CAE. Proposal p.3
Дата публикации: Feb 20, 2017 10:12:47 AM
You see this announcement on your college noticeboard:
Language students - let us improve what we do for you!
Unfortunately, we can't spend much money, but we'd like to improve what we provide for our language students. Submit proposals to us explaining what is useful about the current facilities we provide, describe any problems you have with them and make recommendations how we can improve them, giving reasons to support your ideas.
Write your proposal.
1. the missing link between reports and proposals
Firstly, responding to your invitation, I would like to say that your language courses are warmly welcomed by the students, including me. I believe that learning foreign languages is a crucial part of everyone's education and development, so, your project is a priceless work.
I have been taking part in the English class for six months. So, I would like to report that the programme includes various activities: grammar drills, speaking practice, reading and discussing books and etc. What is more, never had I had such competent, motivating and patient tutors as your ones. Therefore, I am sure that this course will surely stand me in good stead in the future.
As for negative aspects, I would like to mention that, in my opinion, there is some problem in home-task correction procedures on which participants spend too much time at the lessons. The other issue is to have some lack of writing activity in the schedule since I usually have only one such task a month.
I believe that, generally, the main part of learning grammar and reading should be done at home so as to have more opportunities to speak and converse at the lessons. Thus, I would like to suggest converting homework discussing process into a digital format so that the teachers could send their feedbacks on e-mail and provide some additional exercises focusing on the participant's mistakes. As an additional improvement, I would like to recommend altering the programme so that writing part could take its well-deserved position among the other shades of the English language learning. I deem that one such chore a week would be judicious and overdue.
I am looking forward to your positive decision about changing your language course's agenda according to my proposals. I am sure that it would make your course be well-balanced and, consequently, engage more participants to it.
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Firstly, responding to your invitation, I would like to say that your language courses are warmly welcomed by the students, including me. I believe that learning foreign languages is a crucial part of everyone's education and development, so, your project is a priceless work.
I have been taking part in the English class for six months. So, I would like to report that the programme includes various activities: grammar drills, speaking practice, reading and discussing books and so on. What is more, never had I had such competent, motivating and patient tutors as your ones. Therefore, I am sure that this course will surely stand me in good stead in the future.
As for the negative side, I would like to mention about a problem in home-task correction procedures on which participants spend too much time at the lessons. The other issue is to have some lack of writing activity in the schedule since I usually have only one such task a month.
I believe that, generally, the main part of learning grammar and reading should be done at home so as to have more opportunities to speak and converse at the lessons. Thus, I would like to suggest converting homework discussing process into a digital format so that the teachers could send their feedback on e-mail and provide some additional exercises focusing on the participant's mistakes. As an additional improvement, I would like to recommend altering the programme so that writing part could take its well-deserved position among the other shades of the English language learning. I deem that having one such chore a week would be judicious and overdue.
I am looking forward to your positive decision about changing your language course's agenda according to my proposals. I am sure that it would make your course well-balanced and, consequently, engage more participants to it.
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3. Correction
Responding to your invitation, I would like to say that your language courses are warmly welcomed by the students, including me. I believe that learning foreign languages is a crucial part of everyone's education and development, so, your project is a priceless work.
I have been taking part in the English class for six months. So, I would like to report that the programme includes various activities: grammar drills, speaking practice, reading books and so on. What is more, never had I had such competent, motivating and patient tutors as yours. Therefore, I am sure that this course will surely stand me in good stead in the future.
As for the negative side, I would like to mention a problem in home-task correction procedures on which participants spend too much time at the lessons.
The other issue is that we have some lack of writing activity in the schedule since I usually have only one such task a month.
I believe that, generally, the main part of learning grammar and reading should be allocated to home practice so as to have more opportunities to speak and converse at the lessons. Thus, I would like to suggest converting homework discussing process into a digital format so that the teachers could send their feedback by e-mail and provide some additional exercises focusing on the participant's mistakes. As an additional improvement, I would like to recommend altering the programme so that the writing part could take its well-deserved position among the other shades of the English language learning. I deem that having one such chore a week would be judicious and overdue.
I am looking forward to your positive decision about changing your language course's agenda according to my proposals. I am sure that it would make your course well-balanced and, consequently, engage more participants in it.
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mention verb BrE /ˈmenʃn/ ; NAmE /ˈmenʃn/ - to write or speak about something/somebody, especially without giving much information
mention something/somebody (to somebody) Nobody mentioned anything to me about it.
Sorry, I won't mention it again.
Now that you mention it, she did seem to be in a strange mood.
mention something/somebody as something/somebody His name has been mentioned as a future MP.
mention where, why, etc… Did she mention where she was going?
mention that… You mentioned in your letter that you might be moving abroad.
He failed to mention that he was the one who started the fight.
mention doing something Did I mention going to see Vicky on Sunday?
engage in phrasal verb
engage in something | engage somebody in something - (formal) to take part in something; to make somebody take part in something
Even in prison, he continued to engage in criminal activities.
She tried desperately to engage him in conversation.
vs.
engaged adjective BrE /ɪnˈɡeɪdʒd/ ; NAmE /ɪnˈɡeɪdʒd/
1. (formal) busy doing something
engaged (in something) They are engaged in talks with the Irish government.
They were engaged in conversation.
engaged (on something) He is now engaged on his second novel.
I can't come to dinner on Tuesday—I'm otherwise engaged (= I have already arranged to do something else).
2. having agreed to marry somebody
When did you get engaged?
an engaged couple
engaged to somebody She's engaged to Peter.
They are engaged to be married (= to each other).
3. (British English) (North American English busy) (of a telephone line) being used
I couldn't get through—the line's engaged.
I phoned earlier but you were engaged (= using your phone).
the engaged tone/signal
4. (British English) (of a public toilet/bathroom) being used
opposite vacant