The Assessment of ELL writing skills

All languages have consonants and vowelswhich can be at the beginning ,in the middle or even in word final position.Many Hispanic and Afro-American students do not pronounce consonants which are in word final position when there is a consonant cluster.for example,i missed(st) the bus,she walks(ks) to school,hold(ld) my hand,friend(nd),first(st),It`s the man`s(ns) book ,I see three girls(lz),etc.Therefore ,these students do not write the consonants they do not pronounce.Hence, Hispanic and Afro-american students may not use the simle past tense(e.g.burned),third person presnt singular(sings),possessive(the teacher`s book),plurals (cars),etc.In this case , how can the teacher score his students?
THE ASSESSMENT OF ELL WRITING SKILLS:
First,there are different types of writing.For example,descriptive,narrative,expository and technical.Moreover,different techniques are used while writing.For instance,definition,comparison \contrast,analysis,cause\effect,enumerate and examples.
Second,teachers may use two ways of scoring ELL writing skills: analytic or holistic.
O n the one hand,for the analytic scoring , the teacher takes into consideration the relevance of content, the adequacyof vocabulary for purpose and grammar(including spelling and punctuation).Concerning the advantages of this type of scoring, it can be used with proficiency and achievement tests, it can also be used for diagnostic purposes and the bases of norm referenced permits the comparison of students on an ability continum.However,students anxieties are much higher and it is difficult to match results with instructional objectives.
O n the other hand,the holistic scoring gives much importance to the evaluation of larger components(e.g.ddressing the topic ,the development of the topic with appropriate examples,cohesion,etc.)For the advantages of the holistic scoring,the criteria referenced students are not evaluated by comparison with other students, tests accurately reflect teaching objectives(e.g. comparison writing,etc.) and the students` anxieties are much lower. Nevertheless, students are unable to compare their performance with other students, objectives are often too limited and students are not encouraged to reach higher standards of excellence.
a summary presented by LOUBNA ZOUHRI

culture in the language classroom

Culture in the language classroom

JoAnn(Crandall):
Dear colleagues:
We have been in the u.s.A for three weeks.wouldyou mind if we share opinions in this cross culture initiative from the university of Delaware and cooperative Extension department ,university of Dlaware.AS we learnt,culture is not just a simple word,contains letters C.U.L.T.U.R.E each letter represent an aspect, we can say:
C----communication
U--- understanding
L--- love
T---transformation
U--- unique
R----- relevant
E--- education
No body can communicate with others without understanding the different levels of their culture aspects within their community and this may reflect a unique or relevant orientation of each one’s culture it may be my culture or yours,but you couldn’t transfer your culture without putting it through “a content” “meaningfull,relevant input”. Also exchanging opinions on different issues that relate to their own culture way of believe, thinking,refusal”for/against “or other views may form as outlines for different cultures. This could lead you to demolish the bridges that others made.If you let all restrictions, made by man and try to form your own true believe that we are all the same, we are all humans, we share many many wonderful and great things,yes,all of us are the creation of our creator. keep fear away, start to shape your way with an open eye,ear and also your heart to communicate with each other,arabs.americans,Africans,Asians,from every part of the world. When love lives in our heart and reject all wicked effects influence your life ,the whole world will turn to be the most beautiful place to live in. I found myself eager to write these words to all of you:
Here we are, hand in hand
Cross the bridge to the
Fancy land,
Where God celebrates our
Devotion to him
Is there anybody to understand
Just keep ahead in serving your God
Giving a hand for anybody to ask
Sent by: Manal Eweis

