Dear Wangqiang,An English speech contest is going to be hold in our school for our students in order to improve their oral English and create a better environment for speaking English. It will be hold at room X on the Xth floor in the XXXX (teaching) building at XX:00 am/pm, Dec. XXth. From joozone.com.我们学校将举行一次英语口语演讲比赛,目的是为了改善同学们的英语口语水平以及创造一个良好的对话平台(环境)。口语演讲比赛在我们学校的×楼××室12月×日下午×点×分举行。The first three winners will be given prizes. We will have five English teachers and a student representative as judges. We are inviting you to come to our contest and we will be very honored if you could come.前三名将会得到奖励。我们将会邀请5名英语老师以及一位学生作为评委。如果您允许,那我们盛情邀请您来参加我们的比赛,做我们的评委
Nowadays,there is a heated debate over the teaching approaches:lectures or discussions. There are some students who prefer classes in which the teachers provide the lectures most of time while others would rather choose a discussion class. Thoes who prefer lectures,in their view,talking in class is a waste of time. And without discussing they can accumulate much more knowledge at a given period. However,others believe that through discussions they can get a better understanding. From my point of view,I think the discussion class can be better. The reasons are as followed. First, students can grasp the knowledge more deeply by discussing. Second,the discussion style can help to explore their own methods which will cultivate their abilities to think independently. What's more,they can learn from other's talking and learn to be a good listener. In a word,I prefer the discussions.
Lectures and Discussions There is a heated debate over the role of lectures and discussions in the classroom. Some people believe that lectures can help students learn more quickly. In contrast, others hold that discussions can stimulate students to learn by themselves. Those who hold the first opinion suggest that students attend more lectures. In their view, by giving lectures teachers help students master the knowledge they’ve accumulated over years of study and research. However, others think that in a discussion, the teacher usually guides the students instead of dominating them. They argue that to get involved in a discussion, students have to develop their ability to analyze problems independently.In my opinion, I stand on the side of neither idea. First of all, either method has its disadvantages. Furthermore, each student has his or her preference. Thirdly, lectures ate preferable to discussions in the teaching of science subjects, and on the contrary, discussions are preferable to lectures in studying the humanities. Therefore, we should adopt different teaching methods according to different subjects