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RE: the benefits of learning English

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Yong ZHAO

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Wednesday, 2 March 2011 11:21:04 o'clock EST

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Author: Yong ZHAODate: Friday, 25 February 2011 01:29:24 o'clock EST
Subject: the benefits of learning English

English is the most important thing in my life.

At present, English has become the global language, and a growing of people learning English.Why do  more and more people learning English?For some people, if they are good at English, they may have more opportunities to get an good job.But, in china, people studying English just for passing the exam,maybe the majority of them are good at reading, listening or writing, however, their communication skill are so poor, they can not communicate with native speakers easily.Therefore, i think it is terrible.For me, i want to sbsorb some valuable some information in Australia, thus, i started to learn English.I want to communicate with Australia people easily, and know more information about Australia,like culture,history,custom and so on.I think English is useful, because more and more people are able to speak English now, you can communicate with them , and enhance you knowledge.

USEFUL WEBSITES

http://www.ted.com/
I think is is good for E7 students, and our teacher had promote this website to us for several times.Great website to practise litening to a lecture, 15-20minutes talks on a huge variey of subjects.Can be used for note-taking parctise.

www.britishcouncil.org/central.htm
It is also an good website. Interesting practise for listening, reading, grammar with connected tasks.No structured writing only to submit letters in response to articles.And UK focused

www.oup.com/elt/students
It is an excellent website press by oxford university.Links to online learning support sites for all ESL OUP books including New English File, Headway, Natural English and The Good Grammar Book to name but  a few. Exercise to develop all key skill areas in a fun, interactive way

www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish
I used this website for many times. I think it is usrful.Comprehensive materials for intermediate to advanced ESL learners from the BBC World Service.Uses simpllifeid news stories to present English in context

http://www.abc.con/
My E6 teacher promoted this website, and used this website did some extra listening for many times , you can see the video, i think it is useful

WEEK THREE REFLECTION

We already finish week three, and it is  really an busy week. Firstly, we had an critical response essay on Tuesday. On Tuesday morning, we got that eassy, and discuss the argument, logic, evident, bias, tone, and language of that article.After i absorbed all information, i think it is esay to write, and i have confidence to pass the exam. During the break time, i discuss the article with my classmates, and they told me several  skills , which are really helpful.In the afternoon, we had the exam, we should have five hundred words in ninty minutes, everyone think the time is too short, when i finished my writing, i did not have enough to check it.On wednesday morning, we did some listening parctice, which was really hard, not noly the speed, but also the questions were also very differecult.In the afternoon, we did something new, carla tought us the comparion essay.It is similar to the critical response essay, but comparion essay is more difficult, it have to compare two different argument, logic, evidence, bias, tone and language.On Thursday, we had an test, reading test.but it not related to our final result.it is the new test for next E7 course.We thik, the exam was not hard, but the time is not enough, we could not manage our time reasonablely.All in all, it is my last time to write my blogger, and next week , our teacher will check our blogger. I think E7 is too short , i just learned few things , but it already week four,and several days later, we will have our final exam. I also thik E7 is an busy coure, during these weeks, we had lots of assingments to do I  will try my best to have the exam

WEEK TWO REFLECTION

We already finished week two, and there are just two weeks left.   This week we focused on writing-critical response. Compared with disscurive essay and arguementative eaay, critical response essay is much differecult, different structure, different vocabularly, different model. In fact, i really do not  how to write an good essay at present. This week we had an critical response essay practise, and totally there were not too many mistakes, but i read lots of samples before i wrote it, and i used a lot of time, used many sample vocabs and centences.Next week, we will have critical response exam on Tuesday,there are not enough time left. We also did some listening practices in classes this week.Actually, i think listening is as hard as writing.It is different than E6. First, teacher would give us a piece of paper,and we should having some notes while the radio is playing. In addition, in according to your notes , finish your answer sheet. For us , it is really hard, because, we have no questions, so we do not know which information are important,we have to write information as much as we can.But, the speed is fast, and after we finish one sentence, the speaker already speak a lot , and may be we already missed some important points during this time.So for us, we can not catch the key words. And we had done our presentatinn topic this week, my topic is Chinglish, i think it is not easy, because we should find some references,and find some useful information online.WA, i think E7 is much harder than E6, not only the exam is more differecult than E6, but also, E7 is more busy, we have lots of assignments to do .

