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Jose Antonio da Silva commented on Carolina Lima's blog post 'Application Essay for University of Toronto'

Hi Carol, Thanks a lot. See you tomorrow.

Nov 27, 2009

Jose Antonio da Silva commented on Vinicius Borges de Almeida's blog post 'Application essay'

Thanks a lot Vinicius, See you tomorrow.

Nov 27, 2009

Application Essay for University of Toronto

University of Toronto1265 Military TrailToronto, ON, CanadaBrasilia, November 27th 2009Dear Mr.David Naylor,My name is Carolina Lima. I am from Brasília, capital of Brazil. I am 21 years old, I am single, live with my parents and I am finishing this year my graduation in journalism. All of my life I wanted to learn French and to know Canada. That are the reasons I am writing this letter. I want to join this university.For nine years I have been studying English. My grades were always far above…See More

Blog post by Carolina Lima Nov 27, 2009

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Application essay

Brasilia-DF, BrazilPhone: 55-61-84545584Vbda123@gmail.comHarvard UniversityMassachusetts Hall CambridgeMA 02138U.S.ABrasilia, November 25th 2009Dear Mr. John Mitchell,My name is Vinicius Borges, I am sixteen years old, male, Brazilian and student. I am a volleyball player, I like math, physics and biology, in free time I enjoin playing online games that involves English in it’s principal language and I am interested to do engineering and also I am very interested in technology keeping me…See More

Blog post by Vinicius Borges de Almeida Nov 25, 2009

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Travel manners

Yes, we live in a globalized world! Thousands of peoples go and come from place to place every minute. Different cultures, unkown languages, strange habits, different time zones; everything goes within the human dynamicity. And when we do not know how to behave ourselves, we are considered unpolite or just not well-educated. How to deal with so much information in an era in which the travel manners imply barriers of socialization?Regarding to those antique manners’ books, we are not allowed do…See More

Blog post by Ana Patrícia Batalhone Nov 25, 2009

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Applaying for a scholarship in Stanford

Taguatinga - DF, BrazilChácara 53 Lote 08(55) (61) 33534080edmar.queiroz@ig.com.brStanford University.Stanford, California 94305U.S.A.Brasilia, November 20th 2009Dear Mr. John Locke,My name is José Edmar de Queiroz. I am a Brazilian male, 38 years old, married and with two sons. I was born in the northeast part of Brazil and came to live in Brasília thirty years ago. In the capital of Brazil I did my first studies and graduated in Sociology and mastered in Education in Universidade de Brasília.…See More

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Vinicius Borges de Almeida replied to Jose Antonio da Silva's discussion 'What I have learned'

Learning other language is to learn other culture. Like to understand articles and things that need the english, so it improves your knowledge. In these 6 years of studying english I saw that you undertand more the things in general, do researches…

Nov 21, 2009

Tábata Carolina F. Nascimento replied to Jose Antonio da Silva's discussion 'What I have learned'

At the beginning of my English studies, I thought it was so unworthy and boring that I always asked myself why I was wasting my time like that. However, as the years go by, I realized that learning English is a great thing. You can do lots of…

Nov 21, 2009

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Talita Sousa replied to Jose Antonio da Silva's discussion 'What I have learned'

I'm very happy about finishing this English course. I learned another languange and I'm certain that it will be very useful in my life. I can speak with people that live in another country, I can translate songs and understand movies in…

Nov 21, 2009

Thaiane Menezes replied to Jose Antonio da Silva's discussion 'What I have learned'

Collegues, I starded studying English when I was 14 years old and now I'm 20 years old. And my friend Priscila started studying English when she was 13 years old. We learned many things, obviously, but the most important thing was that we…

Nov 21, 2009

Diego Souza replied to Jose Antonio da Silva's discussion 'What I have learned'

Studying English helps me achieve a great knowledge, since i was a child i started to recognize words in TV, in the streets, nowadays i watch movies without subtitles and i understand, is a privilege knowing english because people nowadays are more…

Nov 21, 2009

Carolina Lima replied to Jose Antonio da Silva's discussion 'What I have learned'

There are 7 years that I've been studying english. In all these years, I learned that sometimes, even if you know a lot about the language, sometimes you have to focus in studying hard and have discipline to give your jobs on time. Off course…

