Exercise 9

False premises:

the amount of people who are buying iPhone is increasing so the statistics says in the future we all will have iPhones



-sedan cars are better than 4x4 cars in off roads

- the diamond in more expensive than gold



stereotypes

- the traditional outfit of the UAE people is suit
- the soft drinks is the traditional drink in the UAE
- the Italians are famous for making good burgers
- all girls cant play sports

exercise 5

1) improved attention and observation 

example in my life i decided to buy a new phone i had an HTC with android operating system i didn't like the android because it its complicated. so i started asking people and searching about the new phone i will buy it is iphone i search about it and all my friends told me it is good it use and easy


2) more focused reading 

an example, when i wanted to buy a new car i went to the AL Tayer motors to see the new ford mustang i asked the guy that worked there about all the features and i took the brochure that contain everything and i read about engine and the cylinders and fuel consumption and everything


3) Improved ability to identify the key points in a text or other message rather than becoming distracted by less important material

the example for this is when i did the IELTS exam this ability helped me in the exam because there no time to read all the paragraph and i learn about that in the hight school for noticing the important words


4) Improved ability to respond to the appropriate points in a message

example for this is when we had volunteering program we had to do an interview with the teachers or with the manger so i had to write what he was saying so i was focusing with him to write all the important things he said to improve this ability you need to spend time on writing to make your hand writing fast


5) Knowledge of how to get your own point across more easily 

i had a presentation about oil extraction so i was presenting about it and the stages of extraction and finally i attached some pictures and videos in the presentation so with that students will get my point easily


6) Skills of ANALYSIS that you can choose to apply in a variety of situations


example for this is i saw an advertisement about a new apple laptop and i was so interested in it saw i read about it in the internet and i saw some videos about the laptop and it features but it was very expensive, but i have information about it so anyone would love to buy it i will give him the information about what would he like and don't like

exercise 8

passage 6.13

yes, the argument is based on good reasons that  lower production= higher petrol

passage 6.15

false premise, because if all the people in the cities moved to the countryside they will pollute the countryside in matter of time

passage 6.18

false premise, because of the difference in the ages and not all of the society can get marred

passage 6.16

false premise because it seems like menu is good but maybe the taste of the food is not that good

exercise 7

                              Steve jobs is more ambition than bill gates    

 Steve jobs is the apple founder one of the biggest company’s in the world in the filed of technology  Steve jobs and bill gates they came from a very different backgrounds so with that the ambitious will change Steve jobs is more ambitious than bill gates because he came from a working class family was adopted, so he wanted to approve his self to the people on the other hand bill gates was from a wealthy family so he didn’t want to change his lifestyle. Also Steve jobs dropout his college he only studied for one semester but that didn’t hold him he worked hard to reach his point, and Steve jobs with he’s ambitious he changed the industry of technology from laptops, computers smartphones portable laptops the I pad made our life easier every thing that we have now is with his help other wise bill gates wanted to be like his father a wealthy man and his father helped him he is Founder of William H. Gates Foundation, but Steve started with his own and his ambition that reach him and his company as one of the biggest company’s in the world of technology and a wealthy man
 

   Steve jobs is more ambitious than bill gates because he wanted to change the life of technology and make our life easier with his ideas of improving the laptops and operation systems.

Exercise 6

ARGUMENT 1

 The following are the basic factors of an argument:

·          A position or a point of view

·          An attempt to persuade others to accept that point of view

·         Reasons given to support that point of view.

·              Conclusion

Read the following passage and identify the following:

Main argument: 

Reasons that support the argument: 

Conclusion: 

It is important that pregnant women and those with a poor immune systems become aware of the potential risks posed by cat. Many of us keep cats as house pets without realising the dangers they may be harboring. Cats are hosts to infectious protozoa that cause disease in mammals such as humans. Adult humans rarely showed signs of significant disease if they become infected. However, if pregnant women become infected, the fetus can become infected by parasites and suffer serious congenital damage. In the worst cases, infants may lose their eyesight and acquire motor deficits. In people with poor immune systems or AIDS protozoa can cause seizure and death. The symptoms of the disease are not evident in cats so there is no way of knowing if a particular cat is at risk. 

Barriers to CT Exercise #4

1- misunderstanding of what is meant by criticism 
Criticism is divided between to parts there is the positive side and there is the negative side, its not always negative is it mainly people know. For example, there is a guy in the filed of newspaper who criticise some players in the newspaper so he can be better in the future.

2-over-estimating our own reasoning abilities 

know we have our own beliefs so with that we don't work hard in critical thinking and sometimes in our arguments we win the arguments by the religion beliefs
3- lack of methods, strategies or practice   

when we where young they taught us some methods and strategies we thought that we will not use it but we will use it in the future for example in the math class they taught us linger and we thought we will not use it but in the college they gave us the same topics 

4- affective reasons

we need to think clearly and critically for the reasons for that we need to ignore our emotions and religion beliefs for example he somebody wanted to convenes me with his religon he must give me a affective reasons beside the beliefs  

5- Reluctance to critique experts
the one who want to critics and to say his opinion to another one with higher level of education and experience so he thought maybe i should not critics him because he have a good experience in this field, for example if you wanted to tell your coach about a specific tactics might help the team but you hesitate because he have a experience in this field  

6- Mistaking information for understanding

20 words paragraph

i like to go to the cinema. i went to the cinema today. everybody goes to the cinema to enjoy. most of the people goes in the weekends. the cienma is a good way of spending your time.