Essay Writting

Background

Almost all the people in the world think that television is one of the common communication receivers in education, businesses and homes. This media is modifying itself day after day by technology. 24% of viewer is enjoying television show three to four hours in a day (http://www.krstarica.com/eng/poll/index.php?anketa=180). Most of them watch various type of programs such as; drama, reality show, soap opera, game show, sort film, Documentaries, Religious, News. There are a lot of debates about the proper utilization of its program, but most of people agree with this media’s great influence on everyday life for the children, student and in the researchable area. Some show follows from reality such as; some drama, short film, news, documentation, Children’s program, and on the other hand few have a lot of imagination for example, some light entertainment show. In here also need to mention that sometimes many true facts has been ignored by some power of politics and money. For this reason, recently some of TV viewers think that, “Television is in no way a true mirror of society”, but writer R Silverstone did not agree with that comment. He thinks television is one kind of central dimension in an everyday life (http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?hl=en&lr=&cites=18390794476653190146). Later when this essay will study about the main theme of most popular cartoon “MEENA” then it may be possible the people will also agree with R Silverstone. However, this essay will examine two opposing viewpoints; one hand is that, society has been gotten positive influence by Television shows on the other hand why some people have been not agreed with that.

Main point in the first paragraph:-

a) Sometimes the sensor board guides by International political power.
b) Sometimes this media effects by money, so, they ignore the reality.
c) Few of light entertainment programs which have no involvement with the reality.
d) Direct Barrier to give open discussion
e) Few shows have some unreal violence, sexuality and bad language.

Main point in the 2nd paragraph:-

a) Gender influence
b) The viewers increase their knowledge by enjoy various type of show.
c) After watch Television, Some people make their behaviour changes.
d) Some programs directly give an idea about the relationship between the culture and people, for example the cartoon, “MEENA”.
e) Positive effect to create more conscious in the country’s people.
f) Real news and real world.

Conclusion:

* Society has been affected more positively than negative by this media.
* Needs more psychological involvement
* People expect more
* Ensure more Security
* Many people agree with the thinking of R Silverstone

Reflective Writing

Post Seminar reflection

1). How good was I?
I think I was good participating with this seminar.
2). Had I done enough research and preparation?
Before the seminar I think I prepared myself perfectly, and after seminar I also think so, because I did participate myself with every sector in this seminar.
3). Did I speak enough during the seminar?
Yes, really I involved myself almost 85% in this seminar.
4). Was I a good listener?
Yes, when anybody spoke, I had to listen very carefully and thought about how to continue the topic.
5) Did I argue my opinion clearly?
Sometimes I forget the accurate vocabulary, but I try my best to give perfect explanation
6) Did I give reason, examples and evidence to support my opinions?
Yes I gave my all explanation with real examples, evidence and also showed the perfect reason.
7). Did I ask relevant questions?
I think everybody understood me. I just have a relevant questions to someone once.
8). Was the language I used accurate?
Sometimes I think I did not use the perfect word, but I am confident on myself I will overcome my problems.
9) Had I prepared the language I need before the seminar?
I practiced the vocabulary that was given by the teachers.10). Did I direct the discussion or help keep discussion moving in the right direction?
Yes, I always tried myself in a right direction.
11) Could other people clearly understand what I was saying?
Off course, everybody understood my participate.
12) Did I work well with the other people in my group?
I don’t sure, but I can say that my contribution with this seminar was perfect.

Media Vocabulary and Link Words

Media Vocabulary

1. Libel:
The executive said that the newspaper had committed libel when it called him a stinking, no-good, corrupt, incompetent, overpaid, lying, worthless moron.

2. Entertainment:
Almost 29% of the peoples in the world enjoy light entertainment Television program.

3. Log on:
At first log on your password then the computer may be open.

4. Coverage:
Few areas in Bangladesh did not coverage by the Grameen phone network.

5. Download:
Few of Scientific Information You can get from internet by download.

Link Words

1. Though he ran fast, he could not get the train.
2. Scarcely had it rained before we reached home.
3. I am tired and I am getting hungry.
4. The man as well as his sons is well.
5. In spite of his illness he went to university.
6. As soon as I reached the station, the train left.

