четвер, 27 листопада 2014 р.

WORK HARD!


«My first vocabulary class was like a torrential rain during hot und boiling summer. It means that it was absolutely relaxing because I saw a lot of familiar faces, we were talking about our summer and had pleasurable 80 minutes. From the one side, it`s a classic example of a first class. But to make it clear this class was rather interesting.» I started my first blog with such words three months ago. Now I have an insight into a fact that vocabulary classes are, perhaps, the most important among the other subjects in our course. We have been developing reading, listening and speaking skills during this time: it was not only learning words. Among all pros and cons of studying it`s the best what I`ve noticed. Now I have a fulfilling emotions after that time of collaboration and maintaining team spirit preparing speaking tasks.
   My expectations were certainly more positive, but I have been taken my results on stake every time writing the blogs and learning words. That`s why I understand that everything depends on me and I must prioritize all tasks in order to juggle them on time.
   Progress? Certainly, I`ve become more developed in writing blogs, using new words combinations and accomplishing  unexpected or severe challenges (e. g. sixth units for one class). However, I had one funny story with that home task. In order to find the book “Oxford Word Skills”, I googled and, unhappily, I found another edition. Unfortunately, I failed and came to the class unprepared.
   Now my train of thoughts is on the go and I think about small vocabulary classes` milestones. Sometimes I encounter problems, was lack of time, blew not important thing out of its proportion, but my biggest mistake was procrastination.
   The most interesting task was creating blogs using different opportunities of the social networks as a registered user. Everybody agrees that doing homework in the Internet is a student`s paradise.
   Practice makes perfect, doesn`t it? When you`re learning topics that you`re interested in your studying is not only useful but enjoyable too. I think it would be good if we learnt words related to the topics about free time, holidays, hobbies or manners and customs.

   My heart tells me that second trimester will be livelier, more productive and completely satisfying. I don`t want to jump to conclusions but I anticipate that it would be more interesting. Despite the fact that something can go wrong, keep the chin up and go ahead! Sometimes even the principal concern could be transformed to the rewarding outcome.

неділю, 23 листопада 2014 р.

My comments to the posts

  1. http://somethingwierdd.blogspot.com/2014/10/what-is-courage.html?showComment=1416608906446#c5404209554514542201
  2. http://alla-kuznietsova.blogspot.com/2014/10/life-is-like-theatre-but-question-is.html?showComment=1416610240689#c3535316665260398172
  3. http://marharyta-sukhodolia.blogspot.com/2014/10/what-knowledge-means-to-you-me-it-s.html?showComment=1416611193430#c676156886851428216
  4. http://maria-kravchuk.blogspot.com/2014/10/communication.html?showComment=1416611703275#c7440579861659042891
  5. http://ruslana-pasichnyk.blogspot.com/2014/10/lifedoesnt-have-to-be-perfect-to-be.html?showComment=1416612291146#c7491352733044988241
  6. http://marharyta-sukhodolia.blogspot.com/2014/10/communication.html?showComment=1416684454899#c6597685088411000102
  7. http://ruslana-pasichnyk.blogspot.com/2014/10/body-language-body-language-is.html?showComment=1416684973484#c669042454158134233
  8. http://maria-kravchuk.blogspot.com/2014/10/an-unjustified-concern-this-story-tells.html?showComment=1416688008609#c4687372458091733903
  9. http://somethingwierdd.blogspot.com/2014/10/you-car-music-and-nature-enjoy-this.html?showComment=1416688931720#c6626344104405850596
  10. http://somethingwierdd.blogspot.com/2014/10/communication-body-language.html?showComment=1416690546067#c6423936849213527355
  11. http://maria-kravchuk.blogspot.com/2014/11/the-travelagency-birds-eye-view-of.html?showComment=1416743892693#c5671054793870855858
  12. http://somethingwierdd.blogspot.com/2014/11/creating-company.html?showComment=1416744546647#c7485673629014208824
  13. http://ruslana-pasichnyk.blogspot.com/2014/11/building-cleaning-service-sphere-of.html?showComment=1416745291699#c3617883705599399020
  14. http://alla-kuznietsova.blogspot.com/2014/11/houses-and-buildings.html?showComment=1416746321230#c3351098694071532874
  15. http://somethingwierdd.blogspot.com/2014/11/houses-and-buildings.html?showComment=1416747284038#c4101443202647252128
  16. http://marharyta-sukhodolia.blogspot.com/2014/09/my-first-lesson-of-english-vocabulary.html?showComment=1416175089586#c6986209891809754660
  17. http://ruslana-pasichnyk.blogspot.com/2014/09/my-first-lesson-of-english-vocabulary.html?showComment=1416175568247#c8849563444730731370
  18. http://alla-kuznietsova.blogspot.com/2014/09/my-first-vocabulary-class.html?showComment=1416175999445#c3340897695015690837
  19. http://somethingwierdd.blogspot.com/2014/09/my-first-class-of-vocabulary.html?showComment=1416176436684#c7286827313034549445
  20. http://maria-kravchuk.blogspot.com/2014/09/my-first-vocabulary-test.html?showComment=1416176954531#c7358015312386308315
  21. http://maria-kravchuk.blogspot.com/2014/09/life-isnt-about-finding-yourself.html?showComment=1416508755133#c2879391922004246517
  22. http://ruslana-pasichnyk.blogspot.com/2014/09/vocabulary-sci-fi-englishhas-been-one.html?showComment=1416509157262#c2204093392483539355
  23. http://maria-kravchuk.blogspot.com/2014/09/vocabulary-sci-fi.html?showComment=1416509665330#c8741689662101966386
  24. http://alla-kuznietsova.blogspot.com/2014/09/a-fairy-tale-about-two-dictionaries.html?showComment=1416510265123#c2119300976390294838
  25. http://maria-kravchuk.blogspot.com/2014/09/a-fairytale-about-two-dictionaries-long.html?showComment=1416510722014#c8710195971031969400

