Write a short piece of reflective writing

About The Second Month

(From Helen)

In the second month, I learned about the academic vocabulary and there uses, grammar section such as; The Tense, The Article, Referents, Relative clause, Relative pronoun, linking word and I also learned how to write the Introduction, first paragraph and how to show the bullet point and explain them in a specific paragraph. In the third month we will write a full essay, so, the second month already gave me the guideline about the essay writing. The course in January we also will have seminar and also I already learned from the 2nd month how I can participate with a Seminar. Finally, I also got knowledge about the listening test from the 2nd month which will be giving me help for my next course.

So, before start my third month I need to revision about the second month’s grammar section, writing technique and listening section then I believe I will success to the next month.

Reference:

The Second Month

Self study plan (based on Feedback second month)

Self Study Plan

(From Helen)

Firstly, I will take help online test in the Grammar field. I think I need to take more care about the vocabulary, so, I will make vocabulary list and try to revise them always. Secondly, I learned how to participate in a Seminar, So, I will participate with seminar and then I will make summary about those seminar. Thirdly, I learned the essay writing from 2nd month, so, I will make a sort paragraph easily, which help me to improve my writing and academic vocabulary knowledge. Finally, I learned, about the listening section also from this month, so, I will listen B.B.C news and can easily make a summary about those news, which help me to improve my listening power.

Reference:

Based on Feedback Second Month

Complete post seminar reflection for the final seminar(Start January self study from Helen)

Self study (Month 03 Project From Helen)

Post seminar reflection for the final seminar

1). How good was I?

** I believe that I was good participating with this seminar.

2). Had I done enough research and preparation?

** Before the seminar 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 95% 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 my argment. I just have a relevant questions to someone once.

8). Was the language I used accurate?

** Yes, I think I used perfect language.

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, what I was saying.

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.

Second Essay

Science and Technology to fight crime breaches personal privacy

In recent years, there has been an increasing use of science and technology to fight crime in all over the world. It is widely believed that modern equipment has a huge effect to identify the victims. Many countries has been using several type of technique to protect the crime such as; Monitoring, Database (Including DNA databases), Biometrics, Fingerprint. This skill is modifying itself day after day by science and technology. Almost 64 old crimes has detected by DNA test of the United Kingdom in 2007 (http://www.4ni.co.uk/northern_ireland_news.asp?id=22798), on the other hand a number of people also faced some of their privacy problem. For this reason, there are a lot of debates about the proper utilization of modern technology in crime sector. Although some people say that technology has been protecting crime, a number of people think that the authority cannot maintain properly to protect their personal privacy by science. Professor Paul Schwartz believes that, we need to protect data in telecommunication field, so, his recent article he include, “Notification of Data Security Breaches" (http://www.law.berkeley.edu/php-programs/faculty/facultyProfile.php?facID=5517). Later when this essay will study about the wrong judgement by modern science and latest technology then it may be possible the people will also agree with Professor Paul Schwartz. However, this essay will examine two opposing viewpoints; one hand is that, increased use of science and technology to fight crime breaches personal privacy, on the other hand the necessity of this technique to discover the crime history.

Science and Technology have been making simple to identify the victim around the law and Oder, but they also have been showing negative effect on people’s personal privacy. Firstly, police man can find out easily the victim’s position by monitoring such as; CCTV and Mobile user devices, on the other hand sometimes these are not give any respect to the rules of Human Rights Act 1998 - Article 8 where gives to mention that everyone has the right to respect of private and family life (http://www.opsi.gov.uk/ACTS/acts1998/ukpga_19980042_en_3). For example, in 1995, Geoff Peck was trying to cut his wrists in a suicide attempt, and the council in the town centre of Brentwood was taking this scene by CCTV. Next day they released this footage of his action to the media. That time, he was totally surprised and so, he was going to the European Court of Human Rights because without his knowledge, the council released his image (http://www.spiked-online.com/Printable/00000002D150.htm). Richard Thomas also mention his Researchers highlight "dataveillance", in mobile phone and CCTV (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6108496.stm).Therefore, it is necessary to maintain a standards in order to continue to protect the privacy of the public in the monitoring field.

