BEL 260 Journey
Saturday, 3 March 2012
Farewell..1/3/2012
Goodbye Miss Zu..I would like to take this opportunity to say thank you for all the new knowledge that you gave to us.I am also want to say sorry if i done anything wrong since you taught us. Actually you are one of the best lecturer that i ever had. You have a lot of interesting activities that make me feel so happy. before this I relly hate English, but since you teach us, I felt that there is many interesting things we can learn in English. I love you Miss Zu..
purpose and tone...29/02/2012
PurposeMany reasons can motivate a writer to write. The writer’s reasons can range from the need to take a stand on a hotly debated issue to the desire to entertain an audience with an amusing story. In general, the author's purpose falls into one of three general categories:
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passive voice...28/02/2012
One group present about Passive Voice.Thanks to them because they do it although that is not their topic. Thank you Nabila, Megat, Ain Nina and Suhaili.
Because the subject is being "acted upon" (or is passive), such sentences are said to be in the passive voice
The passive forms of a verb are created by combining a form of the "to be verb" with the past participle of the main verb. Other helping verbs are also sometimes present: "The measure could have been killed in committee." The passive can be used, also, in various tenses. Let's take a look at the passive forms of "design."
Passive Voice
In a passive voice sentence, the subject and object flip-flop. The subject becomes the passive recipient of the action.Because the subject is being "acted upon" (or is passive), such sentences are said to be in the passive voice
The passive forms of a verb are created by combining a form of the "to be verb" with the past participle of the main verb. Other helping verbs are also sometimes present: "The measure could have been killed in committee." The passive can be used, also, in various tenses. Let's take a look at the passive forms of "design."
Tense | Subject | Auxiliary | Past Participle | |
Singular | Plural | |||
Present | The car/cars | is | are | designed. |
Present perfect | The car/cars | has been | have been | designed. |
Past | The car/cars | was | were | designed. |
Past perfect | The car/cars | had been | had been | designed. |
Future | The car/cars | will be | will be | designed. |
Future perfect | The car/cars | will have been | will have been | designed. |
Present progressive | The car/cars | is being | are being | designed. |
Past progressive | The car/cars | was being | were being | designed. |
Argumentative essay...23/02/2012
Hello guys! Okay, we learned about argumentative essay..Erm , maybe I had listened about this before but I'm not sure. Let me explain a little bit about argumentative essay.
Definition: In this kind of essay, we not only give information but also present an argument with the PROS (supporting ideas) and CONS (opposing ideas) of an argumentative issue. We should clearly take our stand and write as if we are trying to persuade an opposing audience to adopt new beliefs or behavior. The primary objective is to persuade people to change beliefs that many of them do not want to change
BEFORE WRITING
-Brainstorm ideas on the subject.
-Identify the main topics.
-Use these topics as headings for organising your notes.
-Decide which side you are on i.e. which arguments are most convincing. Make sure you choose the side that you can fully support.
-Plan and write an outline for your essay noting down the information you will include in each paragraph.
INTRODUCTORY PARAGRAPH
Your introduction should:
* Introduce the topic with a general statement
* State why it is important
* State there is a difference of opinion about this topic
* Thesis statement must state what YOUR claim is and can include the “parts” of the argument you are going to state
REFUTATION PARAGRAPH
-This is also used to support your claim.
-Use the counter arguments to show that your idea is the stronger one.
-Do not focus only on the opposing ideas
CONCLUDING PARAGRAPH
Your conclusion should:
*Restate the main claim
*Present one or two general sentences which accurately summarise your arguments which support the main premise
*Provide a general warning of the consequences of not following the premise that you put forward and/or a general statement of how the community will benefit from following that premise
After that Miss Zu gave an example of essay and of course we have to write an argumentative essay.
Let's see more here : http://www.buowl.boun.edu.tr/students/types%20of%20essays/ARGUMENTATIVE%20ESSAY.htm
How to make conclusion...22/02/2012
Erm, conclusion..Everyone knows that at the end of our essay, we must write a conclusion. So, what is the best way on how to write it?? Let's check it out..
Drawing conclusions is an important skill to help you get the most out of your reading, an to understand the writer’s point of view. When you draw a conclusion, you use all the facts that you can find in the passage to help you deduce or figure out what you do not know.
