5681001691021972505-3920254153016440589?l=ielsrancorp.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ielsrancorp.blogspot.com/feeds/3920254153016440589/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ielsrancorp.blogspot.com/2010/02/clothes-vocabularies.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5681001691021972505/posts/default/3920254153016440589'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5681001691021972505/posts/default/3920254153016440589'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ielsrancorp.blogspot.com/2010/02/clothes-vocabularies.html' title='CLOTHES VOCABULARIES'/><author><name>"Johnny English"</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17061199295578963191</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_V0GXOPok35g/SoRsZm31FJI/AAAAAAAAAtI/_EEzOFNcJqY/S220/JE1.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681001691021972505.post-2818346453225787472</id><published>2010-02-19T16:42:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2010-02-19T16:44:45.538-06:00</updated><title type='text'>LEARN MORE ABOUT OCCUPATIONS</title><content type='html'>&lt;p style="line-height:140%"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%; font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;                               &lt;/span&gt;&lt;u&gt;OCCUPATIONS&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="line-height:140%"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%; font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;Accountant -&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;a person that works with the money and accounts of a company.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="line-height:140%"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%; font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;Actor /Actress&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;- a person that acts in a play or a movie &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="line-height:140%"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%; font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;Architect&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%; font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;- a person that designs building and houses.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="line-height:140%"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%; font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;Author&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%; font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;- They write books or novels.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="line-height:140%"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%; font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;Baker&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;- They make bread and cakes and normally work in a bakery.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="line-height:140%"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%; font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;Bricklayer&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%; font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;- a person that helps to build houses using bricks.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="line-height:140%"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%; font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;Bus driver&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%; font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;- a person that drives buses.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="line-height:140%"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%; font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;Butcher&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%; font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;- a person that works with meat. They cut the meat and sell it in their shop.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="line-height:140%"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%; font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;Carpenter&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%; font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;- a person that makes things from wood including houses and furniture.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="line-height:140%"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%; font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;Chef/Cook / er&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%; font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;- a person that prepares food for others, often in a restaurant or café.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="line-height:140%"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%; font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;Cleaner&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;- a person that cleans/tidies an area or place (such as in an office)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="line-height:140%"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%; font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;Dentist&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%; font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;- a person that can fix problems you have with your teeth.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="line-height:140%"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%; font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;Designer&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%; font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;- a person who has the job of designing things.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="line-height:140%"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%; font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;Doctor&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%; font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;- a person you go to see when you are ill or have some type of health problem.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="line-height:140%"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%; font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;Dustman/Refuse collector&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;- a person that collects trash/rubbish from bins in the street.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="line-height:140%"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%; font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;Electrician&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%; font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;- a person that works with electric circuits.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="line-height:140%"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%; font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;Factory worker&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%; font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;- a person that works in a factory.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="line-height:140%"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%; font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;Farmer&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%; font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;- a person that works on a farm, usually with animals.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="line-height:140%"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%; font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;Fireman/Fire fighter&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%; font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;- a person that puts out fires.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="line-height:140%"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%; font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;Fisherman&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%; font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;- a person that catches fish&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="line-height:140%"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%; font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;Florist&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%; font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;- a person that works with flowers.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="line-height:140%"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%; font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;Gardener&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%; font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;- a person that keeps gardens clean and tidy. They take care of the plants in the garden.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="line-height:140%"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%; font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;Hairdresser&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%; font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;- they cut your hair or give it a new style.