BEL 260 callooh callay !

First of all, Happy New Year to u guys ! :D Welcome 2012 ! Hopefully 2012 is better than 2011 and this year will make your life more happy.

Tuesday, 3rd January 2012

On this day, we learned how to answered writing part in the exam BEL 260. It is about how non linear will change to linear text writing.


               Tips on how to do task 

Spend 5 minutes reading the graphs/charts etc.

Make sure you understand axes.

Make sure you follow lines on graph.

Focus on the key information.

If two graphs – compare.

Think about the time period – tenses.

Vary your vocabulary.

Organize information clearly.

       Write neatly


 Non linear writing's formula

•TITLE

Firstly, extract the TITLE from the question and underline it

1) OV + CI

--->You may write in just 1 paragraph but 2 or 3 paragraphs are also accepted, generally it depends on what kind of stimuli are given. Begin each paragraph with phrases like:

       i) According to the...
ii) Based on the...
iii) With reference to...

2-3) KFs

-->For the second and/or third paragraphs, you need to identify the Key Features (KFs) which are the MOST OUTSTANDING ideas from the stimuli.

•Notes: Do not make any external ASSUMPTIONS

4) P(i) + P(ii)

  -->For the closing, it consists of minimum two sentences, Prediction (Pi) and Proposal(Pi)

At the end of class, Miss Zu gave us task and we must present as a group on
Thursday nite. My group members are Aira, Hanis and Niena.

Wednesday, 4th January 2012

Suddenly, my class was very awkward on that day because Miss Zu got very
angry with us. The reason why she became like that because we did not do a port
folio very well including me. She gave us time to changed it and next week she
want to check again. Actually, my group must present about the grammar
"Pronouns" and "Preposition" on that day but Miss Zu was totally forgot about it.
So, we changed it to present next week.

Now, back to the topic. On that day, Miss Zu was taught us about the topic sentences.
-->   A topic sentence (also known as a focus sentence) included or organises an entire paragraph, and you should be careful to include one in most of your major paragraphs. Although topic sentences may appear anywhere in a paragraph, in academic essays they often appear at the beginning.

Topic sentence suggests or states the the main idea:

lIn finding the main idea, ask yourself these:

–What idea is common to most of the text?

–What is the idea that relates the parts to the whole?

–What opinion do all the parts support?

 :) Then, we played a game. We must watched a few video and make the topic sentences by a group. As usual, my group members are Aira, Hanis, and Niena. Although, the game had not finish yet but i think my group was did well.

                               

                  The topic sentences : The effect of a broken family.

Below are the links for others video. Can you guys find the topic

sentences from the video?

Seat belt commercial

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nI9_BTm41MI

Petronas Ad  2006 - Ayah

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppbDj7QsYVE

Petronas Ad 2003 - Alkisah janda beranak tujuh

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ns5zDpOJa-c

Thursday, 6th January 2012

Ohhhh my ! another night class. I do not know why when Thursday I always feel
very tired. Maybe because of the Kor on the day and class at night. Mostly, my
classmates always hungry when came to the class ;(
Today, is the day that we must present the task that Miss Zu had given. The task
was:

Write a report based on this table:

The length of this report should be 150 – 200 words.

Make sure to follow the formula.

Hours spent on activities by different age groups in Someland
Activity                        Age	Teens	20s	30s	40s	50s	60s	70s +
Watching TV/videos	1,200	700	400	500	600	700	1,100
Socialising with        4 or less people	150	150	300	250	250	200	200
Socialising with        4 or more people	350	350	50	50	25	25	25
Doing individual exercise	150	100	200	200	50	75	150
Doing group exercise/sport	450	350	200	150	50	0	0
Watching movies in cinemas	100	75	50	25	25	50	75

My group did not present it very well. There are a few grammar mistakes that we did. So, Miss Zu told us to correct it and pass up the next day before 10pm. So, I will shows you the best group reports.

Elya's Group

Hours spent on activities by different age group in Someland

The table represents the hours spent on activities by different age group from teens to 70s and above in Someland. The hours spent on doing two out of all the activities shows a decreasing rate while the rest shows a fluctuating rate. (OV + CI)

The time spent on watching television slumped significantly at 30s, where it then rose at 40s+. Due to work commitments, no spare time is allocated for entertainments. (KF 1)

However, the time used on socialising with four or more people dropped by 93% with a constant rate along the age groups, as their responsibilities increases, lesser hours are spent on leisure. (KF 2)

Individual exercise shows the most inconsistent rate, from dropping by 50 at 20s to rising by 100 at 40s to falling by 150 at 50s, it then shot back up by 100 at 70s. Health issues based on old age might be the cause of the sudden boomed in hours. (KF 3)

The table indicates the reducing number of people doing group exercise from teens to 60s and above. The higher the age group the lesser the activities are carried out due to health restrictions. Government can alter this statistics by advertise the benefits of exercise through mass media. (Pi + Pii)

(200 words, minus title and brackets)

Key:

Orange : predictions/assumptions, (Pi)

Purple : proposal, (Pii)

Iffah's Group

Hours spent on activities by different age groups in Someland

The table shows the hours spent on activities like watching television or video, socialising with four or less people, socialising with four or more people, doing individual exercise, doing group exercise or sport and watching movies in cinemas by different age groups from teens to 70s+ in Someland.

The activity of socialising with four or more people is decreasing from 350 for teens until 25 for 70s+.

For teens, watching television or video has the highest hours spent because they like to watch entertainment programmes. However, from age 20s to 30s the hours spent has decreased because they are too busy with their works, but climbing back from age 40s to 70s.

On the other hand, doing group exercise or sport decline from teens to 70s+. This is cause by the ageing process that occurs to human being that leads to the declination in joining outdoor activities.

Based on the table, we can conclude that when we become older, we will do less outdoor activities because our body become weak as we do not have enough energy to do more activity. Government should organize a campaign such as “10,000 steps a day” to encourage community to join other outdoor activities.

Reference:
http://www.graphpad.com/www/nonling3.htm