The Benefits of Blogging

The Benefits of Blogging

 We did some modifications to our blog design in order to make it more convenient for the reader. We added changes such as text list, search bar, archive box, and video bar. We also change the background design. All these changes can make the readers browse in our blog easily. Blogging is such a great tool that gives the students the opportunity to learn from each other, and share their concepts with other colleagues because each person can see a situation from different perspective. So, blogging is an effective way to communicate and write your thoughts, and lets others enjoy reading them.

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Written by: Rayan and Mazionah.

Interview Summary by Mazionah & Rayan

                                             Summary Jan Goodall on Environmental Ethics

 

Anna Maria interviewed Jana Goodall, who is an ethnologist and conservationist. At the beaning,Jane completely disagree that species are worthless. She mentioned that people should save these species and interrelates. In addition, the interviewer asked  Jane about her favorite species and Jane said that the northern bald  ibis is one of her favorite kind of species which are endanger. The ethnologist ended that people have duty toward species. For example, people should give these species place to live as much as possible , because people and these species live in the same place.Many people in Africa rely on the forests because they leave in poverty and forest is the main source for livelihood.  Consequently, there are connection between animals and human, and it was win win win situation. Moreover, she consider all species is important and equal, and matter if they cute or big. Jane said that she read book about species.  She found that there are huge number of species that people do not knew about them. Furthermore, people take some animals when they child to train them for entertainment such as using them in circus. After that, when they get old they send them to zoo or medical research. Goodall agree with Al Gore that global warming is moral problem, because global related to what we do in the past. All in all, Goodall believes that animals have rights, and people must have the responsibility to protect the. In addition, people should save animals children .Also, People should rise their awareness in order to respect all animals rights.  Roots and Shoots is a program in 130 countries that try to rise the awareness and knowledge about species, and empower people to make action. Without a doubt that will reflect on our world by positive way.   (305 words)   written by Mazionah & Rayan.

 

Cross-cultural Conflict

                                                      Cross-Cultural Conflict

 Everyone has his own cultures, traditions, beliefs, and values. When it comes to work together with people from different countries , you can touch many differences clearly. Without a doubt, these differences will lead them to conflict if people do not know how to deal with it. Consequently, Cross Culture Conflicts illustrates the disparity opinions and ideas between people. Culture  is a social inhabited values and beliefs which forms individual and  society.

We should know ourselves, goals, and values, know our assumptions, perceptions and expectations, know our conflict mode or style. There are five styles: competing, avoiding, compromising, collaborating and accommodating. We should be self-aware in the moment, pay attention to your thoughts, emotion and intended reaction. It is important to learn how to stop yourself from reaction and try to calm down.

There are two types of communications:

1    1-   High Context: expressive, indirect and nuanced language use, with high reliance on paralinguistic.

2   2-  Low Context: means that the instrumental, direct, and unblemished use of language with little reliance on paralinguistic case.

 Some people communicate with other in a polite way, using high context, some not. However, this does not mean if someone use direct way of communications that he or she is being rude. It may this normal in their culture.

 MBA Students and Cross-Cultural Conflict

In business filed team work is required. MBA students should know what a cross-cultural conflict to deal with it wisely. There will be an international students with different cultures, thoughts, beliefs, and behaviors, and here begun the conflict. So, if the students know how to deal with conflicts and respect others’ opinions, and ideas, it will be easy to deal with it. Even though students still have their own cultures and beliefs, the have the same objectives that they should work hard to obtain them.

Written by Mazionah & Rayan.

                                                Wall Street

The "Wall Street" is a movie occurred in 1987,in New York. The main character in the movie named Bud Fox, who worked in security company. His aim was to earn much money from his job. However, he started thinking of a new method to achieve his goal after he lost around 7000$ blue to his customers' cheating. He decided to meet the most renamed man in finance domain, Gordon. Buddy become a partner  with Gordon after he tell him about Blue Start Airlines Company, which is renowned by Bud's father. Regardless Buddy's behaviors which is completely illegal, Gorden get the benefits from his information. After that, Gorden destroyed the Blue Star Company, which is lead Bud's father down. Bud's changed his attitude to Gorden in order to save his father's life. Then, the police discover Bud's action, so they cough him. In the end, Gorden asked Bud to met him in public place to fight with him, but Buddy recorded the conservation to have an evidence.