Research Information

About Media

At the current moment the media is going to very upgrade than before. Now every people can get any type of news easily from hardcopy such as; Newspaper, Magazine etc. and also by softcopy from online for example, various type of website like www.google.com, www.newspaper.co.uk etc.

Now we need to identify which one more popular to the people and why they want to choose that.

the Internet is largely the new place where to go and look for political news. 49% of 18-29 year olds and 37% of 30-49 year olds turned to the Internet compared to 29% of 50-64 year olds and 12% of the over 65.

For newspapers we see the exact opposite trend: only 17% of 18-29 year olds and 23% of 30-49 year olds looked for campaign news in newspapers (both percentages below the general population average), compared to 34% of 50-64 year olds and 45% of over 65.

So, this result gave us the information that most of the people who use more Internet for got the news than the newspaper. Now we need to identify why they chose Internet than newspaper.

In here I talk with some of our university's student, Almost 80% of the students said to me Internet is more easier and up to date than newspaper and some of students also said that Internet is one kind of source about information where has unlimited knowledge.

On the other hand few student agree with newspaper, their view was that any people can choose easily the hot news by newspaper which are face quite problem to select from Internet.

TV CHANNEL

Bangladesh

Hi, I am Mohammad. I from Bangladesh. TV serials are very popular in my country such as; drama, sort film etc. There have two types of TV channel, one is government channel and another is private channel.

BTV channel have been maintaining by Bangladesh government, This Television has been running since 1964 with the aim of improving the national culture with information, education, motivation and entertainment. Nobody not need to pay any tax about to see BTV channel, on the other hand ,there have lot of private channel such as; ITV, ATN etc. In here every people must need to pay monthly tax to the government. The objective of the private channel is to build up the nation by means of wholesome entertainment.

Academic Vocabulary List 1

Analysis

Area

Analogy

Amenity

Ameliorate

Ambiguous

Amazine

Allocate

Allege

Assume

Authority

Concept

Reference:

http://www.times-series.co.uk/

http://www.ealingtimes.co.uk/

http://www.independent.co.uk/

Pronunciation

Pronunciation

Pronunciation is significant factor in conversation. I was looking for some CD and Books about this skill and search in the internet. I found Pronunciation lesson and practice in BBC website .It was fantastic.

I strongly recommend this lessons and practice to every student that improve their conversation and Pronunciation in English. Also we can download it and listen later.I have problem with some sounds in English that there is not in Bengali language so I need more practice about that.In BBC website we can find some parts that can be very helpful for this skill. It was written there:

The sounds of English: There is a system of symbols for writing the sounds of English. We have a guide to these symbols and also videos to show how to pronounce each of the sounds. There are also activities to practise identifiying the difference between certain sounds which may sound similar.

Features of English: Information about different elements of English pronunciation. There are also interactive and downloadable exercises to help you build your understanding of these areas.

Quizzes: Interactive quizzes to test your knowledge of and help you learn about English pronunication.

Programmes: Three radio programmes from 2005 on the topic of pronunciation. We can download the full programmes along with the script and audio examples.Overall,I believe that this website can be very useful for our Pronunciation and strongly recommend to other students.

Reference:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/pron/

Self Study

Today our Teacher teaches us about the Tense and the difference between the Seminars and Lectures.

Tense

There are 3 types of Tense:

1) Present Tense

· Present Simple, for example, The sun rises in the east.
· Present Continuous, for example, Arkhan is working for examination.
· Present Perfect, for example, They have lived at this house five years.
· Present Perfect Continuous, for example, It has been raining since Monday last.

2) Past Tense

· Past Simple, for example, I used to get up early in the morning.
· Past Continuous, for example, I was reading a book while my sister was writing a letter.
· Past Perfect, for example, When he had told us the story, we listened to him carefully.
· Past Perfect Continuous, for example, I had been reading for two hours.

3) Future Tense

· Future Simple, for example, Unless the weather is good, we will not start our journey.
· Future Continuous, for example, In a few minutes time, the Chairman of the meeting will be arriving.
· Future Perfect, for example, You will have got the letter.
· Future Perfect Continuous, for example, You will have been waiting for more than two hours when plane finally arrives.

