Monday, July 30, 2007

Great Video Links for GP Topics

Great Video Links with EXCELLENT & INFORMATIVE video documentaries


Crime & Punishment

Life Sentence for Kids
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/whenkidsgetlife/view/

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/burden/view/

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/oj/view/


Old Age, Youth & Family

Aging Issues in America
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/livingold/view/

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/retirement/view/


Mass Media:
News War in America
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/newswar/view/

Teenage Marketing
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/cool/view/


Science & Technology

Internet
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/cyberwar/view/


Health

Diet
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/diet/view/

AIDS

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/aids/view/


Globalisation

MNCs
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/walmart/view/

Breathing Earth!!!

A wonderful presentation with pollution statistics!!!

http://www.breathingearth.net/

Is buying fake goods morally wrong?

Let' listen and judge for ourselves?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/religion/moralmaze.shtml

Click on listen to the latest edition button.

Links to the ppts

Dear Students,

Here are the links to the PPTs.

Essay Writing : http://www.esnips.com/doc/ab91b31a-bec9-44d5-a8a8-deeb4dbeac1e/Essay-Writing


Question Analysis
http://www.esnips.com/doc/a41083da-8d16-44fe-8140-4a30c2485bfe/Question-Analysis


Mr. Wangyal

World Views Prog. on BBC

Dear Students,

Have you ever wondered what people around the world think about the things that are happening each day?

Well, here is a Radio cum Internet discussion forum where such topics are discussed every day. You can tune in to listen or log in to listen to past week's discussions or read comments posted by people discussing these issues.

Tune in or add your comments. He is the link and programme information.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/worldhaveyoursay/



Mr. Wangyal

Tuesday, July 24, 2007

My Time Table for You

Dear Students,

I have uploaded my time table for your kind reference. If you need any extra lesson or clarification before you GP common test do let me know. you may email me, use the intercom system or SMS me in advance 97407308.

if the time you want is after 3pm, do inform me by 11am.

http://www.esnips.com/doc/b3f19489-6178-42ce-91ba-4992bca93641/New-Time-Table



Your teacher,


Mr. Wangyal

Friday, July 20, 2007

Links Galore

Here are some the website links to learn more about how to use ‘Connectors’. Some examples are also given. If remembering, what ‘type of connectors’ they are, is difficult, just note how they can be and are used in sentences.

http://esl.about.com/library/writing/blwrite_connectors.htm

http://esl.about.com/library/writing/blwrite_connectors_opposition.htm

http://esl.about.com/library/writing/blwrite_connectors_addition.htm

http://esl.about.com/library/writing/blwrite_connectors_cause.htm

http://esl.about.com/library/writing/blwrite_connectors_cause.htm

http://esl.about.com/library/writing/blwrite_connectors_comparison.htm

http://esl.about.com/library/writing/blwrite_connectors_condition.htm

http://esl.about.com/library/writing/blwrite_connectors_contrast.htm


After that, take some of these online quizzes.

http://a4esl.org/q/h/9901/gc-connectives.html

http://gocsm.net/sevas/esl/gramcheck/rcs11-23.html

http://gocsm.net/sevas/esl/gramcheck/compare.html

http://gocsm.net/sevas/esl/gramcheck/9-10.html

http://gocsm.net/sevas/esl/gramcheck/9-1.html

http://gocsm.net/sevas/esl/gramcheck/8-7.html

http://www.flo-joe.co.uk/fce/students/writing/linking/index.htm

More ideas & examples of how to write good Introductions

http://www.teacherjoe.us/WriteIntroductions.html

Here is a good link to teach you how to write a thesis statement for your introduction.

http://gocsm.net/sevas/esl/classnotes/thesis_sent.html

More ideas on how to write good conclusions

http://www.teacherjoe.us/WriteConclusions.html

SVA Online Quizzes

Dear Students,

I have some found some online grammar quiz links for you if you have problems with Subject-Verb Agreement. You don’t have to do all, just try some. Each quiz will not take more than a few minutes.