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="line-height:140%"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%; font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;Journalist&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%; font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;- a person that makes new reports in writing or through television.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="line-height:140%"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%; font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;Judge&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%; font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;- a qualified person that decides cases in a law court.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="line-height:140%"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%; font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;Lawyer&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%; font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;- a person that defends people in court and gives legal advice.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="line-height:140%"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%; font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;Lecturer&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;- a person that gives lectures, usually in a university.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="line-height:140%"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%; font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;Librarian&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%; font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;- a person that works in a library.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="line-height:140%"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%; font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;Lifeguard&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%; font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;- a person that saves lives where people swim (at a beach or swimming pool).&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="line-height:140%"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%; font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;Mechanic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%; font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;- a person that repairs machines, especially car motors.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="line-height:140%"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%; font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;Model&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%; font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;- a (usually attractive) person that works in fashion, modeling clothes and accessories.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="line-height:140%"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%; font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;Newsreader&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;- a person that reads the news, normally on television.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="line-height:140%"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%; font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;Nurse&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;- a person trained to help a doctor look after the sick or injured.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="line-height:140%"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%; font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;Optician&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%; font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;- a person that checks your eyes and try and correct any problems with your sight.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="line-height:140%"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%; font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;Painter&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%; font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;- a person that paints pictures or the interior and exterior of buildings.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="line-height:140%"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%; font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;Pharmacist&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%; font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;- a qualified person that works with and dispenses medicine.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="line-height:140%"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%; font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;Photographe&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;r - a person that takes photos.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="line-height:140%"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%; font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;Pilot&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%; font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;- a person who flies a plane.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="line-height:140%"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%; font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;Plumber&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;- a person that repairs your water systems or pipes.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="line-height:140%"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%; font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;Politician&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%; font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;- a person who works in politics.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="line-height:140%"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%; font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;Policeman/Policewoman&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%; font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;- a member of the police force. They (try and) prevent crime.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="line-height:140%"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%; font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;Postman&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;- a person that delivers mail to your house.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="line-height:140%"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%; font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;Real estate agent&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;- a person that makes money from selling land for development.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="line-height:140%"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%; font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;Receptionist&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;- a person that is at the reception (entrance) of a company.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="line-height:140%"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%; font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;Scientist&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;- a person that works in the science industry. They do many experiments.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="line-height:140%"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%; font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;Secretary&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;- a person employed in an office who types letters, keeps records etc.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="line-height:140%"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%; font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;Shop assistant&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%; font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;- a person that works in a shop or store selling products.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="line-height:140%"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%; font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;Soldier&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%; font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;- a person who works for the army.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="line-height:140%"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%; font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;Tailor&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%; font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;- a person that makes clothes for others, many times producing exclusive items of clothing.