Surayia

Dear Surayia I am sorry your page was lost. I will try and find it.

My name is Surayia. I was born In Iraq. I finished my study and I got a bachelor degree In Microbiology and I taught as a secondary school teacher for fifteen years teaching Science and Chemistry. Then in 2007 I came to Australia with my husband and my children. Now I am a student at the Polytechnic doing an English course improving my language hopefully in the future I will find job as teacher.

I love Australia and her people very very much It Is safety and her people very friendly

=Your Learning Plan= Think about these questions and write your answers on your student page, or send an email to your teacher.

1. What are your long-term goals? (Choose __one__ of the following beginnings:) //"When I finish English classes I want to ....." "In 5 years time I would like to be .........ing" "In Australia I would like to work as a ......" "At the moment I am working in a ............, but I would really like to be working in a ......"

2. What are your short-term goals for your English learning? "This term, I want to improve my ............". "At the end of this term I want to be able to ............" "At the end of this year I want to be able to .........." "I want finish Certificate ....... (or Module ....)

3. What are your strengths? "I'm good at .......(eg reading, grammar, listening)"

4. What are your weaknesses? "I'm not good at ....."

5. Do you have any barriers which make it hard for you to come to class regularly or study at home? (eg young children, work, poor health)

6. What resources do you have to help you to learn English? "I have an English-speaking friend, a home-tutor, a television, a computer with internet, a good dictionary, a good grammar text-book." "I go to the local library, I talk to my neighbours, I use the telephone, I read the newspaper..."

7. List 4 things you will do to work on your weaknesses (question 4).

8. What can you do on your own to help you achieve your goals (question 2)?// = =