Linking Words

▪ Linking words help you to connect ideas and sentences when you speak or write English. We can use linking words to give examples, add information, summarise, sequence information, give a reason or result, or to contrast ideas.

Functions and Linking words

Showing time, beginning, during, ending ⁕ Before ⁕ As ⁕ As long as ⁕ At the same time (as) ⁕ Every time ⁕ Since ⁕ So long as ⁕ The first/second/next/last time ⁕ When ⁕ Whenever ⁕ While ⁕ By the time ⁕ Till ⁕ Until

Showing a sequence ⁕ After ⁕ As soon as ⁕ Ever since ⁕ Following ⁕ Later ⁕ Once ⁕ Next ⁕ Second ⁕ Secondly ⁕ Then ⁕ Third ⁕Thirdly ⁕ Finally ⁕ Last ⁕ Lastly

Showing conclusion ⁕ In all ⁕ In summation ⁕ In conclusion ⁕ To conclude

Showing similarity ⁕ In other words ⁕ Likewise ⁕ Similarly Adding information ⁕ Additionally ⁕ Also ⁕ Besides ⁕ Further ⁕ Furthermore ⁕ In addition ⁕ Moreover

Adding example ⁕ For example ⁕ For instance ⁕ In particular

Showing cause ⁕ As a result of … ⁕ Because … ⁕ Due to (the fact that) ⁕ In order to … ⁕ Resulting from … ⁕ Since …

Showing effect ⁕ (If) … then ⁕ … resulting in ⁕ So …that ⁕ … then ⁕ Accordingly ⁕ As a result ⁕ Consequently ⁕ Hence ⁕ Therefore ⁕ Thus

Showing condition ⁕ Even if ⁕ If … then ⁕ In case ⁕ Provided that ⁕ Providing ⁕ Unless ⁕ Whether or not

Argumentative Essay Writing

Are People Too Dependent on Mobile Phones?

Mobile phones have become a must have in our modern society. They have become a central application to a variety of aspects and not just regular conversations. After having been invented as a device that would connect people while on the move, mobile phones have become much more in the last decade. It is not possible to watch videos, listen to music, and much more. However, there is a hint that these devices are starting to occupy much bigger roles in our life so much to the point that mobile phone addiction has become a new section in our dictionary.

Reason for Overwhelming Popularity

The reason behind the tremendous growth in mobile phones have been down to a reason, as they have changed the way communication has been perceived by humans. The mobile devices permit rapid communication in all forms and they have truly made the world a smaller place.

Rather than just vocal communication from a couple of decades ago, it is not possible to use a mobile device to send location, pictures, and videos. Crucially, they have become flexible in this department with something for everyone. Mobile phones are a godsend for long-distance relationships, while they help accomplish business tasks even when the whole mass of the Earth is in between. Mobile devices have also become a crucial device in safety, as statistical data reveals that Americans use mobile devices in 74% of the distress calls.

Are We Becoming Too Dependent?

The modern society has embraced mobile phones in a big way but it has come at a cost. Today, the whole essence of socialism has been transformed into a tiny device that occupies the palm of your hand. There is an overwhelming dependence on mobile devices even for basic actions like knowing the time, as these mobile devices have become multifaceted.

The addiction with regard to mobile phones has become such a huge problem that people tend to be glued to the phones even when communication is not taking place. This is because mobile phones have become the hub for receiving entertainment at any time of the day. Content creators push through entertainment options onto the mobile phones through a variety of medium.

Problems Created by Excessive Mobile Phone Usage

A few years ago, ‗The World Unplugged Project‘ decided to analyze the risk of mobile devices in our day-to-day lives. An experiment conducted to see how long an individual can go without mobile devices ended up quite badly. Participants were asked to stay away from the mobile devices for 24 hours and they ended up developing plenty of psychological symptoms, while some even displayed physical problems.

