Prioritize this list

1. What is your name?
Eric Sodinth

2. Where do you live?
st cloud

3.where are you from?
congo

4.since when have you been in this country?
3 years now

5.What are the typical greetings in your culture and what do they mean?
we shake hands and sometimes we hug,when we are shaking hands it is a sign of respect towards the other person.it could be anybody a friend,an emplyer an employee,a parenta really anybody,and then when we hug it is a sign of affection you can hug your partener,someone you have a deeper relationship

6.Which country`s food do you like the most? What are the similarities and differences between it and your own culture`s food?food from my country of course,we have different food from american food there are lots of varieties in our food.it was a big problem for me to get used to the food here,i missed home alot at the beginning,i would tell my mom to send some stuff from back home all the time.but now i guess i just got used to it.

7.how do you like the US so far?so far so good i have cousins here and i met new people who became my friends so i grown to like it.im getting used to it,it has become a daily routine,i am more organized here,i know what and when to do something,to tell you the truth last summer i went back home,and i felt so lost over there,im used to the american way of life now,and it is pretty much convenient.

8.What kind of government is in charge of your home country, how did it affect your life and how has democracy in America been a change?we have a president and ministers its a republic,my life in the us has changed because we have freedom here its is really cool.

9.What different modes of transportation are used in your country?
we have cars buses,trains and all the others.people think there is nothing in africa but we have the same transportations as elswhere,it might be not developed as here but it is the same thing.

10.what could SCSU do to make your stay on campus better?
I already like this school alot it has nothing to do with universities in my home country.but i would the dorms to be a little bit less exepnsive.it is really expensive for an international student,but honeslty saint cloud state is one of the schools that facilitates international students.

11. What religious holidays or other cultural events do you or others celebrate; can you explain your traditions for each? i'm catholic christian so we celebrate all the holidays like chrismas,easter and all the others they are very important in my family because my parents are very religious.


12. How would you describe famous sports in your country?
we play soccer it is the most popular sports it is like football in america.we really like it young boys dream of becoming professional players.

Hacker Jan 31

Hacker review of clear sentences

E-ex 8-1 Active vs. passive verbs:

i already knoe how to use them,but it helped me to remember the rules

E-ex 8-2 Active vs. be verbs:

like i mentioned before i remebered a little bit

E-ex 8-3 Active verbs  (edit and compare):

cool exercise

E-ex 9-1 Parallelism:

cool exercise it was fun to do

E-ex 9-2 Parallelism:

they were a little bit the same

E-ex 9-3 Parallelism  (edit and compare):

same work as earlier

E-ex 10-1 Needed words:

helpeful exercise now i know how it works

E-ex 10-2 Needed words  (edit and compare):

important exercise

E-ex 11-1 Mixed constructions:

a little bit tricky when you dont get but after it helped me alot

E-ex 11-2 Mixed constructions  (edit and compare):just to be more lexible with the exercise,it helps alot

E-ex 12-1 Misplaced modifiers:cool exercise i wont make soke mistakes like i used to do in a paper.

E-ex 12-2 Misplaced modifiers  (edit and compare):

helpeful exercise

E-ex 12-3 Dangling modifiers:

i dint mind doing it but i already know how it works

E-ex 12-4 Dangling modifiers  (edit and compare):

same answer as above

E-ex 13-1 Shifts: person and number:

already knew how it works

E-ex 13-2 Shifts: tense:

i'm familiar with it i dis it my first year when i was learning english

E-ex 13-3 Shifts:

i think i m'm pretty good at it.

 

E-ex 13-4 Shifts  (edit and compare):

i'm familiar with the exercise

E-ex 14-1 Choppy sentences:overall good practice but it was to remember some of the rules

E-ex 14-2 Choppy sentences  (edit and compare):

helpful

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hi everyone,today was my first day to class due to a registration problem everything is good now.so i spent the whole hour trying to get into the blog and evrything that goes with it,with the help of a student.kelsey  thank you much.

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