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• According to NASA a huge meteor almost collided with the world.
• The rules in army are very strict if anyone who transgresses will be severely punished.
• If students complete the assignment, the teacher will give them some feedback.
• The minister is liable to make investment in education.

speaking_part2_pg.85

A) Watching movie - doing sport
B) Hiding in the school bus when it was going and bus driver coming to back waiting the last second then escaping  - digging ground and create an underground room with my friends :D
C) Albert einstein - kobe bryant
D) Intercontinental Istanbul Eurasia Marathon - Istanbul Tulip Festival
E) A handmade simple engine - a little rug
F) Theatre( final of the year in high school) - My brother's 23 April Ceremony

 Why we should plan every step in our lives? When I was in high school in preparing the process of exams I did weekly planner because it was require but I think in university life we can plan our days in our minds. Even we do the planner sometimes, unannounced events might be happen and prevent your planned steps. For example, one of your  friend call you to meet or guesses come to your home so, your plan couldn't work successfully. On the other hand, of course planner is the effective way for working. Also, we did the exercise for reviewing and to remember our education which were thought before.

words from my classmates

- Internet causes sedentary life style on new generation.

- Gifted children have a natural aptitude for learning.

- The policeman didn't find any correspondence between evidence and criminal.

- The vitamins come in a form that easily utilized by the body.

- The economy is developing and small businesses are flourishing.

- Natural resources becoming scarce because of environmental pollution.

- He cannot support his family on his income.

- They nominated her as president.

- He walks with a limp.

- His grandfather was buried in the cemetery.

achieve(v)--> achievement(n)

- His academic achievements are the best example for students' work
- Winning the UEFA cup is the most valuable experience for football teams.

consume(v)--> consumption

- The consumption of coffee has increased in the exam period.
- Most of people need to increase their daily consumption of fruit and vegetables.

contribute(v)--> contribution

- Would you like to make a contribution to this charity?
- His company made a very large contribution to the campaign fund.

estimate(v)--> estimation(n)

- In my estimation, he is more gifted artist of the two.
- She was, in our estimation, the best person for the job.

expand(v)--> expansion(n)

- The company had looked at a number of ways of financing its expansion.
- We plan to continue our expansion programme.

locate(v)--> location(n)

- We have not found a suitable location for the new office.
- His hotel is in a lovely location overlooking the lake.

regulate(v)--> regulation(n)

- There seem to be so many rules and regulations these days.

survive(v)--> survival(n)

- The doctors told I had a 50/50 chance of survival.
- Customs are survivals from earlier times.

 Today we talked about some questions then our class divided into two groups and we argued age factor on relationships. Each group presented their ideas with logical supports, there were interesting ideas. Also we did reading, the topic was water and we learnt lots of words that related with water. Finally in last lesson taboo game removed the monotony. Sometimes this kind of different activities can be more effective method to learning. 

 Finally lesson was in the garden even if one lesson, it was exciting. Furthermore, today we talked about our process writing and it has really strict rules. Some rules seem unnecessary for me but those are necessary for academic writing so I must learn but who determined these rules? I am very curious about this. Instead of curiosity why I don't try to write an entry my blog:)) After a long time I decided to write to my blog. I wish I miss to write new entry unfortunately, I couldn't. Anyway, that's enough for today, I should put the dot.

 Nowadays, we do different activities in the first lesson also, it is good for waking up. Furthermore, today quiz results were announced. Before the quiz we knew we should work much more and after the quiz we again saw we should work much more so we should work too much but why we don't study,  I don't know :D However, my opinion about to require learning vocabulary was become stronger and I think the most important thing is vocabulary for learning foreign language.

new words

Bribe(v)--> to try to make someone do something for you by giving them money, presents or something else that they want

Ex: He bribed immigration officials and entered the country illegally.

Synonyms = allurement, bait, blackmail

Coalition(n)--> the joining together of different political parties or groups for a particular purpose, usually for a limited time

Synonyms = affiliation, alliance, combine

Antonyms = disassociation

Ex : Government by coalition has its own peculiar set of problems

Proportion(n)--> the number or amount of a group or part of something when compared to the whole

Synonyms = distribution, division, equation

Antonyms = disproportion, imbalance, unevenness

Ex : A higher proportion of women now smoke than used to be the case.

Miscalculation(n)--> to judge a situation badly

Synonyms = misinterpretation, misjudgment, misreckoning,

Ex : He miscalculated badly when he underestimated the response of the international community to the invasion.