The huge impact of mobile devices can be summed up with one basic action: people checking their mobile devices for new text messages even when they have not received anything. People are subconsciously thinking only about receiving new content on the devices and it is starting to the society quite badly.

Conclusion

The mobile devices have truly made our life much more convenient, but they have also brought together plenty of health issues. Superficially, the mobile devices may appear to improve the quality of life but they are slowly consuming the society as a whole. While it is not feasible or possible to do more mobile devices from our daily life, people should start showing more seriousness to the problem that rests in our pocket. Mobile phones have become the medium through which anxiousness, irritability, depression, nervousness, loneliness, frustrations, and stressfulness spreads around us. It is of paramount importance to limit their usage.

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Essay on Selfie Addiction, Is it Good or Bad?

First and foremost question is can we call it an addiction. The answer is Yes and NO. Yes, because a person who takes selfie get a habit of repetition, finds it difficult to stop or control it. But same time there are no medical symptoms or diagnosis available for Selfie Addiction. ―Addiction‖ word is used here metaphorically. It means the craze, fad, mania among the young generation, especially among teenagers.

Before understanding the advantages and disadvantages or good and bad sides of selfie addition we need to understand what is Selfie Addiction, its origin, meaning etc.

What is a ―Selfie‖? What is its Meaning?

In short, selfies means self-portrait typically taken with a front camera of a smartphone with hand or with help of selfie stick. The main reason one takes a selfie is to post it on famous social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat or share it WhatsApp. Sometimes people use timers but most of the times take a selfie right away. When you take a self-portrait with a group of friends or people it is called as ―Groupie‖. ―Selfie‖ was declared the word of the year by Oxford English dictionary in the year 2013.

Now famous social networking platforms encourage users to take selfies. Selfie trend is used in politics and government campaigns too. we see advertisements from various brands to take a selfie with a loved one for this year‘s valentine day. Celebrities, politicians, adults, illiterate, teenagers, kids everyone takes selfies and groupies now. It has reached to Space and Mars too. Astronauts also take selfies in space and Mars Rover took a selfie on Mars. It is becoming a staple diet for marketing strategies.

Advantages and Disadvantages of Selfie

Selfie itself is harmless to anyone, its the addiction surrounded to it can be a problem. There are some good and some bad sides to it.

Positive Point about Selfies (Advantages)

Boosts Confidence

When people take a selfie and post it on social media they get likes and shares. It makes them feel good about themselves. People who generally don‘t express themselves can express their emotions through it. Introverts people find it difficult to interact with other people, selfies give them a chance to express themselves without living their comfort zone. All in all, it can boost the confidence of people for some time.

Capturing the Moment

People take more selfies than a typical photo, it is quick and trendy. You don‘t need a photographer or expensive digital camera to take a photo. Seflies brings that convenience and control. So people capture more moments in their life.

Nowadays almost every camera has a front-facing camera, there are few companies promoting their smartphones as ―Selfie Expert‖. These smartphone makers adding built-in filters, make it easy to share selfies directly on famous social media platforms.

Negative Points of Selfie Addiction (Disadvantages)

Every coin has two sides, though selfies in itself is a harmless thing, peoples‘ behavior around it add negative connotations to it.

Risking Life

There are hundreds of reported deaths because of selfies. People go to dangerous places like cliffs, sea, building tops etc to take a selfie which will give them more likes. And sometimes accident happens. This Seflie craze is rampant in Indian teenagers. A lot of teenagers died while taking a selfie at dangerous places.

Experience vs Photo

We find people taking selfies with food, scenery and almost everything. Rather than enjoying the food, place or experience people prefer a selfie first. This is making subtle but a big impact on teenagers brain, they are enjoying photo than the experience.

Competition

There is unspoken competition between friends to post a selfie which gets more likes. Peer pressure makes them do risky things to stay ahead of the competition. If they don‘t get expected likes over social media then they feel bad about themselves. This can lead to depression too.

