Skills Behind 174

I found out that the English course 174 was very interesting and taught me lots of things. The first thing I gained from this course is writing and reading skills. Before this course, I couldn’t read long articles. After going through this great course, I love to read articles even if they were long. I have the skill of summarizing them too. I even get the opportunity to learn new vocabulary which enhances my English language. The practical skill I learned is presentation skill. I can present my topics to the audience confidently.

Besides being linguistic course, it was knowledgeable. For example, the reading and writing topics were all about what is happening in our world such as global warming. I felt great when I was walking with my friends in a mall and found an exhibition which was about global warming. They all looked blank when they read “Global Warming” and I started to explain it to them.
At the beginning I thought that the teacher was tough with me. But then I found out that this toughness taught me independency. I realized that she is encouraging me to keep on researching. Yet, she was supportive and frankly speaking I enjoyed the course!

Wanted: Natural Residents

This article “Wanted: Natural Residents” written by Carolyn Fry talks about Western Harbour development project in Sweden. This project is applied in the seaside town of Malmo; on reclaimed industrial land. It focuses on promoting sustainable urban living and biodiversity.

Successfully, one of the buildings “Bo01” got occupied by people, animals and plants for all their needs and demands got supplied by the developers. For example, installing bat boxes and shelves allowed some of the bats and birds species to inhabit “Bo01”. To be precise, the developers afforded the right atmosphere to preserve the species from extinct and show people how nice and important they are in stabilizing our ecosystem. There is also play school on one of the roads which leads to the sea in the Western Harbour. It has activities for children aged one to five year old that enhance the idea of sustainable living and biodiversity. They are only served with organic food and taught how to cultivate it. Moreover, they are taught about recycling. Their idea is to bring up green generation.

For the new generation Developers are asked to add new features and follow strict rules to enhance biodiversity in “Bo02” and “Bo03” more than Bo01. They are also asked to add rooftop wind turbines. For example, install three types of boxes for different types of house animals and include biotope in both Bo02 and Bo03 yards.

In conclusion, Western Harbour development is a good step towards biodiversity. Plants and animals will live happily if the development succeed and encouraged by its habitats.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/jan/02/malmo-biodiversity

My Presentaion

www.scribd.com/doc/15996247/Task-7