Follow these steps to draw a conclusion
-Read the paragraph and identify the topic sentence and main idea. -Look for supporting details as evidence that you can use to reach a conclusion (E.g of evidences are: facts, statistics, reasons, definitions and descriptions.
-Combine your prior knowledge with the supporting details to draw conclusions.
-Ask these questions:
- What is the writer trying
to prove?
- What is the consequences
of these events?
- What is going to happen
because of these actions?
- What can I conclude from
the paragraph?
But sometimes conclusions are pointed out in the paragraph itself
Here are some expressions that point to a conclusion
•Thus
•Prove that
•Prove that
•It is believed that
•In fact / Because of this
•It follows that
•It concludes that
•As a result
•therefore
•We can deduce that
•Points to the fact that
After that, we divided into 5 groups. My group are Farah, Hazwani, Hanis, Ella and Syazwan. Miss Zu played the video and we have to make conclusion based on the video. The videos are Spongebob Squarepants in The Endless Summer, Gollum and Daniel Powter - Bad Day. Unfortunately our group lose. Congratz to the winner.
Let's see more here : http://academic.cuesta.edu/acasupp/as/309.HTM
Let's see more here : http://academic.cuesta.edu/acasupp/as/309.HTM
Inferences And Prediction..21/02/2012
Inference is just a big word that means a conclusion or judgement.
If you infer that something has happened, you do not see, hear, feel, smell, or taste the actual event.
But from what you know, it makes sense to think that it has happened.
You make inferences everyday.
Most of the time you do so without thinking about it.
Suppose you are sitting in your car stopped at a red signal light. You hear screeching tires, then a loud crash and breaking glass. You see nothing, but you infer that there has been a car accident. We all know the sounds of screeching tires and a crash. We know that these sounds almost always mean a car accident. But there could be some other reason, and therefore another explanation, for the sounds. Perhaps it was not an accident involving two moving vehicles. Maybe an angry driver rammed a parked car. Or maybe someone played the sound of a car crash from a recording. Making inferences means choosing the most likely explanation from the facts at hand.
to declare or indicate in advance; especially : foretell on the basis of observation, experience, or scientific reason. Then, Miss Zu makes some activities, She played the video and we must predict what will happen next. It such an interesting activity.
Our Presentation..16/02/2012
Today, we present about Simple Past Tense. When we can use simple past tense???
*We use Simple Past Tense to described an action or an event which occurred at a specific time in the past
Here are some short events with the simple past tense:
Here are some long events with the simple past tense:
Notice that it does not matter how long ago the event is: it can be a few minutes or seconds in the past, or millions of years in the past. Also it does not matter how long the event is. It can be a few milliseconds (car explosion) or millions of years (Jurassic period). We use the simple past tense when:
After that we played musical chairs. The person that lose must answer the question about what we present.
*We use Simple Past Tense to described an action or an event which occurred at a specific time in the past
How do we use the Simple Past Tense?
We use the simple past tense to talk about an action or a situation - an event - in the past. The event can be short or long.Here are some short events with the simple past tense:
The car exploded at 9.30am yesterday. She went to the door. We did not hear the telephone. Did you see that car? | |||||
past | present | future | |||
The action is in the past. |
I lived in Bangkok for 10 years. The Jurassic period lasted about 62 million years. We did not sing at the concert. Did you watch TV last night? | |||||
past | present | future | |||
The action is in the past. |
- the event is in the past
- the event is completely finished
- we say (or understand) the time and/or place of the event
Past Continuous Tense
For actions that were in progress at some time in the past
Were you cooking curry last evening?
Last week, Sheila was trying on her wedding gown
For an action that was going on when a second one took place.
They were watching TV when the lights went out.
I was bathing when someone rang the door bell.
To show two actions happening simultaneously in the past.
Mrs Branson was baking a cake while her daughter was chatting on the phone.
Mrs Branson was baking a cake while her daughter was chatting on the phone.
While the band was playing, the audience was swaying to the beat of the music
Without a time expression to indicate gradual development.
It was getting darker
A storm was brewing
As a past equivalent of the present continuous tense.
Candice said, “I am working in China”
(Direct speech)
Candice said, “I am working in China”
(Direct speech)
Candice said that she was working in China.
(Indirect speech)
(Indirect speech)
After that we played musical chairs. The person that lose must answer the question about what we present.
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