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1. UD - UQ ELI NEWSLETTER │October 20th 2007│VOLUME 4
– Second Round UPCOMING
By Le Thi Minh Chi, Marketing and Enrolments Officer EVENTS
The second round of the Idol competition Open courses:
was held at the UD-UQ ELI on 20 October
- General English
2007 with 9 candidates and a big audience
- English for International
who are all excited.
Business Communication
“It was very difficult for judges to decide who could go to the semi-final round - IELTS/GE
because all of candidates tonight were so wonderful and impressive,” Mr James - IELTS/EAP
- Conversational English
Edwards, one of the judges said. Congratulations to the 6 candidates who were
International Tests:
successful in this round and have been chosen to go through to the semi final
- IELTS Test on
round on 17th November 2007, they include Võ Hoàng Thùy Trang, Trần Đức 25/10/2007 and
on 15/11/2007
Quang Như, Trần thị Mỹ Dung, Nguyễn Bích Thủy, Phạm thị Thanh Trà and Hoàng
Phương Anh.
Inside this issue
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UD-UQ ELI Idol
– Second Round
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Hospitality course at
Life Heritage Resort
IELTS off site test in Hue
on 24 November 2007
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Candidates in the Second Round English for International
Business Communication
IELTS preparation at the
UD-UQ ELI
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Special day of the month –
Halloween
Leaning Vietnamese
What a laugh!
There are many actresses! We are extras!
This NEWSLETTER is issued every month to students and partners of the UD-UQ ELI. We would be very
pleased to receive your comments and feedback on this newsletter and suggested articles. Please send your
ideas to: UD – UQ ELI Customer Service: 158A Le Loi Street, Danang City Tel: +84 511 3849 123
Email: tranthihuyentrang@elidanang.edu.vn
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2. NEWS UD-UQ ELI
Hospitality Course at Life Heritage Resort in Hoi An
By Tran Thi Xuan Dai, Assistant Director of Studies
From June to August an F & B said that the lessons
English for Hospitality had helped her move away
course was delivered to from her local Hoi An
129 staff from the Front English accent to a more
Office, Food and standardized one. The class
Beverage, Life Wellness, also gave her confidence in
Security, Maintenance and communicating in English.
Kitchen departments at She as well as her
Life Heritage Resort Hoi classmates expressed their
An. The course syllabus wish to have more lessons.
was tailor-made to reflect Following the success of
the learners’ needs to the course, three other
deal with variety of classes for Food and
accents, issues on Beverage, House keeping,
After 12 weeks of studying, the staff had shown a
cultural differences and Maintenance, Security and
great improvement in using English.
situations that they might Life Wellness staff are now
encounter in the work Ms Cathy McConkey, the General Manager of Life being conducted with an
place. Specifically the Heritage Resort said at the certificate ceremony that aim to improve the staff ‘s
course focused on she was so happy to see her staff being more oral communication skills
developing staff’s confident in speaking English and could see their and language needed for
awareness and accuracy improvement in daily communication at the the hospitality industry.
in pronunciation. workplace. Kim Oanh, a class representative from
Please come and discover the new courses at UD-UQ ELI by contacting our Customer Service Officers for further
information at 158A Le Loi Street, Danang City. Tel: (0511) 3849 123
Off-site IELTS test in Hue City on 24th November 2007
By Tran Thi Huyen Trang, PA
For the first time UD-UQ ELI will hold an off-site IELTS test at the College of Foreign Languages, Hue
University.
This is a chance for people in Hue to take the IELTS test without having to travel to Danang or another
city, saving both time and money. An IELTS score demonstrates your English level to help with study
abroad opportunities or gaining a job in an international working environment.
See below for test details:
Test date: November 24th 2007
Venue: Hue College of Foreign Languages
Address: 57 Nguyen Khoa Chiem Street, Hue City
Test fee: US$165 (Includes US$150 test fee + US$15 for off-site test administration)
Please submit your application before November 15th 2007.
For more information about this test, please contact:
UD-UQ ELI Hue College of Foreign Languages
IELTS Test Administration Centre Ms Do Thi Phuong Dung
Address: 158A Le Loi Street, Danang City Address: 57 Nguyen Khoa Chiem Street, Hue City
Tel: +84 511 3849123 Tel: +84 54 830 722
Fax: +84 511 3849124 Fax: +84 54 830 820
Email: ielts.enquiries@elidanang.edu.vn Mob: +84 914 418 254
Email: dhngoainguhue@vnn.vn
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3. UD-UQ ELI
COURSES UD-UQ ELI
By Tran Thi Huyen Trang, PA
Have you studied English at many English language centres, but are still not confident enough to communicate in
English? Do you want to improve your English communication skills in the shortest possible time?
The English for International Business Communication (EIBC) course is available at the UD-UQ ELI and most
suitable for those wanting to learn the language of business. At 60 hours per course, it will shorten your study
time remarkably.
