Mass Media

HISTORY OF PRINTING

The Chinese were the first to invent the art of printing. They made wooden blocks to print letters. This was started during the period of the Tang Dynasty in 600 AD. The oldest known surviving printed work in a woodblock is a Buddhist scripture of 684 AD. It is now exhibited in a calligraphy museum in Tokyo, the capital of Japan.
The first printed book published in China was the Buddhist text, the “Diamond Sutra” by Wang Chick in 868 AD. Some copies of the Buddhist scriptures printed in 1377 are preserved in museums in China.
Though the Egyptians made paper by 3500 BC, it came to Europe only by the 11th century. The first paper mill in Europe was set up in Spain in 1120.
Block printing came to Europe by 1300. It is believed that Johannes Gutenburg of Germany had developed printing technology around 1439.
Gutenburg also invented an oil-based ink for printing. He printed the Bible
in 1450. It was in the Latin language and had 1282 pages. He used movable
printing blocks for the book. The invention of printing has revolutionised mass communication. Books are printed in large numbers and circulated in many countries. No other invention has had such an influence in the history of mankind.

THE FIRST NEWSPAPER

According to the World Association of Newspapers, the first newspaper in the modern sense was published by Johann Carlous in 1605. The name of the paper is a bit long! “Relation aller Furnemmen und gedenckwandigen Historien”. In 1609, another newspaper was started from Germany called “File”. Yet another newspaper in the modern concept was published from Venice called “The Gazette”.

largest circulated newspaper is the “Yomi Yuri Shimbun” published from Japan. It has a circulation of 1, 45, 57, 000 copies per day. The second and third largest circulated dailies in the world are also published from Japan.

Creative Writing issues

Yesterday i had a chance to visit amazing lessons for teachers of English, which were denoted to Creative Writing issues. With other teachers we practiced writing of assays, fictional and non-fictional compositions, poetry. We considered different ways how to make lessons of writing interesting for students.

The most amusing lecture for me was about writing poetry.

At first, we analyzed types of poetry. Then - poetic devices. There are some of them:

Alliteration - The repetition of initial consonant sounds.
Assonance - The repetition of vowel sounds.
Metaphor - A comparison between two objects with the intent of giving clearer meaning to one of them. Often forms of the "to be" verb are used, such as "is" or "was", to make the comparison
Onomatopoeia - The use of words which imitate sound.
Personification - A figure of speech which endows inanimate objects with human traits or abilities.
Repetition - the repeating of words, phrases, lines, or stanzas.
Rhyme - The similarity of ending sounds existing between two words.
Simile - A comparison between two objects using a specific word or comparison such as "like", "as", or "than".

The next step was writing of our own poems. But we did it in very interesting and new for me way - everyone wrote the one line of the verse and passed to next person, who continued writing. So, in the end we had collective poems. This exercise can be successfully used in lessons of English.
And now I would like to demonstrate my result. It's no ideal, but it was the first attempt =)

A computer

A computer is like a knowledge,
knowledge of everything in the world,
stored together as in the cabinet,
kept just waiting to be opened.
To open the world
to all of your ides,
you can use it everywhere
and take it anywhere.
And sometimes without this thing is very difficult.
It is an opened door to future
So let us open it.

The motivational phrases from libraries of Harvard University

1. If you fall asleep now, you will dream. If you study now, you will live your dream.
2. When you think it's too late, the truth is, it's still early.
3. The pain of studying is only temporary. But the pain of not knowing--ignorance--is forever.
4. Studying is not about time. It's about effort.
5. Life is not all about studying. But if you can't even conquer this little part of life, then what else can you possibly do?
6. Enjoy the inexorable pain.
7. It's those who are earlier than the others, those who put in more effort, who can enjoy the feelings of success.
8. Not everyone can truely succeed in everything. But success only comes with self-management and determination.
9. Time is flying.
10. The saliva that flow now will become the tears of tomorrow.
11. Dogs are learning, ambassadors are playing.
12. If you don't walk today, you'll have to run tomorrow.
13. People who invest in the future are realists.
14. The level of education is in direct correlation with your salary.
15. When today is over, it will never come back.
16. Even now, your enemies are eagerly flipping through books.
17. No pain, no gain.

http://www.harvard.edu

USA Education System

Studying in the United States has many advantages, but before you pick which program best meets your needs, you will first want to learn about the U.S. education system. There is a wide range of choices and opportunities, and you should have all of the information you need to make a decision that is right for you.

http://www.internationalstudent.com/study_usa/choosing-the-usa/usa-education-system

STRUCTURE OF EDUCATION
 SYSTEM IN THE USA

Higher education:

Higher education in the U.S. is also called postsecondary education, but the latter term also refers to all formal education beyond secondary school, whether higher education (defined as degree-granting education) or not. Postsecondary education is broadly divided into two different sectors: postsecondary vocational education and training, which is non-degree but can produce some transferable credits under certain circumstances; and higher education, which includes studies undertaken in degree-granting institutions for academic credit. However, the U.S. higher education system is not legally organized into separate university and non-university sub-systems as are some other national systems, but is comprehensive. It is a diverse and autonomous community of publicly and privalely supported institutions... http://www.euroeducation.net/prof/usa.htm

 

Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement Speech 2005

The speech of great man, which impressed me and forced to think about the aim of education in our life.

 

'You've got to find what you love,' Jobs says

This is a prepared text of the Commencement address delivered by Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Computer and of Pixar Animation Studios, on June 12, 2005.

I am honored to be with you today at your commencement from one of the finest universities in the world. I never graduated from college. Truth be told, this is the closest I've ever gotten to a college graduation. Today I want to tell you three stories from my life. That's it. No big deal. Just three stories. 

http://news.stanford.edu/news/2005/june15/jobs-061505.html

Shaping the Way We Teach English (Webinar 4.1)

Today I've received an approving of my membership in social network "Shaping the Way We Teach English". I've been waiting for the acceptance of my account for more than a week. And now i have an access to all useful resources of this excellent community for teachers of English. 

First of all i decided to watch the Webinar 4.1 "Exploiting Literature in Project-based Learning" and now I'm going to write several conclusions, which I made after the review.

•  There are the next lesson models: TBL model (Task-based Model); Teach-Test-Teach (TTT) Model; Presentation-Practice-Production (PPP) and another. 
• The author of Webinar makes an accent on TBL model, which has the next Framework: 
  
  1. PRE-TASK –Introductionto the topic and task
     
     • Explore the topic
     • Highlight useful words and phrases
     • Provide task instructions
     • Group learners in pairs or small groups

SURVEY I- September 25-30, 2011

My feelings about creating a blog are pleasant. The process is simple and understandable. It's very good that we can organize our work as people of 21 century.  Studying in such way is more interesting and productive.

1. What do you explore on your own time and when did you begin these interests?(For example, do you have any collections, hobbies? What do you like to read? Do you like to write (even letters or journals)? What do you like to talk to your friends about? Do you have access to computer technology ? Are you a computer user?)

As I work and at the same time I study I haven’t enough free time. Because of my sedentary lifestyle, in evenings I go to gym, practice aerobics and yoga. I like reading very much, and with aim to make this process easier and more comfortable I’ve even bought electronic book. My favorite books are psychological and novels of 19th century. To my friends I like to talk about: fashion, hobbies, relations, travels. I have access to computer and I spend too much time in front of screen. One of my hobbies is journalism. My first steps in this way I made this summer, when I visited School of Universal Journalist. I am communicative person, that’s why I like to share my thoughts to people. Consequently, I’ve made a blog in which now and then I write short stories about my life.