a good manager

The attributes of a good manager

In my opinion, a good manager should create a positive environment for all employees, he should also be responsible for his work and team, and lastly he should be able to process the company information efficiently.  

First of all, a good manager should create a positive environment for all his employee’s, because this will help the employee’s works well together and be happy with their job. The most important thing is when the employees are assigned with a difficult task, there will be more pressure and stress as there are more unknown obstacles to face in the new task. As the manager is well prepared for the situation he should be able fix any problems that arises immediately, therefore this will help in maintaining a positive environment for all employees, helping all employees to feel happy with their job. Supporting this ideas Mintzberg theory a leadership under interpersonal roles suggests that each time a manager encourages a subordinate, or middles in his affairs, or replies to one of his requests (Robbins, 2000, p.291). For example, a manager finds time to listen to his employee when they have a problem and acts on it. Therefore, a good manager should maintain all roles to keep his staff happy to ensure a positive environment.    

Secondly, a good manager should be responsible for his work and team because he has to design and improve task and team member skills. The manager also has to able to take charge, solve problems and assign task to his employees because this is important for the manager to make the decision and help their team continue their work in the right direction. Supporting these ideas Mintzberg’s theory in decisional roles under entrepreneur points out that the manager is the initiator and also controls the changes that happens in the organization (Robbins, 2000, p. 293).  For example, a good business manager should be the first one in and the last one out on the job. Therefore, a good manager should have all these responsibilities to ensure that the work could be done well and successfully.

Lastly, a good manager should be able to process the company information efficiently because information is important to running the business. If the manager knows more information about their company then he will able to analyse the organization performance. Supporting this ideas Mintzberg’s theory an information roles under monitor concludes that "the manager should seeks and receives wide variety of special information to develop thorough understanding of organization and environment, emerges as nerve centre of internal and external information about the organization". (Robbins, 2000, p. 12). For example, reading periodicals and reports, maintaining personal contacts. Therefore, a good manager should know all roles to analyse their information to improve the company.

The attributes of a good manager should be able to create a positive environment for all his employees so all employees will be able to feel happy and relaxed in their jobs. The manager should also be responsible for his work and team to ensure the work is completed successfully and the manager should be able to analyse the company information to ensure the running of his company. If a good manager have all these characteristics this will help them succeed in running their business.

By Pormov LIM

12/07/10

Reference

Mintzberg, H. (1971). Managerial work: analysis from observation, 
                      In L.E. Boone & D.D, Bowen (Eds.), The great 
                      writings in management and organizational behavior. 
                      (pp. 282-300), 2^nd ed.). 
                      New York: Random House

Robbins, S.P., Bergman, R., Stagg, I., & Coulter, M. (2000). 
                      Management. Friend  Forest  Australia:
                      Prentice Hall Auckland Pty.

Em...

Adviser is important for study.
Actually, I really need an adviser to help me improve and correct my English lol.
Who is my adviser lol?
Em.......

Diary...

 Well, I got another mail from my friend,  this mail talking about writing diary. Actually, I used to write diary everyday... wrote about my life experience - (activities, something happened in my life  etc.,) more than ten years. First time, 1997, I started write it in "a Diary book" and used Khmer language. When I came to study in Thai, I continue wrote in Thai language and after I had my own laptop I changed to write it in my computer and sometime wrote in space, blog or face book. However, sometime I found that it was very hard to shared everything about my life. Therefore, writing diary in your diary book or in your computer is safety than in blog :) in my point of views, if we write some information or some positive ideas - (that you feel safety in your life) in the blog is the best thing, especially sharing about our education or how to improve our life. So, should we write and share our opinion or knowledge in our blog, thats right???


Well ok, forget my rubbish thinking..! and now read some ideas from my friend at bellow: 

 
"Why Diary?

A diary is a personal journal written for the benefit of our memory of events or thoughts of the old days. These days many people make their diary public so that other people can read, enjoy or learn something from it. It is a kind of sharing their thoughts, events or lessons they have learnet in their lives. At the same time, the writers can also learn from people’s comments made on their public journals.