Procrastinate(v)--> to keep delaying something that must be done, often because it is unpleasant or boring

Synonyms = hesitate, delay, postpone

Antonyms = accelerate, advance, complete

Ex : I know I've got to deal with the problem at some point - I'm just procrastinating

new words

• bagel(n)--> a small, hard roll of bread in the shape of a ring
• abuse(v)-->to use or treat someone or something wrongly or badly, especially in a way that is to your own advantage
• synonyms = victimize, violate, corrupt
• antonyms = defend, help, preserve, protect
• ex : I never expected that he would abuse the trust I placed in him.
• infrastructure(n)-->the basic systems and services, such as transport and power supplies, that a country or organization uses in order to work effectively
• synonyms = groundwork, root, support,base
• ex : The war has badly damaged the country's infrastructure.
• literacy(n) --> the ability to read and write
• ex: Far more resources are needed to improve adult literacy.
• synonyms = background, cultivation, proficiency,
• antonyms = ignorance, illiteracy
• division(n)--> when something is separated into parts or groups, or the way that it is separated
• division of something between/among/into something
• synonyms = diagnosis,distribution,analysis,contrasting
• antonyms = accord, agreement, connection
• subtraction(n)--> the process of removing one number from another
• ex :The test involves simple calculations, such as addition and subtraction
• synonyms =decrease, discount, reduction,
• antonyms = addition, increase, rise
• multiply(v)-->to increase very much in number, or (in mathematics) to add a number to itself a particular number of times
• ex : In warm weather these germs multiply rapidly
• synonyms = accumulate, add, enlarge, expand
• antonyms= decrease, divide, lessen, reduce
• multiply something by something
• anomaly(n)-->a person or thing that is different from what is usual, or not in agreement with something else and therefore not satisfactory
• ex: The anomaly of the social security system is that you sometimes have more money without a job.
• synonyms =exception, incongruity, inconsistency
• antonyms= conformity, normality, standard, usual,
• demanding(adj)-->needing a lot of time, attention or energy
• synonyms = imperious,insistent,ambitious
• antonyms =easy, facile, trivial,undemanding
• ex: Climbing is physically demanding.
• manipulate(v)-->to control something or someone to your advantage, often unfairly or dishonestly
• synonyms = conduct, control, direct, exploit,
• antonyms=leave alone
• ex: Throughout her career she has very successfully manipulated the media.
• manipulate somebody into (doing) something
• implicit(adj)--> suggested but not communicated directly
• synonyms =accurate, certain, complete, definite, entire,
• antonyms =explicit, specific
• ex: His statement is being seen as implicit criticism of the work of research laboratories.
• finite(adj) -->having a limit or end
• ex : The funds available for the health service are finite and we cannot afford to waste money.
• synonyms = precise, restricted,definite
• antonyms = endless, infinite, unlimited,unrestricted
• retain(v)--> to keep or continue to have something
• synonyms = maintain, memorize, possess, recall, recognize
• antonyms = free,lose, release, spend
• ex : She has lost her battle to retain control of the company.
• legitimate(adj)--> allowed by law
• ex : Their business operations are perfectly legitimate.
• synonyms =accepted, acknowledged, authorized, certain,correct, fair
• antonyms = illegal, illegitimate, invalid,
• subordinate(n)-->a person who has a less important position than you in an organization
• synonyms = assistant, attendant, dependent
• antonyms= boss, chief, leader, major,
• ex :He left the routine checks to one of his subordinates.

09/03/2011

 Today, we did listening practice from the CT book and we again recognized one thing as an important, it was require to work properly ;) I don't understand, today was end very quickly..

8/3/2011

 Heyy! Today was snowing I am so happy for this weather ( I'm sorry for you Rauf:P) Tomorrow when  I wake up, I want to see only white from everywhere. If I make a snowball I love snow. After the weather conditions I should write about our class. First, we wrote a paragraph from the newspaper. Then we learnt different types of graphics and how we describe them. Also, we learnt crucial points for example, numerical comparatives expressions and superlatives for using these in our graph writing. After that we listened lecture, it was about city of Sao Paulo. According to teacher other essential subject which we learnt today was critical thinking. Some words have similar meaning with the others but they were another category so we should know connections and differences completely..

