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Guiding questions
Before the actual individual oral commentary, there are 20 minutes to prepare the passage that has been selected. Each passage is accompanied by two guiding questions. Answering the guiding questions,...
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The Free Speech Komplex Free
Last night I watched ‘Der Baader Meinhof Komplex’. I’ve been meaning to watch it since, roughly speaking, 2008 when the film was released. To every thing, so the aphorism goes, there is a season. Watching...
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Two Scoops Free
Whenever I go out for ice cream, I will undoubtedly buy two scoops. I’m indifferent about eating it in a cup or a cone, but I find it difficult to limit myself to just chocolate. The other scoop will...
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WT1 Samples Free
On the following pages you find a wide range of sample written tasks. As many of us learn through example, you will want to study the good samples carefully and avoid the mistakes that have been made...
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Firing the Canon Free
On a recent trip to Adelaide, Australia, I visited a second-hand bookstore. Predictably, it was up a small side street, hardly perceptible from the main street, and located down in the basement of a malodorous,...
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Competition Time!
As the website has grown in size, more subscribers and ever more words, so too has the postbag grown. Most mail is from subscribers seeking guidance or clarification. Some subscribers wish to say ‘thanks...
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Jargon
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Hyperbole
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Genre
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Haiku
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