Help! I`m in ...

   Hallo!!! SOS! My ship-car has broken down. Now I`m in an ultra-modern building with all innovative devices and cutting-edge technologies.  It`s extremely exciting! I`ve sent you a video from my current location, I`m inside of this preserved object and I`m completely confused.
   Let`s describe the atmosphere inside. Huge living room with big French windows, comfortable sofa and something that looks like our monitor. Now I`m going to try to switch it on. WOW! It displays dilapidated castles, oh, football match, cooking courses, abandoned medieval ruins of the house. I`ll take it with me.
   And now… spacious fully-equipped kitchen, fitted fridge and kitchen table in mint conditions. The hall is a bit cramp but a bathroom is a dream. Airy atmosphere, brand new jacuzzi and sun-lighted side.
   The most “tasty”* part of this building – bedroom – is genuine paradise for sleeping. Again French windows, as good as new wide bed and fitted wardrobe.  Are you ready to make a “party crash”* here?
   Outside the building has its up to date look. If to trace the quality of colours back, I`ll say that it was renovated few years ago. Unfortunately, there are felt into decay stables on the back garden. I guess formerly the owners were keeping horses there. Moreover, I`ve found a lot of second-hand reconditioned machines of the previous century in the garage. Wow! There is also a museum of antique masterpieces and reproductions. Guys, help. This building isn`t one, I`ve found a lot interesting more. Perhaps, I`m in Mezhygirya?

“tasty”* - very enjoyable

“party crash”* - an explosive party

неділю, 9 листопада 2014 р.

Advertising agency "Funny-money"



If you want to work in a lucrative company, if you`re going to earn millions and be more productive, if you want to attract more customers, come and we will help you to accomplish all your plans.  Our advertising agency specializes in other companies’ promotion and making perfect advertisement. The aim is to bring new organizations on the cooperation market including trade and service. Our rules are quite simple: everything is scheduled, first come – first served, never anticipate, only do and accumulate your experience. The motto is: “Money makes you funny”. Bear in mind that you must solely prioritize the plans in order to deal with real business.
We offer a great variety of perks for the best employees of every month. There are no problems with maternity leave in our agency (some companies have a tendency to dismiss women in these cases). The head office has a subsidized canteen, free parking and rooms for lunch breaks. We don`t practice unsociable hours, we provide the employees with the comprehensive healthcare provision and guarantee a help for the widows.
"Funny-money"

We offer such vacancies as a stuff manager, an advertisement designer, and a secretary. A stuff manager has to react promptly to the changes, be ready to make quick decisions and stick to further work. A secretary has to jot all notes down very quickly, be alert and be on the ball, she`s like a second face of her boss. Our company`s stuff keeps team spirit, and we demand being proactive, wise of decisions and skilled in resolving company conflicts, every vacation requires collaboration, even you are a manager and a cleaner. I value everyone from the stuff, that`s why I try to keep track of every employee.
The agency offers flexible hours but in reasonable limits. Every Friday we have shortened day and general meeting.

