Wow Dani, are you Headhunter! Be careful Leandro, headhunters usually hunt you and cut your head off! :-)
Dani, I think you are being well with english, maybe what you need (like me) is only feel your english reservoir with a regular english reading! Take care Ed. On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 16:53, Leandro Ferreira <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Dani, > > Are you headhunter? > > I work in Limeira and I would to change my job... If you know some > opportunity... I will apreciate... > > Regards. > > Leandro Ferreira > > 2010/8/18 Daniela Dias/ RH <[email protected]> > > Edu, >> >> My accomplice in "head hunter" :) >> >> I loved this text. >> >> I work researching resumes in English within LinkedIn. Although I do >> not have a good English (my english is horrible), it is visible some >> profiles written in poor English. >> >> Regards! >> >> Dani >> >> 2010/8/18 Eduardo Costa <[email protected]> >> > >> > >> > Successful English >> > >> > ________________________________ >> > >> > Learning to write, part 1 >> > >> > Posted: 17 Aug 2010 01:33 PM PDT >> > >> > Jazz musician Paul Desmond once said that “Writing is like jazz. It can >> be learned, but it can’t be taught.” Desmond understood something very >> important about writing: good writing doesn’t come from direct instruction. >> And the writers, writing teachers, and language specialists I know agree. If >> you want to learn where good writing comes from and how to write better, be >> sure to read all of the Learning to write articles. >> > >> > What is writing? >> > >> > A few weeks ago, I wrote that reading is making sense of text. When you >> read, you read to understand the writer’s ideas. >> > >> > When you become the writer, you are responsible to create text that >> makes sense to your readers. According to one of America’s great writing >> teachers, your goal “is to get your ideas from your mind into someone else’s >> mind as clearly, speedily, and economically as possible.” >> > >> > Many people think of writing as a language activity when, in fact, it’s >> more about thinking – having good, clear ideas and organizing them so >> someone else can easily understand them. Writing helps make your thinking >> clear. When you write, you discover what you know or don’t know about your >> subject – in other words, you learn. William Zinsser, another well-known >> writing teacher, says it like this: >> > >> > We write to find out what we know and what we want to say. I thought of >> how often I had made clear to myself some subject I had previously known >> nothing about by just putting one sentence after another – by reasoning my >> way [step by step] to its meaning. I thought of how often writing even the >> simplest document – a letter, for instance – had clarified my half-formed >> ideas. Writing and thinking and learning were the same process. >> > >> > Starting at the very beginning >> > >> > Almost every week someone sends me an e-mail to tell me they’re having >> trouble writing and to ask for help. When they do, the most common problem >> is simply this – not enough English. >> > >> > If you want to write English well, you need a good supply of English. We >> who live in southern California know the importance of reservoirs. Southern >> California is dry, almost a desert. The water we use comes from lake-like >> reservoirs that are filled each year when spring sunshine melts the snow in >> the mountains. Our ability to live well depends on a good supply of water >> from these reservoirs. Your ability to write well depends on having an >> English language reservoir that is full of enough to supply the kind of >> thinking and writing you want to do. >> > >> > There is only one way to fill your English reservoir – reading. The more >> you read, the more your vocabulary will grow. The more you read, the more >> your grammar and spelling will improve. The more you read, the more you will >> discover about putting your ideas into sentences and paragraphs so they make >> sense and say what you want to say. The more you read, the more your ability >> to write will emerge. >> > >> > Getting started >> > >> > If your reservoir, or supply, of English is low, begin now to fill it. >> Set up a regular reading schedule – at least 20 or 30 minutes a day. If you >> have time and can read more, great! Your English will grow faster. >> > >> > If you’re not sure what to read or how to read, look at these articles: >> > >> > The power of reading and listening >> > Using popular fiction to improve your English >> > A word every language learner should know >> > Expert answers – how to meet a new word >> > >> > NOTE: If you have specific questions about writing, please ask them in >> the comment section at the end of this article. If possible, I’ll include >> answers in future articles. >> > >> > Warren Ediger >> > >> > References: David Lambuth et al, The Golden Book on Writing (1963); >> William Zinsser, Writing to Learn (1988) and On Writing Well, 7th ed. 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