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Welcome to our blog page, where we show case the English talents of Edmund Rice students. Enjoy the stories, poems, articles and audio visual pieces that are posted here. The blog page is divided into five categories: Poetry, Creative Writing, Articles, Multimedia and a Staff Desk. Click on the category or post of your choice then scroll down to read your chosen option.

Browsing Archive: January, 2012

Why do we need to know how to summarise?

Posted by M.A Sibanda (msibanda@edmundrice.co.za) on Wednesday, January 25, 2012, In : ERS Staff Desk 

This is a question that I have been asked more times than I can remember by my English students. The answer is very simple. In life, time is not always on our side and we often need to keep it short and sweet. Although sweating to reduce a lengthy passage to a hundred words within twenty-five minutes is not everyone's cup of tea, it is bound to help you later in life. Let us explore a few of the many examples where summarising occurs in one form or the other.

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Solving the dilemma of Chat and Text language in the English class

Posted by M.A Sibanda (msibanda@edmundrice.co.za) on Monday, January 23, 2012, In : ERS Staff Desk 
One of the dilemmas we as English teachers face nowadays is the manner in which today’s student opts to communicate in Chat language, also known as Textese or SMSish. It seems the more we try to rectify this phenomenon, the more our young ones pour in the LOLs, IDKs and BrBs. The technological world does not seem to be helping either as it churns out Facebook, Mxit, BBM, Whatsapp and similar applications on every other day. With news of Txt speak becoming acceptable in examinations in count...

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