Culture Assessment Session

It was difficult for me to sum up Dr. louis's biography to give the readers of my summary a brief excerpt of his career. At first I would like to point out some of this great modest man's experiences and posts. From Georgetown University, he got his PhD in linguistics and Japanese language, from Villanova University, he got his MA in philosophy and from Georgetown University, he got MS in psycholinguistics and his BA in Japanese language.This great man has held alot of posts in different universities.
Experiences
University of Delaware/ professor (1967 -1985)
UD writing center / director (1967-1985)
UD ELI / Director / founder (1972-1985)
University of Hawaii / professor (1966-1968)
Sophia university(Tokyo) / professor (1964-present)
Summers and Sabbatical Leaves
Georgetown University / professor (1963-1964)
University of Rome -La Sapienza-Italy / professor ( 2002-present)
Related Experience
Consultant, Delaware Department of Education for testing 2nd languages
Chairman, TOEFL Committee of Examiners
Consultant , E.I. Dupont de Nemours & co., Inc (Legal Department)
President, Board of Directors , Mary Campbell Center
( Residence for persons with severe and multiple disabilities)
On our arrival , we were welcomed warmly by this great and his attendants. There was a group of American teachers who deal with different subjects that are taught in English.
We got mixed in order to get the chance of cross culture. From Dr. louis's point of view , English is an incredible language and the schools' role is to motivate learners to learn.To teach English as a second language requires giving an overall idea about culture. As we know, culture is cosidered a vessel of different ideas like values, morals, belief, knowledge, family, race...........etc.It is the glue that combines the whole society and it can also covers different concepts . If we want to give a meaning to " family", some will define it as father, mother, sister, brother, the dog and may be the fish whereas the others will say that "family" is the whole society.
One of the greatest features of this lecture was putting a criteria for culture as follows;
Cultures of Doing Cultures of Being
(1)-Time/ Task Oriented Person oriented
(2)-Earned status Ascribed/ Inherited Status
(3)-Flexible roles Fixed roles
(4)-Nuclear family Extended family
(5)-Change, Movement, Progress Stability, Harmony and Tradition
(6)-Monochronic Orientation Polychronic Orientation
If we looked at time/ task oriented and person oriented, we would find out that in some cultures people focus on what the person does, whereas others would focus on what the person is. In some cultures , they don't pay attention to the past , they are just present/ future oriented while in other cultures they should look to the past to learn from their mistakes ,so the past is meant to be directive to their present.
It is clear that culture can either be of "Doing" or "Being", so our task is toknow which one we are from.

Presented by ,
Dr. Louis A. Arena PhD
Linguistics Department
University of Delaware
Summarized by/ lamiaa kamal

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summary of the visit to Thurgood Marshell

Hi we are Ahmed and Sayed sending the summary for our visit to Thurmarshall Good school we will begin with

a biography of Thurgood Marshall

( Source: This biography is provided by Thurgood Marshall College. ):

