After a long silence....

I wonder how you guys are doing (I mean my beloved D1 group)..and I see them sharing things on our blog and I go "wow...they are still there"...... it's really nice to see you all :-) How's the weather in Oz? It's already Spring in NZ :-)

Happy New Year

May you have a happy and a blessed new year!!!

New Life

It is amazing to see that some of my students are still maintaining their blogs. It is really nice to see their pics, stories and pics of food :-) I miss Malaysia, I miss Malaysian food...

New leaf

My dears

I am so glad to see you guys on blog......guess what..I'm your neighbour..I'm in New Zealand doing my PhD.... drop me a line when you guys are free dil_sampath@yahoo.com

How are you?

My dearest guys and gals,

It's nice to see you on blog..hope you have landed safely. It's a new leaf in your life. I hope you all will remember the phrase 'carpe diem'.....All the best!

Hello

Hey everyone,

I'm glad that I still see you all on blog. Hope you guys did the exam well. I will send my facebook address soon. Let's keep in touch. Happy holidays!

File

Hello everyone,

Hope you all had a good break, and now it's time to get back to work! Once you all are back, the file needs to be completed. Please include the following:

1. Movie Review (Rabbit Proof Fence)

2. Text Production Essay (Global Warming)

3. Research Proposal

4. Annotated Bibliography

5. Research Outline

6. Interview/Survey Questions

7. Research draft

8. Presentation slides (combine research proposal PowerPoint slides and Tutorial slides together so that it covers the whole research. Print using handout style, 6 slides per page)

7. Appendices

i. Movie Review raft(s)

ii. Text Production Essay (Global Warming)

iii. Research Proposal (draft)

iv. Annotated Bibliography (draft)

v. Research Outline (draft)

vi. Interview/ Survey Questions (draft)

vii. 50 Survey questionnaires (done by students/people)

viii. Articles (Research)

Thank you. See you soon!

Wishes

May your hearts be filled with Peace, Happiness and Faith… Selamat Hari Raya and Happy holidays!!

Research Report Guidelines

Please follow the guidelines given below.

Research Report submission date: 7th September 2010

Font & size: Times New Roman 12
Spacing : 1.5

Cover page:

INTI LOGO

TITLE OF THE RESEARCH (Font size 20)

NAME: (Font size 18)

PROGRAMME: (18)

SECTION: (18)



Please include a contents page as well (Include the title and the page number) and bind the assignment.

Tutorial

Hello everyone,

The groups that were supposed to present today, please come prepared to do the tutorial on Friday 3rd September. And the other 3 groups will present on 7th September. Thank you. Have a nice weekend!

Congratulations!

Hello guys,

I'm glad that most of you all are reading and sending news articles to the blog. I can see an improvement too. You are improving your reading habit ,vocabulary, paraphrasing and summarizing skills and critical thinking skills...and also general knowledge ...keep it up guys!!

Who says lectures should not be motivated?

I truly was touched to read the lines

The words of appreciation…now I understand how precious it is

to be motivated with encouraging words…

To all of you I say ‘thank you’…

All I want is …you to be successful, good human beings!!!!

Today's class

Hi everyone,

I'm not feeling well today, so we have to postpone our class. I will see you all on Friday.

Useful Website

Please check this out! http://australia.gov.au/

July 2010 Semester plans

Coursework components completed: Jan 2010

ü Text production -movie review (5%)

ü Research proposal draft 1 & final

ü Annotated bibliography (5%)

ü Text production - essay (10%)

ü Research outline

ü Interview/survey

ü Issue Analysis (10%)

Tasks to be completed for the current semester: July 2010

	INTI	SACE
Presentation – Research proposal	ü 10%
Drafting the Research report	ü 10%
Final Report		ü 10%
Tutorial for Research investigation	ü 10%	ü 10%
Test 1	ü 10%
Test 2	ü 10%
Revision
Trial Exam	ü 50%
Public Exam		ü 50%

Week & Lecture	Task
1	Discuss semester exam papers Interview + Survey Listening Comprehension
2	Interview+ Survey Report :Intro Lesson: how to write numbers (Survey & Interview findings)
3	Presentation : Proposal
4	Drafting the Report Listening Comprehension
5	Submission: Report draft 1 Exam practice Test 1 (Letter writing)
6	Mock Tutorial
7	Exam practice
8	Return draft 1 Report Tutorial
9	Exam practice Test 2 (Listening Comprehension)
10	Submission : Report Exam practice
11	Exam practice
12	Exam practice