7/3/11

 Monday known the most boring day by most of the students. Today we started our classic beginning with speaking activity. We talked about foods, phobias and International womens day. It seen that almost no one have phobia in my class so, ı can't do scary jokes to my friends:(

Also, today's topic was countries and cities. In our FOI books there are lots of graph describing exercise for prepare us for academy. Anyway, today we did some exercise about countries' population, life standarts and average life expectancy. Sometimes informations were very interesting.

words

• • flourish(v)-->to grow or develop successfully
  • synonyms = grow, prosper
  • antonyms = cease, fail 
  • Ex : The economy is booming and small businesses are flourishing.
  • ivory(n)--> the hard smooth yellowish-white substance from the tusks of an elephant
  • ancestor(n)--> a person related to you who lived a long time ago
  • synonyms = antecedent, antecessor, ascendant
  • antonyms = descendant
  • Ex : There were portraits of his ancestors on the walls of the room.
  • vague(adj)--> not clearly expressed, known, described or decided
  • synonyms = perplexing, problematic, misunderstood
  • antonyms = certain, clear, definite, sure
  • Ex : The patient had complained of vague pains and backache
  ·       Agriculture(n)--> farming
  o   synonyms = agronomy, cultivation, culture
  o   antonyms = Agriculture is still largely based on traditional methods in some countries.
  o   Ex : Agriculture is still largely based on traditional methods in some countries
  ·       Assertion(n)à a statement that you strongly believe is true
  o   Synonyms =  allegation, asservation, attestation,
  o   Antonyms = denial, rejection
  o   Ex : I certainly don't agree with his assertion that men are better drivers than women.
  ·       Fertile(adj)à describes land that can produce a large number of good quality crops
  o   Synonyms = abundant, arable, bearing,
  o   Antonyms = barren, fruitless, impotent
  o   Ex : 800 acres of fertile cropland
  ·       Swamp(n)à (an area of) very wet soft land
  o   Synonyms = bog, bottoms, everglade,
  o   Ex  : The Everglades are an area of swamp in southern Florida.
  ·       Legacy(n) àmoney or property that you receive from someone after they die       
  o   Synonyms = inheritance, heritage
  o   Antonyms =  devise, endowment, estate,
  o   Ex : An elderly cousin had left her a small legacy
  ·       Lure(n)à the quality or power that something or someone has that makes them attractive
  o   Synoyms = ambush, appeal, attraction, bribe
  o   Antonyms = deterrent, warning
  ·       innate (adj) existing in one from birth; inborn
  o   synonyms = elemental, essential, hereditary
  o   antonyms =acquired, extrinsic, learned
  o   Ex :     Cyril's most impressive quality was his innate goodness.
  ·       eager(adj) à wanting very much to do or have something, especially something interesting or enjoyable
  o   synonyms = anxious, enthusiastic
  o   antonyms = apathetic, disinterested, dispassionate
  o   Ex : They crowded round the spokesperson, eager for any news.
  ·       Ludicrous(adj) à stupid or unreasonable and deserving to be laughed at
  o   Synonyms = wildly, fiercely
  o   Antonyms = calmly, normally
  o   Ex : He looked ludicrous in that suit!
  ·       Proximity(n)à the state of being near in space or time
  o   Synonyms = adjacency, appropinquity, closeness,concurrence
  o   Antonyms = distance, remoteness
  o   Ex : The best thing about the location of the house is its proximity to the town centre.
  ·       debatable(n)à (a) serious discussion of a subject in which many people take part
  o   synonyms =agitation, altercation, argument,
  o   antonyms =agreement
  o   Ex : Education is the current focus of public debate.
  ·       heir(n)à a person who will legally receive money, property or a title from another person, especially an older member of the same family, when that other person dies
  o   synonyms =beneficiary, crown prince, devisee
  o   antonyms = heiress
  o   Ex : Despite having a large family, they still had no son and heir.
  ·       exploit(v)à to use something for advantage
  o   synonyms = accomplishment, adventure, attainment, 
  o   Ex : We need to make sure that we exploit our resources as fully as possible.
  ·       irrigate(v)à to supply land with water so that crops and plants will grow
  o   synonyms =  amalgamate, attenuate, blend, 
  o   antonyms =clarify, clean, cleanse, 
  ·       elevation(n) à specialized the front or side of a building as shown on a drawing
  o   synonyms = acclivity, altitude, ascent, boost,
  o   antonyms = depression, lowness
  o   Ex : This plan shows the front, side and back elevations of the new supermarket.
  ·       nomadic(n)à a member of a group of people who move from one  place to another rather than living in one place all of the time   
  o   synonyms =drifting, gypsy, itinerate
  o   antonyms =native, settled
  ·       withhold(v)à to refuse to give something or to keep back something
  o   synonyms =abstain, bridle, check,
  o   antonyms = let go, release
  o   Ex : She withheld her rent until the landlord agreed to have the repairs done.
  