Reference:

http://www.4ni.co.uk/northern_ireland_news.asp?id=22798

http://www.law.berkeley.edu/php-programs/faculty/facultyProfile.php?facID=5517

http://www.opsi.gov.uk/ACTS/acts1998/ukpga_19980042_en_3

http://www.spiked-online.com/Printable/00000002D150.htm

Online Test

Relative Pronoun

Q: I met the man, He is a teacher.
Ans: I met the man who is a teacher.
Q: The writer took a cabin, it belonged to the orphanage.
Ans: The writer took a cabin that belonged to the orphanage.
Q: Yesterday I met the boy, his brother is a doctor.
Ans: Yesterday I met the boy whose brother is a doctor.
Q: The man is a famous doctor, I met him in the bus.
Ans: The man whom I met in the bus is a famous doctor.

1) I talked to the girl whose car had broken down in front of the shop.
2) Mr Richards, who is a taxi driver, lives on the corner.
3) We often visit our aunt in Norwich which is in East Anglia.
4) This is the girl who comes from Spain.
5) That's Peter, the boy who has just arrived at the airport.
6) Thank you very much for your e-mail which was very interesting.
7) The man, whose father is a professor, forgot his umbrella.
8) The children, who shouted in the street, are not from our school.
9) The car, whose driver is a young man, is from Ireland.
10) What did you do with the money which your mother lent you?

Congratulation you got 10 out of 10

Reference:

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/pronouns/relative_pronouns.htm

Watch a TV discussion show and read a newspaper article

DNA Database 'missing' details of 2.3m criminals

Summary

DNA Database is one of the most important new technologies to find out the original victim. Unbelievable But, it is true that, about 2.3 million criminal’s DNA data have no record on the register because, some of them were convicted before 2001 or these peoples have not been arrested since. According the figure, almost 857,000 people’s information are in database but, these large amount of people did not have any criminal record, on the other hand almost 42 percent criminal’s samples have no record on the database. So, Chris Huhne was very angry for that and the National policing improvement Agency said, the database was vital not only detecting the guilty but in eliminating the innocent from inquiries.

Reference:

Thursday, December 4, 2008, The Metro

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=www.bbcscience.uk.co&meta=

Preparing for further study

I want to study Masters of Mobile and Satellite Communication in London Metropolitan University. I collected some important information about this course such as; Course structure, modules, Assessment and helpful books for each models.

Course Leader:

Dr Bal Virdee

Aims of the course

At the current moment almost 90% people in the world depend on technology. For this reason we need to improve ours technology more specifically in the mobile and satellite sectors. This masters course provides an in depth understanding of mobile, wireless and satellite principles and related technologies.

Course structure

I will take five core modules, one optional module and a dissertation.

Core modules:

Signal Processing
Satellite Communications
Advanced Communications Systems
Microwave and Optical Communications
Research and Development Skills
Communications Dissertation

Optional modules include:

Real Time Data Processing
Mobile and Digital Broadcasting
Broadband Networks

Module and Books

CTP146 Signal processing Core 20 Autumn Semester
CTP138 Satellite Communications Core 20 Autumn Semester
CTP148 Advanced Communications Systems Core 20 Spring Semester
CTP149 Microwave and Optical Communications CORE 20 Spring semester
CTP155 Research and Development Skills CORE 20 Spring Semester
CTP147 Real-time Data Processing Designate 20 Autumn Semester
CTP142 Mobile and Digital Broadcasting Designate 20 Autumn Semester
CTP140 Broadband Networks Designate 20 Autumn Semester
CTPP02 Communications Dissertation CORE 20 Summer Period

Advise:

Dr Bal Virdee advised me about this course. He said to me, at first i will need to understand about this course then will take a good plan about the first semester’s course. He suggested me try to present in the class everyday and listen the lecture carefully. Also need to get knowledge from internet about IP. He said to me sincerity and hard work one of the best key to success in this course. Finally, he wished me a good success in my study life.

