10 words:
1. accommodation, noun, a residence, a place where you live.
My accommodation in Doha was a villa, but here in Abu Dhabi it is a flat.
2. achievement, noun, something difficult you succeed in doing.
Putting a man on the moon in 1969 was a great achievement for NASA.
3. ambulance, noun, a vehicle used to take a sick or injured person to hospital.
There was a major crash involving several vehicles on the Sheikh Zayed Road and several ambulances were called to the scene.
4. attract, verb, to draw by appealing to the emotions or senses, by stimulating interest, or by exciting admiration; allure; invite: to attract attention; to attract admirers by one's charm.
The first F1 race in Abu Dhabi attracted a huge crowd of spectators to Yas Island.
5. Australia, proper noun, a large country in the southern hemisphere.
I have visited Australia twice and seen some very large crocodiles in Northern Territory.
6. available, adjective, accessible, usable, handy, buyable.
Many 4-WD vehicles are available in the U.A.E.
7. beautiful, adjective, lovely, pretty, gorgeous, attractive, fine.
She's wearing a beautiful gown.
8. because, conjunction, for the reason that; due to the fact that.
He was absent from class because he was sick.
9. before, preposition, previous to; earlier or sooner than, ahead of; in the future of; awaiting.
Phone me before noon.
10. believe, verb, to think that something is true;to have confidence in the truth, the existence, or the reliability of something, although without absolute proof that one is right in doing so.
I didn't believe her story.
Saturday, December 5, 2009
Saturday, November 7, 2009
Project
The innovation which has transformed my professional life in recent years is the e-mail. At ADMC we faculty live and die by electronic mail. We send, every day, e-mails to people who are only a few desks away. In the past we would have gone to see these people in person or written hard copy notes to leave on their desks.
Electronic mail predates the inception of the Internet, and was in fact a crucial tool in creating the Internet.
MIT first demonstrated the Compatible Time-Sharing System (CTSS) in 1961. It allowed multiple users to log into the IBM 7094 from remote dial-up terminals, and to store files online on disk. This new ability encouraged users to share information in new ways. E-mail started in 1965 as a way for multiple users of a time-sharing mainframe computer to communicate. Although the exact history is murky, among the first systems to have such a facility were SDC's Q32 and MIT's CTSS (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-mail).
The contrast with the situation here today in ADMC is striking. Every classroom has a/c, projectors, smartboards, whiteboards. http://www.admc.hct.ac.ae/internet/. I can communicate with all my students by e-mail; getting them to check and read their e-mails is a different matter.
E-mails have transformed not just my professional life but all aspects of life in general. Workers at the Royal Mail in the U.K. are currently (November 2009) involved in a series of strikes that seems doomed to failure. Increasingly people in their everyday lives, as well as their professional ones, are switching from old-fashioned letter writing to e-mail. It would appear to be an inexorable progression from hard to soft copy. When, in 1986, I was studying for my Licentiate Diploma in TESOL with Trinity College, London, ( http://www.trinitycollege.co.uk/), I received work modules by airmail, and returned the completed work likewise. It would take weeks for work to arrive, be completed, returned to London, get marked and sent back. The same tasks could be completed today by e-mail in a fraction of the time. The world has been transformed by electronic mail.
503 words
Bibliography:
"E-mail." En.wikipedia.org. http://www.google.com/. Web. 15 Nov. 2009.
"E-learning." www.admc.hct.ac.ae/internet. Web. 15 Nov. 2009.
Electronic mail predates the inception of the Internet, and was in fact a crucial tool in creating the Internet.
MIT first demonstrated the Compatible Time-Sharing System (CTSS) in 1961. It allowed multiple users to log into the IBM 7094 from remote dial-up terminals, and to store files online on disk. This new ability encouraged users to share information in new ways. E-mail started in 1965 as a way for multiple users of a time-sharing mainframe computer to communicate. Although the exact history is murky, among the first systems to have such a facility were SDC's Q32 and MIT's CTSS (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-mail).
So e-mail has been around a long time but it is only in the last 10-15 years that it has played a part in my professional development.
