Abdula

Hello Abdula, Hope you enjoyed the computer class! I would like to put a page on the wall of the class room showing everyone's photo, name, 3 things about themselves and 3 things about their country. I would like the page to include a map of the student's country and their flag. Can you start writing this story please Cheers and thanks Helen **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 .business man....." // //"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 English language& computer............". // //"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 reading.......(eg reading, grammar, listening)" //

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

//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) ////<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> No I haven’t. // //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;">6. What resources do you have to help you to learn English? // //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;">"I have an English-speaking friend, a home-tutor, a television, a computer with internet, a good dictionary, a good grammar text-book.".Yes I have. // //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;">"I go to the local library, I talk to my neighbours, I use the telephone, I read the newspaper...".Yes I do. //

//<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;">7. List 4 things you will do to work on your weaknesses (question 4). ////<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> 1- I try to speak to everyone around me. // //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;">2-I try to repeat any sentences that I heard in TV. // //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;">3-I try to listen to computer and repeat what they are talking about. // //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;">4-I always trying to get learning courses through our teacher for improving my English language. // //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;">5- I try to get books which contain CD or TAPES to improve my language. // //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;">8. What can you do on your own to help you achieve your goals (question 2)?I am continuing to study my English course and computer, but if it is not enough to improve my language ,then I should get another courses or, although I try always to improve my language by contact directly with Australian people //

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">    <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> ** I am in Australia ** My name is Abdula Noor from Iraq, I came to Australia with my family in 2007, and I got a work skill visa to work in Tasmania for two years. I was born in Iraq in 1953 in a city called” Kirkuk” which is rich of oil, but also Iraq is rich of many minerals like phosphorus, sulphur and mercury. Iraq has good land for agriculture and has more than five millions of datepalme and more than 500 types of dates. In Iraq there are two big rivers “Tigris and Euphrates”. My family is a good and a famous family in my city. My father was a teacher in a primary school; also he had an interest in high school mathematics. My mother was a housewife and was an educated person who didn’t work in all her life outside of her home because she took care for her children. I have five sisters and three brothers and I am the third one between them, all my brothers and sisters had got Bachelor in medicine or in engineering or in science only the oldest sister who got diploma in education. I began to work from 1978 till 2007 in many industrial factories like” brick and cement factories with the group of mechanical maintenance. But I decided to leave Iraq and live in Australia that was my dream; really that decision was very difficult for me because I was going to destroy what I built in thirty years. Travelling from my country to another country which was unknown to me, and unknown things about their style life, But I did what I thought and planed about that. I got a job in a company to work for two years as a fabricator and a welder, which they were using aluminium as a metal, which was a new job for me and I haven’t had experience in this kind of job. I did my job properly till 18months which was a lovely time that I worked there. But because of global financial crises I lost my job and then I decided to continue my studding English course in polytechnic that I suspended it before two years. I planned to study another course about business to do something here, because I am interesting in this kind of job. I am very lucky and happy because I am with my family here in a good and a safe country and lovely and helpfully people, I try to do all my best with my family to be a successful family in Australia. Abdula Noor 25/06/2010