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March
2012
OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF ENGLISH DIVISION I FOR INTERNAL CIRCULATION ONLY
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ISP Musical the Finale
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Nguyet Minh_08E1
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n this Thursday, March 22nd,
a very special event will be
held by the Student
Association together with the Youth
Power club, named Recycle Day.All ULISers can join in this
meaningful and joyous event to
learn how to make bags, candles
and other lovely decorations from
recyclable materials such as paper,
nylon bags, used oil, empty bottles,
and so on. Even stuffs which seem
to be totally useless such as ice-
cream sticks, corncobs, toilet papercores can be made into
surprisingly useful objects. So
plunder you wastebasket and bring
everything you can find to Recycle
day. That is the best way to say: I
love you, Mother Earth!
Hoang Giang_08E1
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Why students sleep in class?Sleeping in class is one of
the most popular phenomena of
students nowadays. According to
my latest survey, almost every
student admitted to sleeping in
class at least once. So what are
the main reasons for this? Can we
blame it on students only?
(This picture is just used for illustrating)
The survey has shown that there are two kinds of sleeping in class: sleeping from the beginning
of the lessons and sleeping while listening to the lecturers.
Many of the students who were interviewed agreed that the most common reason for this is
they do not sleep enough at home. Some always have too many things to do like homework, part-time
jobs, and even playing video games, watching TV, and going out for entertaining; others have a habit
of going to bed late in the evening. As a result, they only sleep for about 5 hours per day. Thats why
they start to sleep shortly after coming to class in the morning.
Besides, some students say that they only sleep when the lectures are not
interesting or they do not like studying the subjects. Therefore, they fall asleep just
after listening to the lecturers for a few minutes.
In addition, cool weather, especially in the afternoon, also causes sleepiness
for students. Sometimes, they even want to sleep when seeing many of their
classmates sleeping.
Overall, sleeping in class cannot be blamed on students only. However, you
should fix them yourself in order not to sleep in class anymore because our main
goal is studying, right? To do so, you should make a timetable and start with it so as
to not only keep healthy but also study well. Good luck!
Anh Phuong_08E1
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Teacher or Sister???Teacher, sis, student- teacher or teachersto-be were allthe kinds of names that students used to call me during
the six weeks of the Teaching Practicum 2012. In
parallel, happy, nervous, scared, excited and surprising were all the
adjectives that best described my feeling in the very first official times
teaching the freshmen of FELTE. After a month and a half working with
those students, things left in my mind now are the love to the them and the
passion of becoming a good teacher of English. Looking at them, I found
myself of more than 3 years ago who was a small girl being far away from
her parents for the first time to immerse herself in a very different
learning environment that she had never experienced before. I saw the
young eager faces starving for new knowledge and skills from the lecturers
and experience in the students life. I wished to tell them everything so that
they would know in advance to minimize the weaknesses and get the best
results later on. I wished to share about my first things in university: first
feeling, first lesson, first love, and first exams, as a sister but not a teacher.
However, I acknowledged that each person has their own way of living and
thinking, and the totally strange things are worth trying and exploring.
Then, the last message I conveyed to them was that slowly step on your
way, slowly get what you really want, and slowly enjoy the life around you.
One day, you would realize that you are grown-up and 4 years in ULIS isthe most treasuring period of time in your life. As for me, I am satisfied
with my choice and feeling happy on my way of becoming an English
teacher in the next few months. Also, I am really thankful to them, my little
sisters and brothers, who gave me chance to look back my student life and
hope that they would be satisfied with their choices and ready to make their
dreams come true.
Xuan Lieu: 08.E1
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What is happy?Tran Thi Tuyet Trinh - 11E3
...From the diary of a freshman...
08/28/2011
I was born in a small village which isnt rich but everybody here is always happy. We all
know each other and live together as intimately as a family. Here, I am just a little girl enjoying
the happiness as every day is a present for me. Sounds I hear each morning are birdsongs in
the beautiful garden; and the whisper of the leaves in the afternoon could make me relaxed.
When the sunshine appears as a symbol of a new day, I get up with a happy smile. When the
sun sets, I gaze at the western firmament, see the large green rice field and listen to the sound
of sweet wind. In summer evenings, looking at thousands of stars in the sky could help me free
from sadness and troubles. At the end of a workday, I often enjoy doing my homework, and
then listen to my favorite songs before going to bed.