We are waiting for you!

вівторок, 14 жовтня 2014 р.

You are a flower!

   Our life is a thread but different people has different ways of existence. That`s why  such threads can be multicoloured, with knots or may be torn not being knitted with others. Life can be spent in tears, be a by-product of the whole community being. But sometimes tears can reduce our stress and absorb bad vibes, pour anger out, make from vulnerable leaf a jubilant blade.
   A person is a flower. It is born, it is growing and then it is taken off by the surrounding world or old age. Childhood is a brick that searches for another bricks and cement in order to build a great house, for the way to achieve the aims so that it can have an impact on others, for taking an interest in the world because only your heart can tell you what to do.

   In this contemporary world, when business is booming, when it`s too hard to live the life to the fullest only instinct and heart prompt you the right way. When the flower is growing different obstacles can disturb it (like ivy) and sometimes it`s too late to consult an expert. Life is full of predators and it is a natural competition. If to put problems into words you can`t know what to expect from friends. They are like other threads that join you but sometimes they are too unreliable to give the secrets away.

   Therefore, not to be cheated you should be guarded but don`t disclose private information at the same time. It does wonders for living in paradise. And in the end you`ll be a flourishing rose, independent, ecstatic flower…

середу, 8 жовтня 2014 р.

Communication. Body language

   Our communication is extremely diverse and consists of different parts. Body language is an inalienable component when we come into contact with different people. Bear in mind that it`s a good way to make generalizations about person`s characteristic features, but sometimes we can misinterpret behavior of our interlocutor. 

   Excessive gestures may inform us that person is an extrovert. But don`t jump into conclusions because it could also be a soul commotion. It should be pointed out that different politics use their gestures as a way of persuasion. Also folded arms may imply strict intention or displeasure.
   Eye contact and smile is a feature of the honest conversation and it really shows friendly relationships. Not necessarily it`s a kind of showing your faith because sometimes it could be psychical domination.
    And what when somebody`s going red? When you observe such situation it`s a good example of fury. Somebody displays verbal warmth and is ready for dialogue fight.

   Lie is always accompanied with combination of losing eye contact, having perspiration on the forehead and trembling in the voice. Some people show their stubbornness and try not to show their lie. They are definitely good actors.
   And finally, there are some interesting facts in relationships between man and woman. Fiddling with hair is a feature of woman who fancies somebody. Man flirting is expressed in smoothing the hair and stroking an earlobe.


   So don`t forget that not only voice is a mean of communication, sometimes body language can show more that you expect!

середу, 1 жовтня 2014 р.

"Wisdom holds a candle to experience, but you`ve got to take the candle and walk alone." Lauren Kate

   

   Firstly, to say the truth, this quotation really expresses the main idea of studying, education, wisdom and knowladges at all and exactly shouldn`t be underestimated. It means that theoretical developments are useless  without taking them itno the suitable direction
   If you`re intelligent, it doesn`t mean that you`re overfilled  with wisdom and extremely wise qoutations. Wisdom is a way of actualizing your brain flexibility, multi-functional opportunities and productive activity. It`s like a simple candle without a fire but when you light it, you`ll discover your own life road. Darkness is an ignorance, candle fire means clarification
   Moreover, you can have an inflamed candle but standing on the one place is a great mistake. Wisdom wants to be shown, it wants to reflect everything you think, you want and have. And thinking is a movement. So the right choice, the most productive way is to take the candle and walk alone. And remember that wisdom isn`t a monotonous song, it`s a dynamic, active and  overwhelming stream of thoughts. We`re all the rulers of our consciousness (mostly), so everything depends on our choice.
   That`s why wisdom holds a candle to experience, but we should lit the fire, keep it and wisdom will burst into flames.

вівторок, 23 вересня 2014 р.

Vocabulary Sci-fi

     Dear friend!