  

 Day after day we learn academic style with details. Today we learnt some differences between academic language and spoken language. We should avoid to use spoken language in our essays because academic writing has serious tone and distinct rules. Furthermore, we did a small quiz associated with yesterday's lecture. We have another quiz tomorrow so I should work but I hope I won't boring =/  We finished our thesis statements for process writing-1. Topic searching really hard for me. Search, search and finally all these researches were nothing :S It is annoying. I hope writing can be good and good luck my friends :))

2/3/2011

 We talked with our friends about their living places. Everybody describe their home's environment in terms of transportation, population and education. They said like or dislike and what is their favourite on their living places. Then we wrote a paragraph with spoken places. Also, we did one exercise about map describing. Actually I love travelling but that exercise was not include interesting information. I think one location or city can be stick in mind with natural beauties, touristic places and historical places or something like these. Only geographic informations such as ways and position don't attract people. Ultimately, we did CT unit 2. Lecture was about gifted children and we watched one episode about autistic painter. It was exciting :)

 New vocabularies are the one of the most important thing to learning a language so, we learn new words and we write twenty five words on our blogs every week. That words will be helpful in our writing especially for academic essays. Also, it is beneficial for reading and speaking so, much more knowledge vocabularies will accelerate our learning process. However, we learn words completely in terms of synonyms, antonyms and definition. If we learn this way, we will use them effectively in our essays and it could be useful. Other benefits of new words are; we can understand easily what we read such as books, newspapers and magazines and we can speak fluently. As a result we can be successful our exams and the faculty's door open All these advantages considered, new words help our learning positively.

• nosey(adj)-->too interested in what other people are doing and wanting to discover too much about them
• synonyms = curious, nosy, snoopy
• antonyms = indifferent, uncaring,uninterested
• Ex : He was complaining about her nosy parents.

• irreconcilable(adj)-->impossible to find agreement between or with; impossible to deal
• synonyms = hostile, conflicting
• antonyms = reconcilable, compromising 
• Ex : The differences between the landowners and the conservationists were irreconcilable from the start. 

• cauliflowers(n)--> a large white vegetable which is eaten cooked or raw
• Ex : One of the most nutritious vegetable is cauliflower.

• cohesive(adj)--> united and working together effectively
• synonyms = tough, gummy, tenacious
• antonyms = divide, separate
• Ex : Historically, sport has been a cohesive force in international relations

• concession(n)-->sth that you allow s.o. or to have in order to end an argument 
• synonyms = acknowledgment, admission, deal
• antonyms = difference, disagreement, denial
• Ex : He stated firmly that no concession will be made to the strikers.

 Today we talked about eating habits and some listening activities. We did a survey associated with listening text and then we asked questions that based on this survey to our friends in our lunch break. My friends’ answers were very different but generally, they had a healthy eating habit. Also, we did some exercise concerned with paragraph writing and we learned important links which we will use our paragraphs. Other important thing was librarians' presentations. We learn searching skills. For example; how we will do research successfully and which sources include quality information, these methods explained by librarians. Finally, of course we learnt some new wordsJ

new words <(@_@)>

• syntax(n)-->the grammatical arrangement of words in a sentence 
• synonyms = order, pattern, structure
• orthography(n)-->the accepted way of spelling and writing words
• synonyms = punctuation, script, spelling
• phonology(n)-->to study of sounds in a particular language
• synonyms = accent, diction, articulation, speech
• semantics(n)-->to study of meanings in a language
• synonyms = linguistics, grammatical
• antonyms = ungrammatical
• formal semantics
• cognitive semantics 
• conceptual semantics
• rebellious(adj)-->deliberately not obeying people in authority or rules of behavior
• synonyms = disobedient, resistance, alienated
• antonyms = compliant, manageable, obedient
• example : Her teacher regard her as a rebellious, trouble-making girl
• rebellious streak

another day with blog :-/

Today we did some kind of speaking activities different than previous speaking activities.All students came together and sat face to face.Then each group has one speaker who asked questions to friend who sat in face with her/him and listened.After finished everyone relocate and again did same thing with different partners.Also we learnt some new slang terms and last lesson we did a quiz about yesterday's topic.The most important point about today was graphic writing practice.We saw variety of graphics such as;table,line chart and some sample of described graphics.There is a one writing part ,which describe a graph, in IELTS exam so,our books include lots of exercise and probably we will do more practice about that.Finally, we talked about eating habits which kind of diet is more healthier, which one is harmful we talked these. And I want to add one thing more differences between american and british english is really very interesting:))

