Steps for saving earth from waste

It is the responsibility for every students to keep the surrounding clean and safe for the children .But most of the time through waste and make our environment polluted by ourselves. To day i have pointed out some of the things that everybody can do to save the environment from pollution. Children are the future who are going to make the world better place to live in,but we need to teach them what thing should do and what no.We can start teaching them how to keep the surrounding clean.The playing yard ,school ground,bed room etc they can clean by themselves .Not only that they can take many steps to save the energy ,stop wasting water .There are many ways that a student can take by himself to stop environment pollution and stop wastage of resources (water,electricity etc) . 

• Conserve energy- turn off lights, computers, and electric appliances when not in use.
• Use energy efficient light bulbs and appliances.
• Limit driving by using public transportation, biking and walking.
• Combine errands for fewer trips.
• organic compounds from evaporating into the air.
• Purchase and use low-polluting outboard marine engines and personal watercraft (4-stroke and direct fuel injection 2-stroke outboard marine engines).
• Advocate for emission reductions from power plants and more stringent national vehicle emission standards.

So these are some of the steps that can be take for our own good. 

point out some of the "DO" and "Don'ts" in your city and town ,show in the comment box below

                             Nature and technology

 Everything humans have needed to survive, was provided by the natural world around us: food, water, medicine, materials for shelter, and even natural cycles such as climate and nutrients.Nature is the most important thing for any living creature. 

 On the other hand technology is created by human to make life more easy and comfortable. industries,medicine,vehicles all are blessing of technology . It removes the distance and make everyone closer to each other .

Nature gives us the most important thing - i oxygen .Nature never betray any creature of the world . Though technology helped a lot in many sector of life it also destroy the nature . We read in the previous lesson in the English for today that how the atmosphere is getting warmer day by day .

 It will be injustice to technology if we only accuse technology as it helped a lot in case of   rare disease ,communication,vaccine and many more. 

The fact is that technology should be developed in a way that nature will not face any negative impact  on earth.

 Nature and technology both are important in human life.

 now show your defining points for nature or technology in three sentences in the comment box .

What happen next? :impact on animals

The impact of global warming is increasing day by day.It not only destroying the air,trees ans human life but also destroying the animal life. not only that  Wildlife and plants that are able to adjust are shifting their ranges northward or to higher part of the world to adjust to warming temperatures. Wildlife that already live at high part  such as the American polar bear .global warming is impacting the animal which are living in water  around the world, changing their habitats, food sources and migration cycles.

 In Bangladesh many animals are destroyed and which are remaining living in the great danger . Royal Bengal Tiger is vanishing because of cutting down trees and human who hunts animal.

Only human is responsible and only human can solve this problem but it is not possible to handle the problem by one but need government awareness so that they can take several steps to solve the problem

  For discussion:If the world become warmer many spices of bird and animal will disappear or become extinct How would your life change.if these creature disappear. Write five sentences in your own word in the comment box. 

                                 The Green House Effect

Read the text of the book and later participate in this task . Give the answer commenting below following way a);.....;b).....c).....

Carbon dioxide is one of the a)_________ gases exists naturally in the atmosphere.It is also used when human use fuels such as coal ,oil,gas b)________ and factories all burn c)________ for d)________ to make car move or to make machine to generate electricity.This adds more e)___ _____ to the atmosphere and makes a blanket of greenhouse gases surrounding the earth.This mean that the f)_____ of the sun cannot get out into spaces. So a thick blanket keeps you warmer in night and thick blanket of e) ______ is warming the earth up and changing the our h g)________.

The heating up of earth!!!

There are many reasons which re responsible fro Global warming such as

Environmental pollution is one of the cause there are many activities like

1. Riding a bicycle
2. walking
3. riding a car
4. rowing a country boat 
5. riding a mechanized ferry boat 

and many more . I want my every students to comment one of the activities that warms up the atmosphere. and explain why?

Neptune : Connects teachers and students

Neptune is one of the popular blog for learning . This blog is run by Zahur Ahmed professor of English Department. This blog is specially designed for both teachers and students. This is the important platform where teacher and students can give their opinion . This is the platform where as learners in courses of certificate of proficiency (COP) can share their learning experiences in this sites and in the comment box he can get feedback and information regarding the post.

This blog is very much helpful to make own blog .any kind of information they need can get in the "About" section. This blog got its popularity because students can find feedback from the seniors and teacher. and if they do any king of mistakes in sentence or need to know about any specific thing they can easily get help from others. Not only that with different opinion and thoughts he/she can improve his writing skills. So it can be said that this blog is :

1. ·         helpful in problem solving
2. ·         student can get new ideas
3. ·         This blog is very informative
4. ·         Motivating: as : more than thousand people use it .different opinion and information can motivate the users to get interesting ideas .
5.        Many of the time it is not possible to get help of teacher but as it is an online based website t user don' t need to wait for right time ,he can post it and get information,help from many teachers or other people.