Nov 21, 2009

Gabriel Carvalho replied to Jose Antonio da Silva's discussion 'What I have learned'

I learned a lot in this four years that I studied English, I learned a lot of English but not only this, I learned to deal with some problems and I made a lot of good friends. We had some funny moments together and despite of complaining about waken…

Nov 21, 2009

What I have learned

Dear all,As your graduation approaches, I would like you to take sometime and reflect on some points. After this time studying English, what are some of the things you have achieved? What lessons have you learned? Were there any stories or moments that you will take with you? Which one/ones? What advice would you give to people that are just beginning to study English? What are your plans for the future in what English is concerned?See More

Discussion posted by Jose Antonio da Silva Nov 21, 2009

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Jose Antonio da Silva left a comment for Ana Carolina Palhares

Hi Ana, On Monday, you can try between 9 and 9:30. I will be giving the written test at 8 and around 9 Most students will have finished.You'd better do that this Monday because I will be going on vacation soon and you won't meet me there…

Nov 21, 2009

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Application Essay for University of Toronto

University of Toronto

1265 Military Trail

Toronto, ON, Canada

Brasilia, November 27th 2009

Dear Mr.David Naylor,

My name is Carolina Lima. I am from Brasília, capital of Brazil. I am 21 years old, I am single, live with my parents and I am finishing this year my graduation in journalism. All of my life I wanted to learn French and to know Canada. That are the reasons I am writing this letter. I want to join this university.

For nine years I… Continue

Posted by Carolina Lima on November 27, 2009 at 4:30pm — 1 Comment

Application essay

Brasilia-DF, Brazil

Phone: 55-61-84545584

Vbda123@gmail.com

Harvard University

Massachusetts Hall Cambridge

MA 02138

U.S.A

Brasilia, November 25th 2009

Dear Mr. John Mitchell,

My name is Vinicius Borges, I am sixteen years old, male, Brazilian and student. I am a volleyball player, I like math, physics and biology, in free time I enjoin playing online games that involves English in it’s principal language and I am interested… Continue

Posted by Vinicius Borges de Almeida on November 25, 2009 at 5:11pm — 1 Comment

Travel manners

Yes, we live in a globalized world! Thousands of peoples go and come from place to place every minute. Different cultures, unkown languages, strange habits, different time zones; everything goes within the human dynamicity. And when we do not know how to behave ourselves, we are considered unpolite or just not well-educated. How to deal with so much information in an era in which the travel manners imply barriers of socialization?

Regarding to those antique manners’ books, we are not… Continue

Posted by Ana Patrícia Batalhone on November 25, 2009 at 10:37am

Applaying for a scholarship in Stanford

Taguatinga - DF, Brazil

Chácara 53 Lote 08

(55) (61) 33534080

edmar.queiroz@ig.com.br

Stanford University.

Stanford, California 94305

U.S.A.

Brasilia, November 20th 2009

Dear Mr. John Locke,

My name is José Edmar de Queiroz. I am a Brazilian male, 38 years old, married and with two sons. I was born in the northeast part of Brazil and came to live in Brasília thirty years ago. In the capital of Brazil I did my first… Continue

Posted by Edmar on November 23, 2009 at 9:00am

Composition 3 - Maria da Penha Case: a Crime of international repercussions

Maria da Penha Maia Fernandes suffered during her marriage repeated types of violence. Her husband, Marco Antonio Heredia Viveiros, tried to kill her by throwing in her column. He tried to cover up the crime by saying that there was an robbery attempted by thieves who had fled.

The victim became paraplegic. After spending two weeks in hospital she returned home, and a few days later Maria da Penha suffered another attempted murder. Her husband tried to electrocute her while she was taking… Continue

Posted by Ana Carolina Palhares on November 21, 2009 at 3:57am

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5B Unit 13 - Answer Key - For next Saturday (November 21st) 5BMLS World Link - Composition 4 Next assignment will be a letter of application for a scholarship in an English program. It should be a formal letter with at least 4 (four) paragraphs. Organize it the following way. Paragraph 1 – Introduce yourself. Biographical information (take a look at page 66 of the workbook). Paragraph 2 – Talk about your English studies. What you have done.
Paragraph 3 – Talk about your challenges to learn, what your strengths in English are and what improvements you need to make.
Paragraph 4 – restate the purpose of your letter and say why you think you should be the one receiving the scholarship.

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