Thurgood Marshall, Supreme Court Justice
Born in Baltimore, Maryland on July 2, 1908, Thurgood Marshall was the grandson of a slave. His father, William Marshall, instilled in him from youth an appreciation for the United States Constitution and the rule of law. After completing high school in 1925, Thurgood followed his brother, William Aubrey Marshall, at the historically black Lincoln University in Chester County, Pennsylvania. His classmates at Lincoln included a distinguished group of future Black leaders such as the poet and author Langston Hughes, the future President of Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah, and musician Cab Calloway. Just before graduation, he married his first wife, Vivian "Buster" Burey. Their twenty-five year marriage ended with her death from cancer in 1955.
In 1930, he applied to the University of Maryland Law School, but was denied admission because he was Black. This was an event that was to haunt him and direct his future professional life. Thurgood sought admission and was accepted at the Howard University Law School that same year and came under the immediate influence of the dynamic new dean, Charles Hamilton Houston, who instilled in all of his students the desire to apply the tenets of the Constitution to all Americans. Paramount in Houston's outlook was the need to overturn the 1898 Supreme Court ruling, Plessy v. Ferguson which established the legal doctrine called, "separate but equal." Marshall's first major court case came in 1933 when he successfully sued the University of Maryland to admit a young African American Amherst University graduate named Donald Gaines Murray. Applauding Marshall's victory, author H.L. Mencken wrote that the decision of denial by the University of Maryland Law School was "brutal and absurd," and they should not object to the "presence among them of a self-respecting and ambitious young Afro-American well prepared for his studies by four years of hard work in a class A college."
Thurgood Marshall followed his Howard University mentor, Charles Hamilton Houston to New York and later became Chief Counsel for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). During this period, Mr. Marshall was asked by the United Nations and the United Kingdom to help draft the constitutions of the emerging African nations of Ghana and what is now Tanzania. It was felt that the person who so successfully fought for the rights of America's oppressed minority would be the perfect person to ensure the rights of the White citizens in these two former European colonies. After amassing an impressive record of Supreme Court challenges to state-sponsored discrimination, including the landmark Brown v. Board decision in 1954, President John F. Kennedy appointed Thurgood Marshall to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. In this capacity, he wrote over 150 decisions including support for the rights of immigrants, limiting government intrusion in cases involving illegal search and seizure, double jeopardy, and right to privacy issues. Biographers Michael Davis and Hunter Clark note that, "none of his (Marshall's) 98 majority decisions was ever reversed by the Supreme Court." In 1965 President Lyndon Johnson appointed Judge Marshall to the office of U.S. Solicitor General. Before his subsequent nomination to the United States Supreme Court in 1967, Thurgood Marshall won 14 of the 19 cases he argued before the Supreme Court on behalf of the government. Indeed, Thurgood Marshall represented and won more cases before the United States Supreme Court than any other American.
Until his retirement from the highest court in the land, Justice Marshall established a record for supporting the voiceless American. Having honed his skills since the case against the University of Maryland, he developed a profound sensitivity to injustice by way of the crucible of racial discrimination in this country. As an Associate Supreme Court Justice, Thurgood Marshall leaves a legacy that expands that early sensitivity to include all of America's voiceless. Justice Marshall died on January 24,
1993.
A Thurgood Marshall timeline: provided by A Deeper Shade of Black .
1930
Mr. Marshall graduates with honors from Lincoln U. (cum laude)
1933
Receives law degree from Howard U. (magna cum laude); begins private practice in Baltimore
Receives law degree from Howard U. (magna cum laude); begins private practice in Baltimore
1934
Begins to work for Baltimore branch of NAACP
1935
With Charles Houston, wins first major civil rights case, Murray v. Pearson
1936
Becomes assistant special counsel for NAACP in New York
1940
Wins first of 29 Supreme Court victories (Chambers v. Florida)
1944
Successfully argues Smith v. Allwright, overthrowing the South's "white primary"
1948
Wins Shelley v. Kraemer, in which Supreme Court strikes down legality of racially restrictive covenants
1950
Wins Supreme Court victories in two graduate-school integration cases, Sweatt v. Painter and McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents
1951
Visits South Korea and Japan to investigate charges of racism in U.S. armed forces. He reported that the general practice was one of "rigid segregation".
1954
Wins Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, landmark case that demolishes legal basis for segregation in America
1961
Defends civil rights demonstrators, winning Supreme Circuit Court victory in Garner v. Louisiana; nominated to Second Court of Appeals by President J.F. Kennedy
1961
Appointed circuit judge, makes 112 rulings, all of them later upheld by Supreme Court (1961-1965)
965
Appointed U.S. solicitor general by President Lyndon Johnson; wins 14 of the 19 cases he argues for the government (1965-1967)
1967
Becomes first African American elevated to U.S. Supreme Court (1967-1991)
1991
Retires from the Supreme Court
1993
Dies at 84

then that is our observation about the visit:

we met the principle who gave us a brief discription about the school. the school has 767 students 53% of them are white and 23% of them take free breakfast and lunch as they came from poor families.It's a half day prgramme from 8am to3pm .They have one day off a week.The school have a computer lab which contain 30 computers .There acurriculum they follow for all the students.There apartinership with ELI in teaching .They provide them with teachers to teach music clsses . The school is integerated so they have different levels of learning abilities, the average number of students in class is 24 students , there is a nurse room , the students have their meals in the carfateria there is a gymnasium hall and also students go to the library half an hour a day before the class, there is also an art room where they can practise music and drawing we found some paintings in the school. We entered class 11 the teacher is called Ms George there were 14 students ( 9 girls & 5 boys ) we showed the students our country ( Eygpt )on the map and they did the same. The students were born in different countries and they speak spanish as a first language and speak English as a second Language
we found the students having their breakfast in the class because it was a test day and they didn't go to the cafateria, the age of the students is between six and nine ( repeated student ) . The class is well equiped, there were a computer ,printer, over head projector, a rest room ......etc.The desks in the class were in a random way there wasn't any kind of rows or column or any shape. The teacher was a nice one who was helpful and friendly I observed that she deals with the students as if they were her kids , she played with them a game called ( saimon said ) I felt when she played with them that she is one of them not the teacher and that is good to make the students love school and learning. the teacher told us that she concentrated only on reading and writing skills because they are not native speakers and they can find many ways to acquire the skills of speaking and listening but they would'nt find many opportunities to learn reading and writing The teacher was giving them a writing test she gave them an example about the person who is special to you and why and she asked the students to write about a person who is special to them three of the students could write few sentences some students couldn't write a word at all and the teacher gave no interest to them. We have a conversation with some students we asked them some questions and we realized that they could hardly speak or understand English.