Writing a public diary can benefit us in many ways. On the one hand, such a kind of writing is a course of training on its own, as writing for other readers requires more explanation than writing just for oneself. We can learn to explain our ideas as well as to relate the events, accompanied with our own thoughts or lessons acquired each day. Writing a diary or personal journal is more relaxing than writing an academic essay. Yet it demands a thought of conclusion in the same way as academic essay does. In this way, we learn to conclude our own thoughts in a more relaxed situation. This will finally improve our overall writing skills. On the other hand, we may learn even more from readers’ comments, encouragement or suggestions made on our diary.

Not only for communication purposes, writing a diary also helps us to understand ourselves more, as we need to have a clear idea in mind before explaining it to others.

In general, a diary should witness our moments of happiness, being a concrete evidence of joy that we can pick up to read again and again in order to be cheerful. However, in case of some ‘not good things’ filling our days, we may still benefit from writing a diary. In such situation, it may be better to avoid explaining the event in detail. Just relate the event briefly, without touching on the bad memory, in order to go further to the lessons or dhamma learned from the event or to the dhamma we employed in order to encourage ourselves to continue doing good deeds.

By doing good things and sharing the good thoughts or lessons, we are making this world beautiful with the good".


Thank you for your mail.
@072

Thanks for your mail

My friend graduated in PH.D. wow wow.!!! U r great..!
This Email was send to me and I think is the good way for my friend and me who want to know how to improve our English and study in the future..


Lets to read it...!



Subject: Dealing with teachers/supervisors‏
Sent: Thu 7/01/10 9:50 AM

Dealing with Teachers/Supervisor

During the period of study, students need to deal with teachers or their supervisors in various matters. In doing so, it is necessary that students know the teachers’ preferences, understand their situations or even be sensitive to their moods. As such, students will be able to adjust themselves appropriately to conform to the teachers’ preferences.

This seems to be common for any interpersonal relation. In order to make our coordination or cooperation fruitful, we need to understand the situations and sometimes it is necessary that we adjust ourselves accordingly. However, this is not always easy, as all individuals have their own preferences. Sometimes it is not very pleasurable to put aside one’s own sensitivity in order to accommodate that of others. In any case, as teachers or supervisors are persons influential for students’ success or completion, it is essential that students develop some strategies to deal with them. This is perhaps a reason why the USYD student representative body (SUPRA) provides the USYD students with a manual entitled ‘Working with supervisor’ or something similar. It is a means by which senior students advise their juniors how to deal with teachers.

I myself have never read SUPRA’s manual, even though I came across it for many times and felt it is interesting. Nevertheless, during my study, I got useful advices from a senior student of the same supervisor and I always appreciate it. I call that senior student ‘Rabbi.’ This is how my supervisor also calls him.

The word ‘Rabbi’ is a title of respect for a spiritual leader of the Jewish or related religions. This Rabbi, my senior,[1] is a spiritual leader of the Mandaean community which is situated in Sydney.[2] He is a true spiritual person, suitable for his position in his religion. His kindness and friendship extend to us who are people of different practices and faiths.

In the early period of my study, I usually met Rabbi in the PGARC (Postgraduate Arts Research Centre), the working place for postgraduate students in the Faculty of Arts. He worked hard days and nights, but still looked happy, contented and mindful at all times. He always told me when we met “work very hard, work very hard!” And when I had a question such as how to type diacritical signs, he taught me and showed me how to do it.

In a later phase, when I was rushing on the first draft of my thesis, Rabbi advised me again how to learn most from the supervisor.

It was when we were in Thailand, after the International Samādhi Forum (ISF), held in Chiang Mai, in which Rabbi was a speaker who presented a research paper on meditation. During those days, my supervisor stayed in the same house with Rabbi, in the Tawandhamma Village close to our temple. On that day, I went to see them, bringing vegetarian foods for some practitioners, out of my concern that our staffs might not have been able to find for them vegetarian foods. Some of them could not eat meat.