There are five people in my family. My father has worked far from home for 12 years and
only goes home once a month. Sometimes, we miss him very much, so we are all happy
whenever he is at home. My mother is a farmer with a wonderful soul who loves us more than
herself. What makes her bother about most is that I often quarrel with my brother, Phuc.
However, he is always the winner although he is younger than me. Being different from Phuc,
my youngest brother, Phu, usually obeys me. People say that we are a close family and its
true!
Besides, I also have many best friends who make me laugh all the time and share with me
everything. Im always eager to go to school every day and I have had some successes in my
study. In addition, I have even gained more achievements since I found a person I thought I fell
in love with...
Life is so beautiful as Im like a princess in a wonderland.
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10/04/2012
Everything has changed since I left my hometown to continue my study in Hanoi, a very
beautiful city. Im very excited about visiting some famous places I have seen only on TV
before such as Hoan Kiem Lake, Thu Le Park, etc. One more interesting thing is that I live
with my best friend on the second floor of a rented apartment. Thats so great because I used to
like living in the second floor a lot. Living here, we often go to the market, do the housework,
study, and even keep writing diary everyday together.
Im so happy that Im now a student at college and I always have my best friend side by side,
and its just the beginning...
02/11/2012
Problems have come gradually. The series of the last four months was like a long night of my
life. I couldnt enjoy the feeling of independence any longer because of my home sickness. I
often cried when thinking of my family and my hometown. I thought of meals my mom cooked,
thought of my brothers voices. I thought of days living at home when I saw twilight. I missed
thousands of stars in the sky. I missed the wind blowing from the fields...
Those days are gone now. In Hanoi, I couldnt see stars because of electric lights. The wind is
full of dust. I go to school on strange streets and no one smile warmly at me like what people do
in my hometown. I could only see stressful faces on which I just feel the pressure of life...
The worst thing was that my roommate began to take a part-time job, so she went home very
late at night. I was tired not only because of her tiredness but also because of too much
housework I had to do alone. (To tell the truth, there was not much housework. It was that
because I had been acquainted with living like a princess at home.) And about my study,
pressure grew up as the methods of learning and teaching in university were too different from
those in high school, and the exercises were also difficult. I envied students who were richer
and better than me (it was really fool). I couldnt find any friends. I didnt have any motivation
to go to school. Therefore, I had to change to be more confident, more active, which I had
never thought about before.
Everything seemed to be better when I became accustomed to my roommates job. I found
out that she had to do hard, really hard. I regretted that I had done nothing to help her before.
However, a new problem came up as she brought a strange girl with her when she went home
one day. The problem was more complicated than I thought since it was related to our family
and our friendship. Consequently, there were two options: I left or she left. Honestly, it was
more difficult to be solved when we were both very sensitive. Moreover, at that time, I was
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despaired because of my study result and my broken love. Luckily, the problem has been
solved today after I decided to let that girl live with us.
Recently, Im still a little girl but Im now far from happiness as life is more complicated
than I thought.
03/08/2012
After a month, recently, I have found everything very simple. My homesickness has faded
away as I have been familiar with living far from my family. My roommate no longer does her
part-time job; therefore, we can go to the market, do the housework and study together again.
The girl we are living with is closer to us now. My neighbors are closer, too.
I dont envy my friends anymore because I know that they have to study very hard like me
now. Their successes are the result of their efforts. I also have many friends in my class now.
All of them are friendly and I think they understand me. I still like going to school on footpath
every morning and smiling warmly at others as before. What a beautiful life!
For me, all things I have passed in my love are just sad memories. Someone has said that:
although you thought it is deep, really deep, it simply is very light, like a thin petal.
Everything will be good, quicker than you think because what is waiting for you in the future
is... the entire world. When love is lost, do not bow your head in sadness; instead keep your
head up high and gaze into heaven for that is where your broken heart has been sent to heal.
At the moment, I have a dream and I will try to make it come true even though I know that it
is very difficult. Perhaps in the way I do it, I can find how happiness is...
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Mom! The woman who I want to mention is
Mom A mother of only mine!!! You are my entire
world.
Perhaps, to everyone, you are not a special
person. However, you are the greatness in my heart
because of only one simple reason - you are my mother,
you are my life and you are my entire world.
I silently understand all the hardships and
difficulties that you have experienced. Moreover, I also
understand all the works and responsibilities that you have shouldered. Time has gone by, and you always
work hard like that. Your life attaches to the field.
