Entry 3: The Language of Study

Some Advises about Study Language


-We can think faster than your teacher can speak. We must use this to our advantage by evaluating what is being said and trying to anticipate what will be said next and take good written notes about what our teacher says. While we can think faster than our teacher can speak, we cannot write faster than our teacher can speak. Taking notes requires us to make decisions about what to write, and we have to be an active listener to do this.

Managing Study Time


There are only so many hours in a day, a week, and a term. You cannot change the number of hours, but you can decide how to best use them. To be successful in school, collage or university you must carefully manage your study time.

Each evening before a school day, prepare a Daily Organizer for the next day. Place a √ next to each thing to do as you accomplish it. Here is what to do to prepare a Daily Organizer.
Enter the things to do for the coming day from your Weekly Schedule.
Enter the things that still need to be accomplished from your Daily Organizer from the previous day.
Review your class notes for the day just completed to see if you need to add any school activities.
Add any out-of-study activities in which you will be involved the next day.

Your Weekly Schedule should have more detail than your Term Calendar. Your Daily Organizer should have more detail than your Weekly Schedule. Using a Term Calendar, a Weekly Schedule, and a Daily Organizer will help you make the best use of your time.

Entry 2: Debate on Mouse vs. Touchscreen

Advantages of using a computer mouse

- It allows you to make selections and move items on the computer's screen.
- The two or three buttons make it easy to use.
- It is small and convenient and fits in your hand
-A mouse helps you to quickly glide the cursor around the screen and perform various functions at the click of a button. Right click and left click your mouse to see for yourself.
-They do not require a lot of training to use
a mouse comes with the computer
-Unlike the mouse pad on a laptop, a computer mouse is easier to navigate around the screen. The ergonomics are much better, because the use can simply click the left button to select something on the screen. There are no restrictions to where the mouse can go.


What is the purpose of a computer mouse?


The purpose of the computer mouse is to operate the computer using a small device called the mouse.
Mouse gives you facility to move all over the screen. It makes work fast. You can open a file by double click on it. You can select the item and fix the cursor. 



What are the disadvantages of the touchscreen?

-Some disadvantages are that the user must be within arms reach of the display, it would be difficult to select small items,
-It could have a possible retrofit problem (the touch screen must be fitted on the screen), and there could be possible arm fatigue.
-It can caused you to feel a little electric shocks if you touch the screen with your wet fingers.
-User's hand may obscure the screen.
-Screens need to be installed at a lower position and tilted to reduce arm fatigue.
-Some reduction in image brightness may occur.
-They cost more than alternative devices.

Entry 1: My first impression&expectations

   After entering the University which I really wanted to study, I began to preapare for IELTE program. Fortunately, I was matriculated to that program. I really like to study in that program, I feel great because everyone around me speaks English very well. I think that helps me to improve my English. IELTE program's subjects are quite interesting for me. Teachers are vey quilified and specialized.
  I want to learn more and more in that program and I wish to graduate from IELTE program with "A+". I'll do my best to achieve my goal.