Final presentation

The introduction was clear enough.
I used a note paper and I read from it some points. I think the eye contact was good enough but I was a little nervous.
The slides were colorful, clear and with images; I think the words in each slide were good and sufficient.
Content: I explained the causes and the problems and I think I had explained some important solutions.
Language: I used simple words to make it easy to understand.

20 words

# Word (N, v, adj, adv, prep, etc.) definition: 2-5 words Sentences
1 alternative
N A situation which allows a mutually exclusive choice between two or more possibilities
I had two alternative choices in my major
2 circumstance
N That which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event; an attendant thing or state of things. circumstances of the lesson was good
3 comment
V A spoken remark
I wrote very good comments to my teachers in the evaluations.
4 access
N A way or means of approaching or entering; an entrance; a passage.
i can access level 2 by having more courses
5 constrain
V to force physically, by strong persuasion or pressurizing; to compel; to oblige
in army , generals constrain their soldiers
6 annual
ADJ Happening once every year
the total annual salary of some players are above 4 millions
7 apparent
ADJ Capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to the eye; within sight or view.
the traffic in the street is apparent
8 Attitude
N position of the body or way of carrying oneself
Many people have to change their attitude in order to be successful in their lives.
9 Civil
ADJ Having to do with people and government office as opposed to the military or religion. working in civil places is very good for some people
10 commit
V To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to entrust; to consign.
I commit my parents to do well in my studies
11 convene
V To come together; to meet; to unite
I convene my friends to come to the college
12 emphasis
N Special weight or forcefulness given to something considered important
He paused for emphasis before saying who had won
13 interact
N A short act or piece between others, as in a play; an interlude; hence, intermediate employment or time. there was an interact in the meeting yesterday
14 philosophy
V An academic discipline that is often divided into five major branches: logic; metaphysics; epistemology; ethics; and aesthetics
I hate listening to philosophies
15 shift
V To change, swap
in the hotel there are shifts between day and night
16
justify
V To provide an acceptable explanation for
How can you justify spending so much money on clothes
17 ensure
V To make sure or certain of something (usually some future event or condition to ensure that you are healthy , check with the doctor
18 error
V A mistake; an accidental wrong action or a false statement not made deliberately When you put wrong commands in the calculator, usually you get an error.
19 concentrate
V To bring to, or direct toward, a common centre; to unite more closely; to gather into one body, mass, or force to concentrate rays of light into a focus
20 ethnic
ADJ Of or related to a group of people having common racial, national, religious or cultural origins
There are many ethnic Indonesians in the Netherlands

* http://www.admc.hct.ac.ae/hd1/vocab/index.htm

Meeting report

Aims of the meeting
The meeting was called to discuss the problem of parking at ADMC. Our goal is to find the best solution to make the parking big enough for the number of the students’ cars. We had the best solution which is to build a parking building for students besides the F-block parking.

Minutes of the meeting

Date: 23-2-2010
Time: 1:00 pm.
Place: F52.
In attendance: Saif Al Khaili, Salem Al Mazrouei, Faisal Al Dhaheri Ahmed Al Mansoori .
Agenda:
1-Discuss the problem of college parking.
2-Finding solution for traffic congestion in parking lot.
3-Discuss the solutions.
4-Agree with the best solution.
Saif called the meeting to order at 2 pm. The first item declared was:
1- Saif says that we have to expand the parking space because we have around 750 parking spaces and students are around 2125 so the students are more than the parking spaces.
2- Faisal agrees with it but he has a better solution which is having the same number of parking spaces as the number of students.
3- Salem says that they should build a parking building.
4- We all agree with Salem because it’s the best solution and we have enough space for the building beside the F-block parking.
Saif asked if there was AOB; he then closed the meeting at 1:30 p.m.

Reflection:

I the chairman led the meeting well, as well as the secretary who is Faisal Saif and the participant who is Salem Hassan who discussed the agenda well and Faisal who wrote the minutes specifically about how to improve the HCT in many ways and we all discussed them one by one. We learned how to stick to the topic and not go further in the discussion about things not on the agenda. So if we run another meeting we will be good at it.

Classmate Introduction

Hi, my name is Saif. Today I’d like to introduce our classmate Rashid. I’m going to tell you about his hometown, family, and favorite activities. Rashid was born in Abu Dhabi. However, he now lives in Karama, Abu Dhabi. He has 3 brothers and sisters. When Rashid has free time he logs in to facebook and he also enjoys riding motor cycles.

Rashid’s ambition is to be minister, perhaps minister of petroleum. His best vacation was in Sweihan. He went there with his family two weeks ago. He has been to Sweihan many times because he has a ranch. He thinks the best things about the ADMC are the people, because they are very polite and helpful. And the worst thing about the ADMC is the projects, because all the courses want projects.

Now you know a little bit about Rashid Al Menhali, his family and leisure activities.