The difference between the Seminars and Lectures

Lecture is not a group work, but Seminar one kind of group work.

A lecture is a talk on a specific academic topic, and A seminar is a group discussion on a specific topic related to a lecture.

It is generally half to two hour, on the other hand Seminar depending on subject.

More formal, but Seminar is not more formal.

Self Study

Summary about London Eye (My Visit)

A flight on British Airways’ London Eye is definitely a “must-do” when visiting London. The Eye, which is open seven days a week, is the sixth tallest structure in London and offers unparalleled views of the city – in fact passengers can see up to 25 miles in each direction with views over some of the world’s most celebrated places of interest including St. Paul’s Cathedral, the Houses of Parliament and apparently.

Since it’s my first flight in October 2008. I took my first flight on a Saturday evening in October 2008. I don’t quite know what I was expecting but the whole experience was fantastic. When I arrived at the South Bank it was twilight and the sun going down behind the houses of Parliament and Big Ben was mesmerising and the speed with which it seemed to go from twilight to the more consuming early evening darkness was astonishing.

Because I had pre-booked out tickets online I had to do was collect that from the automated ticket machine inside the main hall and then wait in line to board the capsule. The line was thick and I thought I was in for a long wait. I was wrong. The line moved constantly for the Eye doesn’t actually stop while people alight and depart, it keeps moving, which I found a little disconcerting at first look. Guides separate guests into groups, and this ensures that the capsules are never over-loaded and those who need assistance are adequately looked after.
I saw just how the River Thames snakes its way through the Capital. It was amazing to see the bends and turns and know that all along its banks are the sights and places that make London so unique.

The only hint of nervousness I experienced was when I reached the uppermost point on the flight, and I realised that if I was to get stuck up there the only way down was via a very narrow and seemingly unremarkable ladder attached to the frame of the Eye. Perhaps not the best of thoughts to be entertaining as that stage, especially as the wind was quite ferocious. That’s another thing, I was expecting the capsule to be buffeted by the wind but the ride was smooth and consistent, with nary a shudder or jolt.

Although 30 minutes seemed a long time to be up in the air while still on the ground, time in the air seemed to speed by and before we knew it a recorded voice announced we were nearing the end of our journey.

Self Study

to be + adverb / preposition

1 what's/ don't /with /Clara /up/ I /today./ know

Ans. I don’t know what’s up with clara todey?

2 this/ Do/ meat/ is /think /you /off?

Ans. Do you think this meat is off?

3 Stefan/ really/ into/ is/ classical/ music.

Ans. Stefan is really into classical music.

4 How/ work?/ out /have/ long/ you/ been/ of

Ans. How long have you been out of work?

5 people/ for/ growing /all/ their/ food./ I'm/ own

Ans. I'm all for people growing their own food.

6 around? /know/ Miki /Do/ if/is/ you

Ans. Do you know if Miki is around?

Reference:

http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/headway/upperint/b_vocabulary/unit05/hwy_upp_unit05_4/


Phrasal verbs with take and put

1 work./ I/ a/ think/ to/ I/ need/ take/ off/ day

Ans. I think I need to take a day off work.

2 a for /put /Can /up /you /few /nights? /me

Ans. Can/ you/ put/ me /up/ for/ a/ few /nights?

3 certainly /You /after /mother. /your /take

Ans. You certainly take after your mother.

4 how /don't/ you/ with/ put/ know/ noise!/ up/ that/ I

Ans. I don't know how you put up with that noise!

5 Why /the/ you/take /back /it /don't /to/ shop?

Ans. Why don't you take it back to the shop?

6 another/ day./ off /I/ keep/ it/ putting /until

Ans. I keep putting it off until another day.

Reference:

http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/headway/upperint/b_vocabulary/unit02/hwy_upp_unit02_4/


Expressions of quantity 1

A little, A lot, Very little, Most, A large number of, Not many

1 . I'm hardly ever at home.

Ans. Very little.

2. I haven't got much cash on me.

Ans. A little.

