GapNews - January/February 2012
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In today's world of email writing is important Your writing says a lot about you. It tells the reader about your ability to organise your thoughts, your agility with words and grammatical structure and also your attention to detail in your spelling and checking.
Going it alone with writing is not always a good idea. Checking with a spell-check sometimes produces bizarre results and not getting it proof-read can leave lots of mistakes which assault the reader badly! (I know this because I am guilty of this too - no matter how well we check there will often be mistakes that we don't see)
Imagine then, if you are preparing writing for an exam or for a line manager or customer to see!
How important is it to make sure that your writing is well presented and free from errors?Top Tips:- get someone else to check it they will see things that you don't. - read it out loud - this will help you to spot errors - if it's for an exam or important customer make sure the person who checks it know what they are doing otherwise you might get into hot water!
Many Gapfillers Members need writing |
Happy New Year 2012!If you haven't made you New Year resolutions yet or don't know what your goal is for 2012 then here's a suggestion - make 2012 the YEAR you improve your English and meet YOUR English goal once and for all!
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Why sharing your writing might be a good idea!Writing is a 'public' affair! Except for personal diaries, most writing has an audience. Getting people to read your writing gives it life and also give you the chance of getting some feedback. Here on Gapfillers we have provided a few places where you can 'publish' your writing for other members to read and make comments. So, don't be shy - add YOUR writing to these pages and see what feedback you get!
The WikiOur Gapfillers wiki has 4 topics at the moment - virtual weekends, recipes, Haiku (a short poem) and hobbies why not add your ideas to these themes. You can find the wiki on the Home Page and all the instructions for making YOUR contribution are on the wiki pages. We also have a Gapfillers blog section where you can write your own blog and share it with everybody. There are a couple of short examples. Create these in Member Home and then publish! Let us know if you need any help with either the Wiki or Blogs. |
Some of your comments collected from the site!We LOVE to read your comments on the site and this months there have been some really GREAT ones! Keep them coming :-) ! Some sentences with word of the day:
These are fantastic examples and when you actually USE the words and phrases you will have a better chance of remembering them! Some general comments:
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So, what has been happening on Gapfillers lately?
GapChat
We are still struggling with this as quite often nobody comes along!
We have asked you for your preferred time and also some of your ideas and opinions on GapChat and these have been very positive!
The poll closes this week and we'll let you all know the most popular time - if your time doesn't get chosen then don't worry as if enough people come along then we can add a second chat time - so it's up to YOU!!
Speaking buddies
I mentioned this in the last newsletter and I have seen more messages asking to share SKYPE names to make speaking buddy groups.
If you are interested in finding people to speak on Skype with then simply leave a message in Member Home asking people to reply and then exchange your Skype details. That's all there is to it!
If you have left a message and not got a reply let me know and I'll try and put you in touch with other Gapfillers members who want to speak to each other on SKYPE!! (don't forget to tell me that you want to find speaking buddies)
Happy Chatting!
Have you seen these?
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Grammar:
Reading:
Listening: |
Vocabulary:
Writing:
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Lets Do GREAT Things Together in 2012!!
