hi everyone
It seems that you started your course. I also started my course last Wednesday. I'm studying in the CELE. Every thing is different and probably more difficult.
I just wanted to wish you luck.
see you
Tuesday, 21 April 2009
Saturday, 4 April 2009
Thursday, 2 April 2009
My home town is called Misurata.It is a coastal town located in the northwestern part of Libya. Its culture is Arabic and Islamic. It differ from Nottingham in many ways. I started seeing the differences immediately when I arrived in the UK.
The first thing I noticed is the weather. I left Libya in a beautiful summary day, and my children had been on the beach the day before. On the contrary, the same day was rainy here and the worst thing is that it continued raining all the "summer". And although Misurata's weather can be changeable, It just takes place on some days during spring and autumn. Unlike here in the UK were this changeable weather lasts for the whole year.
People are another thing which is obviously different. In any street in my town you can see people greeting and shaking hands. In addition, it is rare to see an old person who is carrying the grocery by his own.Usually you see a younger person walking long side him.Whereas here in Nottingham people are cold and terse, even the neighbours don't know each other. Also, I feel sorrow for old people who I see in the street because they have to do everything by themselves though they struggle to walk.
Another thing which I'm going to compare is the houses.Our houses in Misurata are bigger, usually bungalows with big gardens as my country is vast and has a small population. Some houses have more than one floor, yet their stairs are wide and comfortable. While the houses in Notingham are mostly detached and their stairs are narrow and almost vertical.
The last thing I want to compare is the transport. The public transport is much better in Nottingham. In my town we depend on our own cars or taxis. There are no regular buses inside the city. There are not any trains or trams.Moreover, the roads are not as good as the ones here.
In spite of being on the same planet, Misurata and Nottingham , from my point of view , are completely different. Their culture, religion, architecture....etc are very dissimilar. Therefore, I find my life here is not easy,yet interesting because it's different.
The first thing I noticed is the weather. I left Libya in a beautiful summary day, and my children had been on the beach the day before. On the contrary, the same day was rainy here and the worst thing is that it continued raining all the "summer". And although Misurata's weather can be changeable, It just takes place on some days during spring and autumn. Unlike here in the UK were this changeable weather lasts for the whole year.
People are another thing which is obviously different. In any street in my town you can see people greeting and shaking hands. In addition, it is rare to see an old person who is carrying the grocery by his own.Usually you see a younger person walking long side him.Whereas here in Nottingham people are cold and terse, even the neighbours don't know each other. Also, I feel sorrow for old people who I see in the street because they have to do everything by themselves though they struggle to walk.
Another thing which I'm going to compare is the houses.Our houses in Misurata are bigger, usually bungalows with big gardens as my country is vast and has a small population. Some houses have more than one floor, yet their stairs are wide and comfortable. While the houses in Notingham are mostly detached and their stairs are narrow and almost vertical.
The last thing I want to compare is the transport. The public transport is much better in Nottingham. In my town we depend on our own cars or taxis. There are no regular buses inside the city. There are not any trains or trams.Moreover, the roads are not as good as the ones here.
In spite of being on the same planet, Misurata and Nottingham , from my point of view , are completely different. Their culture, religion, architecture....etc are very dissimilar. Therefore, I find my life here is not easy,yet interesting because it's different.
Wednesday, 1 April 2009
Globalization have a lot of effects, one of them is the effect on people's languages. As human all over the world are able to communicate very easily by new technologies, which mainly use English, some experts predict that some languages might disappear and English will be the global language.
Some people claim that English will continue its spreading, since it is the language which dominated new technologies as computer and Internet.However it is not completely true.Actually,these products have a wide range of languages in order to be worldwide marketed. for instant, I can change the system in my computer into Arabic easily.In addition, there are thousands of Arabic websites and search engines are available in Arabic.
Another argument is that English may not replace other languages, but it effects them.Although it is true,it also happens the other way around. English has been effected by other languages ,too. As a result of those effects English has a major change.so, maybe after 50 years it will be so different from what we are learning now.
In conclusion, every day languages are changing as rapid as our world is. And the number of spoken languages is decreasing. From my point of view, every language faces the challenge of developing and surviving, even English does.I don't think English will dominate the world. If the global language existed one day, it probably would be mixed from different languages all around the world.
Some people claim that English will continue its spreading, since it is the language which dominated new technologies as computer and Internet.However it is not completely true.Actually,these products have a wide range of languages in order to be worldwide marketed. for instant, I can change the system in my computer into Arabic easily.In addition, there are thousands of Arabic websites and search engines are available in Arabic.
Another argument is that English may not replace other languages, but it effects them.Although it is true,it also happens the other way around. English has been effected by other languages ,too. As a result of those effects English has a major change.so, maybe after 50 years it will be so different from what we are learning now.
In conclusion, every day languages are changing as rapid as our world is. And the number of spoken languages is decreasing. From my point of view, every language faces the challenge of developing and surviving, even English does.I don't think English will dominate the world. If the global language existed one day, it probably would be mixed from different languages all around the world.
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