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="line-height:140%"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%; font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;Taxi driver&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%; font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;- a person who drives a taxi.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="line-height:140%"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%; font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;Teacher&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%; font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;- a person that passes knowledge to students, usually at school.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="line-height:140%"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%; font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;Translator&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;- a person that translates from one language to another.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="line-height:140%"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%; font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;Traffic warden&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%; font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;- a person that patrols areas to check that people do not park in the wrong place.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="line-height:140%"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%; font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;Travel agent&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%; font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;- a person that organizes and sells holidays and flights for others.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="line-height:140%"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%; font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;Veterinary doctor (Vet)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%; font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;- a qualified person that looks after sick animals.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="line-height:140%"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%; font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;Waiter/Waitress&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%; font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;- a person that works in a food outlet, looking after customers and serving food.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="line-height:140%"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%; font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;Window cleaner&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%; font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;- a person that cleans windows, normally the windows of big buildings.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5681001691021972505-2818346453225787472?l=ielsrancorp.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ielsrancorp.blogspot.com/feeds/2818346453225787472/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ielsrancorp.blogspot.com/2010/02/learn-more-about-occupations.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5681001691021972505/posts/default/2818346453225787472'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5681001691021972505/posts/default/2818346453225787472'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ielsrancorp.blogspot.com/2010/02/learn-more-about-occupations.html' title='LEARN MORE ABOUT OCCUPATIONS'/><author><name>"Johnny English"</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17061199295578963191</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_V0GXOPok35g/SoRsZm31FJI/AAAAAAAAAtI/_EEzOFNcJqY/S220/JE1.JPG'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681001691021972505.post-1547449427433597720</id><published>2010-01-19T13:47:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2010-01-19T13:51:45.952-06:00</updated><title type='text'>READ TO LEARN. WRITING IS AWAY OF CREATING NEW KNOWLEDGE</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;mso-cellspacing:1.5pt;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 0in"&gt;  &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr style="mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes"&gt;   &lt;td valign="top" style="padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt"&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"&gt;&lt;span class="articleheadline"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;   color:#333333"&gt;Studying in the&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:   Verdana;color:#333333"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region st="on"&gt;&lt;span class="articleheadline"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;    color:#333333"&gt;US&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span class="articleheadline"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;   color:#333333"&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;color:#333333"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:placename st="on"&gt;&lt;span class="articleheadline"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;color:#333333"&gt;Writing&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:placename&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:    Verdana;color:#333333"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:placetype st="on"&gt;&lt;span class="articleheadline"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;     color:#333333"&gt;College&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:placetype&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:   Verdana;color:#333333"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="articleheadline"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;color:#333333"&gt;Papers&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr style="mso-yfti-irow:1;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes"&gt;   &lt;td valign="top" style="padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt"&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"&gt;&lt;span class="byline"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;Academic   writing in&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;&lt;span class="byline"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:     9.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;America&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Verdana;   color:black"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="byline"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:   9.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;means getting to the point quickly,   stating ideas clearly and supporting them with evidence.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Verdana;   color:black"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:   Verdana;color:black"&gt;Transcript of radio broadcast:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Verdana;   color:#333333"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:   Verdana;color:#333333"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;29   April 2009&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td valign="top" style="padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt"&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:#333333"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;This is the VOA Special English Education Report.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;Today in our Foreign Student Series we discuss writing college papers. Writing a term paper, research paper or essay for a college class is a kind of academic writing. Academic writing among professionals is a way to create new knowledge.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;A professor assigns students to write a paper. The students examine an issue, review what is already known, think about what they have learned and come to some conclusion.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;This means that each student-writer must present information and also take a position. The student might support an idea, question it or even disprove it. Or the writer could show how the subject may be understood better or in a different way than it has been. And the student must support the position with evidence.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;Cultural differences may interfere when international students try to write this way. Writing teachers say students in many countries have learned to write beautiful descriptions about something without ever stating the main idea. American college students are expected to state their main idea at the beginning of the paper.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;In other cultures, paragraphs may be organized to build toward the main idea, which is revealed at the end. But in the&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;United States&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;, the main idea of each paragraph should be in the first sentence.  Another difference is about writing style. Other cultures may use lots of descriptive words. But American English values short, strong sentences.