Teaching With Blog

Technology is getting popular day by day in every sector of work and human life. In teaching ,many tools from internet and software is used in schools and colleges to make the educational process more developed and advanced. Blog is one of the online source through which teaching can be possible.

What is a Blog?

Blog is a web page which is regularly updated and usually run by individual or group of people. A blog is served as a journal or diary of the blogger.

Benefits of using blog for teaching

• ·         It is a good source for  improving reading and writing skills
• ·         It can be proved beneficial for distance learning students. Students can read and learn staying home .
• ·         Blog can be one of the platform for discussion about problems and ideas or thought . It is helpful for students to discuss matter clearly
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There are many ways that a teacher can use Blog to teach the students:

For improving writing skills

     For students writing improvement a teacher can use blog where he can post the topic and ask to          open new blog and post their assignments .In this way students find a platform to think creatively        at the same time it helps their writing skills improve day by day.

 As a  Classroom Management Tool

 A teacher can use blog as a classroom management tool . any kind of notice materials or requirements he can post where students can check day to day updates that are needed tor class. In that way a teacher can keep his/her students active using blog.

     A place for Discussion:

      A teacher can use blog as a place for discussion where teacher can post article or any assignment where students can give their idea and opinion about the topic or they can give their opinion or discuss  any problems with the teacher  in blog. so In this case blog is very much effective to make the student engaged in discussion or communication.

        Accessible and Engaging

           This online tool is easily accessible from anywhere of the world where internet connection is               available a teacher can use this opportunity to make the students even if they are not in                         school. he can post lesson and ask students to work on it and later post in their own blog.

   Multi-way of learning

    A teacher teach with several ways .this can be one of the way ,a teacher can give assignments

     registering in blog . It can be very much helpful for those students who are who are shy in speaking .

     

Blog can be use differently to teach so its depend on teacher how he can make it effective among his students.

Review on Free Rice

There are many online websites for learning, Free Rice is one of them but it is a nonprofit website . This website is owned by United Nation World Food Program. This website is very much helpful to learn vocabularies .the most interesting thing is that people can use this website in different languages like Korean, Spanish, Italian, English etc.

This website aims to provide free access to all and helping the poor providing food . This website motivate the users by giving scores through grains .For each correct answer the player get 10 grains of rice good thing is that  there is no negative marking for incorrect answer. In that way the player can gather a good score as grains and this amount of rice later donated to help end hunger through the World Food program

Students learn vocabularies through multiple choice and the multiple choice comes accordingly; from easy to hard. If  the user fails to answer correct the same question come later again and again .Through the mistake learner learn the correct one.

Through the website learner can improve their vocabulary very fast because it is interesting and motivating. It is very easy to use because user only need to register in it and he can me a part of the donation. Free Rice contain different subjects for example

HUMANITIES

o   Famous Paintings

o   Literature

o   World Hunger

o   Famous Quotations

ENGLISH

    o English Vocabulary

o  English Grammar

MATH

o   Multiplication Table

o   Basic Math

CHEMISTRY

o   Chemical Symbols (Full List)

o   Chemical Symbols (Basic)

LANGUAGE LEARNING

o   German

o   Spanish

o   French

o   Italian

o   Latin

GEOGRAPHY

o   World Landmarks

o   Identify Countries on the Map

o   World Capitals

o   Flags of the world

SCIENCES

o   Human Anatomy

TEST PREPARATION

o  SAT

These are the subject that a user can go through to improve their vocabulary.user can make group for learning with the aim of helping the poor . There are many groups where learner can join or make their own group.A teacher can recommend his to join group for not only for learning but for help . And i think this is the good way for learning and helping others.Another important fact is that student can practice outside the  class. So i think this website is very useful for everyone who wants to improve their language skills.

Review on Oxford Word Skills Advance software

Oxford Word Skills Advanced is one of the most effective software for English language learning. This software include many exercise for practicing and learning new words ,grammar, spoken English in sounds, written English, changing words and may more User can explore and learn many important aspects of English language. This software is designed by Oxford university to make the learning process more easy and effective.

This software is very easy to use as it didn't require any complex or hard feature. Everyone can use it as the only thing it require is the name to log in/register.

This software contain several sections(11 sections) which is divided into unites that helps users to choose the specific part that the learner want to practice .the unit part include interesting topics like explaining meaning and style, job benefit, body and cloths and many more.

 To make the learning more interesting ,some of the units contain pictures and also sounds through which a learner can learn or guess the meaning of exercise .This software contain facilities for learner to make the learning process more meaningful.