Stress, Intonation, and Rhythm through Jazz Chant

This workshop presented by professor Mary beth Worrilow evolved around the teaching of suprasegmental aspects of pronunciation through jazz chant. The presenter started by establishing the importance of jazz in teaching pronunciation. Her anecdote about learning Spanish helped a lot clarify the point that pronunciation is better learnt through jazz chant. Some of the most effective techniques used in the ELI for improving pronunciation are shadow talking, jazz chant, and poetry. Later, the presenter drew attention to the origin of jazz as a genre of music and its relation to the stress-timed nature of the English language. Some of the pionneers of jazz chant were mentioned by the presenter, such as Dr. Seuss and carolyn Graham. Moreover, professor Worrilow stressed the point that jazz chant can be used to teach vocabulary, grammar, and culture, which are all ingredients of any language class. The second half of the workshop was devoted to practice. The participants worked in groups to creat their own jazz chants and design a lesson plan for teaching them.

Summarised by:

Mohamed ELFATIHI

Moroccan group 2007

On American Culture

Dear all,

The lesson on 'American culture' enlightened me with several new facts that I did not know before. It was so interesting, especially that Mr. Christopher Wolfe used a lively and attractive manner of explanation.

He started with apologizing to students from Columbia and Chilie, because when they say the american culture this refers only to the culture of U.S.A. while in fact the adjective 'American' means all countries that are in north and south America. For him, this is sometimes offending.

He also said something, although briefly, on the history of America. the early settlers, who were they and what they came for.

Many people refer to the U.S. as the melting pot. For the teacher, it isn't. Rather, it should be called a salad pot. In a salad, even if you mix ingredients, they are still in their natural shape. but melting means that they have become homogenous.

He also presented some statistics to show that U.S.A. is a nation of immigrants who bring with them different languages and values.

Some of the general characteristics of the Americans are the following: Individual freedom, self-reliance, informality, equality of opportunity, value of time and respect for law.

Cross-Cultural communication (Workshop)

{Cross Cultural Communication Workshop}

The First Part
(Journal Thinking) By :Maryam and Oudad.
1-Asking the learner to repeat a sentence quickly (Individual work)
(Proper Copper Coffee pot)
2-Distributing papers with mixed letters to form the correct idiom(Groupwork)
-Asking each group to write it on the board
-Discussing the answers .
They were nice and well organized presenter

The second part
(The Workshop)
Dr.Jody Introduced herself and welcomed us with a lovely smile.
She asked us to have a name tag .
Mr.Brett helped us to have one.
She used the power point and handouts.
She spoke clear English because we couldnot understand Delaware accent.
(1)She presented a picture for a bridge to represent the role of culture in connecting places and people.
(2)She explained the meaning of a goal.
(3)Then introducing (Cultural prespective Exersises)
( The first)
Think of someone whose differiences are hard for you to accept or understand without names.
-eliciting answers and discussion.
(The second)
Presenting a picture about the sun and asking.
-Who is the center of the universe?
(The Third)
Try stepping outside the center.Let us live another different plant .
Now what you see?
(The fourth)
Imagine that you are now in the others person body and mind .what donot you like about him?What is the thing that irritate you?
Shift your point of view.
(The Fifth)
What maks people different?
Dr.Jody explained (1)Biology (2)Culture
Using the powerpoint to show a list of items related them.
(The sixth)
(Face-to-Face Communication)
She explained the importance of eye contact and face to face communication.
(The seventh)
Presenting a map and asking the Moraco,Egyptian,Jordanian and Syrian to show their countries on the map.
(The Eighth)
Presenting a good point (Mistakes are the beginning of Communication)
Asking us to repeat these sentences during a game .To stretch our hands ,sit and stand.
(The Nineth)
Explaining the different ways of Greeting .
-By shaking hands.
-By waving.
-By saying Hi ……….
(The Tenth)
Dividing us into a group of men and a group for women .Eliciting opinions.
(The comments)
1-Men and women are equelled .women are helpful and active.
(By:Nawal –Egypt)
2-We are people from Moraco.Muslims are not terrorists.Aterrorist doesnot represent his country or religion
(By:Maryam-morraco)
3-We seek peace (By;Nina-syria)
4-Islam hates terrorism and violence (By:A Jordanian lady)
It was like a successful Arab conference

