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Composition #8 Common Mistakes. Letter to the Editor. Dear Editor. My name is Chris Wong. I am the chairperson of … Please make reforms to class size. I am looking forward to your reply. Please write to us. I want to know what you think. Dear Editor.
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Composition #8 Common Mistakes Letter to the Editor
Dear Editor • My name is Chris Wong. I am the chairperson of … Please make reforms to class size. I am looking forward to your reply. Please write to us. I want to know what you think.
Dear Editor • My nameis Chris Wong. I am the chairperson of … Please make reforms to class size. I am looking forward to your reply. Please write to us. I want to know what you think. xxx
Dear Editor • As the chairperson of …, I write to…. I urge the authority to make reforms to class size. I am looking forward to changes. Other concerned parties are encouraged to write on this issue.
VARIETY: If / With • Form: If S+V // With (n.) • If the class size is reduced, OR • Witha reduction in class size, … teachers can have more time to prepare lessons.
Noun phrase • Reducing the class size • A reduced class size • A reduction in class size … can solve the problem of overcrowding in the classroom and overworking of teachers.
Be Specific!!!! • As a result, it can improve the teaching quality. • As a result, a smaller class size can improve the teaching quality.
The teachers can have more time to teach because of …(n.) • …reducing the class size. • …the reduced class size. • …a reduction in class size. Which ones are better?
Any difference? • Too many studentsaffect the classroom discipline. • Havingtoo manystudentsaffects the classroom discipline.
Be specific!!!!! • With a reduction in class size, teachers can pay attention to the students. • …to each students • …to every students • …to each and every students • …to individual students • …to all the students individually
Improve… • In this way, the relationship between teachers and students can be raised. xx • … improved / …enhanced • … the level of quality can be raised
Suggest • Form: Suggest + sthg • I suggest going to the beach. • I suggest he going to the beach. • I suggest that we go to the beach.
Be specific! • Class =/= Classroom • Affect… how? • Reducing the number of students affects the quality of teaching. • … positively affects… • … negatively affects…
Indeed • This is a good way to solve the problem. • This is indeed a good way… • This is certainly a good way… • This is no doubt a good way… • This is no need to ask a good way…
Ordering of items • The lesson is so boring that students are sleeping, day-dreaming. • … day-dreamingandsleeping. • … day-dreamingorsleeping. • … day-dreamingorevensleeping. • … sleepingor simplyday-dreaming.
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comparing • The classroom has more space when there are just 25 students. • The classroom has more space when there are just 25 students, as compared to 40 students at present.