EX) Jang phil-ja / Linzy / 010-000-0000 / 23. May. 07 / 12weeks / Philja academy

Today the weather is hot...Supposedly, it's a holiday today but because it's in the mid

dle of the week so the President of the Philippines change that tomorrow, so tomorro

w is a holiday..kkkk.. I'm happy because I'm going home tonight...Yesterday, I had 4

phone conversation with Jacob,Sayid,Jack,and Alvin..I had  a conversation with Jacob

and we talked about a lot of things. He was with his collegues so he was a little bit in

a hurry..but we talked for 12 minutes I think. At 3;00, I was suppose to have a convers

ation with Sayid but he told Manager Gang that he's busy so I didn't have a conversati

on with him. At 5:00, I had  a conversation with Jack. We talked about his last vacatio

n. It was fun talking with him about that. We also talked about his birthday and what h

e usually wish when he blows out the candle and he said " he usually wishes to beco

me rich and it came true" hahaha...At 5:30,there are 3 students visited the lounge bec

ause I promised to make a munchkins so we made a munchkins yesterday but there ar

e a lot of water so its a little soft but we tried to mold it...I had a conversation at 6:00

so they continued molding the munchkins but there are still remaining mixture that nee

ds to be mold but they said it's a lot so we will mold it maybe today???...after that we

ate our dinner. We ate topoki and munchkins but I'm not sure if they like the munchkin

s...kkkk... They also had a game,it's eating the whole lemon.. At 7:00, I went home an

d my roomate texted me that she was in the department store so I went there and she

bought some clothes but I didn't buy any because I don't have money..kkk.. after that

we went home and I slept right away because I didn't have enough sleep the other nig

ht...kkkk... so I'm feeling better now.. I actually got up at 6:00 this morning. Me and m

y roommate tried to find a new room because our house is far from our working place

but the rooms that we ask are expensive and not good so we decided to look for a ro

om in another place...and I came in the lounge after...kkkk 

Study a Balance of the 4 Key Skills
(Listening, Speaking, Reading, Writing)

Most students want to communicate better in English. If this is one of your goals, it is important to study a balance of the four major skills. Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing are the main (macro) skills you need to communicate in any language. Being very good at only one of these skills will not help you to communicate. For example you need to be able to read well before you can write well. You also need to be able to listen before you can speak. It helps to think of these communicative skills in two groups.

• Input ««« 
• Listening (in through your ears)
• Reading (in through your eyes)
• Output »»» 
• Speaking (out through your mouth)
• Writing (out through your hand)

It's simple. Think of it this way. First you have input. Next you have output. First you listen to someone ask you a question. Second you speak and give them your answer. First you read a letter from someone. After that you write back to them. These are examples of communicating.

Input and output don't necessarily go in a specific order. Sometimes you speak first and then you listen. Sometimes you write about something you hear. During communication, the person you are communicating with uses one of the opposite skills. Therefore, in order to understand each other, everyone must be skillful in all four areas.

Some students want to know which skill is the most important. Since all of the skills rely on each other, they are all important. However, to communicate we do use some skills more often than others. For example, about 40% of the time that we spend communicating we are simply listening. We speak for about 35% of the time. Approximately 16% of communication comes from reading, and about 9% from writing. These statistics are for an average communicator in English. Depending on someone's job or situation, these numbers may vary.

Each of these main skills has micro skills within them. For example, pronunciation is a type of speaking skill that must be practiced in order to improve communication. Spelling is a skill that makes understanding the written word easier. Grammar and vocabulary are other micro skills. Micro doesn't mean they are unimportant. Macro skills such as listening are very general, while micro skills are more specific.

For the best results, create an agenda that combines all four areas of study. Allow one type of studying to lead into another. For example, read a story and then talk about it with a friend. Watch a movie and then write about it. This is what teachers in an English class would have you do, right? EnglishClub.com has lessons in all 4 key skills (and all minor skills), as well as many outside links to help you study further

1. How to learn LISTENING

• Listen to the radio
  Don't always have a pen in hand. Sometimes it helps to just listen.
• Watch English TV
  Children's programming is very useful for ESL learners.
  Choose programs that you would enjoy in your own language.
  Remember that much of what you hear on TV is slang.
• Call Automated Answering Machine recordings
  you can find these numbers at the front of telephone books in many English-speaking countries. Before you dial, make sure that you are calling the free numbers.
• Watch movies
  choose ones with subtitles, or one from ESLNotes.com (provides useful notes on popular movies).
• Use Internet listening resources
  every day there are more and more places to listen to English online.
• Useful Listening links:
  EnglishClub.com English Listening
  More listening tips