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;Teachers at the writing center at&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:placename st="on"&gt;Purdue&lt;/st1:placename&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:placetype st="on"&gt;University&lt;/st1:placetype&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;in&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:city st="on"&gt;West   Lafayette&lt;/st1:city&gt;,&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:state st="on"&gt;Indiana&lt;/st1:state&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;work with students to improve their writing. Graduate tutor Lars Soderlund says non-native English speakers generally have some trouble with English grammar.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;He says their sentences may be too long. Or they incorrectly use articles such as "a", "an" and "the." He also says non-native speakers generally use too much emotional language and give too many details before getting to the main idea.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia; color:black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;The associate director of the writing center, Tammi Conard-Salvo, says international students should look online for materials that explain the kind of writing they will be required to do. They should ask their professors for help. Most colleges have a writing center where they can get free individual help with their work.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;Links to writing center materials can be found on our Web site, voaspecialenglish.com. And that's the VOA Special English Education Report, written by Nancy Steinbach. I'm Jim Tedder.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black"&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;mso-cellspacing:1.5pt;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 0in"&gt;  &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr style="mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes"&gt;   &lt;td valign="top" style="padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt"&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"&gt;&lt;span class="articleheadline"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;   color:#333333"&gt;American History Series:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:   Verdana;color:#333333"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:state st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;&lt;span class="articleheadline"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:13.5pt;     font-family:Verdana;color:#333333"&gt;Kansas&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:   Verdana;color:#333333"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="articleheadline"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;color:#333333"&gt;Takes Steps   Towards Statehood&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr style="mso-yfti-irow:1;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes"&gt;   &lt;td valign="top" style="padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt"&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"&gt;&lt;span class="byline"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;Pro-slavery   settlers race to gain&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:state st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;&lt;span class="byline"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:     9.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;Kansas&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Verdana;   color:black"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="byline"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:   9.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;for the South. But they face   opposition from the man President Pierce appointed governor of the territory,   Andrew Reeder.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;Transcript of radio   broadcast:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:#333333"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:#333333"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;29   April 2009&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td valign="top" style="padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt"&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:#333333"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"&gt;&lt;span class="article14"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION -- American history in VOA Special English.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="article141"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Verdana; color:black"&gt;Now, we continue the story of&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;America&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;'s fourteenth president, Franklin Pierce.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia; color:black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="article141"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Verdana; color:black"&gt;Pierce was elected in eighteen fifty-two. He was a compromise candidate of the Democratic Party. He was well-liked. But he was not considered a strong leader.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="article141"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Verdana; color:black"&gt;The eighteen fifties were an increasingly tense time in the&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;United States&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;. Most of the population lived east of the&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;Mississippi River&lt;/st1:place&gt;. But more and more people were moving west. As western areas became populated, they became official territories, and then new states.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="article141"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Verdana; color:black"&gt;What kind of laws would these new territories and states have? Would the laws be decided by the Congress in&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:state st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;Washington&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt;? Or would they be voted on by the people living in them?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia;color:black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="article141"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Verdana; color:black"&gt;The biggest legal question affecting western lands was slavery. This week in our series, Rich Kleinfeldt and Shirley Griffith tell more about the long disputed issue of slavery and the Kansas-Missouri bill.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="article141"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Verdana; color:black"&gt;VOICE ONE:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="article141"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Verdana; color:black"&gt;Owning another human being was legal in many parts of the&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;United States&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;at that time. Slaves were considered property, like furniture and farm animals.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia; color:black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="article141"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Verdana; color:black"&gt;People who owned negro slaves wanted to take all their property -- including the slaves -- with them when they moved west. People who opposed slavery did not want it to spread. Some of them considered slavery a moral issue. They believed it violated the laws of God. An increasing number of white Americans, however, saw slavery as an economic issue. They wanted new states to be free from slavery, so they would not have to compete with slave labor.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="article141"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Verdana; color:black"&gt;VOICE TWO:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="article141"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Verdana; color:black"&gt;The&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;United States&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;had been established as a democracy. Yet slavery existed.&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;America&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;'s early leaders knew that trying to end slavery probably would split the nation in two. So they looked for compromises. They decided it was better to save the&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;Union&lt;/st1:place&gt;...even if it was not perfect...than to watch the Union end.