<1>
1. b
2. c
3. c
4. b
5. c
6. a
7. c
8. c
9. a
10. c
11. a
<3>
1. age range
2. out of range
3. mountain range
4. gas range
5. range of symptom
6. open range
7. firing range
8. within normal range
9. viewing range
10. price range
11. range of product
<4a>
1. assistance – assist
2. achievement – achieve
3. conduct – conduct
4. creation – create
5. definition – define
6. estimation – estimate
7. function – function (functionalize)
8. request – require
9. item – itemize
10. impact – impact
11. range – range
12. consultation – consult
13. response – respond
<5a>
1. estimate – size, cost, speed
2. seek – advice, shelter, assistance
3. create – poems, jobs, problems
4. derive – benefit, pleasure, satisfaction
<5b>
1. disorderly conduct
2. the sports section
3. legal issues
4. a friendly environment
5. yearly income
6. a university function
7. achievement test
8. financial assistance
9. welfare state
10. licensed psychologist
<7b> #1
The test that I felt a stress most in my life was the TOEFL test in August last year. In order to apply to universities in USA for spring semester in 2008, I needed to provide my TOEFL score. Though the deadlines for admission applications of most of the universities fell in the end of September, it was not easy to get a TOEFL test seats at that time in Korea. As the TOEFL scores were necessary in applying not only for the foreign universities but also for domestic high schools of foreign languages, the demand exceeded the supply at every test. It was even called the ‘TOEFL War.’ It was a sheer luck that I could get a seat in the distant city Kwangju in such an environment. As a result, I didn’t know if I would be so fortunate as to have another test opportunity or not, and moreover, I didn’t have time enough to take another test. The introduction of a new TOFEL system, that is the IBT, made the things worse in two ways. The fact that only several institutions had been prepared to adopt the new test system technically impacted on the short of the supply also. However, more serious problem was that I was not accustomed to the new TOEFL, which tests all range of English competence in speaking, listening, reading, and writing. Above all, it was my first oral test in English. The test system gave me too short time to prepare and answer the questions. All these factors contributed to my test anxiety.
The closer the test comes, the more tense I became. When the test started, I felt difficulty in operating the computer with my trembling hands, which were sweating. And I could not respond to the first question appropriately due to my dry mouth and the badly trembling voice. I cannot remember how I managed the first section of the test. When the second section started, I gathered my thought and tried to be relaxed, thinking that I could achieve the adquate score if I managed the remained three sections well. And if it would not, anyway, I could apply for the Fall semester. It is my ordinary way that, I don’t know it is unique or not, I control my mind. ‘It’s O.K. It is not the only chance, and you can do it better next time, and anyway the result might be better than that you are thinking…Right?’ As always, it relieved my burden a little. I was better in the second and third sections, which tested listening and reading skills respectively.
The result of my first IBT TOEFL test was far from satisfactory. But, anyway, I am here now, studying Event and Meeting Management, and writing this paragraph. I am lucky enough.
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Monday, January 28, 2008
Diagnostic Writing (Revised) - 012808
1.
There may be many types of education. We learn in everyday life, on the job, as well as the school and class. Though the elements of good education can vary according to the time, space, and purposes, the most important element of a good education is to develop the interest and motivation to go on studying
If our education is finished in class without further development, it is in vain. In order to encourage students to learn more, education should offer not only knowledge itself, but information about why they are studying and how they can apply the knowledge to their real lives. For example, when a primary school student learns the basic mathematic operations like addition, subtraction, and so on, if he doesn't know why he is learning this tedious and complicated number game, he will not proceed well. However, if he finds he can count his toys with what he learned and compare the number of the toys with those of his friends and boast about his belongings, it can give him the more interest and motivation to learn the mathematic operations.
In conclusion, the most important purpose in education is to provide the students with the strength to learn and research more both in class and for themselves. The interest and motivation will give them the strength.
2.
Now, it is the era of Internet. We are living in the flood of information, enjoyment and advertising of Internet. As it is a new trend from the late 2oth century, it is natural that the Internet is a tool for and by the young generation rather than adults.
Some of the characteristics of the Internet are speed, variety, and a short span of life. You can get the information through the Internet faster than ever. You can consult the e-dictionary and it is a hundred times faster than finding a dictionary in the library. And Internet gives a huge amount of information on what you want to know. Even clicking one word in Google, you can get a long list of information. Moreover, in the opening pages of main website providers, such as Yahoo and Aol, you can see all the news about politics, economics, and sports. As a result, information that is not salient is easily overlooked and forgotten.