3. I've only got a few coins.

Ans. Not many.

4. Nearly all cats like milk.

Ans. Most.

5. Loads of people came to the party.

Ans. A large number of.

6. He has a great deal of patience.

Ans. A lot.

Reference:

http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/headway/upperint/a_grammar/unit04/hwy_upp_unit04_1/

Self Study

Group Discussion (With Friend)

Importance of the English Language

I and two of my friends Joanson, Anjana met together in ours university canteen and discussed about the Importance of the English Language. After ours discussion I find many informantion about this topics which are very important to develop ours knowledge.

A language is a systematic means of communication by the use of sounds or conventional symbols. It is the code we all use to express ourselves and communicate to others. It is a communication by word of mouth. It is the mental faculty or power of vocal communication. It is a system for communicating ideas and feelings using sounds, gestures, signs or marks. Any means of communicating ideas, specifically, human speech, the expression of ideas by the voice and sounds articulated by the organs of the throat and mouth is a language. This is a system for communication. A language is the group of people.

The latest and the most advanced discoveries and inventions in science and technology are being made in the universities located in the United States of America where English language is the means of scientific discourse.

The historical circumstances of India (having been ruled by the British for over two centuries) have given the Indians an easy access to mastering English language, and innumerable opportunities for advancement in the field of science and technology. Many Indians have become so skilled in English language and have won many international awards for creative and comparative literatures during the last few years. Sometime ago, an Indian author, Arundhati Roy, won the prestigious booker prize for her book “The God of Small Things”. Her book sold lakhs of copies all over the globe.

English language is one tool to establish our viewpoint. We can learn from others experience. We can check the theories of foreigners against our experience. We can reject the untenable and accept the tenable. We can also propagate our theories among the international audience and readers.

Generally, Standard English today does not depend on accent but rather on shared educational experience, mainly of the printed language. Present-day English is an immensely varied language, having absorbed material from many other tongues. It is spoken by more than 300 million native speakers, and between 400 and 800 million foreign users. It is the official language of air transport and shipping; the leading language of science, technology, computers, and commerce; and a major medium of education, publishing, and international negotiation. For this reason, scholars frequently refer to its latest phase as World English.

Self Study

Date: 22/10/2008

Team Work and Building

I saw the video clips of team building and found some problems, for example a team leader he always must needs to conscious on his duty but in here I found something absent in his role. On the other hand sometimes team leader was trying to control his team very strictly which is not expectable for a team work. Every team member should respect to the leader. All the member of the team should be friendly with each other and work together with fun, but everything within a limit. One more thing is that good understanding to each other is also very important for team work. There is no competition between one to another member in a team. It is only to work together for achieve the target.

I also found that the team leader worked hard, supervise the team members carefully and friendly which is very positive for the team and success.

Reference:

http://selfstudying.blogspot.com/

Self Study

Summary of Current Global Financial Crisis

24 oct

At the present time the world is facing a big financial crisis. It has affected the total global economy. Former Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan has stated that the recent global financial crisis is 'like a tsunami'. Actually he is right because recently only for that reason there are few top establish bank and financial investment company already collapse in USA, UK and other country in the world.

This crisis has affected all business. US Airways and Air France-KLM have both reported that there share losses due to the current economic slowdown. US Airways has lost $865m (£537m) and shares fell over 14%. Meanwhile, European airline Air France-KLM's shares fell over 11% and this is the lowest level in over last three years.

Banks has biggest affected victim of this crisis. According Mervyn King, governor; Bank of England, the UK banking sector had been close to collapse. All the UK bank like RBS, Lloyds TSB, Halifax etc. are in a big trouble because of this financial crisis. I am not also expecting that the banks will turn around very quickly.

Small firm’s might be destroyed by this financial crises. Many firms have said that they are in a very bad condition for this crisis. On the other hand the BBA chief executive Angela Knight said that the UK banking industry has always been and remains a strong supporter of small businesses. May be the banks want to help where they can, but banks are also facing difficult conditions of their own. So, how they can help them, it is a big question. However, banks are working very hard and actively in this crisis period for the UK economy.

