Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Log book for Fahad H00130970 & Mohd Hassan H00132994

Date; 11.04.2010

Time: 1100

Location: F52

Presenters: Fahad H00130970 & Mohd Hassan H00132994

Subject: Recycling Process.

Slides:10.
Slides were colorful & informative. Mohd Hassan had a tendency to read the wording on the slides.

The slides were very good. The slides were colorful and had useful meanings. Fahad and Mohammed used eye contact very well. Moreover they didn't use notepaper. They spoke coherently and fast.

Body language: Fahad and Mohammed talked directly to the audience.
Their English was clear to understand. There were many questions in the presentation. The presentation was clear and interesting.

Log book for Saood H00131022 & Mohd Saleh H00128186

Date: 13.04.2010.
Time: 12:35.
Venue: F52.
Presenters: Saood H00131022 & Mohd Saleh H00128186
Subject: The UAE in the past.

Slides: 8.

The slides were quite good. The slides were colorful and had useful meanings. Saood and Mohammed used eye contact very well. Moreover they didn't use notepaper.

Body language: Saood and Mohammed talked directly to the audience.
Their English was difficult to understand. There were many questions, especially in this presentation. The presentation was clear and interesting.

Vocabulary meaning

Despite: Prep. In spite of; notwithstanding.

He was tolerant despite his background and education.
Ethnic: Adj. Different racial and social groups; of people from different countries.
The tourists watched the ethnic dancing.

Prior: Adj. Previous, earlier, preceding, antecedent, former
A prior agreement prevents me from accepting this.
Debate: Verb. Discuss or argue about.
When we left, the men were still debating.
Subsequent:Adj. succeeding, following, ensuing, happening after.
Subsequent to their arrival in Chicago, they bought a new car.
Implement:
noun. A tool, utensil, or other piece of equipment.
We used garden implements to dig the sand.
Correspondence: noun. Exchange of letters; agreement; similarity .

There is some correspondence between the two parties.

Constrained: Adj. restricted; forced; artificial, unnatural.
His life had been constrained by habit to the same few activities and friends.
Emphasizes: Verb. make more obviously defined?
The teacher emphasized the importance of the project.

Immigrants: noun. A person who comes to live permanently in a foreign country.
Those Immigrants are hard workers.
Outcome: noun. consequence, net result, upshot, after-effect, aftermath, conclusion, issue, end (product).
The outcome of the energy is to help you to play a lot.
Scheme: Verb. Plan, devise, plot; intrigue, conspire, contrive

Arrange according to a colour scheme.


Minority: noun. Smaller group as opposed to the majority; part of a population differing in some characteristic (race, sex, etc.); state of being under legal age.

Only a minority of the people live in the countryside.



Interactions: noun. reciprocal action or influence.
A lot of interactions happen between teachers and students.
Valid: actually supporting the intended point or claim.
He has a valid passport.
Convened: Verb. Come or bring together for a meeting or activity.
. He convened a secret meeting


Deduce: Verb. Arrive at (a fact or a conclusion) by reasoning.
I can't deduce this game?
Framework: Noun. An essential supporting or underlying structure.
The building will be made of concrete on a steel framework.
Dominated: Verb. have a commanding or controlling influence over.
The Russians dominated Iran in the nineteenth century.
Negated: Verb. Deny; refute, rebut, prove something wrong; neutralize; contradict.
He negates the political nature of education.
Sequential: Adj. characterized by a regular sequence, serial; successive, following, subsequent, consecutive.
The course assessments are sequential.

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Log book for Mohammed Al Zabi and Sultan Almrzooqi

Date: 11.4.2010.
Time: 12:55 PM.
Venue: F25.
Presenters: Mohammed Al Zabi and Sultan Almrzooqi showed
Subject: Starting a new business.

Slides: 10.

Mohammed and Sultan showed 10 slides. Their presentation was about starting a new business. They talked about spending money and saving money. Also there are several steps for starting a new business. Mohammed said an important point is that a businessman's first loss is because he doesn't have experience in his business and after trying he may succeed in his business. Their slides were colorful, informative and interesting. They used written content.

Body language: Mohammed and Sultan talked directly to the audience.
They used notepaper. They used eye contact well. Their English was difficult to understand. There were many questions such as, what is the meaning of entrepreneur and they tried hard to find it but they couldn’t. The presentation was clear and interesting.

