Module: Topic: Time

Multi-functions
N It is the fast connection that has allowed mobile phones to become multi-functional, and now many 3G phones are similar to Personal Digital Assistants (PDA), with operating systems (OS) such as Microsoft and Linux. These allow the phones to be used as mini-computers. Some have M-Commerce (Mobile Commerce) systems to allow the user to access, organize, and operate financial transactions such as making payments or selling stocks and shares. Many 3G phones also have the Global Positioning System (GPS), which enables users to know their exact position and to get directions to places they want to go.
O However, for many people it is the entertainment that mobiles provide that makes them so attractive. Users can play games, take pictures or make short films, listen to MP3 recordings, watch films, and tune into TV programmes in real time. The phones can also act as a modem, allowing owners to access the Internet at any time.
What next?
P The first Fourth Generation (4G) phones were launched in 2010, with even faster connection speeds and other much-improved features. Other future developments may include the production of liny wrist phones, hulophones which project three-dimensional moving images of the owners, and remote-control of a car via your phone.
Q The development of the mobile phone has been rapid and astonishing. There is no real way of telling what developments are yet to come. but. as we have seen from this brief overview, communication technology has a long and exciting history. We cannot doubt that it has a long and exciting future, too.
WRITING FOR SPEAKING. Interpreting and translating
Are the sentences part of written work (W), a spoken presentation (S), or both (В)?
1. Good morning everyone.
2. I would like to talk about university education in Singapore.
3. This essay will explore the differences between dialects and accents.
4. Firstly, I shall describe the development of videoconferencing in the 1990s.
5. Let's turn our attention to why some countries do not teach a foreign language until secondary school.
6. As will become clear below, other languages are now becoming much more commonly used on the Internet.
7. Is everyone with me so far?
8. Therefore, to summarize, the main arguments in favour of early language education are as follows.
9. Are there any questions?
10. Let me put that another way.
11. In other words, English has become the main language of international trade and commerce.
12. Let me recap the main points so far.
Answers: 1.S 2.S 3.W 4.S 5.S 6.W 7.S 8.B 9.S 10.S 11.B 12.S


Literature:
1.Virginia Evans (2000) Successful writing upper-intermediate. Express publisher. 5-10 betlar
2. Sarah Philpot(2016) Academic skills. British council. 35-36 betlar
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   https://www.wikijob.cod.uk/content/interview-advice/competencies/transferable-skills
   
2. 
   https://www.skillsyouneed.com/ps/time-management.html
   

https://www.international-careers.com/en/what-transferable-skills-do-you-have/