A learners can  practice texts and if they find  any problem in pronouncing any certain vocabulary they can listen to sounds.

Another important feature is that this software contain a word list and learner can listen to the sound he want and also learn the phonetics form of the word. this word list contain all the important words used in the text or exercise. This software also include notebook for the learner he/she can listen to sound of words and write down synonyms and save them in future need .

This software can be proof very effective for Bangladeshi learners as it is very easy to use. It can be beneficial if  authority buy this for the school, college student and give it to them to precise . student can carry this software anywhere in pen drive easily, student can  store it in Google drive if internet connection is available. This software is not only for the students but teacher can practice it and make lesson from for the students.

                                               Impression on TED-Ed

Ted-Ed is a useful tool for both teacher and learners in which ideas and thoughts of teachers and learners are shared. This free website also allows its users with the facility of creating lessons using video, a teacher can make customized lesson plan both publicly or privately.   TED-Ed’s main mission is to spread ideas and thoughts. TED-Ed usually cover almost all sectors like business, science, arts and many This website become more popular as it can be accessible more than hundred languages.

TED-Ed Lessons

1.     There are two types of TED-Ed lessons. One of them is called the original one which is basically in a process of award winning. This lesion is basically for the experts or teachers who have more experiences in specific field, For example the teachers, writers or animators.

2.     There is another kind of lesson which is basically designed for the visitors of the website. This one is easier for the users as the process of making lesson is quite easy .user can add as many question they want. As it is customized way of making own lesson a teacher can make more interesting way they think providing time code. two type of question is provided one is multiple question and open answer. Not only that user can also give brief and extra information with Dig Deeper. Lesson planer also provide open discussion question for all. This website is designed in a way that students and teacher can give their opinion and ideas every possible way.

Advantages:

Advantages of TED-Ed: there are many advantages that the user can find using this website like..

·        This website is very easy to use

·        Easy to modify the other’s work

·        This website if absolutely free so that anyone can use it

·        There is huge number of students and teachers who are cooperative giving thoughts and ideas so that getting quick response can be another advantage.

Challenge:

·        One of the main challenge is that it is very difficult or almost impossible for those who do not have the access of technology or internet as it is an online based tool

·        The limited way of making questions can be very common to learners as we can see that only discussion, question-answer, and multiple choice is provided. But other ways of lesion question pattern could be made like Fill in the blanks, essay writing,

TED talks help English language learners in a variety of ways: There are many ways through which a language learner can be benefited by the TED Talks.

TED transcripts – transcripts of each TED talk are available so that you can read along with the spoken word. This helps you to improve learner’s pronunciation skills.

On Language –  User can find many talks which are given by Expert teachers (Especially language and linguistic teachers). They discuss about the contend of language.

This website is very useful for the people who belongs to the educational field not only that it is very much useful in teaching and discussion of teaching and learning aspects.

 Impression on Everwrite Software:

Everwrite is a software which is not available for everyone as it only can run by paying . This software is basically for those who can use it for both practicing and learning .it is a helpful software that a learner or user can access  to learn of test any kind of grammatical aspect they want.

This software is very much easy to use as there is no difficult options of buttons which a learner or teacher cant understand.Every option is presented very clearly and organized manner. 

It can be proved as very interesting and motivational software as it cover almost every aspect of learning a language. Crammer(tense,prepositions,noun,comma etc), practicing of testing the thesis statements, everything can be found in one software. A learner can feel  motivated because of the way it is presented which is very simple and basically reading based  ,learner or the user can get feedback easily through the software

This software lack communication because there is no proper connection between the software and the learner.though it gives feedback but never explain the problem or the feedback whatever it gives is only the correct answer.and for the incorrect one is almost same answer  which is "INCORRECT!!".

This software do not provide any option to input new learning  or practicing task  for the users.It is a software which can be use by purchasing but it lacks its weight when came at the question of providing variety for the users .Learner cant i find newness while accessing or put new data as exercise as a result it become less interesting for the users.

Not only that this software provide very limited option in every aspect of learning (noun,tense,adjective)for the users to access so that user cant find variety in practicing or testing a task of language.

 So it can be said that this software contain both problem s and  advantages . the way it is designed is very interesting and user friendly  in many way ,at the same time it contains problem for the users but overall it is not a bad for the users.

                                             Academic Word List

AWL is a popular website among the learners and teachers. This website mainly design to expand academic vocabularies. Students need to learn many technical vocabularies which are important in their academic education with its feature,strategy any many more.AWL helps learners to improve themselves through texts of comprehension.

·        Learner can choose any text by their own to find out academic vocabularies using this website they also can practice it by selecting their level of study .

