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I am very excting to have a personal page to write about my life in Singapore. These pages will show what I have done here ... ...
 
 
 
About Me

Hello! Welcome to my home page. I'm Yang Jun from Harbn, China.
Now I'm studying in NIE(Nation Institude of Education) in Singapore as a Scholar.

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My favourites

My Hobbies
 
It is better for me not to be a student which only like to study.
 
Favorite TV Show: Friends
 
Favorite Movie: Brave Heart
 
Favorite Music: 《蜗牛》
 
Favorite Book: All books writen by Jin Yong
 
Favorite Sports Team: Houston Rockets
 
Favorite Food: Chiken Rice!
 
People I Most Admire: Steven Hawking
 
 
Some Quotes
 
So many words I can feel in different ways, not just in English... ...
 
No pains, no gains.
 
The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend.
-Henry David Thoreau
 
Do not, for one repulse, forgo the purpose that you resolved to effort.
-Shakespeare
 
The man who has made up his mind to win never say "Impossible".
-Napoleon
 
Miracles sometimes occour, but one has to work terribly for them.
-C. Weizmann
 
There is no such thing as darkness; only a failure to see.
-Muggeridge
 
If you do not learn to think when you are young, you may never learn.
-Edison
 
Morality may consist solely in the courage of making a choice.
-L. Blum
 

 
Some Useful Links
 

BBC website

BBC school website for 11-16 years olds

http://www.bbc.co.uk/school/1116/english.shtml

This is a great website for teens with knowledge practice, writing tips, exam revision and vocabulary games.

 

BBC schools revision and game site

http://www.bbc.co.uk/school/games/  AND http://www.bbc.co.uk/school/revision/

Practice English skills or play some English games.

 

BBC learning site

http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillwise/words/grammar/

This is a great site for practicing your grammar. There are sections on grammar, reading, writing, listening, vocabulary and spelling.

 

BBC world service learning English

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/index.shtml

This is a great site to brush up on vocabulary grammar and reading skills. All skill provided.

 

British council website

http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/magazinecurrentframe.html

This is one of the British Council websites for secondary student. Lots of language and grammar activities. It provided a wide range of reading articles to practice reading and a very large collection of links to help with research projects. There is also an area where learners can write in with a grammar question.

 

Fairground spells

http://web.channel4.com/learning/microsites/F/fairground/

There are a variety of learning activities in a funfair setting for secondary students.

 

Online dictionary

Cambridge-online dictionary

http://www.dictionatry.cmbridge.org/

This is a good site for upper primary and secondary students to check the meaning of word.

 

Merriam-webster online dictionary

http://www.m-w.com/

Use the dictionary and thesaurus parts of this dictionary and then sign up to the Encyclopedia Britannica.

 

Reading

Encompass

http://www.encompassculture.com/

Learners can chat with leading authors, read author interviews, join a discussion board and take part in a reader’s quiz. There are numerous books recommendation for children, teenagers and adults.

 

Book box

http://www.channel4.com/learning/microsites/B/bookbox.home.htm

This website has over 30 favorite author and their books. There is also a writer’s tool kit, games and secret passages. This site is aimed at upper-primary and lower secondary students.

 

Way with words

http://www.channel4.com/learning/microsites/W/waywithwords/

This is a great site for teenagers contain an interactive literature and language website featuring classical and contemporary writers, poetry and non-fiction.

 

English language centre study zone (university of British Columbia)

http://web.2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/

This website contains grammar and reading activities for different levels. It also

 

This English server

http://eserver.org/fiction/

This is a site for secondary students who are looking for short stories to read. They are quite challenging but there is a good selection.

 

Penguin dossiers

http://www.penguindossiers.com/audio-frameset.asp

At this website, learners can read and listen to short reading passages.

 

Reader’s digest

http://www.rd.com/openlandingpage.do

This site has many interesting articles which can be used for reading practice.

 

Listening

English language listening lab online

http://www.elllo.org/

This site has over 400 listening articles for upper-primary and lower secondary students.

 

The ESL lab

http://www.esl-lab.com/

Improve listening skills by logging onto this website. The listening activities are graded into easy, medium and difficult comprehensions which are suitable for upper-primary and secondary students.

 

Grammar

Ruth Vilmi’s grammar exercise

http://www.ruthvilmi.net/hut/langhelp/grammar/

This is a resource website with a large number of links to other resources. It also has interactive exercises for practice different grammar points.

 

Online writing lab (OWL) Purdue University

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/index2.html

This website contain with information about grammar and writing resources.

 

Self-study grammar quizzes

http://a4esl.org/q/h/grammar.html

Hundreds of varied grammar quizzes for all level from internet TESL journal.

 

Vocabulary

Self-study vocabulary quizzes

http://q4esl.org/q/h/vocabulary.html

Hundreds of varied vocabulary quizzes for all level from internet TESL journal.

 

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