Friday, May 18, 2007

WHY IMMERSION TEACHING WORKS

Test ans1: results for 1959009:
You scored 9 out of 16


You missed questions: 1.4.5.7.10.12.16
WHY IMMERSION TEACHING WORKS
As a Canadian immersion teacher, I was enthused to see the letter from John Whelpton about the Canadian immersion experience (South China Morning Post, June 11). I would like to take this opportunity to expand upon and challenge some of his views.

CHINA'S LOOMING ENVIRONMENTAL CRISIS

Test ans25: results for 1959009:
Check your score sheet


You missed questions: 1 4 5 7 10 12 16
CHINA'S LOOMING ENVIRONMENTAL CRISIS
Moderate earthquake shook Tangshan early yesterday, striking fear into millions of Chinese. In 1976, a much stronger tremor in the same city killed 240,000 - and heralded the death of Mao Zedong. Superstition now surrounds years in which the lunar calendar counts the eighth month twice. The so-called double-August occurred in 1976 and began on August 26 this year. It lasts until October 23.
Yesterday's quake, registering 5.0 on the Richter scale and felt 160 kilometres away in Beijing, fulfils the premonition that natural disasters and cataclysmic political events occur in leap-August. Soothsayers suggest that just as the death of Mao followed shortly after the 1976 quake, the death of ailing patriarch Deng Xiaoping might be foretold.
Form ---- http://www.edict.com.hk/vlc/comp/frame25T.htm

BIZ-------TOEIC TEST

I used the TOEIC TEST and CD-ROW to test myself in the LIVE BIZ book. I got 24 correct answers in the listening comprehension, and I got 27 correct answers in the reading. I think that it is difficult for me and maybe I need to do more TOELC TEST to promote myself.

Exercise on Preposition from VLC

Blue color is my answer.
Red color is correct answer.
Yellow color is worng answer.

(0) 1. He refused to comment on the problem.
(0) 2. What is the reason of / forHong Kong's air pollution?
(x) 3. Can we meet to discuss about with the policy changes?
(x) 4. Graduates should consider onthattheir career goals.
(0) 5. They were asked to participate in the interviews.
(x) 6. Obviously you need to adapt for/to changing circumstances.
(x) 7. Applicants who filled with/ out the questionnaire were then chosen randomly.
(0) 8. This figure could reflect their dissatisfaction of/ with the lack og training.
(0) 9. What are the main differences of/ between US English and the English spoken in the UK?
(0) 10. Some authorities are now claiming that chocolate may be good to /for you in moderate quantities.
(X) 11.The USA made a formal complaint on /about that country's environmental policy.
(0) 12. Pay attention on/to that company's press releases. They may be looking for new employees soon.
(x) 13. The cleaners demanded for/ that a pay rise because of the recent rise in prices.
(0) 14. People can use credit cards to pay for goods on the web.
(x) 15. If on line learning can be developed, it seems to me that education will be more effective than in/ the past.
(0) 16. Education in/on the internet can save a lot of resources.
(0) 17. form/In my point of view, I do not think the government should censor the Internet.
(x) 18. All Hong Kong people were concerned on/for/about the recent economic crisis.
(x) 19. In some universities more than 2000 students are enrolled in/on the same course.
(x) 19. They want to get a job in/for/at the earliest possible opportunity.
(0) 20.This implies that the present situation of/in Hong Kong does not allow graduates to get their first preference jobs easily.
(x) 21. Because of the economic downturn, students ontended to apply to/for more jobs than last year.
(x) 22. Concerning about/with job seeking skills, the findings presented in Table 5 show that one-third of the subjects felt they needed more help in their interview techniques.
(x) 23. 24% of the subjects claimed that they needed help on/ for/with English speaking skills.
(0) 24. This figure could reflect their dissatisfaction of /with the lack of training.
I got 12 correct answers.

Monday, May 14, 2007

Shop FAQs

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