group "english practice"

[teacher]

This article was written by Hap Le Crone on Friday the seventh of October 2005. It was published in the American daily newspaper Waco Tribune-Herald.

The main purpose of this text is to explain how parents can teach the value of money to their offspring.

The author said it would be helpul for adult life to learn using money and fiscal responsibility during childhood. Young adult could feel more in control of their lives.

However, we can wonder: would there be someone else to help parents in teaching such values like honesty, kindness, respect and money responsibility?

Wouldn't school and teachers have a role in teaching the value of money to pupils?

If the author proposes parents to use an allowance system, incorporating money management skills in the home, it would be different at school.

As far as I'm concerned, as a future primary school teacher I would teach the value of money in mathematics first, with the resolutions of problems. But also when class needs money to buy books for example. Pupils could write a letter to the city hall, asking the mayor to help them.

Pupils could also organize a sale of cakes to finance a trip.

These propositions would be another solution to teach children the value of money in the school everyday life.

OK ! but it is a bit short . try to develop your ideas !

check the use of " would" ! maybe here " could " may have been better

[teacher]

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"boss"! see u soon!!

Write properly !

this is not a text message ! :P

as for " Angela's ashes " , take the opportunity of an Irish text to find out things about Ireland ...this is one way of improving your knowledge of civilisation/ history / geography etc...

I can see some of you are working really seriously . Do continue ...that's the way to success !

[felicity]

Concerning your summary, Felicity it's a very nice piece of work !

Well done

Thank you Teacher!

[julie22]

thank you very much for the correction.

[Lafouyne]

Just in case, about while/wheras/although:

http://grcpublishing.grc.nasa.gov/WizardAr...rd4/qrktext.htm

"Kids" is a good synonymous for "children".

Yes, but "kids" is a bit familiar ( though it's common )

what about : teenagers / young people... ?

True!

[Lafouyne]

Here is my contribution for this text:

Who wrote it?

What about an outline:"First I will... and then I will..."?

Later, as the text explains, children will learn that they can't spend more than they have though it is always possible to have a loan. Because ("But"?) a loan could be usefull for something more important than their personnal convenience, such as a house or a car.

I underlined what I did not understand (why did you write "because"?).

Vocabulary : a loan = un prêt

I think you're right to write "but" instead of "because". I wrote "because", because i wanted to say that if they have a loan now, it will be more difficult to have a loan later.

Concerning the presentation of the text, i wonder if it is penalizing not to present the author and not to give the entire date. I reduce voluntarily this part to have more time to sum up the text because i find this more intersting. But perhaps the jury want to hear the date and the author's name...I don't know.

To finish thank you for your correction I may imagine that it spends time

When I was at the IUFM, the English teacher told us to do so: title, author and date. They actually want to know if you are able to read date and numbers.

He also advised us to introduce our analysis: "I will first sum up the text and then I will comment on few aspects".

But this is only his opinion.

[orion144]

Well, I'm going to try to correct few mistakes. I hope that i will not add more mistakes

Here is the text

sujet_1_fin_aout.pdf

if you can't open this file, you have to download a free version of acrobat reader

Hi everybody and congratulation for your work !! In spite of my delay for the text above, I will put my summary this evening !! And I hope to do the next one next friday :P !!

See you !

P.S. : teacher, I don't forget the translation of my quotation

This article entitled « help your children learn the value of money » was written by Hap Lecrone for the Waco Tribune-Herald. It dates back to the 7th of October 2005 and deals with parents who want to teach how to manage money to their children.

The author underlines that the parents want their children to be aware about the value of money and so to be responsible of for it. Indeed, parents think that this attitude will contribute to their children's success.

Thus, these parents start this education in the early age and the children can learn that from the use of money depends their happiness and serenity. They are confronted to the reality concerning the use of money.

The mean way (mean is used in mathematics)to teach how to manage money to the children is to give them, following their age, a certain amount of money and to explain them that they are responsible of for it. It is their own money and they have to manage it. Thus, they can account manage for their own expenses and become more reasonable if it is necessary. As well, they have to learn that it is good to save money for their future.

This education is a long term view for the parents and the children because the result is not at once. Often, the young adults, with no education about money, get their first job and believe that they have enough money to buy nearly all what they want but it is false. So, it is difficult for them after that, to recover a good bank account.

Thus, to teach to children the value of money is important. These children know the budget corresponds to bills, food, and other indispensable thing of the daily life and not only to pleasant activities or things which have to be financed by saved money. What's more, when they have some financial difficulties, they are ready to face up to and to rebalance their budget.

In short, Hap Lecrone conclude that there is a strong relation between financial management, well-being, comfort and so quality of life.

In my opinion, the article points out one of the consequences of our society of consumption : the will of buying everything and say "I have".

The television, advertisements, big shopping centres influence people and create a need which maybe didn't exist before.

The young people seems the most influenced because they don't have the experience to maintain a good credit, they want to enjoy the life at once and they don't anticipate the bills or tax. So the idea of teaching how to manage money looks interesting. If they learn that to be reasonable is good for their future they will be more patient to get what they want and will enjoy the life with no financial problem.

