The Importance of English Syntax

Syntax is the grammatical tool that deals with how sentences are put together and the relationship between words.  It is a very methodical and logical sequence, ensuring that sentences are put together using subject, verb and object in which the words in the sentence all have agreement, so that the correct forms of words are used. Without syntax to structure the language, it would simply be a string of words that makes no sense. Take a look at the correct syntax below.  “The girl likes to read novels”.   This follows...

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"How Are You?" English Game

This is a listening English game you can play as to understand the usage of the appropriate word dealing with expression. How are y...

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Personal Adjectives: Adjectives Used to Describe People

Personal adjectives are the adjectives we use to describe a person and their character or personality. Everybody is an individual whose different personalities. One of us may be kind and like to help other people, while another one may be lazy and prefer to sleep rather than work. Personal adjectives answer the question: "What is she like?" Look at these example sentences using the personality adjective "well-behaved": Andriani is well-behaved....

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Smple Present Tenses and Their Usage

The present tenses in English are used: to talk about the present to talk about the future to talk about the past when we are telling a story in spoken English or when we are summarizing a book, film, play etc. There are four present tense forms in English: Present simple                     : I Study Present continuous              : I am studying Present perfect                     : I have studied Present...

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The 61st TEFLIN International Conference 2014

Indonesia, the 4th most populated country in the world as well as a developing country, needs more high level competence people on their professions. In improving both skills and competence of those people, they have to master English well as the international means of communications. Besides, English is the main source of language for any aspects of life, including scientific aspects.  English in Indonesia has not been the second language...

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Narrative Text As A Means of Entertaining People

According to Wikipedia, a narrative (or play) is any account of connected events, presented to a reader or listener in a sequence of written or spoken words, or in a sequence of (moving) pictures. Dealing with text, it has more specific definition: a text to entertain the reader or listener. The purpose of narrative text Narrative text is aimed at entertaining, gaining, and holding a readers' interest. However narratives can also be written to teach or inform, to change attitudes/social opinions, for example soap operas and television dramas...

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5 Ways of Mastering English Well

Many people, especially those who are from non-English speaking country usually have the same questions: "How can I master English well?" or "How to be an Good English speaker?" This is not such a cliche question actually, it is more than simply questioning how.  Ways of Learning English - image by: irock.web.id English as the most widely spoken language in the world and also has been becoming a second language for many individuals, is...

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