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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.

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Using television as a tool for learning English

Posted by M.A Sibanda on Monday, April 2, 2012, In : ERS Staff Desk 
 

Did you know that television can be used as a tool for learning and improving your English skills? Besides the obvious way of watching educational programmes on the learning channels, any programme that is in good English can be a resource for learning new English words, new English expressions, as well as pronunciation.

The trick though is to choose a news programme, documentary, talk show, comedy or other production that uses formal and good English. I enjoy watching the likes of ENews, ...


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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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