You work in the field all day. Besides, you have to do
housework in the evening (including raising pigs and
chickens). You even dont have time to take care of
yourself not even some restful sleep. Mommy! You
are so miserable, arent you? Whenever I ask that
question, you always tell me that: I want to see your
success so all the hardships are not significant. Mom,
why do you make that enormous sacrifice for me? What
can I do for you? Nevertheless, nothing is comparable
with your love for me. I only bring you more sorrows.
From the bottom of my heart, I just want to say I
love you so much and I am profoundly grateful to you.
I cant remember how many times I say I
love you during the last 19 years but I believe that
you always know how much I love you, Mommy. My
love for you is as big as yours for me. 19 years old, I
am old enough to understand every thing. I wont be
stubborn any more. I wont say Im not interested or
I dont want any more. I will take everything into
careful consideration. I will be happier, stronger and
more sociable than I used to. I will fully open my
heart. Maybe you will be happier and no longer have to
worry about me.I study far from home so I only can send my
love since I am not brave enough to tell you. When
writing these lines, I miss you so much. I badly need
youat this moment. I try not to cry but I cant. Why
do I let myself be feeble and not like your daughter?
Whenever I feel sad, the first person I think of and
miss a lot is you. Perhaps, only you can give me the
feeling of safety. And only thinking of you can help me
give up the feelings of sadness, thanks to maternal
warmth that I can feel.
Last time when I came back home, I saw on
your head a lot of white hair. Dads health is getting
worse, too. I cant suppress my heart. I really love you
- my parents. I am sorry for all the mistakes I have
made. Dad and Mom, you always stand by me, bring
me pleasure, warmth and happiness that I cant find
anywhere else. I once thought that I couldnt continue
to live when I lost you. I think losing you meant I
lost everything faith, hope and happiness. There was
nothing for me to continue this life anymore. I waswrong. I was wrong to think so. Then I realize that I
am your child, your hope and your dream, and my life is
yours. At this moment, I am seeing pictures of you and
I can see the silent sacrifice of you. Thank you very
much, thank you for helping me to stand up whenever I
give up hope. I really owe you a lot so I will have to
repay by living better. And I live to repay the care of
you, my parents, to share the burden, but ....Now I dont think about anything else, I will forget all the
tenuous happiness because I have Mom and Dad
you are my warmest happiness?
I want to say much more but I know that it is tooeasy to say but difficult to do, so I only want you toknow that "I love you so much"!
Your daughter,
Hong Th Minh Hi_11E3
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Ty Ta???
It is said that Vietnamese people like sharing
their emotion so much, especially when they see
a strange person on the street, even foreigners
with blonde hair, blue eyes, fair skin and a
straight nose. In this situation, many
Vietnamese people will say this loudly without
any careful thoughts: Ty while they are
staring at their guests. Hence, many Ty find
it annoying. In fact, to Western people, it is
actually impolite if you let others listen to what
you are talking about them. Is this behavior a
bad habit? And whether or not it is a part of
the culture of Vietnam?
I know a girl named Katya from Belarus,
who has been in Vietnam for 5 months. She
said that she was seen as an odd one when she
went out because of her platinum hair color,
blue eyes and very fair skin. I am afraid of
going out when it is day light. It is reallyuncomfortable because people look at me as if
I am not a human. Some of them dragged me
for taking pictures, but not all are in a polite
way. said Katya.
Joe Ruelle, a man from Canada, wrote in his
book in Vietnamese language named Ngc
chiu vun vt: when I go somewhere,
(especially rural areas), people usually call me
Ty. Call just to call. This makes me think
that I am a dog tramping the street Joe
Shared. But now it is no problem. When they
called Ty, Ty, Ty! I replied humorously
u, u, u?
In my opinion, Vietnamese people openly
express their emotion because of their owncharacteristics: being sincere and frank. They
are hospitable in their own way. Foreigners
will think Vietnamese people are not very
polite if they do not deeply understand our
peoples. As a matter of fact, it is important
for people to understand and distinguish
between habit and culture. If they mix them
together, they can make a serious mistake.
There is a common sentence: When in Rome
do as the Romans do, therefore; when
foreigners are dear to Vietnamese peoples
heart, they will recognize how friendly people of
the S-shaped country. It is said that western
people need to come to Vietnam more often if
they do not want to be called loudly by the term
Ty, Ty, Ty.
Lng ThYn_11E3
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Q&A1. Where can students register courses?
