efl-4-me

This is an advanced reading about a woman garbage truck driver in Prague. Women's work? Why not? However, the object of this reading is not the content so much as the quality of the English in the original article, which was not good. See if you can correct the English. Here is the link. https://jkmactavish.github.io/efl/womenswork.html

This post is in answer to a question about how to work with advanced (Czech speaking) seniors, who are students of English, and the song, "This Woman's Work." This is the idea for the song. The lyric of 'This Woman's Work' is about being forced to confront an unexpected and frightening crisis during the normal event of childbirth. Used in the movie _She’s Having a Baby_, director John Hughes used the song during the film’s dramatic climax, when Jake (Kevin Bacon) learns that the lives of his wife (Elizabeth McGovern) and their unborn child are in danger. As the song plays, we see a montage sequence of flashbacks showing the couple in happier times, intercut with shots of him waiting for news of Elizabeth and their baby’s condition. Bush wrote the song specifically for the sequence, writing from a man’s (Jake’s) viewpoint and matching the words to the visuals which had already been filmed. The lyrics of the song ask the reader to ask questions of what is ...

My father was born in Shanghai. He was part Chinese. My father and cousin with their Ama (like an au pair). The name Mactavish, sometimes spelled with a capital T, means son of Thomas. My father's biological father was Irish and had the last name of Murphy. My father's mother was Chinese and Scottish, and her last name, maiden name, was Mactavish. Why didn't my father have the name of Murphy? Murphy left my grandmother after one year of marriage. She had my father's last name changed to her maiden name. And that makes me a Mactavish with Irish, Scottish, and Chinese roots, and probably something else. Confused? That's America. My mother? My mother was born in California. She had an Irish background. So that makes me more Irish, but I don't know how much. Now, when people say that real Americans are white and came from Europe, remember that some came from Asia! You know, the USA has a left coast and a right one. I come from the left coast, California. And ...

E nglish as a F oreign L anguage (tailored especially for this site and advertised services)   Levels of Proficiency 1. Beginner (A-1)  Student translates into their native language 2. Pre-Intermediate (A-2)  Student translates into their native language 3. Intermediate (B-1)  Student can use English to understand and communicate 4. Upper-Intermediat e (B-2)   Student uses English to understand and communicate Goals to Achieve 1. Understanding -- this is mostly easy to work out 2. Speaking -- this is harder--to say exactly what you want 3. Writing -- this is the most difficult to do well 4. Fluency this is when you can cope with any situation Skills to Develop 1. Reading From translation to independent understanding 2. Writing Begins with aides and evolves to independence 3. Speaking From passive comprehension to producing language 4. Listening Practice, practice, practice with different speakers/media