Monday, March 30, 2009

Background Information of Unit 9

Background Information:

Choosing a major at American universities:
Students can either select or declare themselves undecided at the time when they submit an application for admission into American universities or colleges. In fact, they can remain undecided till the end of their first or at some schools even second year of study.

Jacqueline Susann:
Jacqueline Susann (1918-1974) was an American author known for her mass-appeal novels. Despite a less than spectacular career as an actress, singer, and playwright, she never lost confidence in herself. Blessed with sensual looks and unbounded confidence, Susann went from unknown to the best-selling author of the 1960s. Her most notable book was Valley of the Dolls, a book that broke sales records and spawned a movie and a TV series. Her other novels include The Love Machine and Once Is Not Enough.

Greetings!

Hello, dear students. Thank you all for joining this project in adopting cell phone in foreign language learning. From now on, we will be sending you materials on English learning in the form of text messages. The materials will be about background information of the passages we are learning or any interesting or useful short reading materials. Hope you enjoy learning through cell phones and good luck in your English learning.