Online via website:
http://daotao.vnu.edu.vn/dkmh
2. What courses have to be registered?
Vietnamese
Psychology
Logics
Political Theories: Marxism, Economic Politics,
Scientific Socialism.
Vietnamese Linguistics
3. What are the conditions for the
registration to be officially accepted?
- There is a seat left in the registered course.
- The number of credits a student covers in a
certain year does not exceed the maximum
number of credits for that year.
- The student has to pay enough fees.
4. The number of credits students has to
register each term
Minimum
number of
credits
Maximum
number of
credits
First year 14 34
Second year 35 70
Third year 71 105
Fourth year 106 140
5. In which cases is it compulsory to
retake a course? In which cases it is
optional?
- Compulsory: The final score of the course is
F.
- Optional: The final score of the course is D or
above, and a student wants to improve
his/her score.
6. Why do students need to keep their
regular course attendance?
- It determines whether a student can take
the final exam or not
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- It accounts for 5-10% of the final score.
7. What are the maximum times can
students be absent from class?
3 times for a 15-week course.
8. What are the possible components of
the overall assessment?
- Score of regular assessment (>=40%):
attendance, assignments, and mid-term tests.
- Score of final exam.
9. What are the conditions to take the
official final exam?
- Have enough scores of regular assessment.
- Pay enough fees.
10. What are the conditions for the
permission to take the extra final exam?
Students who do not take the official final
exam with reasonable explanation and who
are approved by relevant authorities and the
Dean of Faculty.
11. What are the conditions to enroll for
another degree within ULIS?
- The student must be in second year and
higher.
- Average accumulated grade is 3.0 or above.
12. What are the conditions to enroll for
another degree from another university in
VNU?
- The student must be in second year and
higher.
- Average accumulated grade is 2.0 or above.
Phan Bi Thin Phc _11E13
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How can I learn new words?
a. Expanding your vocabulary throughreading and listening
Be on the outlook for newwords; hear and read new
words everywhere.
Read different kinds ofmaterials each day:
Newspapers, magazines,
science fiction, poetry, novel
After watching a movie thatyou like ,find the book on
which the movie is based
b. Context clues are important guides tothe meaning of the new words
When you come across a word that is
unfamiliar to you, do not stop
immediately to look up in the
dictionary. Instead, continue reading,
make a guess to the possible meaning
of words. Look for the context clues
that help you decide
c. A dictionary is a good tool forvocabulary building
d. A key to unlock the meaning of anunfamiliar word is to identify the part
that make up the word : Prefix, root
and suffix
Trn ThDung _11E13
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Nowadays, Englishis considered a key
to openknowledges door
and jobsopportunity. There
are many peoplewho realize thisimportance; so
many people arestudying English indifferent ways.However, learning
English is not easy. Ihave studied English
for 13 years andhave much
experience in theseareas. I take out 14
tips for learningEnglish efficiently.
1. Positively watching TV, listening to the radio, readingEnglish newspapers or magazines or talking to thenative speakers whenever you have opportunities.
2. Using English in many areas3. Singing English songs
4. When talking in English, try to express in many ways.You can include gestures
5. Asking again or suggesting talkers to repeat if youdont understand
6. Dont worry about the mistakes in talking or writingEnglish
7. Practicing words and phrases in many situations.8. Practicing to speak and write in different topics
9. Trying to guess meaning based on communicatingsituation, lesson content.
10.Making comparison between English and Vietnamese.11. Correcting the mistake before your teacher correct.
12.Studying withpairs or group13.Learning by heart grammar rules
14.Listening to cassettes and practice to writing regularly.
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Notice You
cantcombust
stage.You have all
skills bypracticingregularly.
however, in fact,many peoplestudy English fora long time,from highschool to
university andeven languagecentre at night,they dont have
enoughconfidence to
communicate with native speaker. Therefore, youshould learn new words as many as possible to
practice them. Lets say English with many peoplewho understanding English, watching TV and
listening English songs. Dont worry about thingswhich you dont understand. You must be patientand studious. If you skip your learning, you will
create the knowledge gap and take a lot of time toreconsolidate or even begin again. This is a reasonto make people study for a long time inefficiently.
