Monday 21 September 2015

THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER

Hi there!

Please click the link below and read this summary which might be helpful to remember details about the story.
http://www.shmoop.com/fall-of-house-of-usher/summary.html

HE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER SUMMARY

How It All Goes Down

An unnamed narrator arrives at the House of Usher, a very creepy mansion owned by his boyhood friend Roderick Usher. Roderick has been sick lately, afflicted by a disease of the mind, and wrote to his friend, our narrator, asking for help. The narrator spends some time admiring the awesomely spooky Usher edifice. While doing so, he explains that Roderick and his sister are the last of the Usher bloodline, and that the family is famous for its dedication to the arts (music, painting, literature, etc.). Eventually, the narrator heads inside to see his friend.



Sunday 6 September 2015

English fillers to speak fluently. ( Gap fillers)

When we speak continuously we end up using gap fillers. These words are short phrases and are used when we fall short of words. You would commonly come across people who end up making vocal sounds to keep a conversation going such as 'umm', 'ah' or 'oh' etc., They end up up doing this subconsciously but it’s better to avoid them as they are signs of weakness.

Here in this lesson we don’t encourage you to use fillers, but there are times when we hesitate in the middle of a conversation and search for words to keep going.