http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=nTgyakGAddM

Goodbye to my lovely Elicos 2 students!

Dear Elicos 2 students,

Thank you for your hard work over the past five weeks, and for making my job so enjoyable.

I will miss you all!

I hope that you can rest and relax this weekend, before the new intake begins next Tuesday!

The very best of luck with your future studies.

2B MODULE : ARGUMENT

Some students are interested to find out a little about Module 2B (the next course) so I have included a few tips, notes and websites for you here.

Of course, when you think of the word 'argument' you think of the following:

HOWEVER - when we talk about ARGUMENT in an academic (study) environment, it is a little different.

So, what is an ‘argument’ in an academic environment ??

= A discussion about a topic (written or spoken) in which reasons are given for and against an idea or proposal. There is specific argument language and techniques which you will study next week.

Here are some example Argument Essay topics to help you understand:

• Should men get paternity leave from work when their wife has a child?
• Is society too dependent on computers now?
• Should animals be used for scientific research?
• Should cigarette smoking be banned?
• Are cell phones dangerous?
• Is child behaviour better or worse than it was years ago?
• Are actors and professional athletes paid too much?
• Do violent video games cause behaviour problems?
• Does age matter in relationships?
• Are there benefits to attending a single-sex school?
• Is competition good?
• Is fashion important?
• Is homework harmful or helpful?

Here is an EXCELLENT introduction to ACADEMIC ESSAY WRITING
http://www.writefix.com/argument/

Here is a model argument essay (for your reference only!)

Topic: Should smoking be banned?
http://www.writefix.com/argument/smokingbannedno.htm

Here are some good PPTs on the topic of Argument Essay Writing

www.cedarville.edu/departments/writingcenter/.../argument.ppt

http://www.authorstream.com/presentation/Richie-12315-argument-Organizing-News-Reports-ppt-powerpoint/

Ideas for brainstorming to prepare for writing an argument essay:
http://www.eslflow.com/Brainstorming_Controversial_Issues___Opinion_questions.pdf

Example argument topic: Is it better to work for yourself or someone else?

http://www.eslflow.com/Brainstorming_Is_it_better_to_work_for_yourself_or_someone_else.pdf

Hope all of this helps!

Cheers,

Josephine

Healesville

Healesville

Healsvill

love story

A long time ago, there was a huge apple tree. A little boy loved to come and play around it every day. He climbed to the treetop, ate the apples, took a nap under the shadow . He loved the tree and the tree loved to play with him. Time went by...the little boy had grown up, And he no longer played around the tree every day.
One day, the boy came back to the tree and he looked sad.'Come and play with me,' the tree asked the boy.I am no longer a kid, I do not play around trees anymore' The boy replied.
'I want toys. I need money to buy them .'Sorry, but I do not have money... But you can pick all my apples and sell them. So, you will have money. The boy was so excited. He grabbed all the apples on the tree and left happily. The boy never came back after he picked the apples.
The tree was sad .
One day, the boy who now turned into a man returned and the tree was excited 'Come and play with me' the tree said.I do not have time to play. I have to work for my family.
We need a house for shelter. Can you help me?
' Sorry', I do not have any house. But you can chop off my branches To build your house.
' So the man cut all the branches of the tree and left happily.The tree was glad to see him happy but the man never came back since then.The tree was again lonely and sad.
One hot summer day,
The man returned and the tree was delighted. 'Come and play with me!' the tree said.
'I am getting old. I want to go sailing to relax myself. 'Can you give me a boat?' 'Said the man'.
'Use my trunk to build your boat. You can sail far away and be happy.' So the man cut the tree trunk to make a boat. He went sailing and never showed up for a long time.
Finally, the man returned after many years. 'Sorry, my boy. But I do not have anything for you anymore.
' No more apples for you... ', The tree said.
'No problem, I do not have any teeth to bite ', The man replied.
'No more trunk for you to climb on' 'I am too old for that now' the man said.
'I really cannot give you anything...
'The only thing left is my dying root', The tree said with tears.
'I do not need much now, just a place to rest. I am tired after all these years' the man replied. Good! Old tree roots are the best place to lean on and rest,
Come, come sit down with me and rest.
' The man sat down and the tree was glad and smiled with tears...