We strongly recommend MBA students to watch "Well Street"  movie Since it is related to business conflict. this movie reflect many aspects in business world. And who brokers fight to be successful even by doing illegal things .competition are required in the filed of business.


written by Mazionah and Rayan

Mazionah's Speech

http://soundcloud.com/user617427540/mazy/s-Wq3vt

Hi every one. Today I am gonna talk, ah, about a serious topic which is sleep disorders because the time does not help me so I will only talk about one type of sleep disorders which named sleep apnea. Sleep apnea is a serious problem that people have, ah, during their sleep. When the person stop breathing, ah, repeatedly during their sleep this sleep apnea and people with unrelated, ah, people with unrelated, oh, untreated sleep apnea can, uh, interrupt their sleeping many times, hundreds of times. So this means that the brain and the rest of the body may not get enough oxygen.
There are two types of sleep apnea: First one, Obstructive Sleep Apnea which is called OSA. This, ah, when, ah, the, the, um, blockage airway stop, which, um the soft tissue in the back of the throat closed the airway. So the person can’t breathe. So this causes the obstructive sleep apnea. The anther type is not because the blockage in the airway, but the brain fails to signal the muscles to breath due to instability in the, ah, respiratory of the, ah, control a center. There are many risk of these, uh, there are many risks from this problem, such as hurt diseases, stroke, depressions, and diabetes. This kind of sleep disorders can effect anyone at any age especially people who, especially male and being, ah, overweight, being over age 40, and having a history of ah, having a history of sleep apnea. Thank you so much.

 Analysis:
 

I was a little nervous. i don't know why? It was not the first time for me to speak in the front of the class. So for this reason, i did some grammar mistakes that i am sure i would not do them if i were writing. Also, i did some Uh and Um, but i will do my best to avoid them next time. However, i spoke very fluently and clearly, and my intonation was quite good.I used some good academic vocabulary.

pronunciation: 5\5
vocabulary: 5\5
Crammer: 4\5

Rayan's Speech

 https://soundcloud.com/user157376544/sounds-from-monday-afternoon




Hi everyone, ah l am going to talk ah about ah l am sorry l am going to talk about my future plan that l have. ah which is studying Art course  after finishing MBA. So l thought of this when l was when l was ah at my friend's drawing Gallery, ah few months ago. When l was in Saudi Arabia to visit my family. ah so ah  l practice drawing new but just in my free time , and ah l have some apps application . ah l drew some pictures in my free time , but l feel not enough to develop my hobby. So l am planning to study this course in order to drew a perfect pictures. ah Also, l feel ah some pictures that l drew people like it but l feel there is something l miss in order to to have a perfect pictures such as using angel ah shadow (from 1:3 to 1:7) l did not say anything. Also, ah obviously this plan is depend on how l can save money in order to pay for this course and to pay for art tools because as you know art course require a lot of money ah and a specific kind of tools such as ah specific kind of colors and ah some papers.and l feel l will l will do this l will get this goal.
 Analysis:

pronunciation: 5\5
vocabulary: 5\5
Crammer: 4\5
thing that surprised me that l spoke very clearly, and nicely. However, l did number of errors because l was little nervous.For example, l said (a perfect pictures) which is wrong , because l cannot use article such as( a) with plural. Also, in future l will do better than this speech because , l will do my best to avoid those errors l made.In addition, l have to make a lot of practice such as listen. without a doubt that will increase vocabulary. Moreover, l should pay attention for grammar mistakes. Finally, if l do all these , my English will develop. 

