Thursday, 28 August 2008

Appropriate sentence


It is better to use impersonal phrases rather than>>>>> I think.....


  • It is widely believed that......

  • Most people consider that

  • It is probeble/possible that....

  • This evidence suggests that....

  • However, if you want to present a minority point of view,......

  • It can be argued that.....

  • It has been suggested that....

  • Some people believed that....

  • It is generally agreed that.....

  • A common viewpoint is that....

  • Recent research has suggested that.....

The title below I put the advantages and disadvantages by separating into practicle and social advantages and disadvantages


Practicle advantage>>>convenient social advantage>>>afforable


Practicle disadvantage>>>unhealthy social disadvantage>>>taking over national culture and encourage obesity


For example:


Most people consider that fast food is the most convenient to buy and consume ,futhermore, the price is not expensive if compare with organic food. It is generally agreed that people can afforable. However it can be argued that fast food has less valuable in food, in addition it is taking over national food culture. It has been suggestesd that people who having a lot of fast foos or junk food, they have more risk chance to be an obesity.

Friday, 22 August 2008

Summarise " More open trade raises income and the incomes of the poor"


Today I had to present and summaried the article " More open trade raises incomes and the incomes of the poor" I could listed the summaries as.....


In November,2001 World Bank in Doha, Qatar had agreement to support the economy and income of the country by unlocked low income countries out of rich country.There is a growing consensus that greater openness to tradional trade has a positive effect on country income.

The impact of freer trade on the incomes of the poor suggest that higher average incomes in country are generally associated with higher incomes of the poor this can like applies to incomes increase caused by more trade. However, success of international trade opening often affected by climate and quality of intituion and other factors so that means it cannot guarantee the outcome of the county becase it depends on the factors.


Feedback of my presentation


I think I need to improve speaking skill and more practice in presentation because during I was presenting, I was nervous and can't complied the sentence. So next presentation I must practice speaking as much as I can and memorize by heart.

Tips on effective listening


Friday 22 August 2008:


Dilek gave us a listening tips to succssful because next Thuseday we are having a lecture in Globalization topic. So we need to practice our listening.


Tops 10 way to listen lecture.


  1. Choose to find the subject useful.

- The listener choose listena and attention to the main point and discover new knowlege.


2. Concentrate on the words and message.


-Attemp to pick the lecturer main idea.What is he/she saying.


3. If you cannot catch and really don't understand the lectures, TRY TO THINK CAREFULLY AND SLOWLY REACT.


- Don't skip your misunderstanding, try to continue listening and you will get more details.


4. Identify the "big ideas" a basic of the concept to which everything in the lecture is related.


- the listener should try to understand the concept then grab the key idea and point of the whole lecture.


5. Flexible in note-taking.


-Adjust your note-taking to the organizational pattern used by the lecturer.


6. Stay attentive.


- Remain concentrated and try to absorb the materail.


7. Aggressively tackle difficult material.


-They ensure interested in the subject and find another way making understand and find a challenge in grasping the meaning of what is being said .


8. Don't get derailed by emotionally charged "buzz" words that trigger negative responses.


- Dont make the noise from baggage and disturb other people that make concentrate lost.


9. Get to know the professor personally.


- Pick up inetresting fects about lecturer sucha s personal life.


10. Understand and use the differential between the speed of speaking and the speed of thinking.



  • Riding the crest of the wave by trying to anticipate the next point of the lecture.

  • Evaluating what the lecturer is using for supporting evidence.

  • Summarizing the lecture to themselves.


Interesting listening skill websites.



  1. http://esl.about.com/od/englishlistening/English_Listening_Skills_and_ActivitiesEffective_Listening_Practice.htm

  2. http://eslus.com/LESSONS/LISTEN/listen1.htm

  3. http://www.esl-lab.com/





Thursday, 21 August 2008

Collocation


I read an interesting article about business case study at bbc website then I done in the gap maker.



Colocation vocabuaries in the article
1.analyst 2.availability, 3.fees 4.indication 5. job 6.period 7.potential 8. recovery 9.restructured 10.restructuring 11.sector 12. significant 13. sites 14 stabilised



  • The significant in Event Marketing Management subject is creative and analyse the customer demand. Before I had decided to study Event Marketing, I've been looking for a job which can relate with event manager or origanizer. My main reason I would like to be a organiser, which create in wedding ceremony and food and beverage sector. Last a few period event organisation wasn't well known in the business but now Thai economy has risen and many brand product need to advertise and make brand products become popular. So they need event site to build the event campaign and the main point they give the high fees.

Usefel websites relate with my subject Event Management



This month I have a big assey writting in topic "Summarise the main effects of globalisation and discuss to what extent thery are beneficial to my subject area"


I have found some interesting websites which are relate with Event Marketing Management and globalisation.


I think about my asaay what should I write on and what topics I will give in the assey. I noted the topic I will put on...



  1. Introduction>> What is the globalisation, give the defination first.

  2. How event and globalisation related.

  3. Example of Globalization Event.

  4. Benefits and Drawnacks.


I think maybe this websites are useful to the assey




  1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Event_planning

  2. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/274351.stm

  3. http://specialevents.com/corporate/meetings_global_trends_event/
  4. http://www.austrade.gov.au/BCA-Business-Events/default.aspx

Welcome Manchester United Class

On Monday 18 August:



The first day of last month in Pre- sessional course in LondonMet, I've had same teacher who had ever taught me before and new teaher name Dilek. The first day had new projects both of full assey and presentation at the end of team.



Steve's clsass analzied the following sentences:



1.How would you EXPRESS THE ESSENCE of your subject? (I.E. Can you explain in one or two clear sentences what your subject is about?)



- My subject in the future is Event Marketing Management. It is suitable for the person who is aiming to work in events marketing, marketing events, event management, or related roles within corporate marketing departments.



2. The key concept of Event management.



- I am going to know how to seccessful in Event Marketing Management because I can learn both of maeket and management as the same times. As the purpose of LondonMet mentioned that "at senior level in the events industry, it is the event marketers who not only deliver marketing strategies, but also devise the event concepts. It is the events managers who deliver these concepts."



3. What is the ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK of your subject (i.e. what modules would be taught on an undergraduate course)?



-Next team I need to study


  • Event and Live Media Industries

  • Events Marketing

  • Managing the Service Sector

  • Financing Events

  • Research Methods for Leisure and Tourism

Those subjects are quite related the main undergraduate subject due to I was studying Hotel and Tourism Management. So I think I have a basic knowlege of Marketing and method for tourism.

Friday, 8 August 2008

Practising arguments and counter arguments

Today in the first class, Ian gave the exercise gow to write argrument and conter sentencs.
So I chose to rewrite number 5 and 8 at page41.

5) 'University education should be free for all' To what extent do you agree with this statement?

It is widely believed that education is a universal right and that universities should therefore be open to all those who wish to undertake higer education studies. On the other hand, if the country has too many students, so universities cannot get all of students without tehm paying and universities should selected the students who have high enough level to study in.

8) ' The danger of the Internet are greater than the benefits it brings.' To what extent do you agree with this statement?

Although many people say that there are risks involved in using the internet, bit although an internet is useful for students and people who would like to search the acknowlege and finds benefit information, futhermore they can feel comfortable and realx in the same times with internet entertainment such as watching movie and listening radio or music. The user should use an internet in correct way.