Thursday, February 20, 2014

My Future

This is my third semester of graduate school and I have five more classes left once this semester is over. I am ecstatic to finish school so that I can finally start my career as an elementary or TESOL teacher. I have so many plans for my future and I cannot wait to get started. I know that there will be a fair share of hard times, since life is not easy, but there are so many positive things that I look forward to. Just to mention a few: I want to travel the world, buy a home, buy expensive items, get married and start a family. Everything that I am doing right now is to prepare me for my future, I am working, I am in school and I am saving money. Luckily, with the love and support of my family they are making my future even more promising. They have helped me financially by putting me through college, by living at home it helps me save the money that I need for my future. I hope to move out soon and I know it will be a struggle but I am ready for it. I have lived a very comfortable life and I want to gain even more independence. I am proud of how far I have come, I have two jobs that I enjoy and I am pursuing a career that I love. In 5 years from now I hope I have achieved all my goals (traveling, family, home, money, job etc.). I think the best thing is to know what you want to do with your life and this is my dream. It is my goal to make my dreams a reality I think it is best not to dream too big but anything can happen as long you try.

  1. semester
  2. ecstatic-very happy
  3. career: job
  4. expensive: things that cost a lot of money
  5. financially: meaning money
  6. independence: freedom
  7. achieved: reach a goal

Spelling Words - Missing Letters
1. indep_ndence
2. car_er
3. financi_lly
4. ex_e_sive
5. a_hieved
6.semest_r 
7. _cstatic
Grammar points

Prepositions

The word preposition can easily be understood by listing some examples: in, on, under, by, for, from, with, during. Prepositions are the (usually) short words that precede nouns or pronouns, and give information about where (on the table), when (in April), etc.
What can be very difficult for learners of English, however, is to know which preposition they need in the sentences they say or write. This is because there is often no correspondence between the preposition they use in their language and the one needed in English*.
* For example: German has the same preposition as English: in. But there are many occasions when English uses in, and German uses a different preposition, or vice versa. English children play in the street, German children auf der Strasse (on the street). Germans can be good in languages (gut in Sprachen), whereas the English are good at them. English people travel by bus; Germans travel with the bus (mit dem Bus). In Germany, something belongs me (gehört mir), but in England it belongs to me.
Prepositions often follow other parts of speech as fixed phrases that have to be learned case-by-case: interested in, angry about, to belong to, etc. It is clear, therefore, that the learner who wants to use English prepositions correctly will often need to consult a good dictionary.

Here is a good online dictionary to use:
http://dictionary.reference.com/






1 comment:

  1. I wish you all the best in your future! I am not sure if you will be buying expensive items on a teacher's salary, but I hope so.

    If you did not write the grammar explanation yourself, you should give the link to it: http://esl.fis.edu/grammar/rules/prep.htm.

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