Our Legacy for Future Generations

Our Legacy for Future Generations

A legacy is something that one generation inherits from the previous generation.  A legacy can be concrete or abstract.  A concrete legacy can be a physical object or a technology, while an abstract legacy may be a concept or an idea. Some legacies can become a springboard for the next generation to build on and pass on to future generations, while others may be rejected and lead to new legacies for the following generation. 

There are many examples of abstract legacies that are built on or expanded and others that are not maintained, and even rejected, by future generations.  Recycling is an example of a legacy that has been successfully implemented and developed. The concept of recycling was established in the 1970s with recycling of plastic and cans. Now people have expanded on that idea and have recently started to recycle food by composting, which reduces waste and benefits agriculture. The concept has grown by understanding that building a sustainable environment requires that we have to watch what we do with our waste. An example of a legacy that has not been maintained is the neglecting of ideas that the increasing use of cars results in a rise of carbon emissions that cause global warming. Some people do not pay a lot of attention to that because they prefer their comfort over the the environment.

In the last decades, there were significant improvements in people’s lives due to the advancement of technology, and this will be a concrete legacy for the next generation.  Some of these technologies are difficult to predict, such as the innovation of nanotechnology in the medical field. Nowadays, cancers have to be treated by using chemotherapy and radiation.  However, these types of treatments have severe side effects on the patients’ body. Scientists have now discovered nanotechnology methods to treat cancers without using chemotherapy, whereby small machines will be put into the patient’s veins to fight the cancers cells.  This treatment has not been applied yet, and this is an example of a legacy that our generation would pass on to the next generation. 

Some abstract legacies can be can be cultural in nature as well. In particular, women driving cars in Saudi Arabia has become a controversial subject recently. Women are not allowed to drive cars because the rules of their culture do not allow them to do so. Most women of the new generation would like to drive, but the majority of people do not accept this idea. If the groups can gather enough support to make it allowable, this will be a legacy for the next generation.

 To finalize, legacies can take on many forms and can have varying impacts on the generations that follow. Some legacies that our generation will leave for the future generation include nanotechnology, food composting, and changing of cultural customs.

Mazionah and Alrayan

What main points make a good presentation ?

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In the last few days, every student in AP5 gave a presentation in the class. Every one got better than first presnetation, but that didn't  happen automatically. As a result of consulting experts and researching a lot on the topic, a good presentation should includes five main points.There are interact with your audientce in advance, have a clear and strong thesis,consider a structure, team work and prefessional powerpoint. Using your knowledge and practices several times you may get a expected result for your presentation.

 

Interact with your audience in advance

Learn as much as you can about the people you will be presenting to so that you can customize your presentation to meet their needs. You ought to choose a simillar culture background and using an

appropriate lanuage.

 

Have a clear and strong thesis:

 

Thesis is the most significant part in the presentation, it will provide audience what is the purpose and the goal of this presatation. An uniform thesis is required by a professional presentation.Meanwhile, the thesis in the presentation can be repeated by two or three times.

 

 

Consider your structure

 

–Outline

- Major point

–Subpoint 1

–Subpoint 2:

–Subpoint 3: 

 

Furthermore, this presentation can look like an essay .Your subpoints should include specific data and advice, but don’t go overboard or you will overwhelm your audience. It’s way better to include memorable data and examples that will competely correct. 

 

Teamwork

 

Some people state that teamwork is not as important as other parts, they can write and memory at home individually. However, it is incorrect beacuse a really teamwork can help eachother more understand the topic,thesis and praticse fullently. For example, group 5 in the last presentation did not work well ,so the result reflected a bad teamwork. Teamwork can also give us a good relationship between team numbers.

 

Professional Powerpoint

 

In conclution, over the points above are very important for making a wonderful presentation. We can emsiate our presatation by checking those point one by one. Meanwhile, a professional visual aid such as a powerpoint can level up your presentation as well.