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="article141"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Verdana; color:black"&gt;Like other presidents, Franklin Pierce hoped to avoid the issue. He also believed that earlier legislation had settled the debate. In eighteen twenty, Congress had passed the Missouri Compromise. It extended a line across the map of the&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;United States&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;. South of the line, slavery was legal. North of the line, slavery was not legal, except in&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:state st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;Missouri&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia;color:black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="article141"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Verdana; color:black"&gt;Thirty years later, another political compromise made the situation less clear.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="article141"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Verdana; color:black"&gt;(MUSIC)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="article141"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Verdana; color:black"&gt;VOICE ONE:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="article141"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Verdana; color:black"&gt;The compromise of eighteen fifty made slavery a local issue, instead of a national issue, in several western territories. It said the people in those territories had the right to decide for themselves if slavery would be legal or illegal.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="article141"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Verdana; color:black"&gt;Within a few years, that law caused a new debate in Congress. Lawmakers argued: was the peoples' right to decide the issue of slavery restricted only to the territories named in the compromise of eighteen fifty? Or was the right extended to the people of all future territories?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="article141"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Verdana; color:black"&gt;VOICE TWO:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="article141"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Verdana; color:black"&gt;The answer came in eighteen fifty-four. In that year, Congress debated a proposal to create two territories from one large area in the west. The northern part would be known as the &lt;st1:state st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;Nebraska&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;territory. The southern part would be known as the&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:state st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;Kansas&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;territory. Settlers in both new territories would have the right to decide the question of slavery.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="article141"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Verdana; color:black"&gt;President Pierce did not like the Kansas-Nebraska bill. He feared it would re-open the bitter, national debate about slavery. He did not want to have to deal with the results. Tensions were increasing. Violence was increasingly possible.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="article141"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Verdana; color:black"&gt;The Kansas-Nebraska bill had a lot of support in the Senate. It passed easily. The bill had less support in the House of Representatives. The vote there was close, but the measure passed. President Pierce finally agreed to sign it. In exchange, congressional leaders promised to approve several presidential appointments.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="article141"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Verdana; color:black"&gt;Supporters of the Kansas-Nebraska bill celebrated their victory. They fired cannons as the city of&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:city st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;Washington&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;was waking to a new day. Two senators who opposed the bill heard the noise as they walked down the steps of the capitol building. One of them said: "They celebrate a victory now. But the echoes they awake will never rest until slavery itself is dead."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="article141"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Verdana; color:black"&gt;VOICE ONE:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="article141"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Verdana; color:black"&gt;The new bill gave the people of&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:state st="on"&gt;Kansas&lt;/st1:state&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;and&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:state st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;Nebraska&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;the right to decide if slavery would be legal or illegal. The vote would depend on who settled in the territories. It was not likely that people who owned slaves would settle in&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:state st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;Nebraska&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt;. However, there was a good chance that they would settle in&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:state st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;Kansas&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="article141"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Verdana; color:black"&gt;Groups in the South organized quickly to help pro-slavery settlers move to&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:state st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;Kansas&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt;. At the same time, groups in the North helped free-state settlers move there, too.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia;color:black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="article141"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Verdana; color:black"&gt;VOICE TWO:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="article141"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Verdana; color:black"&gt;Some of the northern groups were companies called emigrant aid societies. Shares of these companies were sold to the public. The money was used to help build towns and farms in&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:state st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;Kansas&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt;. Owners of the companies hoped to make a lot of money from the development.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="article141"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Verdana; color:black"&gt;The southern effort to settle&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:state st="on"&gt;Kansas&lt;/st1:state&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;was led mostly by slave-owning farmers in&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:state st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;Missouri&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt;. They believed that peace in&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:state st="on"&gt;Missouri&lt;/st1:state&gt; depended on what happened in&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:state st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;Kansas&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt;. They did not want to live next to a territory where slavery was not legal.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="article141"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Verdana; color:black"&gt;(MUSIC)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="article141"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Verdana; color:black"&gt;VOICE ONE:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="article141"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Verdana; color:black"&gt;In&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:state st="on"&gt;Washington&lt;/st1:state&gt;, President Pierce announced the appointment of Andrew Reeder to be governor of the&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:state st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;Kansas&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;territory. Pro-slavery settlers urged Reeder to hold immediate elections for a territorial legislature. They believed they were in the majority. They wanted a vote before too many free-state settlers moved in. The legislature would have the power to keep the territory open to slavery and, in time, help it become a slave state.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="article141"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Verdana; color:black"&gt;VOICE TWO:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="article141"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Verdana; color:black"&gt;Governor Reeder rejected the demands. He decided to hold an election, but only for a territorial representative to the national Congress. On election day, hundreds of men from&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:state st="on"&gt;Missouri&lt;/st1:state&gt; crossed the border into&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:state st="on"&gt;Kansas&lt;/st1:state&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;. They voted illegally, and the pro-slavery candidate won.