FearlessnessYou should make many opportunities to
discover English culture and meet the nativespeakers to talk with/to. Process naturally
Listening- speaking-reading-writing.
u ThLan_11E13
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scape
18:00, saying goodbye to my beloved
students, I came back home with a hungry
stomach and thinking of my dinner. On
passing Ho Tung Mau Street, as usual, my eyes
cant help looking at various fresh fruits such
as jackfruits, oranges, tomatoes, mangoes
shown by vendors, I was attracted by the
smell of grilled corn and grilled yam.
Suddenly, I heard some people shouting
police, saw all the street vendors moving
their goods as quick as possible to avoid the
police. Most of them sold fruits with bicycles
as a means of transports, some have
motorbikes, and some have mini-vans. It
looked like they were participating in a
competition of escaping the police. Their faces
looked frightened and pale. Some fruits or
corns felt on the road without being picked up
by their hurry owners. In spite of the fact that
street vendor was banned in 62 streets in
Hanoi; street vendors were a culprit of traffic
jam and the quality of food provided by street
vendors may not be safe, this picture was
touching so much. If these small businessmen
are arrested, all their goods must be
confiscated, which means that their capital
disappears. The street vendors comprise a
huge number in Hanoi; every day they face up
with various risks. However, like many other
fathers and mothers, they need money for
their childrens food, fee and clothes.
Additionally, it is not easy to change a deep-
seated job considered a typical feature of
Hanoi. Therefore, they accept and never give
up! They are courageous small businessmen,
right?
Duong Thi Diu_08E13
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IDEAL or IDIOT?
It was a sunny morning, so I decided to go
sightseeing around the city by bus.
Unfortunately, the bus was so crowded that I
could not find any seat left.
After looking around for a while, I was
completely appealed by a young man sitting in
the front row. He was really handsome and
attractive with a long nose and bright smiling
eyes.
He is exactly my ideal boyfriend I
thought.
While I was dreaming, there was a woman
embracing her baby got on the bus, and then
stood next to the mans seat. At that time, I
supposed that he would give up his seat to the
woman but he did not.
Maybe he is thinking and does not know
about the attendance of the woman and her
baby I talked to myself.
However, it was not true. After a second,
the woman asked him:
Would you mind giving up your seat to
my daughter, please?
Then what he said was that:
Im sorry. Ive just sat here after standingfor half an hour.
I couldnt believe what I had heard. He
was extremely impolite! To tell the truth,
everyone knew that he was lying but no one
could force him to stand up. Therefore, the girl
sitting behind him said to the woman:
You can take my seat as Ive sat here for
so long.
I thought he would behave differently
after hearing her saying but he did not. He had
no expression at all!
Such a bad guy! Luckily, he is not my
boyfriend. I whispered.
Clearly, as an old proverb goes: You cannot
judge a tree by its bark.
Anh Phuong_08E1
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Stupid
Army camps always have to be guarded,
of course to make sure that nobody goes in or
without permission otherwise soldiers could go
out when they were not supposed to, and
anybody could come in at any time and time
and cause all sorts of trouble.
There is usually a guard composed of
several soldiers at each gate, and the men in
the guard take turns to stand at the gate with a
gun and stop everyone who wants to go in or
out to see their passes. The man on guard is
told to say: Halt! Who goes there? If anyonecomes towards the gate.
A soldier was guarding the gate of a campat night when he heard a sound in the dark.
Halt! Who goes there? He shoutednervously.
Nobody a voice answered.
The soldier thought for a few seconds and
then said: Well is there anyone with you?
Nguyn ThBch Phng_11E13
Carrot or cabbage?
In a lesson, teacher gave pupils a question:
If you go to the market to buy vegetables,she said, and a carrot and a half cost twelvepence, how much will you have to pay for a
dozen carrots?
The pupils began to write in their exercise
book, and for a long time nobody spoke. Then
one boy put up his hand and said: Could yourepeat the question, please?
The teacher began: Ifa carrot and a half,but the boy interrupted her.
Oh, a carrot and a half? he said, All the
time Ive been trying to work it out incabbages
A loyal audience
A lot of people go to the seaside for their
holidays and various towns try to organize
entertainment for them.
In one seaside holiday town, arrangements
were made for a band to play outdoors in a
public park every evening for a week.
Unfortunately the first evening it rained, and
although the band performed well, there was
only one person in the audience because the
band was under cover, and the audience was
not.
The man was sitting in a chair, wearing a
waterproof hat and coat. After an hour, the
conductor of the band went to this man
inquired whether he had a special request.
Yes, I have, said the man, Please finishas soon as you can. Im a keeper of this park,and I want to lock the gates and go home.