While doing these exercises, make sure that you notice the whole sentence structure and think why a particular choice was made and is correct.

Don’t make this a guessing exercise. That would defeat the whole purpose of doing the exercise.

Quiz Links

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/cgi-shl/quiz.pl/sv_agr_quiz.htm

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/svagr2.htm

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/svagr3.html

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/cgi-shl/quiz.pl/agreement_add1.htm

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/cgi-shl/quiz.pl/agreement_add2.htm

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/cgi-shl/quiz.pl/agreement_add3.htm

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/cgi-shl/par_quiz.pl/agreement_add4.htm

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/agreement_quiz.htm

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/niu/niu7.htm

http://www.cityu.edu.hk/elc/quiz/subverb1.htm

http://webquiz.ilrn.com/ilrn/bca/user/quiz-public/run?session=023370DD6F22E6F5AFD515F345FF5CC9#question1

http://webquiz.ilrn.com/ilrn/bca/user/quiz-public/run?session=023370DD6F22E6F5AFD515F345FF5CC9

http://webquiz.ilrn.com/quiz-public?name=scde07q/scde07q_chp02C

http://webquiz.ilrn.com/quiz-public?name=scde07q/scde07q_chp02D


The answers can be checked after finishing the exercise and clicking the check for answers button. You may need to install Sun's Java Runtime Environment if it is not installed.

Mr. Wangyal

Tuesday, July 17, 2007

More interesting links

Dear Students,

Here are some interesting links to streaming radiocasts and articles which you can read, listen to or even download into your mp3 players. They are rich not only in content but also in language use as they are mostly produced by BBC reporters.

Environment & Our Planet : http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/science/changingplaces.shtml please look at the environment series

Current Affairs: special report on various hot topics
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/default.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/crossing_continents/default.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/file_on_4/default.stm

Analysis:of various events and news hot topics
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/analysis/default.stm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/news/bottomline/bottomline_archive.shtml

As I have said before, you need not listen to everything, just choose the ones you think is relevant and useful.

Wednesday, July 4, 2007

Term 2 CA Quiz PPT

Please go to this link to view or download the current Affairs Quiz Answer Scheme. Please remember that alternative answers are possible.

http://www.esnips.com/doc/7d8353df-ecb8-44f2-8d50-3cabf0cc24bd/Current-Affairs-Quiz-PPT

Tuesday, July 3, 2007

More Intersting Links

Dear Students,

There is no need to follow each and every link and read everything. Choose those you are interested in.

Another link to Paris Hilton case :

http://showbizandstyle.inquirer.net/breakingnews/breakingnews/view_article.php?article_id=73017

More on O J Saga

http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2006-11-15-simpson-reaction_x.htmhttp://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,230838,00.html

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Dear All,

Welcome!!!

I started this blog last year for my J1 students. On this blog, I mostly post links to interesting videos, podcasts, newspaper & magazine articles, web pages, online audio programmes etc that I come across for my students. When I have the time, I also try to add in my few cents worth.

If you explore the sidebar apart from a rich variety of links, you will also find hyperlinks to my GP & Lit wikis. It also has a link to my online sharing folder. If you have any notes, ppts or any other resources which you think is interesting or useful for GP or Lit students, please email me. I will upload it either on the GP online sharing folder or one of the two wikis (as appropriate) so that others can download and use them. (Please do keep in mind copyright issues.)

If you follow the GP & Lit wiki links, you will find that apart from resource pages I have also setup online discussion forums for these two subjects. The aim of these forums is to facilitate asynchronous online discussions (AODs). If you have any new topic threads to suggest, email me and I will create it on the forum for your class or group. (I will need forum moderators if this forum grows in future, so volunteers are most welcome).

The next thing I am looking forward to is podcasting. I will keep you updated once I get the hang of it. You can subscribe to my blog & wikis through email notification and RSS feed.

Since this project is still very much in its experimental stage, I welcome your great ideas & suggestions for improvements.

Cheers!!

Mr. Wangyal

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