London Visit

National Gallery

I was interested in visiting the National Gallery so I went to see it myself. You can find over one thousand portraits featuring people who have formed and shaped British history from the past to the present day. The national gallery is the best collection of European painting in the world.The ground floor and the first floor contain Victorian art and the 20th century andthe collection is organized chronologically starting from the second floor. The nationalgallery is located on the north side of Trafalgar Square on Orange Street and has been refurbished many times. The building has a beautiful design and the architecture is very modern, which is why I prefer inside the gallery. The rooms are large and each room contains many pictures on each floor, the large hall which is connected to smaller rooms without any doors. 38 rooms contain portraits dedicated to science, technology and business and 41 rooms are dedicated to the arts. The ground floor is dedicated to the national gallery’s own general collection and portrays aspects of modern portrait practice . There are also many pictures of British politicians and the Royal family. Many of the pictures have protective glass coverings.The national gallery technical, published annually, is an exclusive record of research carried out by the national gallery. Last Friday I went there. It has a guided tour daily at 11:30 A.M. and 2:30 P.M. and it is free for public. Its collection can be enjoyed by the largest public possible. It was my first visit to the national gallery it is a large wonderful and building. All of the people in the pictures were famous from people all years of British history, some faces are well-known while others are less so. All of the paintings have a short biography and information about when it was created. The most interesting part is, you visit the exhibition and you can choose your favourite portrait. You can then fill in a form to register your vote and this made me feel more part of the experience. Every day it is also possible to listen to various talks and lectures, giving you extra information on parts of the exhibition. There are also many special exhibition that are held throughout the year. After After I saw the gallery , I was interested in finding out how paintings are collected. Matthew Power of The National Gallery gave me information about how the gallery operates, and the process. The Gallery purchases new works for the collection however it borrows paintings from other collections from time to time. Funding of the acquisitions comes both from the Government and through private funds. For example, In April 1824 the House of Commons listed £57,000 for the purchase of the thirty- eight pictures of the banker John Angerstein (1735 - 1823). The gallery forms the basis of the national collection. Also the gallery is given grant aid from the Government and also is given money through sponsorships and the National Gallery Company. From the very beginning, the National Gallery's collection had included works by British artists. Afterwards, he told me more about the process. At first, The Gallery has loaned old paintings to other museums for their exhibitions. Then works for the collection is purchased by The Gallery, it will also be gifted paintings through bequests or through the in lieu of inheritance tax scheme.

Speaking Practice

SUMMARY

I and one of my friend Sabria discussed together about the necessity of internet security and Mobile communication. At the current moment almost all the people are depend on internet and mobile technology. Sometimes many computer experts want to destroy the internet security and put them harmful virus. For this reason, many important data will be going to damage. On the other hand mobile technology is fully maintains by Internet. So, at the first time we need to improve our internet security, because without strong security nobody wants to put their data in internet. Government should be improving their personal security because sometimes they need to submit their many confidential data in internet. Cisco already improved this area and this Institute continue give us many advise how we can protect ours data morein Internet.

Reference:

http://www.cisco.com/

Seminar

Summary

Today I participated with a Seminar. Ours Topic name was Fighting crime with science.We discussed about the Monitoring, Identity cards, Databases (including DNA database), Biometrics, CCTV, Personalized cards for entry to workplaces or transport systems and also other forms of surveillance. Ours main debated about the advantages and disadvantage of those fields. Although we all agree with the necessity of country’s database, government should give ensure to his peoples that their data are fully protected by themselves. We also feels Scientific process are very cost-effective. So, we should take this one which has more benefit than negative effect on us.

Reference:

In Class 2nd seminar date: 1/12/2008

Idioms and Phrases

IDIOMS AND PHRASES

All along:

All along I was present in the Seminar.

Above all:

Above all he is a good teacher.

All of (on) a sudden:

He entered my room all on a sudden.

After all:

After all Einstein is a good scientist.

At length:

He came to the Seminar at length.

At large:

Birds fly at large in the sky.

At the top of:

He shouted at the top his voice.

According to:

He acted according to my plan.

By and by:

He will come round by and by.

Come to light:

The result will come to light very soon.

Far and wide:

His name spread far and wide.

From time to time:

Write down something from time to time.

Feference:

http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/

Vocabulary

VOCABULARY

Amazing

The idea of heaven and hell seems amazing and unbelievable to the nonbelievers.

Synonyms:
Surprising, Astounding.


Antonyms:
Ordinary, Normal, Usual, Habitual.


Ambience:
The ambience of the room is cosy.


Synonyms:
Atmosphere


Ambiguous:

The article we read in English class was ambiguous; no one had any idea what the article was trying to say.

Synonyms:
Confusing, Vague


Antonyms:
Obvious, Clear


Amiable:

Our amiable guide made as feel right home in what could otherwise have been a cold and forbidding museum.

Synonyms:
Pleasant, Affable, Agreeable, Suave


Antonyms:
Rude, Pert


Analogy:

To say that there is no analogy between an allergy and an alligator bite is to say that they are not analogous.

Synonyms:
Similarity, Likeness


Antonyms:
Unlikeness, Dissimilarity


Anarchy:

The country fell into a state of anarchy after the rebels kidnapped the president and locked the legislature inside the parliament building.

Synonyms:
Lawlessness


Antonyms:
Order, Harmony



Reference:

http://www.vocabulary.com/

http://www.bbchistory.co.uk/

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.