If we teach to the children the value of the money as early as it is possible they will understand as well the value of the work and so they will be aware when they spend their money. In that way, parents should purpose propose some little jobs at home to have the occasion to give a little amount of money. I think the fact that the parents give money without compensation is not very educational. Indeed, if the children think they can have money easily, they can think as well they can buy things easily and so they can believe that they can will have everything with no difficulties, which is not true.

Remark : to say a generality, you don't need to use "the".

[felicity]

Well, I'm going to try to correct some few mistakes. I hope that i will not add more mistakes

Here is the text

sujet_1_fin_aout.pdf

if you can't open this file, you have to download a free version of acrobat reader

Hi everybody and congratulation for your work !! In spite of my delay for the text above, I will put my summary this evening !! And I hope to do the next one next friday :P !!

See you !

P.S. : teacher, I don't forget the translation of my quotation

This article entitled « help your children learn the value of money » was written by Hap Lecrone for the Waco Tribune-Herald. It dates back to the 7th of October 2005 and deals with parents who want to teach how to manage money to their children.

The author underlines that the parents want their children to be aware aboutof the value of money and so to be responsible of for it. Indeed, parents think that this attitude will contribute to their children's success.

Thus, these parents start this education in the early age and the children can learn that from the use of money depends their happiness and serenity. They are confronted to the reality concerning the use of money.

The mean way (mean is used in mathematics)to teach children how to manage money to the children is to give them, followingI think "according to" fits better their age, a certain amount of money and to explain them that they are responsible of for it. It is their own money and they have to manage it. Thus, they can account manage for their own expenses and become more reasonable if it is necessary. As well, they have to learn that it is good to save money for their future.

This education is a long term view for the parents and the children because the result is not at once. Often, the young adults, with no education about money, get their first job and believe that they have enough money to buy nearly all what they want but it is false. So, it is difficult for them after that, to recover a good bank account.

Thus, to teach to children the value of money is important. These children know the budget corresponds to bills, food, and other indispensable or essential things of everydaythe daily life and not only to for pleasant activities or things which have to be financed by saved money. What's more Moreover, when they have some financial difficulties, they are ready to face up to and to rebalance their budget.

In short, Hap Lecrone concludes you can also say ends up or comes to the conclusion that there is a strong relationrelationship or link between financial management, well-being, comfort and so quality of life.

In my opinion, the article points out one of the consequences of our society of consumption : the will of buying everything and say "I have".

The Television, advertisementsalso advertising, big shopping centres trade center or shopping centerinfluence people and create a need which maybe didn't exist before.

The young people seems the most influenced because they don't have the experience to maintain a good credit, they want to enjoy the life at once and they don't anticipate the bills or tax. So the idea of teaching how to manage money looks interesting. If they learn that to be reasonable is good for their future. They will be more patient to get what they want and will enjoy the life with no financial problem.

If we teach to the children the value of the money as early as it is possible, they will understand as well the value of the work and so they will be aware when they spend their money. In that way, parents should purpose propose some little jobs at home to have the occasion to give a little amount of money. I think the fact that the parents give money without compensation is not very educational. Indeed, if the children think they can have money easily, they can think as well they can buy things easily and so they can believe that they can will have everything with no difficulties, which is not true.

Remark : to say a generality, you don't need to use "the".

I may forget some mistakes

Pah to say "se rendre compte de qqch" = To realize sth or to be aware of sth

vocabulary:

- publicité: advert in GB and commercial in US

- centre commercial: mall (but maybe too familiar) or shopping plaza or plaza in US

[teacher]

centre commercial : a shopping mall (US) / a shopping centre ( UK)

( -centre UK / -center (US)

'shopping mall ' is now used in UK too.

rendre compte de : to account for

SE rendre compte de : to be(become) aware of..

le moyen de..: the way to../ the means ( avec un "s")

une publicité : an advertisement/advert ( UK)

a commercial (UK /US) is used for a TV commercial or a radio commercial.

une petite annonce : an ad / a small ad

LA publicité :publicity

[teacher]

P.S. : I tried to translate the quotation in my signature as teacher suggests but I am not sure :

"The wisdom is to have dreams high enough to keep them in view when we seek it."

I don't think your translation is correct .

( Wisdom is...)

Do you know on what occasion O.Wilde said it , or what play it is extracted from ?

It would be much better to find the original quote ( rather than a French translation)

[teacher]

I've tried to find it but I just found A similar quotation from William Faulkner which is :

"The end of wisdom is to dream hight enough to lose the dream in the seeking of it"

But I couldn't find the one of O. Wilde...so you guess that I don't know from what play it is extracted

-----> hight enough

High is the adjective / Height is the noun .

But are you sure the quote is from O.Wilde ?

it doesn't sound quite like him ....and Faulkner's quote is so similar to your French translation.

Keep looking ! :P

[delph 5]

next subject is number 2:

english subjects and +

an extract of the novel Angela's Ashes

We could prepare it for the 16th of september?

could i work with your group? how do you work? just write our summary on EDP ? or msn? I 'll prepare this text for 16th .