Then greeting each groups
(The Eleventh)
Answering Page 6 in the handsout
I liked ending the workshop by saying (To change your attitudes you should listen to other stories)
The End Of The workshop

Learning Styles And Strategies

After reading the results of my learning styles questionnaire, I found out that I am fairly well-balanced on the two dimensions of the scale . I just want to say that a teacher could apply the style of technique that is suitable for clarifying the material which would be explained.I think whether with writing short summaries of readings or making class notes, a teacher has the ability to use a mixture of different styles. As a result a good teacher and an effective problem-solver must function both intuition and memorization.
Through my experience in my classes during the past five years, I found out that using both kinds of visual and verbal techniques will have effective results on reaching the extreme limit of learning, so the teacher can use these techniques in various ways. Finally, I think that accuracy and a good organization of the material would highlight the whole picture of the prepared lesson with all its steps.
Prepared by / LAMIAA KAMAL

Amercan Culture/ American Ways

I would start my summary with a definition of culture in general. Culture is a vessel of many things such as; language,habits, history,gestures, knowledge, weather, surrounding environment.......etc.As every world has its different culture , most people come to be shocked if they are given the chance to live in another world with another culture.
Someone of the wisemen said;"I can't understand my own culture until I live in another culture". That means that everyone is exposed to experience some similarities and differences if he/she gets the chance to live in the American society. One of these differences is clearly shown in the structure of the society itself.The American society is a mixture of different nationalities living together and getting a mutual effect from each other on a basis that all people are treated equally.
As the Americans are aware of their individual freedom, they do and say what appeals to them. In fact , although most of the Americans are immigrants, they have the same rights in this big society. One of the clearest differences in the American world is self-reliance. "Help yourself" is the main motto in the American society. Everywhere you should do what you want whether you are in houses,stores,supermarkets,petrol stations...........etc.
No doubt that all the Americans are aware of their strong privacy. They believe that power isn't the main factor of a strong government. Lord Acton assured that when he said;"Power is just corrupt".Americans also think in a futuristic way.They look to the future ,not the past,so they miss their experiences with mistakes.They don't pay any attention to the past, so they may make the same mistakes. Time is a good factor in having progress because there is a strong belief that ;"Time is money".They also keep in their mind that progress depends on change, but not all changes are good and they mean change that leads to progress. As for language , it is regarded an important criteria and a main feature of culture. Language can mean words, sentences, movements, and gestures, so our behaviour may affect language.
Presented by,
Dr/ Chris Wolfe
Prepared by,
Lamiaa kamal

Workshop Design and facilitations: Presented by: Schumacher: July, 16 Dear colleagues, We, today, dealt with a very energetic and motivating workshop that focuses on: -Setting differences and similarities between teacher-class and teacher-workshop. We learnt a large number about them e.g. -You have first to have a full evaluation of the level of the trainees. - Know the participants needs. - Presenting new materials. - Teaching as practice approach. - Discovering them, initiative. - Interactive process through giving more opportunity for everyone to take with him as a facilitators or a presenter. Effective/behavior : - Techniques of the a presenter that forms a successful beginning: - Structure: Logical - Interrelated - Discussions -brainstorming –handouts =role play –problem solving - use of technology –group work-reflection-evaluation forms anecdotes - games—creating themes-arguments. - Behavior: - Energetic- element of surprise –skills to facilitate - Sense of humor-value time - Master his work - Elicit knowledge - (Convince me by involving me) - It is important for the trainee to value the workshop not the presenter. Power point, used to show what they are dealing with in a sequence It is not preferred to read aloud the data on the PowerPoint. -It is important to plan, design before the workshop. (what was new to me to know the word ----gimmics:-different types of using tricks using PowerPoint. It is a waste of time. Finally, workshops are useful for every teacher to develop and consolidate his teaching process through these workshops teachers find variety of skills and motivated methods to adapt to his /her students suitable for their environment