     I`m writing to you from the future in oder to explain in a small talk what opportunities I have to learn English languge nowadays. I can easily yell that it`s not only cognitively but also - improbably interesting!
     This language is very useful to communicate with foreigners even when they are not from English-speaking countries. It is because English is an official language of main internarional laws and pacts, during talking business,  it`s widely spread in the social networks and is always developing on the world stage. May be it is a figure of speech but English language seems to be a mother tongue of the whole humanity.
     First of all, modern tehnologies have made learning foreign languages more easy. For example, you can use online dictionaries, communicating websites, chat with native speakers, come into contact with people around the world to improve the usage of your target language. Using different websites you can create "word maps" which will help you to enrich your memory with different collocations:

     Moreover there are "word clouds": the main principle is that learning words in colours is better for your memory. 
     Also you can find one phrase in different contexts using fraze.it. For instance, "to learn new words":
[The results of this study have important implications for language acquisition. It indicates exposure to language via television is insufficient for teaching language to very young children. To learn new words, children must be actively engaged in the process with responsive language teachers].
     What is more, creating Flashcard set in Quizlet can be used as electronic vocabulary:


     So do not "hold the line" during learning English, just speak up, just write letters to your pen-friends, just shake hands with foreigners and start to communicate, just have a meeting with participants of different exchange programmes, just speak your mind in English. You know that you can say no word but think in English  and it will perfectly.
     I`ve heard from my colleagues that face to face communication can make a speaker more confident what is really necessary. Despite the giggling of your enemies progress will be showed. 
     I`d like to "underline" that during learning English language I have an opportunity to listen to English music, to watch English films with subtitles, to read English books, advertisements, to visit extremely great number of sites in English. That`s why it is possible to create language nature around yourself. It would be great if you had the same...
     So whisper to the image in the mirror that YOU can and it will clap on your self-confidence.
     
                          With best wishes,
     your friend from the future Alex.

понеділок, 15 вересня 2014 р.

Funny fairy tale about two Dictionaries

  This is a fairy tale about two Dictionaries which is extremely eventful and I`m sure, it will occupy your soul for this 7 minutes of reading. The action was in the excellent (at the first sight) village where different Dictionaries where living including Longman English Dictionary, Oxford Dictionary, Cambridge Dictionary and others. They had simple life and looked ambiguously: young dictionaries were full of words, collocations and transcriptions; they were inquiring because of being enriched with new words, a bit doubtful about giving right definitions. Old dictionaries were indifferent to the people who were learning languages, trying to catch at least one Dictionary for studying. 
  One day Longman and Oxford Dictionaries had a walk to the dreadful forest that was not reputable. A big trouble expected them so it was really indescribable. But they thought it was a worthwhile trip included searching for the new words. Their ancestors said about inexplicable way to catch letters, make words, hide them between the pages and live together to the death. Two little boys-dictionaries were defenceless but had an assurance about great honour after the hunting. When Dictionaries were walking smiling and laughing they suddenly noticed their Native Language in blood, with black eye, lying on the ground between the trees. "I know who has done it", said Oxford and licked his lips. His cover was reflecting  in the tears of Language. It seemed that she was lying on the red grass and counting stars but really it was noticable that Language was passing away."Help ... Those heartless Articles, German Articles, killed me in order to be on the top", she explained and inhaled for the last time. Longman stamped his foot promised to wreak vengeance upon their enemy. Two boys absorbed the words of Language and washed away from the forest. Soon they finalized the promise and those merciless Articles were found dead, killed with funny sound "shwa".

понеділок, 8 вересня 2014 р.

My first vocabulary class

   Hi! It`s my first massage in my first blog about the first vocabulary class. My first vocabulary class was like a torrential rain during hot und boiling summer. It means that it was absolutely relaxing because I saw a lot of familiar faces, we were talking about our summer and had pleasurable 80 minutes. From the one side, it`s a classic example of a first class. But to make it clear this class was rather interesting. My classmates and I faced the prospect that we`re going to have an utter chaos. But what is the narrow escape in this situation? Have an 8-hour sleep or learn everythung overnight? Now it`s the main concern. We understood that life is going to connect with a considerable difficulty in the following three months. Really ... you can`t set fire to the rain but you can overcome yourself. We reached an agreement with our teacher that this year would be dynamic and our course will be a real effort. Morover, it is said that scholarship wil be paid according to the rating, so I`m sure that a fight for the points will break out. But the main thing is to lit a fire inside of our soul, motivate ourselves and small spark will burst into flames. Sometimes fierce critisism can generate unreal reality, that`s why after my first vocabulary class I understood that studying must be rulled with a strong accent. So do not burst into tears and don`t have your thoughts on fire. We hold ourselves responsible for the future, because it`s in our hands.