With these characteristics, though Internet has many merits and provides much convenience, it also has the bad influence on the activities of the young people. As the young tend to pursue virtual interactions using cell phones, e-mails and IM messengers or similar applications, they don’t need to wait until tomorrow to talk to their friends. This immediacy can make young people rash. For the young generation born in this Internet world, the endurance and perseverance might be very strange words.
When youth send e-mails and chat in real time, they use the abbreviated words and argots frequently, such as U for you, OTL for despair, etc. Even if it may have the merit of speed, we should consider that it is ruining our beautiful natural languages. When the young become the adults leading the society, many of our words may have been transformed or may have disappeared from memory.
The Internet offers numerous enjoyable games, which are sometimes very addictive for the young. Instead of playing outside on the ground, they enjoy virtual reality games. This preoccupation with the Internet in the modern world has significantly contributed to the current increase of obesity. Moreover, obsessive fascination with the virtual reality games, which often are very brutal and merciless, may make the young not to able to separate virtual from real world, causing crimes of violence in real lives.
In the 20th century, a generation lasted about 30 years. During the past century, there were also the problems from the generation gap. Now in the 21st century of the Internet, one trend is demolished immediately by the next trend and a generation by the next one. Because such fast-paced changes influence the young more than adults, it is natural that adults find it difficult to keep pace with the changes of today’s world. And as a result, the generation gap is bigger than before, requiring greater efforts towards mutual understanding between the young and the old.
There may be many types of education. We learn in everyday life, on the job, as well as the school and class. Though the elements of good education can vary according to the time, space, and purposes, the most important element of a good education is to develop the interest and motivation to go on studying
If our education is finished in class without further development, it is in vain. In order to encourage students to learn more, education should offer not only knowledge itself, but information about why they are studying and how they can apply the knowledge to their real lives. For example, when a primary school student learns the basic mathematic operations like addition, subtraction, and so on, if he doesn't know why he is learning this tedious and complicated number game, he will not proceed well. However, if he finds he can count his toys with what he learned and compare the number of the toys with those of his friends and boast about his belongings, it can give him the more interest and motivation to learn the mathematic operations.
In conclusion, the most important purpose in education is to provide the students with the strength to learn and research more both in class and for themselves. The interest and motivation will give them the strength.
2.
Now, it is the era of Internet. We are living in the flood of information, enjoyment and advertising of Internet. As it is a new trend from the late 2oth century, it is natural that the Internet is a tool for and by the young generation rather than adults.
Some of the characteristics of the Internet are speed, variety, and a short span of life. You can get the information through the Internet faster than ever. You can consult the e-dictionary and it is a hundred times faster than finding a dictionary in the library. And Internet gives a huge amount of information on what you want to know. Even clicking one word in Google, you can get a long list of information. Moreover, in the opening pages of main website providers, such as Yahoo and Aol, you can see all the news about politics, economics, and sports. As a result, information that is not salient is easily overlooked and forgotten.
With these characteristics, though Internet has many merits and provides much convenience, it also has the bad influence on the activities of the young people. As the young tend to pursue virtual interactions using cell phones, e-mails and IM messengers or similar applications, they don’t need to wait until tomorrow to talk to their friends. This immediacy can make young people rash. For the young generation born in this Internet world, the endurance and perseverance might be very strange words.
When youth send e-mails and chat in real time, they use the abbreviated words and argots frequently, such as U for you, OTL for despair, etc. Even if it may have the merit of speed, we should consider that it is ruining our beautiful natural languages. When the young become the adults leading the society, many of our words may have been transformed or may have disappeared from memory.
The Internet offers numerous enjoyable games, which are sometimes very addictive for the young. Instead of playing outside on the ground, they enjoy virtual reality games. This preoccupation with the Internet in the modern world has significantly contributed to the current increase of obesity. Moreover, obsessive fascination with the virtual reality games, which often are very brutal and merciless, may make the young not to able to separate virtual from real world, causing crimes of violence in real lives.
In the 20th century, a generation lasted about 30 years. During the past century, there were also the problems from the generation gap. Now in the 21st century of the Internet, one trend is demolished immediately by the next trend and a generation by the next one. Because such fast-paced changes influence the young more than adults, it is natural that adults find it difficult to keep pace with the changes of today’s world. And as a result, the generation gap is bigger than before, requiring greater efforts towards mutual understanding between the young and the old.
