2008 m. gegužės 8 d., ketvirtadienis

Self - assessment of ESP leraning

Writing skills:
In the ESP course I find out new instructions about how to write summaries . I knew that there are so many kinds of summaries, like restatement, analytical or critical. Now I think that I am able to write a summary much more correctly, and this activity now looks easier for me.
ESP vocabulary tests also now looks a little bit easier, because my vocabulary is expanded and I can remember more information.
Dictations for me it is a quite hard task. Sometimes I can't remember what it is dictating and so I can't do a task very well. Also I did many mistakes of speling and punctuation. But I think that my skills are becoming better after every dictation task.
Self- desined tests it is a new and very interesting task. It helps me to summaries important information, and to remember it better. But of course this task isn't very easy, because if I want to prepare a good test I should be very accurate. And I think that not every test which I prepered it is very good.
Contributions to weblog for me it is interesting but hard task. Because sometimes I have lack of ideas. And also when I'm writting I did many spelling and grammar mistakes.
Speaking skills:
As I mentioned before, after ESP course my vocabulary it is expanded, and now I am able to talk much better. However sometimes I forget some words and can't express my opinion very accurate. Speaking in pairs it is easier than speaking in class discussions for me, because speaking with one person isn't so thrilling.
For me it is very hard to prepare and to represent a presentation that everyone could understand it. Sometimes while speaking I am doing many mistakes and I could be misunderstood.
Listening skills:
Listening sometimes looks a difficult and sometimes easy task. It depends on my concentration, the accent of speaker, and the theme of the text. But now listening tasks there are easier to do, than at the begining of ESP course.
Reding skills:
Home reading for me it is easier than class reading, because at home I can use a dictionary and so I understand the material better. Also when I am reading in class, sometimes I don't read the material very carefully, because I haven't enough time.
Computer tasks aren't very hard, because for me it is easy to find the information on the internet.

I think that after few month of ESP course my skills of reading, writing, speaking, listening in English become much better.

2008 m. gegužės 7 d., trečiadienis

Artificial intelligence


Artificial intelligence could be defined as the intelligence of machines.
In our daily lives computers and other new technologies are becoming more and more important. Computers help us to do many activities easier, so it is natural that we become dependent on them.
I am amazed of all the new technologies, especially the robots. They can do anything what people want and order them to do. All the programs are prepared so good, that they can behave like humans. For example, robots can serve drinks or food. Also they are very important for many researches, especially in the space. It is much more easier to send the robots in the space rather than people.
Of course it is very interesting or even funny to see how robots are behaving like humans, but I think that they will never exchange humans. Because robots don't have the features which are unique for humans -feelings and creativity.
As long as humans understand the importance of feelings, all the machines would be just the machines.