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I am from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. I came to New Zealand 3 years ago to further my education in AUT University. I would consider myself a bubbly and loud person if I wasn't feeling shy. I am currently in my second year of Bachelor Arts in English. I am studying this course with a intriguing interest and curiosity in English Language and Communication. I am hoping that this paper will help me in the future to be a better writer academically and this has also given me another opportunity to have my own blog again. :)

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Monday, June 15, 2009

iReflect for Week 10

For this week’s reflection I’ll be introducing basic grammar in order to begin writing academically. Grammar in English can be tricky to understand or remember. People until today still forget what was learned right in the beginning of primary school. After teaching Basic English grammar I will then include a structured model to start up writing academically. It’s quite simple when you are aware of the simplest English rules.

What is Grammar? Grammar in English are the nouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs preposition, conjunctions and interjection and so on. But for now I will only be concentrating on what these terms are and to help learn the basics first. When writing academically it is important to know what these terms are. This shows that you are aware of what you are writing and what it states in English Grammar. I found a perfect image that shows what these means. With this image you will know exactly what the terms define.

The image is supposed to give an idea of what grammar is. As it states at the top of the image that this is rhyme used for children to have remember and have an idea about grammar. I find this an easy way to remember important grammar terms to be able to understand writing academically. Although this is for children, don't be afraid to learn from this. It helps us tremendously to remember the terms and get a kick start.

*New Feature* On the left side of the blog I've added a gadget that will be quite handy to improve vocabulary skills. It's a Hangman Game. I've come up with a way to improve spellings of words. This should be a good idea to start improving spelling skills and get TXT MSGING language phonetics out of the way for now.

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