This is you and the tree is
your parent. !!!!!



"Love your Parents"

khalede.....

Healesville Sanctuary Excursion

HEALESVILLE SANCTUARY

Hello again Elicos 2 students!

Just a friendly reminder that you will need to bring your excursion money for Healesville Sanctuary on Monday.
The cost is $38 per person.

Healesville Sanctuary

Healesville is about an hour and a half out of the city. Healesville Sanctuary is one of the three animal parks you can visit in Melbourne. The first is the Melbourne Zoo, which is close to the city. The second is the open-range zoo in Werribee, and the third is Healesville Sanctuary.But all the species at Healesville Sanctuary have in something in common: the fact that most of them are unique to Australia. If you want the quintessential Australian native species experience, Healesville is the place to visit.Here, you can pat koalas, hold baby wombats, have lunch with kangaroos and witness the eccentricity of the platypus. The Birds of Prey show is well worth seeing; it's a chance to see raptors up close, and to watch as they exhibit distinctive species behaviour.

Here are some pictures and a video about Healesville to give you a
'sneak preview' of the Sanctuary before our excursion on Thursday.
http://bonni.net/gallery/healesville

Listening and Reading Test Practice!

Hi everyone,
I hope you are enjoying this lovely Spring day here in Melbourne! As promised, here are some websites that offer practice for listening and reading tests. Remember – Practice makes perfect!

Good luck!
Josephine

http://esl.about.com/od/intermediateenglish/Learning_English_for_the_Intermediate_Level.htm
http://www.esl-lab.com/

http://www.examenglish.com/IELTS/IELTS_listening.htm

http://www.englishonline.org.cn/en/learners/ielts-preparation/listening

http://www.canadavisa.com/ielts/free-practice-tests.html

http://www.examenglish.com/IELTS/cbIELTS_reading.htm

http://esl.about.com/od/intermediatereading/Intermediate_Level_English_Reading_Comprehension_Skills.htm

THE REAL JIM BRADDOCK

Here is a picture of the real Jim Braddock. Do you think that there is a resemblance to Russell Crowe, who plays Braddock in the film or not ??? (write a comment!)

Here are some pictures of the 'real' Braddock family.


If you would like to read more, and see more pictures, please go to the following website: http://www.jamesjbraddock.com/

There are some very interesting photos!

Mousa's pathway

English is currently the primary language used on I nternet, in political and business world, and also in the media. for this reason it has become a very important language in the world, and therefore more and more people are chosing to learn English. so many young people are leaving their country to live and study in an English speaking country, such as Australia, in order to strengthen their future job opportunities. for example, my friend Mousa left his home in Saudi Arbia a few months ago in order to countinue his studies and imprve his language abilityhere in Australia.

Let me tell you about Mousa's very interesting life before he arrived here in Australia. Mousa was born in the costal city of qatif near the east coastof Saudi Arabia. He was born in a large family, but his father passed away when he was only nine years old. This left his mother to raise many chilren on her own. Mousa graduated frome high school in 2003, and in 2004 he went to Riyadh to comlete a Bachelor Dagree in Chemistry. In 2007 he graduated frome the Dammam Teacher's College, and later decided to come to australia to further his language studies and complet a Master Degree in Biochmistry.

There are two main reasons that Mousa decided to study Biochemistry in Australia. one reason was conversation he had aith his good friend Mustafa. His friend Mustafa told him that life and study in Australia was a good experience for him, and that maybe Mousa should also consider this pathway.

New a way for learning

New a way for learning !!!!

Hi everybody I’m Khaled from Saudi Arabia, and I have been in Australia since June, 2009. Actually I came here to improve my language and complete my Master of Business. When I graduate I will return back to my country to make real my dream.
Let me tell you about something, which surprised me and help me for my language and also my study skills. In fact, I have repeated Elicos 2 twice . Sure I wasn’t happy about that, but when I complete and change the program I find much information to push me up. For example, with this blog I can communicate with my teacher and my classmates anytime and anywhere. Furthermore, my teacher has spent more time to make all things easy for us, and that is reflects on the students. Now I’m happy because I learn more and more every day and I will study harder than before , because this blog is convenient for me.

