xiangfaganbei

@xiangfaganbei (20)

China • Age 42

Joined myLot 16 years ago

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Which Internet browser do you prefer?

jayb48 @jayb48 (42) • United States 8 May 11

I prefer Google Chrome because it is faster than internet explorer. I also like firefox because it has a lot of apps and I can personalize it to my exact interest. Which one do you guys prefer?

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xiangfaganbei :) Now I got used to Chrome. It's exactly easier to use and sooner than using Safari even. BTW, I updated Firefox to Ver.4.0.1 this morning and I found that they are more like each other.

10 May 11

what is "article" used for? apple- an apple-the apple- this apple...

xiangfaganbei @xiangfaganbei (20) • China 23 Dec 09

What on earth is "article" used for? Why must we use "article" sometimes? What does "apple"-"an apple"-"the apple" stand for? What is the difference between them? In Chinese culture, there are few "article" used so that we always...

article function

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xiangfaganbei Never "play the football"... But why? Is there any jokes or puns about that? Do you mean that the original meaning of "play" is like "perform"? usually be used as "intransitive verb"? When "play" acts as a "transitive verb", what does it mean? Your...

25 Dec 09

what is "article" used for? apple- an apple-the apple- this apple...

xiangfaganbei @xiangfaganbei (20) • China 23 Dec 09

What on earth is "article" used for? Why must we use "article" sometimes? What does "apple"-"an apple"-"the apple" stand for? What is the difference between them? In Chinese culture, there are few "article" used so that we always...

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xiangfaganbei Hi owlwings, thanks a lot. I have been thinking about what you said, especially the shades of meaning between apple, an apple(only one) and the apple (specified). I enjoy your conclusion-"Very often, the word without an article expresses a quality or a...

24 Dec 09

about phonics

xiangfaganbei @xiangfaganbei (20) • China 7 Dec 09

Hi dear friends, there is a question about Phonics: Is Phonics essential in your primary school or basic education in your country? Have you ever been taught Phonics in your school time? And in which period? This question...

english learning

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xiangfaganbei Thanks a bunch. At the beginning of Phonics learning, we all thought it's so useful...and later we found that there exactly exist many exceptions for spelling and pronunciation, especially so many loanwords in English. And most of them cannot be explained by...

21 Dec 09

about phonics

xiangfaganbei @xiangfaganbei (20) • China 7 Dec 09

Hi dear friends, there is a question about Phonics: Is Phonics essential in your primary school or basic education in your country? Have you ever been taught Phonics in your school time? And in which period? This question...

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xiangfaganbei You really helps a lot. Thank you so much. the question left to us: to be or not to be? I think we must "change" -from Obama... After all the right foundation is very important and the phonics is an essential method of pronunciation and reading. So the better...

9 Dec 09

about phonics

xiangfaganbei @xiangfaganbei (20) • China 7 Dec 09

Hi dear friends, there is a question about Phonics: Is Phonics essential in your primary school or basic education in your country? Have you ever been taught Phonics in your school time? And in which period? This question...

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xiangfaganbei Thank you! "Gotcha!" from your profile and have been browsing your comments to other threads...good points always! Another question: if a Chinese highschool student had been learning English in the wrong way-every word bear in mind by rote/can read probably...

8 Dec 09

about phonics

xiangfaganbei @xiangfaganbei (20) • China 7 Dec 09

Hi dear friends, there is a question about Phonics: Is Phonics essential in your primary school or basic education in your country? Have you ever been taught Phonics in your school time? And in which period? This question...

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xiangfaganbei Good point! Not only pronunciation but also reading, Phonics is very useful for. Rightly, in China, some highschool students who want to take the SAT for learning abroad complain theirs poor reading ability. Maybe the absence of Phonics learning is one of the...

8 Dec 09

about phonics

xiangfaganbei @xiangfaganbei (20) • China 7 Dec 09

Hi dear friends, there is a question about Phonics: Is Phonics essential in your primary school or basic education in your country? Have you ever been taught Phonics in your school time? And in which period? This question...

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xiangfaganbei Dear Lukespook, Thank you. Your comments helps a lot. And I've shown your post to some of my friends in our English class and they really appreciate it. BTW, one of our Austalian Teacher told us: Phonics is not a secret at all in English speaking...

8 Dec 09