In fact, all aspects of life have been changed by e-mail. When I first went to Brunei (we landed in Bandar Seri Begawan, or BSB, the capital, on 1st January, 1980) there was no widely available worldwide web. No-one had a computer. E-mails were unheard of. There were no projectors in classrooms. There weren't even whiteboards or airconditioning units in classrooms. I used chalk on a blackboard. And this was in the Pusat Tingkatan Enam (Sixth Form Centre), at that time the leading academic institution in the whole country. We didn't even have air-conditioning in our staff room, and papers had to be weighted down on desks to prevent them being blown away by the fans.The contrast with the situation here today in ADMC is striking. Every classroom has a/c, projectors, smartboards, whiteboards. http://www.admc.hct.ac.ae/internet/. I can communicate with all my students by e-mail; getting them to check and read their e-mails is a different matter.
E-mails have transformed not just my professional life but all aspects of life in general. Workers at the Royal Mail in the U.K. are currently (November 2009) involved in a series of strikes that seems doomed to failure. Increasingly people in their everyday lives, as well as their professional ones, are switching from old-fashioned letter writing to e-mail. It would appear to be an inexorable progression from hard to soft copy. When, in 1986, I was studying for my Licentiate Diploma in TESOL with Trinity College, London, ( http://www.trinitycollege.co.uk/), I received work modules by airmail, and returned the completed work likewise. It would take weeks for work to arrive, be completed, returned to London, get marked and sent back. The same tasks could be completed today by e-mail in a fraction of the time. The world has been transformed by electronic mail.
503 words
Bibliography:
"E-mail." En.wikipedia.org. http://www.google.com/. Web. 15 Nov. 2009.
"E-learning." www.admc.hct.ac.ae/internet. Web. 15 Nov. 2009.
http://www.trinitycollege.co.uk/
Monday, October 19, 2009
Research skills 2
MLA referencing podcast summary
1-What is plagiarism?
Using someone else’s words or ideas and representing them as your own.
2-What must you do avoid plagiarizing?
Take careful and accurate notes as you research.
3-What style of referencing is accepted at HCT? MLA Modern Language Association & APA American Psychological Association
4-What are the five types of information that are often included when referencing from various sources?
Author’s name – Title of book - Date – Pages - Publisher - magazine/web address.
5-When creating a reference for a book what comes first?
Author's name
6-What is the second item of information in a magazine reference?
Article title
7-What is the last item of information in a magazine reference?
Page numbers
8-What is the third item of information when referencing a website?
The title of the website
9-What is last item of information when referencing a website?
Date visited.
11-What comes before the URL in a database reference?
http://
12-Where is the bibliography?
At the end
13-What is in the bibliography?
References
14-When giving the author’s name which part of the name do you put first?
Surname/Family name e.g. Butterfield, Hedley
15-How do you order items in the bibliography?
Alphabetical
16-Besides quotations, where do you use an online citation?
Paraphrasing
17-What information goes in an online citation?
Name – Date
18-Name one citation machine that can help you?
Easybib.com
19-Besides your teacher, who can help you with referencing?
Easybib.com
20-In Google, type, HCT plagiarism. Find the page which describes the consequences of plagiarism at HCT. State what this consequence is.
If you cheat, you will be kicked out of the college.
1-What is plagiarism?
Using someone else’s words or ideas and representing them as your own.
2-What must you do avoid plagiarizing?
Take careful and accurate notes as you research.
3-What style of referencing is accepted at HCT? MLA Modern Language Association & APA American Psychological Association
4-What are the five types of information that are often included when referencing from various sources?
Author’s name – Title of book - Date – Pages - Publisher - magazine/web address.
5-When creating a reference for a book what comes first?
Author's name
6-What is the second item of information in a magazine reference?
Article title
7-What is the last item of information in a magazine reference?
Page numbers
8-What is the third item of information when referencing a website?
The title of the website
9-What is last item of information when referencing a website?
Date visited.
11-What comes before the URL in a database reference?
http://
12-Where is the bibliography?
At the end
13-What is in the bibliography?
References
14-When giving the author’s name which part of the name do you put first?
Surname/Family name e.g. Butterfield, Hedley
15-How do you order items in the bibliography?
Alphabetical
16-Besides quotations, where do you use an online citation?
Paraphrasing
17-What information goes in an online citation?
Name – Date
18-Name one citation machine that can help you?
Easybib.com
19-Besides your teacher, who can help you with referencing?
Easybib.com
20-In Google, type, HCT plagiarism. Find the page which describes the consequences of plagiarism at HCT. State what this consequence is.
If you cheat, you will be kicked out of the college.