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Diagnostic Writing - 012208
1.
There may be many types of education. We learn in the everyday life, on the job, etc as well as the school and class. Though the elements of good education can vary in each the type of education, I think the most important element of a good education is to develop the interest and motive to go on the study.
If the education is finished in class without further development, it is a vain. In order to encourage the student to learn more, education should offer not only the knowledge itself, but information about why he is studying and how he can apply the knowledge to his/her real life. For example, when a primary school student learn the basic arithmetic like sum, deduction, if he doesn't know why he is learning this tedious and complicated number playing, he will not proceed well. But if he finds he can count and sum his toys with what he learned, compare the number of toys with ones of his friends and boast his belongings, it can give him the more interest and motive to learn those arithmetic.
In conclusion, I believe the most important thins in education is to provide the student the strength to learn and research more both in class and for himself. The interest and motive will give him the strength, I think.
2.
Now, it is the era of Internet. We are living in the flood of information, enjoyment and advertising of Internet. As it is a new trend from late 2oth century, it is natural that Internet is a tool for and by young generation rather than for adults.
Some of the characteristics of Internet are fastness, variance and evasiveness. We can get the information through the Internet faster than ever. I can consult the e-dictionary and it is a huntred time faster than find the dictionary in library. And Internet gives the huge amount information on what I want to know. Even clicking one word in google, I can get the long list of information. Moreover, in the opening page of main website provider, such as yahoo, we can see all the news about politics, economics, sports. As a result, eye-catching items at a glimpe can survive in the Internet world. The information which fails to entice the interest will evade easily. And as the information can be obtained easily and fast, the importance of it is forgotten easily and fast.
With these characteristics, though Internet has many merits and gives much convenience, it also has the bad influence in the activities of the young people. For Young generation born in this Internet world, the endurance and perseverance might be very strange worlds. They communicate in real time using cell phones, e-mails and messengers. They have no need to wait till tomorrow to talk to their friends. This can cause rashness to young people. And the young enjoys in the Internet world, rather than in real life. Internet offers a lot of enjoyable games, which is sometimes very addictive for the young. In place of playing in the ground, they enjoy a virtual reality games. Obesity is one of the problems of modern world, to which I think the Internet contribute some amount. When they send e-mails and chat in real time, they use the abbreviated words and argots frequently, such as U for you, OTL for despair, etc. Enen if it may have the merit of fastness, we should consider that it is ruining our beautiful languages. When the young become the adults leading the society, many of our words may have been transformed or disappeared from memory.
In the 20th century, a generation lasted about 30 years. There were also the problems from the generation gaps. Now in the 21st century of Internet, fast coming and going, one trend is demolished fast by next trend. And the trend change is not from the general matters but from complicated and detailed. And it influences the young more than adults. Naturally, adults are not easy to pace the world and generation gap is bigger than before. The more endeavor to understand each other is necessary.
There may be many types of education. We learn in the everyday life, on the job, etc as well as the school and class. Though the elements of good education can vary in each the type of education, I think the most important element of a good education is to develop the interest and motive to go on the study.
If the education is finished in class without further development, it is a vain. In order to encourage the student to learn more, education should offer not only the knowledge itself, but information about why he is studying and how he can apply the knowledge to his/her real life. For example, when a primary school student learn the basic arithmetic like sum, deduction, if he doesn't know why he is learning this tedious and complicated number playing, he will not proceed well. But if he finds he can count and sum his toys with what he learned, compare the number of toys with ones of his friends and boast his belongings, it can give him the more interest and motive to learn those arithmetic.
In conclusion, I believe the most important thins in education is to provide the student the strength to learn and research more both in class and for himself. The interest and motive will give him the strength, I think.
2.
Now, it is the era of Internet. We are living in the flood of information, enjoyment and advertising of Internet. As it is a new trend from late 2oth century, it is natural that Internet is a tool for and by young generation rather than for adults.
Some of the characteristics of Internet are fastness, variance and evasiveness. We can get the information through the Internet faster than ever. I can consult the e-dictionary and it is a huntred time faster than find the dictionary in library. And Internet gives the huge amount information on what I want to know. Even clicking one word in google, I can get the long list of information. Moreover, in the opening page of main website provider, such as yahoo, we can see all the news about politics, economics, sports. As a result, eye-catching items at a glimpe can survive in the Internet world. The information which fails to entice the interest will evade easily. And as the information can be obtained easily and fast, the importance of it is forgotten easily and fast.
