Future Continuous Use the future continuous to talk about an activity that will be in progress at a point or period in the future. When you arrive home tonight they will be watching TV. We sometimes use the future continuous to talk about organized or official future events. The local band The Elements will be... Continue Reading →
English as a World Language
The text "English as a World Language", taken from The English Language: A Historical Introduction by Charles Barber, Joan C. Beal, and Philip A. Shaw, 1993 CUP, features in B.Ed. 1st Year’s General English book (Tribhuvan University). The key takeaways from the text are as follows: English as a major world language is a relatively recent... Continue Reading →
Inclusive Education
The text "Inclusive Education" by Professor Tirth Raj Khaniya features in B.Ed. 1st Year’s General English book (Tribhuvan University). The key takeaways from the text are as follows: Concept emerged in the 1960s. In order for a country to develop, it must capacitate its people from different sectors irrespective of their ethnicity, language, poverty, geographical location,... Continue Reading →
We are Not Created Equal in Every Way
(In this opinion article [argumentative essay] published in the San Francisco Chronicle on December 12, 2000, columnist and reporter Joan Ryan takes a stand on whether the San Francisco Ballet School did or did not discriminate against 8-year-old Fredrika Keefer when it declined to admit her on the grounds that she had the wrong body... Continue Reading →
My Old Home
Writer: Lu Xun (1881-1936), a Chinese writer Characters: Lu Xun Lu Xun’s mother Runtu Second Sister Yang (the Beancurd Beauty) Honger (Xun’s nephew), and Shuisheng (Runtu’s son) Theme: conflict between memories/expectations and realities Summary: The autobiographical story “My Old Home” by a Chinese writer, Lu Xun, depicts the conflict between memories or expectations and realities.... Continue Reading →
A Devoted Son
Genre: Short story Writer: Anita Desai, an Indian female novelist and short story writer Theme: Parents’ cherishing of their ambition towards their children and a son’s duty towards his parents in Indian context Characters: 1. Rakesh 2. Varma, Rakesh’s father 3. Rakesh’s mother 4. Veena, Rakesh’s wife 5. Bhatia, Varma’s next door neighbor Summary and... Continue Reading →
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