Today lesson started with speaking like yesterday and then we read and talked  about some documents. It was about process writing and teacher told us some information about that. Also, we did listening activities from our new book which named contemporary topics 3. First unit was very interesting, it was about slang and language changes. I think  slang was required for speaking with native people because, we can't use  academic language in the streets. It could be found strange and repulsive. Anyway, we answered questions via using our notes after listened the text.

1)remarkable(adj)-->unusual or special and therefore surprising and worth mentioning
                        -synonyms=distinguished,impressive,noticeable
                        -antonyms=normal,ordinary,typical
                        -example: Meeting you here in Istanbul is a remarkable coincidence.
                        -a remarkable achievement
                         a remarkable sight
2)inevitable(adj)-->certain to happen and unable to be avoided or prevented
                         -synonyms=determined,compulsory,imminent,inflexible
                         -antonyms=uncertain,doubtful,unsure,unlikely
                         -example:The accident was the inevitable result of carelessness.
3)construct(v)-->to build sth or put together different parts to form sth whole
                      -synonyms=build up,compose,create,design
                      -antonyms=break,destroy
                      -example:The writer constructed his new story last week.
                      -to construct a new bridge
                       to construct a story
4)evolve(v)-->to develop gradually
                   -synonyms=advance,enlarge,increase,obtain
                   -antonyms=block,decrease,stop
                   -example:Bacteria are evolving resistance to antibiotics.
5)intimate(adj)-->having,or being likely to cause,a very close friendship
                       -synonyms=close,confidential,faithful
                       -antonyms=formal,unfriendly,incompatible
                       -example:The restaurant has a very intimate atmosphere
                       -intimate relationship
                        intimate friend

voluntary(adj)-->done,without being forced or paid to it
                      -synonyms=deliberate,autonomous,chosen
                      -antonyms=forced,obligatory
                      - She does voluntary work for charity two days a week
imprison(v)-->to put someone in prison
                  -synonyms=apprehend,commit,hold
                  -antonyms=free,release,liberty
                  -He was imprisoned in 1995 for attempted murder.
overlap(v)-->to cover something partly by going over its edge
                 -synonyms=coincide,imbrication,intersect
                 -antonyms=divide,separate
                 -The fence is made of panels which overlap
affluent(adj)-->having a lot of money
                   -synonyms=rich,prosperous,loaded
                   -antonyms=poor,needy
                   -He is becoming more and more affluent
spatial(adj)-->relating to the position,area and size os things
                 -synonym=spacial
                 -The task is designed to test the child's spatial awareness

                     

Today lessons were a little bit busier than the other days on this module.The following days would be busier so, I think we should adapt new module in a short time.Today lessons were very effective and we did most of activity such as, listening, reading,speaking.Almost we did every kind of activities and learnt new vocabularies.Also, sometimes speaking activities were funny because of our spelling mistakes:) Lastly,  today I learnt we will learn problems and solutions essays type in this module.

new words

1) regard(v)-->to consider or have an opinion about something or someone
               -synonyms=concern, interest, refer to ,respect, esteem
               -antonym  =disregard
               -Local people regard this idea of a motorway through their village with horror
2)tendency(n)-->if there is a tendenvy for something to happen, it is likely to happen
                      -synonyms=addiction,affection,bias
                      -There is a tendency for unemployment to rise in the summer.
3)precisely(adv)-->exactly, in precise manner
                         -synonyms=absolutely,accurately,correctly
                         -antonyms=imprecisely,unsure
                         -What do you think the problem is,precisely?
4)devote sth to sth/sb (pharasal verb)-->to give all of sth,especially your time, effort
                                                          -synonyms=apply,appropriate
                                                          -antonyms=misuse,waste
                                                          -He left government to devote more time to his family
5)gravitate towards/to sth/sb-->to be attracted by or to move in the direction of sth or so.
                                            -synonyms=approach,descend,lean,move
                                            -antonyms=retreat,run away
                                            -Susie always gravitates towards the older children in her play group.