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We often focus solely on updating the inside of a home and leave the outside alone. However, the exterior is just as important to consider. Creating “curb appeal” is real estate language for making a good first impression.

It is challenging today to visualize a world without garages or a language deprived of the term garage. However, the word probably did not come into existence before the 19th century.

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History of Garages

Of course, since living needs can never be ignored, it leaves us with no option but to cater to them as soon as possible. Interestingly, better infrastructure in plain language means construction of more buildings. And therein lies the challenge.

Brazilian immigrants have been coming into the United States for a long time now. In most cases, the first job that they managed to get for themselves was a house cleaning job. It offered these people flexibility in working hours and the ability to overcome the language barrier.

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The Best Are Brazilian Housekeepers

The focus in Module 1 was on the importance of contextualizing language. In Module 2, the focus is on the need to be aware of the specific language within that context. That is, the awareness, the attention, and the noticing of the particular features of language that add to learning. This means that it is important to pay attention to language form, for example, grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation. However, teaching these formal aspects of language through rules, exercises, memorization, and drills does not appear to be entirely effective. Research shows that selectively focusing on aspects of language use within a given context can be even more effective. Language awareness is the name for this kind of focus. And, because language awareness is a focus on the pragmatic uses of language, the language input must be in context. Two additional requirements of language awareness are that: * The context should reflect language that learners are most likely to use. * And, language practice in context should be accompanied by conscious effort and reflection on that practice. An innovative offering from the Office of English Language Programs, Shaping the Way We Teach English, is a 14-module teacher training video series developed and produced in cooperation with the University of Oregon.