After a conversation with Dr Crangle, my supervisor, regarding the submission of the first draft of my thesis, I had a brief period to talk to Rabbi. He advised me that it is best to make our work perfect or nearly perfect before submitting it to our supervisor. “Don’t be too rush,” he told me. As our supervisor is meticulous in the accuracy of English writing, he can be easily irritated on seeing wrong spellings or grammatical errors. If our writing has a lot of mistakes in regard to English language, the supervisor will need to take time correcting our English and hence have no more time to assess other qualities of our writing. As such, we won’t be able to learn anything more from him.

Therefore, before submitting our writing to the supervisor, it is best to check for all mistakes and correct them first. Or we may ask an English native speaker to edit our work, in order to ensure the good quality of English writing. If the supervisor is satisfied with our English, or at least is not irritated with it, he will teach us more on other aspects, such as how to construct the chapters, how to support the argument in a more reasonable way, how to write to suite readers’ expectations or something else which are all beneficial. In this way, we will learn most from the supervisor and that will be helpful for our own works in the future.

It has been proven that the Rabbi’s advice is correct. Being care for the correctness of the writing, I tried my best to correct all mistakes, even before sending the writing to Dr Jeff, our English editor. Moreover, every time I got the work back from him, I learned how Dr Jeff corrected my English and tried to understand it. Whenever I could not understand his correction, I asked him to explain it to me. In this way I gradually learned from him how to write in English in the way it should be. Even though my English is still far from being perfect, it has improved a lot.

Later, in the submission of my work for examination, I could ask for Dr Jeff’s editorial help only for the first chapter. As there were only few days for my supervisor to look at the work, I decided to send the work directly to him, after trying my best to correct all possible mistakes. The supervisor appeared satisfied with the work. He asked me how I improved my English writing or whether there was someone editing the work for me. At that time, only P’ Moo helped proof-read through the thesis, but mostly she made no correction on it. It was the care that improved my work!

Rabbi’s advice is common in dealing with all teachers, not only with our supervisor. The care for qualities of the work shows our respect to the teachers who will assess it. At the same time, it shows our respect for learning. In Pali, this is called sikkhāgāravatā.[3]

According to the Buddha’s teaching, sikkhāgāravatā or respect for learning is a virtue necessary for the development of wisdom. It helps prevent us from falling back from the good. Therefore, students should try their best to study with care. ‘Learning with care’ will bring about the highest result for all students, irrespective of their initial capacity. The care taken in our study can elevate the students’ capacity to its highest potential.



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[1] Rabbi Dr Brikha Nasoraia, Brikha President of the International Mandaean Nasoraean Supreme Council.

[2] Many years ago, most Mandaean people migrated worldwide from Iraq, after a longer than one millennium persecution of the Islamic government in their countries of origin. In Australia, the Mandaean community is situated mainly in Sydney.

[3] Originally, Sikkāgāravatā refers to respect in Buddhist three modes of learning: sīla, samādhi and paññā.

Bl. 5

HW:

“Scientist working on transplant techniques grew a human ear on the back of a mouse. The ear is molded using human cartilage cells, and nourished by the mouse’s blood as it grows”. Find a reference and write a passage using your reference.

In my opinion, increase knowledge for helping people is the best thing that we should agree. As the result, BBC (2002) said “around 100 people waiting for a liver transplant” that means more people need some help from a mad scientist. For this case - working on transplant techniques grew a human ear on the back of a mouse are have many advantages such as help people who lost their ear, nose and so on. One reason that I supported this Idea because in this work are do not killed any mouse but they just putting a mold resembling the shape of a human ear on to its back and if they take the ear off a mouse still alive. I think this way is not cruel any animal but just help animal make a big deep (merit) for human being. Maybe in the future, can we have a new fashion ear like as “ape ear” for people to choose it?!! Some people don’t like their original ear…maybe they can be change it (lol this is just my stupid think – don’t laughs lol). However, I’m not a mad scientist, so I don’t know about what was the researcher done in this job, so, can we concern that human will take some DNA from the animal?. For this point Dr. Kruszelinicki (2006) reported that human DNA had taken over the mouse DNA, and commanded it to grow a human ear “But it never happened” because the mouse in the famous photo had never been genetically engineered.!