You can easily see the benefits of this course both during your study time as well as after finishing the course. In
particular, you will:
- improve your speaking and listening skills in social and working environments
- enhance your communicative ability using your newly acquired vocabulary within a business context
- develop cross-cultural awareness in business communication and in your professional work environment
The EIBC course is really helpful for you if you are going to apply to work in a professional work environment
where English is the main language of communication, moreover, the EIBC course will help those who are good at
grammar but who have problems expressing themselves and communicating in English because of a lack of
vocabulary.
The EIBC course – your keys to success in your business
preparation at the UD-UQ ELI
By Tran Thi Huyen Trang, PA
Do you want to take an IELTS test to study overseas, but your English skills
are limited?
What kind of English course should you choose to prepare for the IELTS test?
What can you do to improve your English skill to get a higher IELTS score?
If your English is at a low level, the UD-UQ ELI always advises customers to choose a General English course.
With 240 hours of a GE course, customers will increase their English skills such as writing, reading,
speaking, listening, vocabulary development, pronunciation, spelling etc, and in particular their speaking
and listening skills will improve remarkably. UD-UQ ELI is an English speaking environment, so if you are a
student at UD-UQ ELI, you have to obey the “Speak English Only” regulation.
However, if you don’t have enough time to spend 240 hours on GE, the IELTS/GE combination is suggested.
When taking this course, you will not only improve all of your English skills generally, but also combine that
with IETLS preparation at the same time.
Last but not least, the IELTS/EAP preparation course is a really effective contribution to your IELTS score.
Through this course, you will approach and face different kinds of IELTS test skills. Helpful tips and
preparation for the IELTS test are delivered by professional and highly experienced teachers.
After all of this, a high score for your IELTS test is at your arm’s reach and you will see that with a high IELTS
score, your dreams will come true!
Please contact the UD-UQ ELI IELTS Test Administration Cetre to register to take the IELTS test
at 158A Le Loi, Danang City .Tel: (0511) 3849 123
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4. UD-UQ ELI
ENGLISH CORNER UD-UQ ELI
Special day of the month Learning Vietnamese
31st October - Halloween By James Edwards, English Language Teacher
Halloween is an annual celebration that has origins During my last few days in England, many of my
that date back to the ancient Celtic festival of friends talked of how difficult it was to learn a
Samhain. Trick-or-treating is a custom in Halloween new language, particularly a language so different
that originated in ninth-century European. On from my own mother tongue. I argued by saying
November 2, All Souls Day, early Christians would that I had already become quite fluent in Chinese
walk from village to village begging for quot;soul cakes”. and because both Vietnamese and Chinese are
The more soul cakes the beggars would receive, the tonal languages I assumed that half my battle had
more prayers they would promise to say on behalf of
already been won. How wrong one can be!
the dead relatives of the donors. At the time, it was
believed that the dead remained in limbo for a time Vietnamese is difficult! (With a capital D.) The
after death, and that prayer, even by strangers, could grammar, although simpler than English, is full of
expedite a soul's passage to heaven. difficult to remember quirks (such as the position
(Source:www.halloween.com) of adjectives). However it is the differences in
Halloween imagery tends to involve death, magic, pronunciation between this remarkable language
or mythical monsters. Complete the crossword and English that create the real problems not just
below, then you can see common Halloween for English speakers learning Vietnamese but also
characters. for the Vietnamese learning English.
This understanding can help me as an English
teacher to identify and rectify my students’
problems. It sometimes seems that even the
simpler “sounds” don’t match the ones found in
English. Not only are you learning a new alphabet,
you are also learning to twist your mouth into
strange new shapes to create a whole new set of
sounds. So even though they don’t understand
what we are saying at least it makes the
Vietnamese laugh when we make our funny faces.
What a laugh!
Late one night, a man
1. The spirit of a dead person walking home through
2. A small animal with soft fur that people often a cemetery became
keep as a pet frightened when he
3. The structure of bones that supports the body of a heard a tapping noise
person or an animal TAP-TAP-TAP-TAP-TAP. As he
4. A large bird that eats the flesh or animals that are walked, the tapping got louder
already dead. TAP-TAP-TAP-TAP-TAP!!! And he became
5. A large bird, completely or mostly black, with a terrified. Suddenly, he came across a man, kneeling
rough unpleasant cry. down, tapping at s tombstone with a chisel.
6. A bird with large round eyes that hunts at night. “Oh, thank goodness!” said the man. “You frightened
7. A small creature with eight thin legs and spins me. I didn’t know what the noise was. What are you
webs doing?”
8. An evil spirit. The other man turned to face him in the moonlight
9. A face of men is curved on a large round and said “They spelled my name wrong.”
vegetable with thick orange skin with many seeds. (Source: www.oup.com)
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