Reflections from VCU English Language Learners

2009

December
September
August
July 108
June 33
May
April
March
February 114
January 83

2008

June 5
May 48
April 16
March
February
January

new vocabularies

VOCABULARY IS OFTEN A NON-COUNT NOUN YOUR USES OF THE WORDS ARE DECENT BUT I DON’T SEE THE...
Nov 15th

LAVISH (extravagant, luxuriously)

TECHNOLOGICAL - ADJECTIVE VS TECHNOLOGY - NOUN vanvu: Lavish /’læviʃ/ adj, verb, large in...
Nov 15th

VOCABULARY

AMIABLE IS OFTEN USED FOR A PERSON, I.E. A CHARACTERISTIC OF A GOOD PERSON. BUILDING A SHOPPING...
Nov 15th

congenial/ amiable/ elaborate

CONGENIAL IS (AS THE FIRST DEFINITION STATES) OFTEN USED WITH PEOPLE AND NOT “TASTE” AS...
Nov 15th

New vocabulary: Irreproachable

NOTICE THAT THE DEFINITION STATES, “OF A PERSON OR THEIR BEHAVIOR”).  IN YOUR SENTENCE,...
Nov 15th

Vocabulary

yisaak:  in•toxi•cat•ing / n t ks ke t ; NAmE t k/ adj. (formal) 1 (of drink) containing...
Nov 14th

New Vocabulary

sunglee: 1.amusing amus•ing / mju z / adj. funny and enjoyable: an amusing story / game /...
Nov 13th

TaeSoePark

mowrk: elab•or•ate adj., verb /lbrt/ [usually before noun] very complicated and detailed;...
Nov 13th

Do you agree or disagree with the...

shimj: All people live in advanced technology nowadays. Many people know how much technology...
Nov 13th

People learn in different ways. Some...

LISTING VS LISTENINH mowrk:    I prefer to learn something from listing people. If I learn by...
Nov 13th

people have different ways of escaping...

tmtredneck: it is an unavoidable fact that people have to have stresses during they are studying,...
Nov 13th

If you could invent something new, what...

rosebian: I believe that people usually made mistake in the past even though it were callous...
Nov 13th

Choose one of the following...

vanvu:         Thesis statement: In my opinion, one vehicles [#] that it has changed people lives...
Nov 13th

Sample Exit Timed Writing

Would you prefer study alone or with people?      I prefer study with people because usually when I...
Nov 9th

Should a city try to preserve its old,...

JIWON, DID YOU POST ON ANOTHER TOPIC LAST WEEK AS INSTRUCTED?   FOR EVERYONE: THE MORE YOU POST,...
Nov 2nd

Which would you choose: a high-paying...

IN YOUR INTRO, THERE ARE 2 SENTENCES, ONE FOR EACH SIDE.  WHILE YOUR SECOND SENTENCE IS LONGER, I...
Nov 2nd

Universities should require students to...

GOOD POINTS, BAO.  PLEASE REMEMBER TO THINK ABOUT COUNTER-ARGUMENTS. “ALTHOUGH SOME STUDENTS...
Nov 2nd

Which one do you prefer? a place have...

THIS IS VERY NICELY DONE!  I HAVE JUST A FEW COMMENTS: YOU WRITE “OLD-FASHIONED” IN THE...
Nov 2nd

if you were an employer, which kind of...

BE CAREFUL OF WORDS LIKE “CRAP”.  IT IS TOO INFORMAL (AND IT IS A SINGULAR NON-COUNT...
Nov 2nd

Some people prefer to spend most of...

YOU CLEARLY HAVE THREE POINTS BUT I WONDER HOW YOU WILL DEVELOP YOUR IDEA ON LONELINESS.  THE SECOND...
Nov 2nd

Traveling in a group led by a tour...

AS SUNG POINTED OUT, THE SHARING OF INFORMATION IS ALSO A GREAT POINT.  YOU COULD INCLUDE THIS AS A...
Nov 2nd

Universities should require students to...

I AGREE THAT THERE IS SOME OVERLAP.  THE TWO MAIN POINTS SEEM TO BE THAT A VARIETY OF CLASSES ARE...
Nov 2nd

Decisions can be made quickly, or they...

I AGREE WITH THE COMMENT BELOW.  I DON’T REALLY UNDERSTAND SUPPORTING POINT #3 (OR SUPPORTING...
Nov 2nd