Actually, as the result, scientists had believed it was not possible to grow anything more complex than simple tissues…because of problems growing the blood vessel networks. To do this, they use a "frame" made of a biodegradable plastic. (BBC, 2002).



Reference

BBC. (2002). Artificial liver 'could be grown'. Retrieved from http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/1949073.stm

Kruszelinicki, K. (2006). Mouse with human ear. Retrieved from www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2006/06/02/1644154.htm

Motivation - Mind Map

Mind Maps have been produced to introduce topics and give students an overview of key topics being studied. The maps can be viewed as a whole page or, for those who prefer a more linear approach, as a text version.

1) Maslow
o Physiological
o Safety
o Affiliation
o Esteem
o Self-Actualisation

2) Drucker
o Money!

3) Likert
o Exploitive-authoritative
o Benevolent-authoritative
o Consultative
o Participative-group

4) Taylor
o Scientific Management

5) Argyris
o Bureaucratic/Pyramidal
o Humanistic/Democratic

6) Herzberg
6.1. Hygiene Factors
+ Conditions
+ Pay
+ Status
+ Security
+ Company policies

6.2. Motivation factors
+ Achievement
+ Recognition
+ Growth/Advancement
+ Interest in the job

7. McClelland
o Need to Achieve
o Risk v outcome v success
o Necessity of feedback

8) McGregor
o Theory X
o Theory Y

9) Mayo
o 'Hawthorne Effect'
o Importance of Teamwork
o Social Collaboration

Do you know all these theory?
We should to know it :)
I will compare these theory with Buddhism. ^^/


Reference:


biz/ed. (n.d). Motivation - Mind Map. Retrieved from
http://www.bized.co.uk/educators/16-19/business/hrm/presentation
/motivation_map.html

Student A: Presentation

Student A should answer questions like the following :

1. Why did you choose the topic?

2. What interested you in the New Internationalist article?

3. What was the best source of information? Why?

4. What was the worst source of information? Why?

5. Did you find the answers to your questions easily?

6. Were your questions good questions, or would you phrase them differently next time?

7. Was it difficult deciding what was important information?

8. Did you and your partner work well together?

9. Did you make good use of the time?

10. What would you do differently the next time?



PS. Student B : Present writing of group assignment...


6^.^9

APA information

Learn more how to use APA referencing


Good luck :)

Guide to writing from Albert

Guide to writing in journals:(Albert)

1. What is helping you to learn in this course? Think about, for example, what you do both inside of class.
2. What is NOT helping you learn? Think about, for example, what you do both inside and outside of class.
3. Is there anything that you would like to see changed is this course?
4. What can the teacher do to help you?
5. What can you do to help yourself?
6. Do you have any other comments?

In Blog

1. What was the topic?
To answer the six questions therefore the first sentence is to state that the six questions can or cannot be answered, then state what you want to write in your paragraph.

2. What was the aim of the first blog.
To see the students understand the topic and that they can decide what is important or not important to answer in their paragraph.

3. Please put a subject heading, this makes it easy to follow your paragraph.

4. Overall a very good result with some good ideas. Remember one paragraph means one main topic (idea) that you want to expand with more supporting detail.


Paragraph plan for letters of complaint
1. Salutation = intro, dear…
2. Paragraph 1 reasons for writing
3. Paragraphs 2, 3 complaint with justification
4. Final paragraph closing remarks
5. Sign your name


Yeah, I Will answer that six question next time.., now busy with writing N.3,4 and find info of assignment2.

Benefits...

The advantages of Meditation

My grandma is an Idol of my life. I remembered, when I was young my grandma taught me how to meditate and chant. That time I did not know what is a benefit of meditation for me. So, she explained to me that the benefits of meditation can be given me in the order of creasing levels as follows.