Conclusion

Is selfie good or bad? Answer totally depends on the person, not on a photo. It depends us on us, how crazy we are for a selfie, how much importance we are giving to it. There is nothing bad in taking selfies but one should not allow this addiction take control over our senses.

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How to Write a Descriptive Essay

I have one singer that I like the most in this world. His name is Kim Jae Joong. He is the former group member DBSK (Dong Bang Shin Ki). This group well known as the king of K pop world. In 26 of January 1986, a baby was born in Gangju, South Korea, named Jaejoong. He lives as a normal kid in Korea with his adoptive family including his father, mother and eight sisters. He has been born with fair skin, small eyes and a birthmark on his neck. He is lucky because he already has a slim body that bring him be as a talented singer in Korea.

The reason why I like him because of his unique personality. Although he stays with all his members at home, he likes to cooks for his friends. When his friends hear a noisy sound at the kitchen, all of them know that Jaejoong is cook at kitchen. He is a bright and talkative person. He will start speaks when he wake up in the morning until he fall asleep. The facts that he cannot change is he will wear eyes mask and play a loud music to make him sleeps. He is so hilarious person and always makes jokes to cheer up his friends‘ mood. He always says that he will happy if his friends happy. Next, he also likes to wear his ring on his forth finger and feels uncomfortable when he wear on other fingers. He is the well-known celebrity who likes to eat spicy food very much. In one of the television program is he ate world‘s spiciest pepper; Naga Jolokia pepper with ease and thinks that pepper would taste good in a dish. His members always complaining that Jaejoong only prepared foods to his members based on his taste only. Other than that, he likes to bring along the death sauce in Japan when he back to Korea.

The second reason why I being his fan because his career as singer. He started his career in 2001, at fifteen years old; he auditioned in S.M. Entertainment and was accepted into the agency as a trainer. After training around two years and half, he debuted as the main vocalist of South Korea boy band, DBSK. ―The Grace‖ for the Japanese version of their song ―Just for one day‖ which was featured on their fifth Japanese single and their debut album, Graceful. Besides work as a singer, scriptwriter and composer, he also has worked as an actor

in drama ―Time Slip Dr.Jin‖, ―Protect the Boss‖ and ―Postman to Heaven‖. Right now, he opened a café in Seoul.

The last reason why I like him is hardship that he needs to face before and during his career as singer in South Korea. At a young age, his biological mother gave him up for adoption to Kim family and his name was changed from Jaejon to Kim Jae Joong. When he was fifteen, he was moved to Seoul by himself in order to take part in the auditions held by SM Entertainment. Life in Seoul proved to be hard for him and he had to take various odd jobs to come up with the 150, 000 won needed for the room rent.

For conclusion, I as his fan from eleven years old until now; still proud of Jaejoong. He is the best singer in South Korea that we can take as role model. His though feeling that makes he still wake up to performs in front of his fans around the world. I hope that he will success for his entire life.

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Today, there are many delicious foods easily available. I sometime wonder how life was in the ancient past when they did not have ease of access to food as we do today.

However, though I can find food of all kinds in our stores there are foods that stand out as my favorite.

I easily walk past the pizzas, the fluffy pasties, pies, and cream cakes. But when I sit in the restaurant and see the words oxtail stew, with creamed spinach and potatoes I positively drool.

The Waitron places the crispy warm bread rolls beside me on a white plate. In front of me were yellow balls of butter. Next, she placed in front of me a bowl of creamed spinach, dark green finely cut with the white cream and steam coming from it advertising it was freshly cooked. I inhaled the warm aroma unique to spinach. Beside it was a bowl with smooth white mashed potato. Rich creamy smooth and firm from the butter and milk that had been beaten into it to add to its flavor and smooth texture.

Then came the bowl full of oxtail stew. Its rich dark brown color was set off by the white bowl it was in. The gravy was thick and rich. I could smell the aroma of beef, garlic, and herbs and spices drifting up from it into my nose. My mouth watered in anticipation.