Log book Feisal Al Dhari and Saif Al Khiali

Date: 11.4.2010.
Time: 12:10 PM.
Venue: F25.
Presenters: Feisal Al Dhari and Saif Al Khiali
Subject: UAE in the past.
Slides:

Feisal and Saif showed 15 slides about the UAE in the past. The pictures contained much information and black and white pictures because there were old pictures. The pictures were about: first Oil Company, fishing activities and samples of living. Faisal and Saif shared the work by dividing slides between them. Saif talked first and Faisal ended the presentation. The slides were not colorful because they were black and white. Information on the slides was too much but the presentation was good.


Body language: Feisal and Saif talked directly to the audience. They used note paper and they used it for a few minutes. They used eye contact very well. Their English was very good. There were many comments and questions. Saif and Feisal answered the questions together. The presentation was clear and obvious to the audience.

Log book for Salem and Rashid

Date: 11.4.2010 and 18.4.2010
Time: 1:05 PM and 11:15 AM
Venue: F25.
Presenters: Salem and Rashid
Subject: Stop Smoking

Slides: 8.
Rashid and Salem slides showed 8 slides. The subject was about stopping smoking. The slides showed many side effects for the body such as; cancer, lung damage, and heart attack. The slides contain important information. Also the slides were clear to the audience. Rashid was reading from his mind instead of reading the written content.


Body language: Rashid was amazing in his presenting although his friend Salem was absent. Salem also came after Rashid and he was good at presenting. Rashid and Salem were facing the audience very well so they used eye contact well. I think that the main idea of the presentation was clear and it had a good target. Salem and Rashid presented their presentation coherently.

Log book for Abdulrahman and Mohsin

Date: 11.4.2010.
Time: 11:25 AM.
Venue: F25.
Presenters: Abdulrahman and Mohsin
Subject: About UAE.

Slides: 15.

Abdulrahman and Mohsin showed 15 slides and their presentation was about the UAE. They showed us many things such as; fishing nets and boats. Abdulrahman explained most of the presentation and Mohsin took part in the presentation. The slides were not colorful because they were white and black. There was not information with pictures but the information was installed in their brains. The presentation was informative and interesting; they did not use written contact.

Body language: Abdulrahman and Mohsin talked straight to the audience. They didn’t use note paper. They used eye contact very well. There were many comments and questions from students after finishing their presentation. Their English was fast, clear and amazing. The presentation was good and clear. One problem is that Abdulrahman said a clear mistake in the presentation, that old life was easy rather than to say it was simple.

Log book for Abdulla Masoud and Ahmed Al Braiky

Date: 11.4.2010.
Time: 11:10 AM
Venue: F25.
Presenters: Abdulla Masoud and Ahmed Al Braiky
Subject: Water usage.

Slides:

Abdulla Masoud and Ahmed Al Braiky showed 12 slides. Their main idea was about water usage. The presentation explained about how to reduce water usage and where most water is used. The slides showed that most water was used for washing and cleaning. Ahmed and Abdulla shared the work between them. Abdulla was hesitant and nervous whereas Ahmed was confident. The slides were colorful and interesting and informative. The problem is that they have too much written content.

Body language:
Abdulla and Ahmed talked directly to the audience. They had note paper. They used eye contact very well. There were many comments about water usage presentation. Moreover there were a lot of questions. Their English was quite good and the presentation was very clear.

Log book for Ahmed Ali H00130910 & Hedley.

Date: 30.03.2010.
Time: 12:23pm.
Venue: F25.
Presenters: Ahmed Ali H00130910 & Hedley.
Subject: Polluted cities worldwide.

Slides:

Ahmed showed 10 slides with 10 cities about pollution in the world and the cities were Abu Dhabi, Berlin, Cairo, London, L.A, New Mexico, Paris, Santiago, Texas and one entitled World War Two.

Hedley then explained to us the 10 slides of the presentation with more details about the most polluted cities in the world. He showed us the pollution problems in Chinese, Russian & Indian cities and he did that online.

The slides were colorful, informative and interesting. It was just pictures with no written content.

Body language: Ahmed & Hedley talked directly to the audience. They didn’t have any note paper. They used the eye contact very well.

There were many comments and questions from the students during the presentation. Hedley answered all the questions very well.

The English was accurate & clear from both of them.

Log book for Abdulla Khalid and AlMunther

Date: 11.04.2010.
Time: 10:54pm.
Venue: F25.
Presenters: Abdulla Khalid and AlMunther
Subject: Toyota Company

Slides:
AlMunther and I showed 11 slides. The presentation was about the Toyota Car Company. We showed the audience different kinds of cars such as, sport and saloon. The slides were colorful, interesting and exciting. The pictures did not have too much written content.

Body language:

AlMunther and I used note paper but we didn't use it too much.
The questions period excited most of the students who asked questions and we answered almost all the questions.

English language was clear and accurate. Both of us talked well.