Participate
How to Join
In order to participate in the class, please get a twitter account (if you do not already have one) and follow @englangclass on twitter.
Please send a message to @englangclass stating something about yourself (where you are from, how old you are, what school you go to, favorite things to do etc. - in English), and 'follow' the class on twitter. Then after approval, you can participate in daily exercises on twitter. You can then also join the Skype group for video chat lessons.
Daily Exercises
Once you are connected on twitter, you can see and respond to daily exercises that will be posted on twitter. A post will begin with an acronym: WOTD, FITB, CTS, RTS, DYK?, UP, WH? or contain some combination of these. These acronyms describe the type of exercise that follows it in the post. Please respond to the post in a way that is suitable to the exercise type.
Now, please understand the possible daily exercise types:
WOTD
Word of the Day (Beginner)
A word will be posted along with a sentence. Please either:
A) respond to the given sentence
B) create a new sentence with the given word
FITB
Fill In The Blank (Beginner)
A sentence will be given with a missing word. Several possibilities will be given. Please respond with the letter corresponding to the correct answer.
CTS
Correct This Sentence (Intermediate)
A sentence with one or more spelling and/or grammatical errors will be given. Please respond with the correct sentence.
RTS
Revise, Restate or Reword This Sentence (Advanced)
A sentence will be given that can be stated in a better way. Please respond with the sentence revised, restated, or reworded.
DYK?
Did You Know? (Any Level)
Whenever you see this, it will be followed by an explanation of something that is good to know about! While a response is not necessary, it would be a good idea to study the topic further, and relate what you have found.
UP
Useful phrase (Intermediate)
UP will designate posts that have a useful phrase which may be difficult to understand if taken literally. You can respond to UP the same way as WOTD responses.
WH?
What's Happening? (Advanced)
WH? means that the following sentence has an uncertain, loose, or unset meaning, and must be surmised, guessed or elaborated upon. Please try to guess what is going on with the sentence. There could be many right answers, depending on how creative you are!
↔, →
The double arrow symbol, when surrounded by a word on either side
(like a↔an) denote that the two words are being compared or contrasted, in a DYK? for example, when an explanation is provided for some answer (please don't be confused by the logical or mathematical usage of the symbol - we are using it only as a general comparison/contrast of two words). If there is only one arrow, the left side word should be replaced by the right side word in the case where it appears (like a→an). The single arrow will be used in CTS or RTS exercises where only a single word may need to be replaced.