Some good pathways sentences

My name is John and I come from Beijing, which is the capital city of China.

Back home, I worked for my parents in their import-export business. I think that having a degree in finance will be helpful for them, so I decided to study overseas.

I chose to study in Australia because I have relatives there, and the other important reason is the qualifications from Australia are well-regarded.

I know it will take a long time, but I am prepared to study hard and so make my parents proud of me.

Hi everyone,

This week we have looked at the Present Perfect Tense in English – focussing on Using the Present Perfect to talk about EXPERIENCE.

Here are some of my experiences (Josephine).

Some are true experiences, some of them are not !

True or False???????

I have visited Egypt.

I haven’t visited the Eiffel Tower in Paris.

I have never broken a bone.

I have eaten snake.

I have cooked Japanese food.

I have won the lottery.

I have acted in a television show.

I have bought a house.

I have had an operation.

PAST PARTICIPLES (Verb 3!)
Of course, to master the present perfect, you need to master regular and irregular past participles.

Here are some fun games/activities to polish your knowledge of past participles. Enjoy!

Past Participles Game
http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/englishfile/elementary/i_games/gotoschool/games_gts02
Irregular Past Participles Game
http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/englishfile/upperint/j_games/gotoschool/nef_upper_games_gts01/#
Past Participle Exercises
http://www.grammar.cl/Games/Past_Participles.htm
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/pperf2.htm

Enjoy and Good Luck!

Daily Scheule

Woman: So, what's your usual day like? You always seem so busy.

Man: Well, I usually get up around 5:00 a.m. and work on the computer until 6:00 a.m.

Woman: Why do you get up so early?

Man: Well, I have to leave home at twenty to seven (6:40 a.m.) so I can catch a bus at 7:00 o'clock . It takes me about twenty minutes to walk to the bus stop from my house.

Woman: And what time do you get to work?

Man: Uh, my bus takes about an hour to get there, but it stops right in front of my office.

Woman: That's nice. And what time do you get off work?

Man: Uh, around 5:00 o'clock. Then, we eat dinner around 6:30, and my wife and I read and play with the kids until 8:00 or so.

Woman: So, when do you work on your website? You said one time that you create it at home?

Man: Well, my wife and I often watch TV or talk until 10:00 o'clock. She then often reads while I work on my site, and I sometimes stay up until the early hours of the morning, but I try to finish everything by one or two.

Woman: And then you get up at 5:00 a.m.?

Man: Well, yeah, but it's important to live a balanced life. I enjoy what I do, but you have to set aside time for the family and yourself.

Woman: I agree.

Man: But I think my wife has the toughest job. She spends her whole day taking care of our family . . . taking the kids to school, working in the garden, buying groceries, taking the kids to piano lessons . . . [Wow!] It's a full-time job, but she enjoys what she does.

Woman: Well, it sounds like you're a busy, but lucky man.

Man: I think so too.

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5 Paragraph Essay

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Queen - We are the Champions

Here are the lyrics to today’s song:

We are the champions
I've paid my dues - Time after time -

I've done my sentence

But committed no crime -

And bad mistakes I've made a few

I've had my share of sand kicked in my face -

But I've come through

We are the champions - my friends

And we'll keep on fighting - till the end -

We are the champions - We are the champions

No time for losers 'Cause we are the champions -

of the world -

I've taken my bows And my curtain calls -

You brought me fame and fortuen and everything that goes with it -

I thank you all -

But it's been no bed of roses

No pleasure cruise -

I consider it a challenge before the whole human race -

And I ain't gonna lose -

We are the champions - my friends

And we'll keep on fighting - till the end -

We are the champions - We are the champions

No time for losers 'Cause we are the champions -

of the world -

Communication in the future

Everyone have question

First of all in every community in the world, communication has always been very important, but it will also be different in many ways.

in the future ,everyone will probably have mobile video phones, so they will be able to conatact anyone around the world at any time . as well personal computers will be very small and light so people will be able to carry them easily from place .

