Ok Edu... I will.... rssss 2010/8/18 Eduardo Costa <[email protected]>
> Wow Dani, are you Headhunter! > > Be careful Leandro, headhunters usually hunt you and cut your head off! :-) > > Dani, I think you are being well with english, maybe what you need (like > me) is only feel your english reservoir with a regular english reading! > > Take care > > Ed. > > > On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 16:53, Leandro Ferreira <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hello Dani, >> >> Are you headhunter? >> >> I work in Limeira and I would to change my job... If you know some >> opportunity... I will apreciate... >> >> Regards. >> >> Leandro Ferreira >> >> 2010/8/18 Daniela Dias/ RH <[email protected]> >> >> Edu, >>> >>> My accomplice in "head hunter" :) >>> >>> I loved this text. >>> >>> I work researching resumes in English within LinkedIn. Although I do >>> not have a good English (my english is horrible), it is visible some >>> profiles written in poor English. >>> >>> Regards! >>> >>> Dani >>> >>> 2010/8/18 Eduardo Costa <[email protected]> >>> > >>> > >>> > Successful English >>> > >>> > ________________________________ >>> > >>> > Learning to write, part 1 >>> > >>> > Posted: 17 Aug 2010 01:33 PM PDT >>> > >>> > Jazz musician Paul Desmond once said that “Writing is like jazz. It can >>> be learned, but it can’t be taught.” Desmond understood something very >>> important about writing: good writing doesn’t come from direct instruction. >>> And the writers, writing teachers, and language specialists I know agree. If >>> you want to learn where good writing comes from and how to write better, be >>> sure to read all of the Learning to write articles. >>> > >>> > What is writing? >>> > >>> > A few weeks ago, I wrote that reading is making sense of text. When you >>> read, you read to understand the writer’s ideas. >>> > >>> > When you become the writer, you are responsible to create text that >>> makes sense to your readers. According to one of America’s great writing >>> teachers, your goal “is to get your ideas from your mind into someone else’s >>> mind as clearly, speedily, and economically as possible.” >>> > >>> > Many people think of writing as a language activity when, in fact, it’s >>> more about thinking – having good, clear ideas and organizing them so >>> someone else can easily understand them. Writing helps make your thinking >>> clear. When you write, you discover what you know or don’t know about your >>> subject – in other words, you learn. William Zinsser, another well-known >>> writing teacher, says it like this: >>> > >>> > We write to find out what we know and what we want to say. I thought of >>> how often I had made clear to myself some subject I had previously known >>> nothing about by just putting one sentence after another – by reasoning my >>> way [step by step] to its meaning. I thought of how often writing even the >>> simplest document – a letter, for instance – had clarified my half-formed >>> ideas. Writing and thinking and learning were the same process. >>> > >>> > Starting at the very beginning >>> > >>> > Almost every week someone sends me an e-mail to tell me they’re having >>> trouble writing and to ask for help. When they do, the most common problem >>> is simply this – not enough English. >>> > >>> > If you want to write English well, you need a good supply of English. >>> We who live in southern California know the importance of reservoirs. >>> Southern California is dry, almost a desert. The water we use comes from >>> lake-like reservoirs that are filled each year when spring sunshine melts >>> the snow in the mountains. Our ability to live well depends on a good supply >>> of water from these reservoirs. Your ability to write well depends on having >>> an English language reservoir that is full of enough to supply the kind of >>> thinking and writing you want to do. >>> > >>> > There is only one way to fill your English reservoir – reading. The >>> more you read, the more your vocabulary will grow. The more you read, the >>> more your grammar and spelling will improve. The more you read, the more you >>> will discover about putting your ideas into sentences and paragraphs so they >>> make sense and say what you want to say. The more you read, the more your >>> ability to write will emerge. >>> > >>> > Getting started >>> > >>> > If your reservoir, or supply, of English is low, begin now to fill it. >>> Set up a regular reading schedule – at least 20 or 30 minutes a day. If you >>> have time and can read more, great! Your English will grow faster. >>> > >>> > If you’re not sure what to read or how to read, look at these articles: >>> > >>> > The power of reading and listening >>> > Using popular fiction to improve your English >>> > A word every language learner should know >>> > Expert answers – how to meet a new word >>> > >>> > NOTE: If you have specific questions about writing, please ask them in >>> the comment section at the end of this article. If possible, I’ll include >>> answers in future articles. >>> > >>> > Warren Ediger >>> > >>> > References: David Lambuth et al, The Golden Book on Writing (1963); >>> William Zinsser, Writing to Learn (1988) and On Writing Well, 7th ed. 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