Research Report

Background

According to the UK Higher Education Statistics Agency, the number of the international students in higher education is increased 9% in the UK during the academic year 2006/07. Generally, at the beginning the international students of the Academic Pre-session course are facing to adapt the new culture, social activities and academic situations in the institution or community. International students are now a very important part of the UK Higher Education institute and the institute should be concentrate properly on their specific needs. UK universities are trying to improve the services and offering many suitable facilities to attract the foreign students. However, at the beginning the international students who are studying in London are sometimes getting upset for few temporary problems. But after couple of months they could be solve their problems and adjust with the new environment, culture and feel easy to live and study as an international student. The International students get admission to the UK universities with high expectations and they definitely have a fine career goal. So, it is necessary to find out their problems and also find out the way to solve it which will help to achieve their success.

AIMS

The purpose of this research is to find out the main problems of international pre-sessional University students are having in their first few months, and secondly to see what they do to solve these problems, also try to find out which one they felt serious problem for their study and if they are aware of who they need to speak to in order to get help. A final aim was to observe do they need anything more for their new life in London.

Method

The Sample

First, I carefully select a sample of people to ask. Then the questions are designed by a small team within the department. Next the questions put into sequence and grouped together by topic. After that, we print the questionnaire and it is distribute to everyone in the sample.

The sample size was 10. These respondents size were of different ages and genders, and from different countries. They were all students of Pre-sessional Academic English course in London metropolitan university.

Data Collection

This was carried out through the use of a questionnaire. This questions about what problems the students have, what they do to solve these problems, which has helped them. There were two types of questionnaire, one type was multiple chose, and the second type was reasonable.

Initially the questions were trialled with a sample of 10 people. They were very helpful and have given all of the questions very clearly. Most of the students have been living in London from 2 weeks and others from before. A large number of students said that they got problems when they arrived in London. For example, some are faced to find out the university’s location and the majority of them faced to find an accommodation. All of the students have been thinking that part time job is necessary in London because it is an expensive

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City and they can able to bear their living expenses only by the part time job and it also helps to improve their English proficiency which is very important for their future career. Most of the problems they have solved by their friend.

Self Study

Introduction

I am from Bangladesh. This is a small country and it is the land of rivers.

I was born in Dhaka which is the capital of Bangladesh. It is a very busy and developing city. In my childhood I wanted to be a Police Officer because my dad is a police officer. But unfortunately now I am a Computer Engineer.

After finishing my graduation I lectured as a full time teacher at Daffodil-Grameen IT education LTD. Also Co-founded an IT solution company in the name of Dhaka IT Education & Solution.

For any personal development, I have always had an interest in computer networks. As a relevant certification I completed a CCNA qualification awarded by CISCO in 2005.

I am interested to peruse my further education in Mobile Communication. The growth of Mobile technology has been explosive over the past decade and experts predict it was be a high growth sector for at least one more decade as there has been very rapid penetration and easy adaptation all over the world even to the most technologically and economically challenged of the world.

I have done my graduation from Bangladesh and later moved to Germany. After finished my study in Germany I moved to London and Now I am an International student in the London Metropolitan University. I am creating this blog for my English Home Work.

Analyse of my own language abilities and needs

Speaking My average is about = 60 out of 100

Very weak 0 __________________x____________100 Very good

Writing My average is about = 40 out of 100

Very weak 0 ___________x___________________100 Very good

ReadingMy average is about = 40 out of 100

Very weak 0 ___________x___________________100 Very good

Listening My average is about = 60 out of 100

Very weak 0 __________________x____________100 Very good

Pronunciation My average is about = 50 out of 100

Very weak 0 ______________x________________100 Very good

Grammar My average is about = 60 out of 100

Very weak 0 __________________x____________100 Very good

Vocubulary My average is about = 40 out of 100

Very weak 0 ______________x________________100 Very good Academic Skills

My average is about = 50 out of 100

Very weak 0 ______________x________________100 Very good

I think my strongest skills are speaking and listening, reading is ok and my weakest skills are writing.

I want to study Masters in Mobile and Satellite Communication in this February So, I want to improve my academic skills as soon as early.

I made a plan for improve my academic skills

Grammar

Everyday tries to solve some new exercise
Every week try to catch more Vocabulary

Reading

Everyday try to read Newspaper, Magazine by Internet

Writing

Always try to write some technological essay, summary
Try to use new sentence with vocabulary

Listening

At least listen to 5 times B.B.C news a day
Try to talk with British people

Speaking

Again try to talk with British people
Attend to the conversation class