MOCK 1 TASK2

Serving as vivid repositories of our culture, museums have always been temples where minds are fed with information. Traditionally, these are places where knowledge and information can be sought. However, as technology evolved, these places also blossomed into visual, auditory and kinaesthetic stimulators that entertain the public.

Museums have always held a vast array of exhibits that are always visually pleasing. Customarily, people go to museums as part of educational field trips. A tour guide feeds more information about the relics displayed, thus facilitating learning among scholars. There are different kinds of museums which foster varied themes, not the least of which are culture and history. Many students relish at the vast detail provided by museums that facilitate their learning. For instance, instead of listening to saturating and exhaustive lectures in class or pouring over books, they could easily appreciate historical events or the richness of our traditions and customs with the collection of displays parading the museums.

On the other hand, not all museums reflect history, science or culture. Some display art or are becoming increasingly innovated that allows seeing, hearing and even feeling the exhibits. A lot of people flock these places, not just to get informed, but also to have quality leisure time. As an example, Madame Tussaud’s Wax Museum does not display historical artefacts but wax figures of iconic people. A lot of visitors enter its halls every year, feeling happy and content as they leave this building that reflects pop culture.

In my opinion, a museum made to entertain people is not a bad idea; neither is building one to educate people. Also, I believe that it is hard to separate both as we could learn a lot from even the most mundane things. It is then possible to merge learning with entertainment, which is practically the rudiment of effective learning.  After all, the learning process does not need to be very rigid and serious.

Museums house the past, present, and future and adding the element of fun does not defeat its purpose. Although the original purpose of these glorious structures is to archive history, it also needs to grow, change, and evolve.  

MOCK 1 ACAD1

The illustrations lucidly reveal statistics related to courses provided by a large company to its employees. The pie chart depicts the hours of training in a year; whereas, the bar graph reflects the responses of two groups of workers to these trainings.  Overall, there are 5 types of training provided by the big financial company which vary with regard to hours allotted. The responses of managers and secretaries to the training are also mostly unequivocal.

It is noteworthy that technical training takes up half of the hours spent on training in a year. Career development, on the other hand, is a far second with 25% of the total hours. Only half of this percentage is spent on the number of hours allotted to train workers to deal with peers and colleagues. Lastly, seminars concerning health settle at the bottom of the list, only occupying 5% of the chart—a huge disparity compared to the amount of time spent for technical training.

Managers and secretaries have an almost similar trend with respect to their perceptions towards company-facilitated seminars and workshops. A stark majority of both parties stand by the importance of such trainings to their job, as almost 90% of managers responded affirmatively and secretaries only about 5% short. The second most common response of managers is that training is good for networking at 60% while more than 60% of their counterparts believe that this is a good excuse to catalyze change. There is an exchange of places between managers’ and secretaries’ third response, with the assistants having 40% of respondents agreeing with the former reason while about 15% of managers agreeing with the latter reason. Finally, very few respondents claim that training is just a waste of time with 5% and 10% for managers and secretaries respectively.

In conclusion, technical training possesses a sizeable number of hours allotted for training in contrast to health history training which has the least.  Most managers and secretaries accommodate the trainings positively, as they believe that it is important for their work, while very few respondents claim that it is a waste of time.

  

MOCK 1 GT1 SAMPLE

Dear Sir/ Madam,

I am a student at University of Cambridge, located at northern England and I am writing to inquire about procuring a new passport, as my old one has been stolen.

During the 8^th of October, around 10:20 in the morning; while I was walking along East Street, Leeds Bus Station, a man approached me to ask for directions to the London Eye. However, he pulled me into a small alley and with a gun pointed at me, he asked for my bag and other belongings. I had no choice but to give him my bag as I was extremely frightened. My bag contained several valuables including my passport. I immediately went to the nearest police station after the incident to report what transpired.  They advised me to write to your office and provided the police reference number CX 24 if you require any further details.

I need my passport immediately so that I could enrol at the university three weeks from now. From what I could remember, my passport number is A4847009x. This was issued to me in February 28 1972 and is about to expire in February 27, 2002.  I would like to know how I could get a passport the soonest possible time. I would be very grateful if you could send me the requirements and I will promptly mail these back to your office or drop by in person.

I apologize for the inconvenience that this may cause you and I am hoping to hear from you with some good news at the soonest possible time. If you require any further information, please do not hesitate to call me at 044-098-0000. Thank you very much.

Yours faithfully,

Mari Joan Bandiola

Student

Writing Task 1 process B

WRITING TASK 1 Process B

Mari Joan M. Salvador-Bandiola,RN

N.B. Please make sure that you have attended my lectures first before you copy and paste any of these. I am only counting on your honesty. Thanks. :D

The PROCESS B

processes that have an end

•        flow chart

•        map

•        diagrams

•        illustrations of how something works/created

INTRODUCTION

•        GUIDELINES:

–       1-2 sentences

–       Present the overview of the topic

–       Paraphrase the TASK DESCRIPTION

–       Introduce the content in your own words.

–       Use the present tense

SAMPLE INTRODUCTION:

•        One of the most versatile materials used for writing, drawing, and many other purposes; the pencil is indeed indispensable as it is handy. The process distinctly shows how a pencil is manufactured and showcases the stages it will go through to become a pencil can be used for different purposes.

SPECIFIC DETAILS

•        Always use the present tense (unless the time element is present)

•        Determine your approach.

•        Be descriptive. Make good use of the information and illustrations provided.

•        Use connecting words.

•        Describe the information by following the sequence of events.

•        Do not use verbs/adjectives/nouns that denote a beginning or an end.

SAMPLE SPECIFICS:

•        Graphite, a black mineral; is ground and mixed with clay and water resulting to the raw graphite dough. The dough is then placed inside a machine known as the forming press in order to form the inside functional part of the pencil--a graphite rod. These thin, cylindrical, black rods are cut just about the size of a pencil to form the pencil leads. These leads are dried in order to harden. After a certain period, the dried leads are placed inside an oven heated to about 800 ‘C. On the other hand, the wooden cases enclosing each lead is made out of lumber; which are cut to  form slats. Each slat is further cut to form grooves where the lead could fit. Another set is made to make up the other half of the group to entirely cover the pencil lead. Each pair of grooved wooden slat is glued on top of each other with the lead at the middle; resembling a sandwich. The slats are further cut into rough cylindrical pieces. In order to form the smoothened final product, the pieces are fitted into a shaping machine.

OVERVIEW:

•        Make use of at least 2 sentences.

•        Present tense

•        Indicate the last step or stage in the process

•        Summarize the process into a thesis statement.

SAMPLE OVERVIEW

•        With the use of the following materials: a mixture of ground graphite, clay, and water, and a block of wood, the ordinary pencil will be formed. Although the diminutive pencil appears simple, it undergoes a tedious process in order to be completed. After fitting each raw pencil into a shaping machine; the resultant smooth, finished pencil is ready to be used.