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Tuesday, 15 February 2011 23:25:21 o'clock EST

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Hi,I'm Flavio,in fact, I agee with this opinion, everyone who can , should learn English. Everyone konw that, English as the global language, a growing number of people learn English at present. And it really can bring some benefits, such as employment opportunity, enhance our knowledge and so on. Similarly, if people use English, they can communicate with other people easier, and people can absorb some valuable information from them. Compared with other language, English is the earist to learn.

WEEK ONE

This week was my first E7 classes,before i had E7, i heard it is much harder than E6,after i experienced it , i totally agree them.It is really hard than E6.In E7, we have a lot of assingment to do,and we got many difficult information in classes.Compared with E6 exam, E7 exam is much different, which is also very hard.In writing exam, we will two different essay, and we should write at least five hundred words, also different style than E6. In lspeaking test, we will have ten minutes oral presentation, and our topic is about english, so we should learn some extra information from the Internet.In listening tcst, we should have note-taking, and according to your note- taking , to finsish your listening answer;I have no information about reading , but i think it is hard than E6.And in E7, we have something new, just like bolg,we have to write blog every week.Actually, it is my first time to write blog,and our blog is related to our final results.Consequently, this was my first E7 week, i thik i will face to many problems next.

Strategies for learning

Strategies

Listening
_In fact, listening is the hardest skill than reading, speaking, and writing. In E7, students have to note-taking, and according to your note-taking, you have to finish you listening answer.For me, it is really hard, in that i can not catch the key words. Therefore, i create a plan to improve my listening skill, and reading, writing speaking. Firstly,utilize some valuable websies, sucn as http://www.abc.net/ , www. ted.com and so on. Secondly , go to ILC,do some exercise online, or print out some useful materals. In addition, we also can do some exercise online at home, memorize some words everyday.
Reading
_ Actually, i think reading is as hard as listening.However, there are some different between listening and reading.In reading examation, there are lots of new vocabs, so it is hard to understand what does the article mean,and time is not enough.Thus, in order to improve my reading skill, i also creat a new plan, for instance, do lots of exercise, memorize some new vocabs,also i can use some valuable websies, like http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/. I think it is similar to listening skills, but i consider theses plan can both inprove my english skills.
Writing
-Compared with listening and reading, i like writting.In E6 final exam, writing was my highest score.But, when i had E7 class, i think writing become harder.So, i maintain the best way to improve to writing is practising more.Carla said in E7, grammar is not important, we should focus on our structure.Therefore, for the sake of improving our structure, we should read some samples and write some essays,and teacher can points out some mistakes before exam.Similarly, we should memorize some new words.

Speaking
_Our speaking test is oral presentation in E7.In fact, i did oral presentation in E6, but in that exam, we just need to speak five minutes,in E7 speaking exam, we need to ten minutes, wich is much longer. I think speaking have no ways to improve, just speak more. We should keep speaking english after class.Try to speak english everywhere,do not worries about you will have some mistakes,just do you best , speak english as much as you can.If just use your first language, your english can not improved. Also, you can listen some english radio, which is good for you

My learning style

Visual learners

Visual learners attend to information most effectively when they see something, for example, pictures, diagrams, films and videos or demonstrations. Check to see if some of the following characteristics may apply to you.

Behaviours/ characteristics of visual learners:

Remember what they see rather than what they hear

Remember diagrams and pictures

Prefer to read and write rather than listen

Have trouble remembering verbal instructions

Need an overall view and purpose before beginning a project

Like art more than music

Sometimes tune out when trying to pay attention

Study hints for visual learners:

• Take written notes in lectures & class
• Use colours to highlight important points
• Pay attention to diagrams, charts and pictures in text books
• Use mindmaps ( with colours & diagrams) to organise information for an assignment or for revision for an exam.
• Put summaries and mindmaps on the walls in your study area
• Use a wall planner