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 * Using Lang-8 to practice writing!**

**Step 1 - Sign up for Lang-8!** - Open up Internet Explorer - Visit [] - Click on the ** orange ** 'Sign Up Now!' Button - Enter an e-mail address - Check your e-mail for a message from Lang-8. (Also check your spam/junk folder) Click on the link in the e-mail. - Fill in the information and submit.

You now have a Lang-8 Account!

**Step 2 - Write an Entry** - Click on the ﻿blue ﻿'Write An Entry' button - Write an entry comparing your hometown/county and Calgary/Canada using comparatives and superlatives. Please use 13 comparatives and 2 superlatives.
 * Ex:** "My hometown is much cleaner than Calgary." "The people in my country are not as friendly as the people in Calgary."

**Step 3 - Add some friends** - Add your teacher as a friend. Click on the link ( @http://lang-8.com/307663 ) and then add as a friend. - Add two classmates as a friend. - Read your classmates' entries. If you notice any errors, please correct them. Leave a comment on their entries. - Find two people who are learning your language. Add them as a friend, and correct/comment on one of their entries.

**Step 4 - You're done!** - You now have a Lang-8 account! Please continue to make entries in English - writing in English is wonderful practice, and you can have your entries corrected almost immediately.

If you would like to practice your comparisons, you can google search some sites, or use the following sites.

1) [] 2) [] 3) []

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