 

 

By Jialin

 

 

 

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A Good Group Presentation By Alrayan

                                                   A Good group Presentation
     

                  Without a doubt there are number of factors will help the group to do well in their presentation. This paragraph will explain fife factors. First factor is the flexibility. For example, the team members should accept the others opinion, because divergence of views is possible in any group. However, in case of difference in opinions happen between the group members, they have not take it  as a serious problem .Otherwise , they will lose the cooperation between them ,and without a doubt they cannot take any benefits from their group. The second factor is full discipline. To illustrate that , every team member has to work seriously on his\her part, and they have to avoid dependency on only one member. For instance, everyone need to read carefully around the subject and make search to understand the subject very well.That will help everyone to knew his\her part what would be like.  These two factors should be considered before the presentation. Also, there are three other different factors that help the group  to present in a nice way. Every team worker has to be comfort.  because that will reflect on the audience's understanding .However ,if they do not feel confidant then no one will care about the presentation . Using a sense of humor in the presentation could help the presenters and audiences to lose stress. Also, the unity among the presenters' speech will give the audience a chance to get the idea from the presentation.  For example, all the group should talk about the same subject, and develop with clear controls idea . In my opinion, team members have to be awareness about their goals from the presentation and after the presentation. l mean by that , there are short term goals such as achieving the presentation in a good way and then take a good mark. They have to knew these goals and work on them. Finally, the group member need to enjoy working together , because that will reflects on their work. Especially if they follow the fife factors .



By Alrayan

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by Alrayan Alanazi

   

                                                     Goals And Strategies

         In my life, there are number of goals l will do my best to achieve them. Passing AP5 plus academic program  are the main goal in short term. Also, there are other targets , l would meet in AP5:

1. I would develop my vocabulary , because that will help me to be success in AP5. Also, that will help me to feel comfortable to discuss with native Canadian people about any subject.  
2. I would like to refine  some skills that l need in MBA program such as listening and taking notes.
   3. I will range my time between AP5 and Academic program.  What l mean by Academic program is my Economic course that l am studying plus AP5. 
   
   

My strategies: 

• Arranging my time  between (AP5 and Academic program) is the first strategy.
• Reading is the second strategy ,and that will help me to increase the amount of vocabulary. In addition, my reading speed will raise than before.
• practicing listening everyday will help me to improve my English by many ways. For example, I can write note while l listen to news ,and that will help me to understand the news clearly.
  

  • I will tell my friends how many words l will learn every week , so that will be like kind of obligation with others . 

   

by Alrayan

Useful Links

BBC English:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/topic-group/word-grammar


Ask :

http://www.ask.com/

Nationalpost:

http://www.nationalpost.com/index.html

Business dictionary:

http://www.nationalpost.com/index.html

Personal study goals by Jialin

                                                  Personal study goals by Jialin

• According to the study time table, My purposed goal for passing AP5 in a qualify achievement includes 4 parts.Firstly, the quantity of vocabulary will reach approximately 6000. Sencondly, Reading speed should be improved a lot and almost like a Canada high school student. Also, Because of my working experiences was human resource, my writing style and structure have to change from narration to  controversial argumentation. Finally, using more fluent english to communicate with people. I will read 2 - 4 extral essaies,for example a bigraphy per week ,and 20-30 new extral ecademic words and using listening resource to practise listening.
• Therefore, My study plan will help prepare me to meet my personal goals of understanding more about academic english and thus be better able to start my MBA foundation course in June.

Study plan by Jialin

 

	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thur	Fri
9:30-11:30	Review(libiray)	Review(libiray)	Review(libiray)	Review(libiray)	AC(Academic)
12:00-12:20	Lunch Time
12:30-16:30	AP5 class	AP5 class	AP5 class	AP5 class	Group work
18:00-19:00	Dinner Time
19:00-21:00	Homework	Homework	Homework	Homework	Presentation
21:00-22:30	30new academic words	2 extra- reading	1 extra essay	BBC learning English listening	An English movie