With these characteristics, though Internet has many merits and gives much convenience, it also has the bad influence in the activities of the young people. For Young generation born in this Internet world, the endurance and perseverance might be very strange worlds. They communicate in real time using cell phones, e-mails and messengers. They have no need to wait till tomorrow to talk to their friends. This can cause rashness to young people. And the young enjoys in the Internet world, rather than in real life. Internet offers a lot of enjoyable games, which is sometimes very addictive for the young. In place of playing in the ground, they enjoy a virtual reality games. Obesity is one of the problems of modern world, to which I think the Internet contribute some amount. When they send e-mails and chat in real time, they use the abbreviated words and argots frequently, such as U for you, OTL for despair, etc. Enen if it may have the merit of fastness, we should consider that it is ruining our beautiful languages. When the young become the adults leading the society, many of our words may have been transformed or disappeared from memory.
In the 20th century, a generation lasted about 30 years. There were also the problems from the generation gaps. Now in the 21st century of Internet, fast coming and going, one trend is demolished fast by next trend. And the trend change is not from the general matters but from complicated and detailed. And it influences the young more than adults. Naturally, adults are not easy to pace the world and generation gap is bigger than before. The more endeavor to understand each other is necessary.
Monday, January 21, 2008
Homework - due on Jan 29 (EAV Chapter 1)
<4b>
1. analyze
2. conceptualized(conceived of)
3. economy
4. formulate
5. identification
6. individual
7. majors
8. occurrence
9. periodic
10. specifically
11. editorial
<5>
1. gain
2. theoretical (general, basic)
3. data
4. correct
5. detailed
6. general (basic)
7. analyze (interpret)
8. detailed (careful)
9. maximun
10. formula
<6a>
1. g
2. j
3. a
4. f
5. k
6. b
7. c
8. d
9. h
10. e
11. i
<6b>
1. poor visibility
2. visitation rights
3. visiting hours
4. visual aid
5. visible to the naked eye
6. visiting professor
7. 20/20 vision
8. visually impaired
<7a>
a. 6
b. 2
c. 1
d. 5
e. 3
f. 4
<7b> #2
1. analyze
2. conceptualized(conceived of)
3. economy
4. formulate
5. identification
6. individual
7. majors
8. occurrence
9. periodic
10. specifically
11. editorial
<5>
1. gain
2. theoretical (general, basic)
3. data
4. correct
5. detailed
6. general (basic)
7. analyze (interpret)
8. detailed (careful)
9. maximun
10. formula
<6a>
1. g
2. j
3. a
4. f
5. k
6. b
7. c
8. d
9. h
10. e
11. i
<6b>
1. poor visibility
2. visitation rights
3. visiting hours
4. visual aid
5. visible to the naked eye
6. visiting professor
7. 20/20 vision
8. visually impaired
<7a>
a. 6
b. 2
c. 1
d. 5
e. 3
f. 4
<7b> #2
Dear Maria,
Hi!
I understand your current uneasiness about your team project because my team had a similar problem at the first phase last semester. One member was just not only willing to prepare and join the discussion, but did not participate in the first meeting. My teammates were furious, complaining it is unfair that all members get the same grade without same contribution.
As a leader of my team, I had to conceive of the solutions to go through. First, I thought that a close friendship between teammates could help further the cooperative research. So I suggested several get-togethers such as simple lunches, museum visits and picnics. The member I above mentioned hesitated to join us at first, but soon began to open both her mouth and mind to us. Actually, as she was a new-comer from one of the East Asian countries, she was a little bit shy and not accustomed to speak in public. She had not meant to avoid the meeting, but just had not known how to manage her first team project experience.
My team also discussed various methods to ensure the fairness. Usually we divided issues to be researched and assigned them to each of teammates. After collecting and analyzing the data and materials individually, we gathered together to interpret, discuss and sum what we get regularly. In this way, we had similar portions.
I think you already know benefits and challenges of the group study well without my details. We can have the better understanding on the topics, experience different views and solutions from mine, and learn to negotiate and cooperate with friends. Though my team had a good grade through our mutual efforts, above all, the best is that we are now all friends, very good friends.
Maria, I know you can do it! I hope you also have a great time with your team project. I wish you good luck!
Regards,
Alicia
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