Firstly, meditation offers you calmness of the mind. Your mind do not continue to wander off aimlessly. As the result, if you practices it you able to develop the concentration needed to complete any task.

Secondly, your mind is trained to become still. A still mind is pure, clear and bright. When the mind is in this state, you can experience happiness and hopefulness. Therefore, you was filled with good wishes for all and you feel encouraged to continue accumulating good deeds.

Thirdly, your mind is kept still at the center of your body for a prolonged period of time. Your mind will become very bright. The clarity and briskness of the mind will help you relax and can see the true about your study or your life.

Finally, the purpose of meditation is be can help you released your stress, depressing, suffering in your life.

After she explained it to me she took me to go meditation room and was started to chant and do meditation with her. In my opinion, I think my grandma is easy to get on with. I always visited and talked to her. when I do meditation and chanting I always miss her and remember how she taught me to do when I was young.



Love Grandma :)

This That....

1. Laptop vs Desktop

People have been using a desktop computer at home, work, and school for years. Now they are great new machines to have a portable computer called the laptop. However, both of computers are has advantages and disadvantages.

Firstly, the main benefit of a laptop is the portability. This can be a huge benefit, allowing you to take your computer go to anywhere. For example, If you constantly have to go on trips, a laptop will be very useful because your own laptop will have all your information such as your home works, pictures, music, presentations, e-mail. However, the prize of laptop is very high than desktop. Definitely, a desktop computer tends to be cheaper than a laptop computer of similar specification. For example, if you buy a standard desktop PC with fairly moderate features such as 1GB ready access memory (RAM) and 160GB hard drive will cost you less than $300, but a laptop which has features that can replace your desktop will cost you at least $700.

Secondly, Laptops are compact. The single laptop contains, your monitor, CPU, speakers, keyboard, mouse and everything else a normal computer contains. If you do not have place at home or have little space on your office desk, then it would be good to go in for laptop. In contrast, desktop is easy to upgrade than the laptop. Upgrading the memory, hard drive or most other components of your desktop PC require minimal understanding of the way in which the computer works. Also, when you open up your desktop's tower, you will see that there is plenty of room to move around to remove and/or replace parts. This case I used to do to my desktop many times.

Thirdly, a laptop computer is more power-efficient than a desktop. This is beneficial for businesses and homes where there is a computer running constantly. You could even save money on your electricity bill if you choose a laptop computer over a desktop PC. What is more, laptop computer can be distracting to work at a computer with a droning fan or one that sounds like it’s taking off every time you open a file. A laptop computer is often quieter than a desktop PC, due to better components and less heat production. This means cooling fans can be run at a slower speed and less often, giving you a quieter working environment. Conversely, desktop will not require accessories such as portable charging cords or batteries. Also, because desktops are easier to upgrade than laptop, accessories such as external hard drives and external disc drives are generally not needed. In addition, desktop computer are more powerful, reliable, easier to fix and doesn't get stolen very much if compared to a laptop computer.

To sum up, the laptop is the mobility, and powerful to used everywhere and every time but the prize is more expensive than the desktop but the desktop is cheaper, easier to upgrade or replace components, and less appealing to a thief than the laptop. In my opinion, I think a laptop has more advantages over a desktop. If you need to buy a new computer I suggest the Mac laptop is the best choice for you.


2. Buy a new or used computer which one is better?

Today, computers have become such an important part of outlives that you can find a computer in almost every home across the country. Unfortunately, computers are not the cheapest items, especially for people who are going through tough economic times. However, there are ways people can acquire a computer that they can afford.

First of all, buy new computer you will get warranty service. Most of new computer give you at least a one year warranty, if your laptop get the problem you can turn it to the company and then someone will fix it for you. In fact, this choice is get benefit more than buy a second hand computer. Average warranties that come with a used computer are normally less than a year. Depending on where you buy the computer, sometimes you will be offered the option of buying an extended warranty. Therefore, this issue is if you buy second hand, you are not saving much money because while it may be cheaper it also has a shorter working life. There are also higher support costs associated with second hand computers, both from the fact that they are older and probably going to break down more, and from having to replace them more often. For example, two months ago, I bought a used computer for my temple but it was broke many times in the period, so a second hand computer is not good enough for your afford.