Reference:

· www.bbc.co.uk (Viewed: 23-10-08).
· BBC News Channel (Viewed: 23-10-08).

Home Work

Paragraph

21 oct

I choose the three roles these are Plant, Shaper and Implementer. I believe that I have able to maintain each part of these roles. I had an experience as a team leader that is why I have little clear idea about the key roles of plant, shaper and implementer. Also I know how to use it properly and maintain successfully. I think for any research, at first the leader needs to have a clear idea about the topics, then point out the problems and find out that how it will be solved. Every research will be successful if it is fully guided by a dynamic team leader who enjoys working under pressure and want to take a challenge. He or she should be able to motivate the team to achieve the goal and also be able to work-hard with sincerity. Everything has some strength and weaknesses similarly to the roles of the Belbin Model and a also might be have some weakness. In my point of view in the role of plant I think to communicate the ideas to others sometimes create the difficulty. A leader can manage this problem if he or she has a good communication with the other members of the team.

Self Study

Articles: Why the future is in your hands

Summary

Mobile phone is a long-range, portable electronic device for personal telecommunications over long distances. The mobile phone subscriber in the world was estimated at 2.14 billion in 2005. Nokia is the world's largest manufacturer of mobile telephones. At last week in Mobile World Congress in Barcelona the Nokia chief executive Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo said that the converged devices are always with the customer and always connected.

Most of the Mobile phones have features beyond sending text messages and voice calls – including Web-browsing, music (MP3) playback, e-mail, camera, Bluetooth, video download, video call, TV streaming and navigational maps.

Recently computing applications and software are also coming into the mobile. This smart mobile are expected to overtake the laptops with in a year and it is completely switch from voice communications device to multimedia computer. According to Nigel Clifford, chief executive of Symbian, the future of the internet or computing applications is not going to be in the home or at the office; it is going to be mobile.

Reference:

· http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7250465.stm
· http://www.nokia.com/

Self Study

Vocabulary Builder: The Academic Word List

Part of the Academic Wosd List:

Adapt, Communication, Culture*3, transition, transition, encounter, encountered, encountered, environment, evaluation, individual, initiates, methods, occur, ongoing, process, psychological.

Culture shock has many stages. Each stage can be ongoing or appear only at certain times. The first stage is the incubation stage. In this first stage, the new arrival may feel euphoric and be pleased by all of the new things encountered. This time is called the "honeymoon" stage, as everything encountered is new and exciting.

Afterwards, the second stage presents itself. A person may encounter some difficult times and crises in daily life. For example, communication difficulties may occur such as not being understood. In this stage, there may be feelings of discontent, impatience, anger, sadness, and feeling incompetence. This happens when a person is trying to adapt to a new culture that is very different from the culture of origin. Transition between the old methods and those of the new country is a difficult process and takes time to complete. During the transition, there can be strong feelings of dissatisfaction.

The third stage is characterized by gaining some understanding of the new culture. A new feeling of pleasure and sense of humor may be experienced. One may start to feel a certain psychological balance. The new arrival may not feel as lost and starts to have a feeling of direction. The individual is more familiar with the environment and wants to belong. This initiates an evaluation of the old ways versus those of the new.

The Academic Word List:

Accompanied, Acquired, Consequence, Contribute, Previous, Culture*4, Process, Cultures, Define, Duration, Establish, Factors, Goals, Integration, Integration, Integration, Mental, Reacting, Occurs, Individuals.

In the fourth stage, the person realizes that the new culture has good and bad things to offer. This stage can be one of double integration or triple integration depending on the number of cultures that the person has to process. This integration is accompanied by a more solid feeling of belonging. The person starts to define him/herself and establish goals for living.

The fifth stage is the stage that is called the "re-entry shock." This occurs when a return to the country of origin is made. One may find that things are no longer the same. For example, some of the newly acquired customs are not in use in the old culture.

These stages are present at different times and each person has their own way of reacting in the stages of culture shock. As a consequence, some stages will be longer and more difficult than others. Many factors contribute to the duration and effects of culture shock. For example, the individual's state of mental health, type of personality, previous experiences, socio-economic conditions, familiarity with the language, family and/or social support systems, and level of education.