Natural paradise gets protection: summary
The Hajar Mountains
Reading Summary
Natural paradise gets protection
Task 1
A lot of effort is being made to see to Wadi Wurayah’s preservation of its wildlife and nature. For starters, a management plan was drawn up by the Emirates Wildlife Society in association with the World Wide Fund for Nature and given to the Fujairah Municipality. The writer also mentions this plan includes a provision for engaging people from the area to work as rangers to keep poachers from killing rare animals and also these locals can help minimize littering. In addition, tribal communities will be consulted whose support is seen as vital. Another important factor regarding this preservation plan had to with sponsorship to finance the project.
There are several examples of wildlife and nature unique to the area. First of all, the endangered Arabian tahr can be found there. Other species of concern to conservationists are the Arabian Leopard and caracal lynx. Todorava further points out that the wadi is also the habitat of type of fish called the garra barreimiae which is only found in the Hajar Mountains. Aside from the wildlife, there is also a unique plant species particular to the UAE called the Epipactis veratrifolia.
Task 2
In the article “Natural paradise gets protection” the National writer Vesala Todorava speaks on the subject of the preservation of wildlife and nature. She informs the reader of the hard work of preserving them in the Wadi Wurayah protected area that is planned. Todorava also gives some specific examples of wildlife and nature in this area.
Task 3
I think this topic was very interesting because the writer looks at efforts the UAE is making to preserve some of their national wildlife and natural treasures. I wasn’t even aware that the there were such animals here in the UAE as the leopard and the lynx.
In my opinion, the organization of the article is such that it is very easy to access the essential information in the text. The writer mentions several measures that are being taken with some support as to just what is going to done to preserve the Wadi Wurayah protected area. She also mentions some examples of both plant and animal species that are of concern to the Emirates Wildlife Society.
When I read this article, I wondered if perhaps there may be even more areas here in the UAE considered by conservationists as protected areas. The idea in the article makes me think of what was involved in the development of protected areas of the world that we now know as tourist attractions such as wildlife reserves and national parks.
Reading Summary
Natural paradise gets protection
Task 1
A lot of effort is being made to see to Wadi Wurayah’s preservation of its wildlife and nature. For starters, a management plan was drawn up by the Emirates Wildlife Society in association with the World Wide Fund for Nature and given to the Fujairah Municipality. The writer also mentions this plan includes a provision for engaging people from the area to work as rangers to keep poachers from killing rare animals and also these locals can help minimize littering. In addition, tribal communities will be consulted whose support is seen as vital. Another important factor regarding this preservation plan had to with sponsorship to finance the project.
There are several examples of wildlife and nature unique to the area. First of all, the endangered Arabian tahr can be found there. Other species of concern to conservationists are the Arabian Leopard and caracal lynx. Todorava further points out that the wadi is also the habitat of type of fish called the garra barreimiae which is only found in the Hajar Mountains. Aside from the wildlife, there is also a unique plant species particular to the UAE called the Epipactis veratrifolia.
Task 2
In the article “Natural paradise gets protection” the National writer Vesala Todorava speaks on the subject of the preservation of wildlife and nature. She informs the reader of the hard work of preserving them in the Wadi Wurayah protected area that is planned. Todorava also gives some specific examples of wildlife and nature in this area.
Task 3
I think this topic was very interesting because the writer looks at efforts the UAE is making to preserve some of their national wildlife and natural treasures. I wasn’t even aware that the there were such animals here in the UAE as the leopard and the lynx.
In my opinion, the organization of the article is such that it is very easy to access the essential information in the text. The writer mentions several measures that are being taken with some support as to just what is going to done to preserve the Wadi Wurayah protected area. She also mentions some examples of both plant and animal species that are of concern to the Emirates Wildlife Society.
When I read this article, I wondered if perhaps there may be even more areas here in the UAE considered by conservationists as protected areas. The idea in the article makes me think of what was involved in the development of protected areas of the world that we now know as tourist attractions such as wildlife reserves and national parks.
Saturday, September 26, 2009
Dyslexia
This article is about dyslexia. This is a problem some people have with processing specific visual information. The latest research suggests that dyslexia is not a disease but is a problem caused by eye wobble. New technology has produced special spectacles. Dyslexics do not have enough magnocells and the new high-tech spectacles might solve this problem, along with special reading exercises. It is hoped the new glasses and exercises will improve reading skills and so help solve the problem of dyslexia.
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