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="article141"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Verdana; color:black"&gt;The same thing happened when&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:state st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;Kansas&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;finally held an election for a legislature. Governor Reeder took steps to make the voting fair. His efforts were not completely successful. Once again, men from &lt;st1:state st="on"&gt;Missouri&lt;/st1:state&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;crossed the border into&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:state st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;Kansas&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt;. Many of them carried guns. They forced election officials to count their illegal votes. As a result, almost every pro-slavery candidate was elected to the new legislature.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="article141"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Verdana; color:black"&gt;VOICE ONE:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="article141"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Verdana; color:black"&gt;The governor ordered an investigation. The investigation showed evidence of wrong-doing in six areas, and new elections were held in those areas. This time, when only legal votes were counted, many of the pro-slavery candidates were defeated. Yet there were still enough pro-slavery candidates to have a majority.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="article141"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Verdana; color:black"&gt;VOICE TWO:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="article141"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Verdana; color:black"&gt;Andrew Reeder was governor of a bitterly divided territory. He wanted to warn President Pierce about what was happening.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="article141"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Verdana; color:black"&gt;Reeder went to&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:state st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;Washington&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt;. He met with Pierce almost every day for two weeks. He described how pro-slavery groups in&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:state st="on"&gt;Missouri&lt;/st1:state&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;were interfering in&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:state st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;Kansas&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt;. He said if the state of&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:state st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;Missouri&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt; refused to deal with the trouble-makers, then the national government must deal with them. He asked the president to do something.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia; color:black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="article141"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Verdana; color:black"&gt;VOICE ONE:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="article141"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Verdana; color:black"&gt;Pierce agreed that&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:state st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;Kansas&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;was a serious problem. He seemed ready to act. So Reeder returned home and opened the first meeting of the territorial legislature. The pro-slavery majority quickly voted to move to a town close to the&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:state st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;Missouri&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;border. It also approved several pro-slavery measures.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia;color:black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="article141"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Verdana; color:black"&gt;Governor Reeder vetoed these bills. But there were enough votes to reject his veto and pass the new laws.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia; color:black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="article141"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Verdana; color:black"&gt;VOICE TWO:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="article141"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Verdana; color:black"&gt;The&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:state st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;Kansas&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;legislature also sent a message to President Pierce. It wanted him to remove Andrew Reeder as governor. Political pressure was strong, and the president agreed. He named a new governor, Wilson Shannon.&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;Shannon&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;supported the pro-slavery laws of the legislature. He also said&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:state st="on"&gt;Kansas&lt;/st1:state&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;should become a slave state, like&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:state st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;Missouri&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="article141"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Verdana; color:black"&gt;Free-state leaders were extremely angry. They felt they could not get fair treatment from either the president or the new governor. So they took an unusual step. They met and formed their own government in opposition to the elected government of the territory. It would not be long before the situation in &lt;st1:state st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;Kansas&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;became violent.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="article141"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Verdana; color:black"&gt;That will be our story next week.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia;color:black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="article141"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Verdana; color:black"&gt;ANNOUNCER:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="article141"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Verdana; color:black"&gt;Our program was written by Christine Johnson. The narrators were Rich Kleinfeldt and Shirley Griffith. Transcripts, MP3s and podcasts of our programs can be found along with historical images at voaspecialenglish.com. Join us again next week for THE MAKING OF A NATION -- an American history series in VOA Special English.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia; color:black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black"&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;mso-cellspacing:1.5pt;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 0in"&gt;  &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr style="mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes"&gt;   &lt;td valign="top" style="padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt"&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"&gt;&lt;span class="articleheadline"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;   color:#333333"&gt;Maya Lin's Works Are Her Answer to the Beauty of the Natural   World &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr style="mso-yfti-irow:1;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes"&gt;   &lt;td valign="top" style="padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt"&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"&gt;&lt;span class="byline"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;The   artist is most famous for designing the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Verdana;   color:black"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:city st="on"&gt;&lt;span class="byline"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;Washington&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span class="byline"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Verdana;    color:black"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:state st="on"&gt;&lt;span class="byline"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;D.C.