Improving student writing and communication skills

Writing is an analytical tool.It is the most discrete form of self expression.
Writing is necessary for many reasons.For example,to remember,to develop the skill,to become autonomuos,to demonstrate critical thinking,to express one`s point of view,to understand personalities and ways of thinking,to test students, to check memory,make students active learners,to get insight into other cultures,to enable students to be reflective,creative and productive.Moreover,it promotes learning,thinking and problem solving.Furthermore,there are many factors that help students to be good communicators,like,emotioal involvement ,influantial teachers,sufficient data,feeling comfortable with the audience.Besides,communicators need a context.In other words,a problem that calls for writing,a sense of purpose,audience,genre,constraints and a sense of how it will be evaluated.In addition,genres of writing differ.for instance,letters,eulogy,manuals,directions,editorials,reports, arguments,cards,memos,data presentations,diaries,brochures,essays,e mails,critical thinking problems,forms,regulations,policies...etc
in short,the pen is stronger than the sword.thus,teachers need to know the best method for helping students to be good writers.

American Culture by Christopher Wolfe

American culture -What is culture? It’s the values, traditions, customs, arts, history, folklore, literature, beliefs, life –style, clothes, food, celebrations, festivals, architecture, media, education, social relations, instruction, that a group of people share who are unified by race, ethnicity, language, nationality or religion. Every culture has these components and you have to understand the culture to understand the law of every culture. When you go to another culture, you have to adapt with it to learn again. You should have the ability to see differences and similarities. Consequently, You can see yourself in comparing to other worlds. U.S is a nation of immigrants. All those who live in U.S are immigrants but there were some who immigrated in the past and others who will immigrate in the future. The American culture is a western culture, and has been developed since long time before United State became a country. What is meant by American culture is not only the culture of the United Statian but it is the culture of all other millions who lives in America, Canada, Latin America, in all the American Continent. Today U.S is a multi-Cultural nation. It has been tradionally known as a melting –pot. But recent academic opinion is tending towards cultural diversity and the image of a salad bowl rather than a melting pot. This means that the differences between American sub cultural, making American Cultural heterogeneous. There are some general cultural values and descriptions that most of Americans would agree with the general accuracy of them. E.g. Individual freedom and self-Reliance, equality of opportunities, strong sense of individual privacy and suspion of strong governments, time is a resource to be used, and progress equals change and vice versa. Americans think that educational system is not only the transfer of information but it should be a mixture of hard work and fun. They also think that the consistent system of law applies to everyone, regardless of his social statues or position. This is Iman hassan from Egypt

oral intelgibility By Dr Steven Scott

hi dear coleagues
we had today an amazing lecture called (oral inteligibility).we have already refreshed
ourselves with lots of curcial aspects you have to bear in mind while you are teaching your students (How to speak the English language well) specially we are stcking now on the commmunicative approach more than the traditional one.


What matters herte is to what extent your language a competent one.In our country
teacing English as a second language has elements to be remembered they are:
-segmental - supersegmental
-stress:-longer -Donot forget:
-higher intonation -rhythm(fluency-speed) follow the rhythm;
stess-timed:linking-reduction you will not get lost
-on-verbal:gestures;use of hands sent by:manal
mokhtar
-volume louder proxemics-posture-eye contact 7-12-2007
-word level
- -sentence level -projection(confidence)

summary of oral intelligibility

Dear all my friends,today we had a very interesting lecture about oral intelligibility.we learnt that there are many ways in making someone intelligible:
1- pronunciation.
2- intonation which identify the emphasized word.
3- stress on words and sentences.
4- rhyme,fluency and speed.
5-nonverbal communication like gestures, use of hands and eye contact.
All the previous things are important to be understandable,also to gain awareness and to mentain attention

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I am Mohamed ELFATIHI. I am so glag to take part in this wonderful program with all these nice guys.

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peace be upon you,i am your sister halima from morocco,nice to meet you all.really,i enjoy being with you in america

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thanks for people who help others kindly

warm greeting

Hi everybody
am glad to make your friendship. I hope we will exchange information, experiences and ideas.
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hello I am Nawal I am from Egypt

saying hi

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iam manal .i hope you are doing well.iwish you all the best.great sucess.as we are in the u.s.a do not waste your time thinking too much.seize the chance and enjoy your adventure
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Hi I'm Ahmed here with you in the blog

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I'm Amira .How r u?

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hello I am ouidad I am a teacher of English from Morocco. nice to meet you every body.

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hello every one nice to meet you on the blog, I am Mohamed Laimouna from Morocco, One of the participant in the P4L 2007. I will be meeting you once in a while to impart you with all updated ideas on the teaching of english as a foreign language.