Secondly, buy new computer you can gauge the quality of the system by the brand name. If you buy a high-end system from a good company you will usually not have to worry about getting a piece of junk because they will undergo rigorous testing for performance and making sure all components are in excellent working order before they are sold. Oppositely, If the computer proprietary then they will be expensive to repair, and oftentimes may not be able to repaired economically at all. When you comes to buying second hand computer, there is also less choice in local and proprietary in general, the local assembled computer is often a lot harder to find because of lower market penetration. But when you buy new, the choice is obviously greater.

Thirdly, a new computer is highest speed than old computer. As a result, you are assured of a high quality computer. So, it can help you get benefits for use the great software such as Animation, Sony Vegas or Photo shop are easier than the lowest computer. On the other hand, if you buy a used computer you will be getting a greatly reduced cost of as much as 50% or more less than the normal prize. For instance, when you buy a brand name brand new lap top being sold for $1500.00, but the second hand just sales about $700.00. What is more, new computers are always entering the market, if you were to buy a new computer every time an upgrade came out, you would likely go broke. Therefore, buying a used computer is an affordable solution to the increasing costs of brand new computers.

In conclusion, buy new or used computer could be get many advantages and disadvantages depend on the way you like and can be afford it. For me, I support to buy a new computer rather than buy a used computer.



Reference
Adriana Noton. (2010). The Advantages of Buying Used Computers. Retrieved from http://www.buzzle.com/articles/the- advantages-of-
buying-used-computers.html
Amazon. (2008). Advantages and disadvantages of a laptop. Retrieved from
http://www.xomba.com/advantages_ and_disadvantages_of_a_laptop
Corkern, A. (2007). Would A Lap-Top Serve You Better Than A Desktop
Computer?. Retrieved from http://howto.yellow.co.nz/computers/computer-hardware/would-a-lap-top-serve-you-better-than-a-desktop-computer/
Daniel, P. (2002). Laptop vs. desktop . Retrieved from
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Holmes, S. ( 2009). The Benefits of a Laptop Computer. Retrieved
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laptop-computer-762357.
Kozierok, C. K. (2001). Benefits Of Buying A New PC. Retrieved from
http://www.pcguide.com/buy/req/buyingBuying-c.html
Leiva, J. (2010) . The Advantages of Desktop Computers. Retrieved from http://www.ehow.co.uk/list_6112460_advantages- desktop- computers.html
Osewa, O. (2010). Advantages Of Desktop Computers Versus Laptops?.
Retrieved from http://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-41492.0.html
Reviver, S, M. (2010). What is the difference between a new computer
and a slow computer?. Retrieved from http://www.reviversoft.com/blog/2010/05/what-is-the-
difference-between-a-new-computer-and-a-slow-computer

Brief :

Article: The Miracle is this : Okavango Delta. (pages. 46-67)

1. Meaning Okavango Delta
Okavango Delta is the flood was snakes down to the Okavango River and spreads across the delta.

- What?
Most of the Okavango River lies in Angola and Namibia Countries. Delta is a golden egg and it has border joined with Botswana country- Botswana has strong economic as well as political they wanted keep delta pristine.

- Where is location?
At part of Southern Africa, location is very flat, and the floodwater take 3 months to reach the delta and four more to traverse its 150 mile length. The flood has increased the Okavango’s wetland area by 2 or 3 times.

- How?
The flood of Okavango moves on multiple fronts like the columns of an army and we called is water of life. This miracle of flood is happens in slow motion.

