New Words:Unit 2: Oil Spills

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blowout (noun)
cause (noun)
collision (noun)
following (adjective)
lead to (verb)
major (adjective)
oil spill (noun)
off (the coast) (preposition)
(run) aground

New Words:Unit 1: The Red Sea

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as a result of
for one thing
in addition
real (adjective)
seem (verb)
shore (noun)
enclose (verb)
suggest (verb)
pollute (verb)

Message from Simon:Blog Relaunch

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Today marks the relaunch of the 'Simon's N.I.T. Room' Blog.

As noted in my first message, the primary aims of this blogspot are to:

1. let you know what is happening in the course
2. let you know more about me and your fellow students
3. provide links to on-line resources related to the themes being dealt with in the course.

Please feel free to check the blog from time to think and think and subscribing to the blog so that you can be informed by email when a new posting appears.

For now, best wishes.

Be good an happy,

Simon

New Words: 39The Shaybah

Some of the new words that came up in Unit 39 on The Shaybagh Story' were:

valley
remote
mile
order
clock
stock
diesel
installation
pleasant
prescription

New Words:38Saudi Aramco Community Service

Some of the new words that came up in Unit 38 on 'Saudi Aramco Community Service' were:

community
look after
owner
maintenance
ownership
recreation
gym
library
garden
resident
event

New Words:34: People Problems

Some of the new words that came up in Unit 34 on 'People Problems' were:

marry
grow
(pre) flight
precaution
future
meaning
take place
smuggle
refuse
meaning

New Words:Unit 33: Success on the Job

Some of the new words that came up in Unit 33 on 'People Problems' were:

success
unwritten
responsibility
duty
impolite
force
seniority
appreciate
find out
appointment
appreciate

New Words:32: Inventions

Some of the new words that came up in Unit 32 on 'Inventions' were:

invention
inventor
device
copy
issue
license
famous
because of
automatic
as long as
brain
calculator
frequent
overuse
braille

Exercise Answers:28 February - 4 March

Basic English Grammar: Chapter 10

Basic English Grammar Slides:Chapter 11: Expressing Future Time, Part 2

For links to the 'Grammar Rule' slides for Chapter 11 in the [Red] Basic English Grammar book concerning, Expressing Future Time, Part 2, see below:

11-1 may/might vs will
11-2 maybe vs may be
11-3 future time clauses with before, after and when
11-4 clauses with if
11-5 expressing habitual present with time clauses
11-6 using what + a form of do

New Words:31: You and Your Coworkers<

Some of the new words that came up in Unit31 on You and Your Coworkers' were:

salary
certainly
retire
get along with
underpaid
mistreated
customer
serve
attitude
complain
patient
impatient
intend

New Words:29: Company Vaules

Some of the new words that came up in Unit 29 on 'Company Values' were:

fair
honest
treat
performance
promise
accurate
usual
gain
moment
among
installation
maintenance
installation
promise

Basic English Grammar:Grammar Slides 10

For links to the 'Grammar Rule' slides for Chapter 10 in the [Red] Basic English Grammar book concerning, Expressing Future Time, Part 1, see below:

Chapter 10: Expressing Future Time Part: 1 [i]
Chapter 10: Expressing Future Time Part: 1 [ii]

Online Activities:Randall's ESL Lab

For some extra listening practice around some recent themes covered in class, follow the links below to some listening exercises from Randall's ESL Listening Lab .

Driving Road Test
Medical Advice
Exercise Program
Car Accident

New Words:28: Safety in the Heat

Some of the new words that came up in Unit 28 on 'Safety in the Heat' were:

cancer
on duty
neck
vacation
expect
absorb
lense
adjust
sensitive
humidity
Celsius
thermometer
secure
popular

New Words:27: Defensive Driving

Among the new words that came up in Unit 27 on 'Defensive Driving' were:

important
each
share
in fact
defensive
predict
alive
careless
mistake
except
as soon as
recommendation
memorize
cyclist
space
pedestrian
risk
death
decrease
damage

Basic English Grammar:Grammar Slides: 9

For links to the 'Grammar Rule' slides for the chapters in the [Red] Basic English Grammar book recently covered in class, see below:

Chapter 9: Expressing Time Past: 2 [i]
Chapter 9: Expressing Time Past: 2 [ii]

New Words:26: Dangers of Electricity

Among the words tht came unit in Unit 26: The Dangers of Electricity were:

miss
impossible
powerful
take care
adult
specialist
pharmacist
machinist
cover
remind
training
shortcut
fuse
rod
lightning
lightning rod
cord

New Words:25: The Internet and the Intranet

Among the new words that came up in Unit 25: The Internet and the Intranet were:

network
indicate
extremely
exciting
predict
internet
university
speed
approve
regulation
forbid
disassemble
displease
ideal
regulation

Online Activities:Many Things for ESL Students

For some vocabulary activities concerning recent themes covered in class, check out the links below to activities from the Many Interesting Things for ESL Students web page:

Shapes
Transportation & Communication
Body Parts
Tools
Things in the Kitchen