Second of change some people might wear them on their bodies like a watch because of this , people will use much less paper . Also, face to face communication will be easier because people will be able to travel more easily . For example , they will probably take their personal telepoters to be business meeting and to meet friends every day because they will only need to step in and their telepoters will transport then to where

they want to go in an instant .

Finally the quality of electronic communication will be much better because there will be a lot new technology from in dustries like space travel.

In conclusion . my opinion communication in the future will be faster and better .I think communication other people will be interesting and exciting

Writing a Good Paragraph

Why Canada is a great place to live by Jim White

There are three reasons why Canada is one of the best countries in the world. First, Canada has an excellent health care system. All Canadians have access to medical services at a reasonable price. Second, Canada has a high standard of education. Students are taught by well-trained teachers and are encouraged to continue studying at university. Finally, Canada’s cities are clean and efficiently managed. Canadian cities have many parks and lots of space for people to live. As a result, Canada is a great place to live.

A GUIDE TO THE PARAGRAPH:

There are three reasons why Canada is one of the best countries in the world.

1. First, Canada has an excellent health care system. All Canadians have access to medical services at a reasonable price. 2. Second, Canada has a high standard of education. Students are taught by well-trained teachers and are encouraged to continue studying at university.

3. Finally, Canada’s cities are clean and efficiently managed. Canadian cities have many parks and lots of space for people to live. As a result, Canada is a great place to live.

Topic Sentence

(This tells the reader the MAIN topic of the paragraph and is the most important sentence in a paragraph)

Supporting Ideas

(There are 3 supporting ideas in this paragraph)

A Paragraph: Melbourne is a wonderful city.

Melbourne is a wonderful city. Firstly, it is a large, spacious city where there are many parks and gardens. Secondly, there are people from many different countries living there, so it is a multi-cultural city. This makes Melbourne a very interesting city. Finally, there are a lot of cafes because Melbournians love coffee! It’s great to sit at a Melbourne outdoor cafe and enjoy the fine spring weather. For these reasons, I hope I can live in a permanently one day!

MELBOURNE

(by the students of Elicos 2B)

Melbourne is a wonderful city. Firstly, it is a large, spacious city where there are many parks and gardens. Secondly, there are people from many different countries living there, so it is a multi-cultural city. This makes Melbourne a very interesting city. Finally, there are a lot of cafes because Melbournians love coffee! It’s great to sit at a Melbourne outdoor cafe and enjoy the fine spring weather. For these reasons, I hope I can live in a permanently one day!

MICHAEL JORDAN TIMELINE

Why is Michael Jordan famous?

Michael Jordan is famous because many people believe he is the greatest basketball player of all time.

Michael Jordan Timeline

1981
Earned a basketball scholarship to the University of North Carolina

1984
Won the Naismith and the Wooden College Player of the Year awards

1984
Selected by Chicago Bulls
Won the gold medal in the 1984 Summer Olympics

1985
Named NBA Rookie of the Year

1985
The Air Jordan I introduced by Nike

1989
Married Juanita Vanoy in September 1989.

1991
Won Finals Most Valuable Player

1992
Won the gold in the Summer Olympics with the "Dream Team"
Won Finals Most Valuable Player

1993
Won Finals Most Valuable Player

1993
Retired from professional basketball, which stunned the basketball world

1994
Signed a free agent contract with the Chicago White Sox

1996
Filmed ‘Space Jam' with Bugs Bunny and the rest of the Looney Tunes characters

1996
Won Finals Most Valuable Player

1997
Won Finals Most Valuable Player
Voted one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA history

1998
Won Finals Most Valuable Player

2000
Won ESPY athlete of the century award

2001-03
Came out of retirement to play with the Washington Wizards

2006
Divorced with Juanita

Welcome to the Elicos 2B English Zone!

Welcome to all of our new students to Elicos 2, and welcome back to all our old friends! I truly hope that you all enjoyed your break from studies, and took the opportunity to relax and rest, and see some more of our lovely city Melbourne!

Welcome also to our new Elicos 2B blog. I hope that you will enjoy checking this blog site everyday, and that you will share some of your thoughts, ideas, photos here.

I will use this blog site to pass on any information which I think may be interesting for you, and also useful for completing the Assessment Tasks for Module 2A.

See you soon!
Cheers,
Josephine