·        Student can learn the highlighted vocabularies by their own

·        This website also provide several word list which can be prove effective for learners.

·        It also provide comprehension text ,learner can also use if for study

·        Highlighter useful tool for developing teaching materials which focus on academic vocabulary, especially for mixed-discipline classes .

·        The AWL Gapmaker is also helpful for the teachers as it provide gaps in the comprehension text .it can be used as a practice material. Like AWL Highlighter they also can select level for whom they are selecting the materials..

·        It provide exercise word list for practice or teaching materials  for teachers.

·        Another important thing is it provide popular website links so that it become more easier to learn more vocabularies and general texts.

User friendliness:

• It is easy to use so that teacher as well as learner can easily use it for study purpose.
• There is descriptions for how to use it both in home page and and every options it provide (AWL Highlighter,AWL Gapmaker,Exercise etc)

Limitation/weakness:

• It do not provide use of same word in different sentence so that student need to work to find by themselves.
• AWL Gapmaker do not provide online solving option to find the error.no feedback system.

Though it has some limitation this website is very effective for teachers and students as well. 

Popular websites for teaching,learning and researching

In the age of technology people are getting so much attached to use technology to become more beneficial as it is  time consuming .in case of teaching and learning technology is getting popular day by day.nowadays websites are playing an important  role for everyone like teachers,students,researchers. Students can practice vocabulary,grammar and many more by using some effective websites.A teacher can find possible materials in these website or they can find the format suitable for his/her class .It is very much beneficial for researchers as many websites include many facilities . In this essay I am going to uphold some of these website which are quite popular among the users and describe their strength and weakness ,the objectives and their effectiveness and what it actually resembles for.

Word smart.com

Word smart is one of the website which is very popular among the learners.this website basically designed for the learners and focus on vocabulary learning.

Objective:The main objective of the site is to teach the learners new vocabularies providing option and possible meaning.

Effectiveness:This is an effective site for learning because it teaches vocabulary not seldom but simpler to harder one,so that learner do not feel lost in first glance.

Strength: 

1.      One of the important strength of this site is it provide a progress report so that learner get aware what score they are doing

2.      It also provide learners performance board of the learner

3.      It also contain points .its mean learner can gather points as they progress.

4.      It contain the list of top scorer

Weakness:

1.      One of the main problem of this site is it didn't provide the correct answer if learner do mistakes but is only show the mistake words learner do.

2.      Another important weakness is time.it provide less time think about the possible meaning

3.      Many words are not recognizable for the learner

4.      The higher level learner reach they have to buy those

Teaching/testing: Instead of focusing both it only focus on testing.

Lextutor

Objective : The main objective of this site is to help the learners ,researcher and teachers to use the specific English word and learn vocabulary .

Effectiveness:  It is a complex and multi task site through which people (learner,researcher and teacher) can be benefited as it helps in Frequency analysis  Range analysis ,Vocabulary Tests and many more.though its complex site but once we understand how to use it ,we will know how beneficial the site is.

Strength:

·         One of the strength is it help for getting an overview of the frequency profile of a text

·         It provide vocabulary test which contains level,

·         There are several vocabulary tests available, including the Vocabulary Levels Test, Vocabulary Size Test, the Word Associates Test, a test of the first 1,000 words, and a checklist test.

Weakness: As it is a online teaching site sometimes the answer can be incorrect .

Crossword puzzles (http//itesj.org/cw

Objective :The main objective of this site is to help the ELS student to learn the vocabulary and grammar providing  materials for ESL/EFL teachers  and learners for example  online textbooks, games and activity. For students there is a large collection of activities including quizzes and crossword puzzles. This paper will present an overview of what is available on these websites.

Effectiveness: It is an effective online site because it works as a online textbook to learn from any site of the world.Students can participate in varieties of activities including quizzes and crossword puzzles.this website also includes ongoing projects that teachers can use or contribute to and online textbooks.

Strength

1.      the first strength of this site is website is it provide lots of variety for learning which is a good thing as there are many website which only provide  similar activity for learning  vocabularies.

2.      teacher or learner can choose options on which they want to work on.(it can be food animals classroom objects or any common word)

3.      it is accessible for all

4.      it also gibes feedback after every activity.

5.      it provide hints so it is effective for learning

Weakness:

·         though it is helpful cannot encourage through activities what a teacher can.

·         cannot explain the feedback briefly  (in case of grammar)

·          only focus on testing

Teaching /testing:Instead of focusing both it only focus on testing

So it can be said that the the importance of those website cannot be ignored as it somehow manages to take the place of a teacher for the students.Teachers  and researchers are also are also getting benefited  as it works as a resource of all they need.