2. From space : Appearance of Okavango Delta on the Earth
Okavango Delta is looks like the footprint of a bird – (see pictures). Water flows into the system through the leg, called the Panhandle, a trip of land 60 miles long and 9 miles wide along which the Okavango River meanders in lazy loops.
- The flood peaks in April – raising the level of the Okavango River by six feet.
- In May the level has started to drop.
- October is the time of sadness –called October suicide month, the water sucked up in to the atmosphere. The floodplains dry out, and water levels in the channels and lagoons drop to their lowest levels. However, when the flood start rise up in April, the miracle would begin again.
- Deadly ---The waters of the delta are full of crocodiles – Poem of The Bayie people teach their children about this river and crocodiles that “I am the river, My surface gives you life. Below is death.” – means in water, crocodiles are very dangerous.

3. People
People have been living with the dangers and the bounty of delta for at least 100,000 years. (see the map and explanation)
- The local people make good use of the molapo - the floodplain:
o During the flood they fish, and in the dry season the graze cattle.
o All year round they haves fruits, cut thatching grass and reeds, and hunt game on these productive lands.
o Transport in delta by canoe.
o Local animals: birds call jacanas or lily trotters, Hippo..etc. (look at pictures).

4. What is happen now?(The water takes through the Delta)
- One things that David Doubilet said it has changed is “the part of water takes through the delta.”
- At the past:
o In the 1849, much of water flow was down the western channel system and into Lake Ngami – a fine-looking sheet of the water flow. (David Livingstone - first journey, p.59)
o In the 1880s, the water flow, responding to range of subtle landscape cues, began to favor the eastern channels.
o Now the Lake Ngami is dried up.

5. Special animals
Termites, hippos, and papyrus – these three biological influences are part of a system as intricate and responsive as any on Earth.



Reference List:
Warne, K. (2004, December). The miracle is this. National Geographic, 206 (6), 42-67.
Picarol, L, A. (2009). Bostwana (Land and Climate). World Book Inc, (Vol.2, pp. 511-512).
Deltas. (1999). Okavango Delta. Retrieved on 3rd June, 2010.
From:http://www.greatestplaces.org/book_pages/okavango/deltas.html
Info. (n.d.). Okvango-Delta.net. Retrieved on 3rd June, 2010.
From: http://www.okavango-delta.net/info.htm
Map of Okavango Delta. (1999). Okavango Delta. Retrieved on 3rd June, 2010.
From: http://www.greatestplaces.org/images/maps/okvgomap.htm
When to go to the Okavango Delta. (n.d.). Okavango Delta. Retrieved on 3rd June, 2010.
From: http://www.go2africa.com/botswana/okavango-delta/african-safari-guide/when-to-go-to-the-okavango-delta

Opinoin about study English-EAP2

In my opinion, spending time to study English in English speaking country is very importance thing because I can get a varieties of opportunities to improve my English skills such as listening, speaking, reading and writing.

Firstly, for listening I can hear the native people speak in the radio, school or on the bus. I’m so extremely happy because now I can understood what they are spoken. However, some time still feel hard if they are speaking very fast and used the slang language.

Secondly, for speaking I can used English language speak with native people or international students more than in the past. I used to study English in University at Thailand but just study in the class, outside class no someone spoke it, so it wasn’t good for improve my speaking skill.

Next, studying English in EAP2 class is help me to practice in speed reading. For distance, I so surprised when I found myself can read a paper is faster than before. this skill the teacher will give me more practice and I hope I will be improving my speed reading time faster and faster.

Finally, morning class is give me lots of chance to practice in writing skills such as writing letters, do research-assignment, presentation, etc.., I think EAP2 is the best class for practice our skills.

I hope my English will be develop and I should be practice more by myself in difference ways. The most important thing is we hope our teacher will help us improve our English levels and skills more and more before we are going to study in the next step (DIT, MBA, or so on).

Pormov LIM
29/05/2010

Hello Bloggers' EAP2

Now,I am studying in EAP2 at AIS School. My teacher is name Albert, He is New Zealander. This blog will share my personal opinoins, thoughts, perspective, experience of my life in NZ and will share some ideas of assignment between my group and class. So, this time wana say hallo to everyone-EAP2 classmateS and say thanks to our clever Teacher.


Hope everyone enjoy in EAP2 class and do assignments..!