Welcome to Grammar Up! Here is the

place to meet, to share, to

interact and to learn Grammar!

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My name is Evania

Netto and I am very

happy to be your

facilitator in this

online experience.

I hope that you

enjoy the course

and that you take

the most of it.

Now we have some instructions

to help you with what to do

every week.

On Monday of each week, at

1:00 pm Brasilia time, we will

make the week's work

available to you.

Every week, you will have the week's

goal set out for you. You can click on the

title and see what is in store for you that

week.

• As well as the goals, each week

brings a lesson covering the questions

of the week. You can go through each

explanation from start to finish, or

choose to look only at the ones you

have doubts with.

• You can go back and view anything

as often as you wish, and at any point,

if you feel ready, you may go to

something else.

Also available each week, you will have

practice exercises.

• Again, you can go through and try

each exercise from start to finish, or

try only the ones you want to

reinforce.

• You may re-do the exercises as often

as you like or skip the ones you are

sure about.

• At any point, if you have any doubts,

you may send me an e-mail at the

address you will find on our database,

or post it to our class help desk forum

and let your colleagues help.

Finally, there are only a few truly

mandatory activities, which will help

me assess your progress.

Every week there will be an

assignment you are required to

complete. This is an interactive

assignment posted on the weekly

forum.

Every two weeks there will be

a quiz, elaborated based on the

problems or difficulties students

present in the assignments.

You will not be graded in

these activities, and you may

re-do or edit them as often as

you wish. It is your

participation and improvement

that we are interested in.

Remember, these activities will

be available to you on Friday, so you

have time to work with the lessons

and exercises before you try them.

At the end of the course, the

final examination will be made

available to you. This test you may

take only once.

There is no minimum grade

necessary for you to receive your

certificate of completion, but if you

achieve a minimum of 75%, your

certificate will state that you have

completed the course with honors.

If you weren't able to complete all the

mandatory tasks within the week, you

can still do them during the weeks

that follow. However, the deadline for

completion of the course is December

5.

This means that you must submit or

post all mandatory work until

December 5. If you encounter any

problems with this deadline, please

send me an e-mail explaining the

problem and we will try to find a

solution, if at all possible.

I'll be happy to

answer any further

questions by e-mail,

but for now, click on

other areas of our

course and discover

what we have made

available for

you. Enjoy it!