Now I took the silver spoon and dipped it into the bowl of potato. It smoothly penetrated the firm fluffy white mound. I lifted the spoon and turned it over on my plate depositing a mound of potato. I repeated this 3 times. Then using another spoon I scooped up spinach dripping white sauce and put it on the plate beside the potato. The dark green Spinach was hot, the white Sauce melted and it contrasted with the creamy potato. Now after a second helping of spinach I took another larger spoon. I dipped it into the rich brown stew and stirred it. Then I scooped up a chunky slice of oxtail. Several other pieces followed that one onto my plate, the rich brown meat, contrasting with the dark green spinach and creamy white potato.

The succulent meat gleaming with a coating of rich gravy and the aroma of gravy, garlic spinach and potato blending in the steam rising from my plate. I scooped up gravy from the bowl and trickled it over the white potato catching the scent of red wine. I broke the roll and spread butter on it and I was ready to eat.

Now the decision where to start, so I bit into the fresh crisp roll and tasted its warm soft texture and the melting butter. By then I had decided to sample the potato with gravy and the spinach. The potato was smooth, with a taste of butter over powered with the tangy gravy, its garlic and hint of good red wine in it. The spinach was a good foil. Smooth with its vegetable texture and plain white sauce it softened the taste of the gravy. Then I used my fork and removed the succulent meat from the bone. Its soft texture, fatty feeling in the mouth, the spice wine and garlic in the gravy made it perfect. So I sat contented at my table eating as much as I could, and more than I should of my favourite food.

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What is a CV?

Mason Blackstaff

14 Spring Street

Ahuriri

Mobile 022 336699

Objective

I am a creative, energetic person, seeking a fulltime position in a primary school teaching middle school students. I have developed a particular interest in this age group while on placements.

I have a strong commitment to supporting a dynamic inclusive educational environment where all students thrive. I am keen to design innovative programs that link the different threads of the curriculum in a holistic manner and further-more promotes imagination, confidence and collaboration.

Qualification

∙ 2014-2017 EIT Hawkes Bay, Napier, NZ

▪ Bachelor of Teaching (Primary)

▪ Graduated: April 2018

∙ 2005-2008 Wintec, Hamilton

▪ Bachelor of Art & Design

Skills

∙ Current knowledge of the New Zealand curriculum

∙ Understanding of human development and identification of learning styles and challenges Able to plan and prepare lessons and activities based on curriculum and student needs

∙ Good knowledge of software and interactive learning

technologies Confident in classroom management

∙ Ability to teach across the curriculum and deliver curriculum in a way that requires student

∙ to actively engage in and progressively develop independence in the learning environment

∙ Capable of evaluating students‘ progress through assessment

∙ Confident in my ability to work collaboratively with parents, students and colleagues

Teaching Practicum

∙ Willowbank School, Hastings Yr 3

∙ Delivered language and Art curriculum in year 5

∙ Monitored class room management, and individual student engagement ∙ Tamatea Intermediate, Napier Yr2

∙ Assisted in the delivery of Mathematics, Science curriculum to

year 7 Organized science excursion to wetlands area and math‘s

jump gym program

Employment

∙ 2008-2014 Graphic Design Studio, Hamilton

▪ Position: Graphic Designer

Created graphic designs for commercial clients

▪ Meet weekly with graphic design team to create aid campaigns for clients

▪ Worked closely with the Chamber of commerce and local businesses to develop networks

∙ 2004- 2005 Timber Top School, Melbourne

▪ Position: Hostel supervisor

▪ I spent a year as a hostel supervisor at a Boys School in Melbourne, the role also extended to going on camps with the students into remote outback areas of Victoria.

Referees

John Bishop

Senior lecturer EIT Primary Teaching program

Ph; 021 0055667

Alison Neil

Syndicate leader Year 5-6

Willowbank Primary School

Ph: 022 36 34 32

Cover Letter