Monday, December 06, 2021

Objective and Subjective Language

An excellent skill for an ESL learner to have is the ability to distinguish objective and subjective language, and then to be able to write objectively when the situation requires it.

In business, it is important to state issues objectively when writing reports. In the academic world, it is important when writing a paper.


Here are notes on this topic for general learners:

http://www.roadtogrammar.com/notes/objective.html

Here is the accompanying activity:

http://roadtogrammar.com/?objective


Here are notes on this topic for learners of business English:

http://roadtogrammar.com/businessenglish/notes/?ref=objective

Here is the accompanying activity:

http://roadtogrammar.com/businessenglish/quiz.html?objective

Video: Guess the Vocab

Here's another video that I've put on YouTube, in a new format. The video features 10 vocabulary items. First, you hear (and see) an...