London Visit

Last weekend me and my friends planed to go out for shopping and walking around London. First of all, we decided to meet each other at one pm in Edgware road (Arab Road). We went to an Iranian restaurant; it's not my first time to have lunch there and the food as usual was delicious. Then we went one of the Arabic shops to buy some components to make our traditional food, because next Monday will be our EID Al-Adha. After that we walked to the Hyde Park, it was quit cold there, and when we walk we saw Buckingham Palace, it is really huge building and there were two guards standing in each door of the palace. There were a lot of tourist standing out and taking photos. At that time no one of us can stand anymore, because we walked a lot and the weather was freezing. Finally, I have enjoyed in this trip, I had fun with my friend and also we had seen some interesting places in London I haven’t seen them before.

Reflective writting

This month we have learned new types of studying which is useful to improve our academic writing. For example, the seminar, it was new topic for me and I don't have any information about it before. Then, our teacher explains in to us what that is and what we are actually going to do. I sit with a group of students, and we discuss about a topic that the teacher gave it to us. I found it useful and very interesting because I have discussed in a topic that not all of the students agree with it, and everyone gave his own opinion/view. In addition, we should prepare for the seminar topic by searching from the internet or books what is related to the topic and write it as notes and keep it ready for the discussion. Finally, I have talked as much as I prepared.

TV Program

Today I have decided to explore BBC site, I looked for cars TV show, and then I found out "Top Gear" program in BBC two. When I searched I got many results and my eye catches one of the topics which are "Motoring news and views. Richard Hammond celebrates the 40th birthday of the iconic Ferrari Daytona by taking one back to its spiritual home on the Riviera" and I was interesting in this title. In the program there were two challenges in car and boat racing. They raced between Ferrari Daytona which is made in 1986 and Daytona means seven days, with a boat called XSR48 Prototype which coast one million Pounds. The argument was between the car and the boat which most comfortable and faster. The race was in Italy, from Portofino to Saint Tropez, and the distance for the car was around 35 miles, but for the boat was around 30 miles. The boat was the winner it was arrived two minutes before the car. In my opinion I think the car is much comfortable and more attractive more than the boat. In this show I found it very interesting and I learned some new words.

Weblearn Resources

Me and my friend decided to practice our grammar, reading and vocabulary, so we used the Weblaern resources. First of all we used the grammar and spelling exercises. We did the first exercises, it was about adjective and adverb, and I found it a bit easier than my friend. I have got 19 out of 24 and my friends have got 16 out 24. After that we moved to the second exercises and it was a bit confusing and difficult for me. My friend thought it was easier and she have got 18 out of 22 and I have got 16 out 22. Then we moved to the reading site. We have chosen reading exercises (Cambridge Advanced Exam).The first exam was carried one article with eight multiple choice questions. It was difficult for me, I have taken quite time to finish it, but my friend thought it was easy and she didn't take long time to finish it. Then we shifted to part two which is a gapped text and we have to choose suitable sentences from the list we have given. We fined it more difficult and confuse from the first article. Then we moved to the last site, it was about the academic and general vocabulary. The exercise in matching formal and informal was un useful.