English QE

• Purpose of a formal or business letter


  • To share
  • To persuade
  • To inform
  • To enjoy (enables us to express thoughts and emotions)
• Parts of a personal letter

  • Heading
  • Inside address (Recipients Address)
  • Salutations (,)
  • Body
  • Complimentary Close (Respectfully yours,)
  • Signature
• Parts of a business letter

  • Heading
  • 1st Line: No. House/Street/Subdivision/office
  • 2nd Line: City/Municipality,province and country
  • Date line
  • Inside Address (Recipients Address)(Include personal title)
  • Salutations (:)
  • Body
  • Closing (Respectfully yours,Signature, and Full Name)
• OMSIM (writing process)

  • Pre-writing (Brainstorm)
  • Draft ( full block/block, modified block, or Semi-Block)
  • Full block- Left margin
  • Modified Block- Balanced and organized
  • Semi-block- Right margin
  • Revising
  • Publishing
• Direct Discourse (DD)


  Uses Quotation marks (REPEATING THE WORDS)
• Indirect Discourse (ID)


  Usage of Reporting verbs(told,tell,said,say,etc.)and the use of "that" to introduce (REPORTING THE WORDS)
• Basic Principles of Oral Presentation

  • FOCUS ON YOUR AUDIENCE AND THEIR NEEDS
  • RELAX
  • SELECT AN INTERESTING SPEECH TOPIC, KEEP SHORT/SIMPLE
  • ORGANIZED SPEECH INTO Introduction- capture the audience, Body- Major points and expand it, Conclusion- Summarize and Empathize
  • BODY LANGUAGE (BE CONFIDENT) Includes appearance, gestures, and facial expressions
  • VOICE Volume and pace, Diverse tones
  • PREPARED/PRACTICE
• Mao Zedong


  Chairman Mao, was born in the village of Shaoshan in Hunan, China in 1893. Mao's father was a former Xiang Army soldier who became a farmer and moneylender, while his mother was raised by an alcoholic shoemaker and his concubine. Mao was sent to a local primary school where he received a mix of traditional Chinese and western education. He also developed an interest in history and politics.
• At the age of thirteen, Mao refused an arranged marriage, causing controversy in the Shaoshan area.
• China was experiencing significant change during Mao's childhood, with European traders and missionaries starting to enter the country. With the Opium Wars, China was forced to end its isolation and opened up to new ideas about government, economics, and technology.
• Mao became intrigued by communism (KARL MARX), which argued for communal ownership of all goods and wealth.
• In early twentieth century China, these ideas led to significant change and people began questioning why they were still ruled by an emperor.
• Mao became a leader in the Communist Party and played a key role in the establishment of the People's Republic of China in 1949.
• Mao's legacy is controversial, with some viewing him as a hero who helped modernize China, while others criticize his policies and actions, which led to the deaths of millions of people under his rule.
• Literary genres in ancient China

  • Prose with flexibility of formats (Pre-Qin period)
  • Essays combining prose and rhymes (Han dynasty)
  • Poetry known for its conciseness and magnificent words (Tang dynasty)
  • Poetry evolved into "Ci" (Song dynasty)
  • Drama literature (Yuan dynasty)
  • Novels (Ming and Qing dynasties)
• Four great classical novels of ancient China were created during the Ming and Qing dynasties.