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Verdana;   color:black"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:   Verdana;color:black"&gt;Transcript of radio broadcast:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Verdana;   color:#333333"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:   Verdana;color:#333333"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;05   May 2009&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td valign="top" style="padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt"&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:#333333"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;VOICE ONE:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;I'm Steve Ember.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;VOICE TWO:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;And I'm Faith Lapidus with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today we tell about the work of the American artist and building designer Maya Lin. She is best known for designing the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. which was completed in nineteen eighty-two. Throughout her career, Lin's monuments, buildings, and sculptures have been influenced by the natural world.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;Her art also expresses her interest in environmental activism. This spring, the Corcoran Gallery of Art in&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:city st="on"&gt;Washington&lt;/st1:city&gt;,&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:state st="on"&gt;D.C.&lt;/st1:state&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;opened an exhibit called "Systematic Landscapes." This interesting show features some of Maya Lin's recent works.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;VOICE ONE:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;The first large sculpture that greets visitors to the exhibit "Systematic Landscapes" is very surprising. A huge form that looks like a hill or wave takes up an entire room of the museum. The work is called "2 x 4 Landscape."  It is made of more than fifty thousand pieces of cut blocks of wood. The highest point of the softly curved hill measures about three meters tall, while the lowest point is only a few centimeters thick. Visitors can explore the work from three sides. The sculpture looks like it would be fun to walk on.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;VOICE TWO:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;At first it might seem very unusual to see a natural form like a hill inside a museum. But this surprise is part of Maya Lin's aim. Her work explores how people experience landscape in a time of increased technological influence and environmental awareness.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;VOICE ONE:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;"Water Line" is another sculpture that takes up an entire room. It is a line drawing made out of aluminum wire that looks like a wavy net floating in mid-air. The lines represent a mountainous underwater area in the&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;Atlantic Ocean&lt;/st1:place&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;Maya Lin worked with ocean scientists to develop a three dimensional image of this part of the ocean. Then, she recreated that image in a smaller sculptural form. The very top of the wire drawing represents the only part of the ocean landscape that can be seen on the surface of the water: It is&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;Bouvet Island&lt;/st1:place&gt;, one of the most isolated islands in the world.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia;color:black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;VOICE TWO:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;But not all of Lin's sculptures are huge. In one room, visitors can see a series of works called "Atlas Landscapes". For this series, Maya Lin turned a series of map books into sculptures. She carefully cut into each page of the book to create small canyons and formations.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia; color:black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;Her series called "Bodies of Water" is like an artistic geography lesson. These works are also about unseen underwater landscapes. Maya Lin cut out the shapes of three bodies of water using thin layers of wood.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;One work is done in the shape of the Caspian Sea, another in the shape of the Black Sea, and the third takes the form of the &lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;Red Sea&lt;/st1:place&gt;. The many layers of wood in each sculpture become thinner towards its base, or the area that relates to the deepest part of the sea.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;Another series called "Fractured Landscapes" looks like drawings of rivers and streams. But these drawings were made by pressing paper against broken sheets of glass covered in ink.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia; color:black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;Maya Lin has also made a sculpture for the United States Embassy in&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:city st="on"&gt;Beijing&lt;/st1:city&gt;,&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region st="on"&gt;China&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;. Her "Pin River-Yangtze" is made of about thirty thousand small metal pins stuck into the wall. The many pins take the shape of one of the longest rivers in the world.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellpadding="0" align="right" width="210" style="width:157.5pt;mso-cellspacing:1.5pt;mso-table-lspace:2.25pt;mso-table-rspace:  2.25pt;mso-table-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-table-anchor-horizontal:column;  mso-table-left:right;mso-table-top:middle;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 0in"&gt;  &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr style="mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes"&gt;   &lt;td valign="top" style="padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt"&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;   mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:2.25pt;mso-element-wrap:around;   mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;   mso-element-left:right;mso-element-top:middle;mso-height-rule:exactly"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr style="mso-yfti-irow:1;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes"&gt;   &lt;td valign="top" style="padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt"&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;   mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:2.25pt;mso-element-wrap:around;   mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;   mso-element-left:right;mso-element-top:middle;mso-height-rule:exactly"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;VOICE ONE:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;Maya Lin was born in&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:city st="on"&gt;Athens&lt;/st1:city&gt;,&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:state st="on"&gt;Ohio&lt;/st1:state&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;in nineteen fifty-nine. Her parents had each fled&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;China&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;in the late nineteen forties. They met and married while living in the&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;United States&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;. Later, both parents taught at&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:placename st="on"&gt;Ohio&lt;/st1:placename&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:placetype st="on"&gt;University&lt;/st1:placetype&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;. Her mother, Julia, was a literature professor. Her father, Henry, was a ceramist, an artist who makes objects out of clay. As a child, Maya would play with clay in her father's studio. She was also influenced by the wooded hills near her home as well as by local Native American burial hills.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;VOICE TWO:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;Maya Lin studied building design at&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:placename st="on"&gt;Yale&lt;/st1:placename&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:placetype st="on"&gt;University&lt;/st1:placetype&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;in&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:city st="on"&gt;New   Haven&lt;/st1:city&gt;,&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:state st="on"&gt;Connecticut&lt;/st1:state&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;. At the age of twenty-one, she won a national contest to design the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in &lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:city st="on"&gt;Washington&lt;/st1:city&gt;,&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt
