Chathura Iresh

My Last Blog Entry This is the first time that I follow an e-learning English course. I did not learn English for four years. So I forgot all the grammatical rules. I knew a heap of words only. But this course is designed to improve the language skills systematically. Gradually I learn to write, read and speak with the help of digital tools (Digo, Ted Talk. Vacablary.com). our teacher did a lot of grammar activities to teach us to construct sesterces. She is very patient and kind. Now I feel confident when I talk in English. Thank you very much Mis.Hemali and juliya.

Persuasive Devices This week we learn language of persuasion by watching the video “the story bottle water”. Then i think of the advertisements in our television and think of the persuasive devises which are used to make us buy that particular product. A popular method is using a well-known person such as cricketers, singers, actors, who have an attractive personality. Those people praise and value the product by saying that they also used that product. They are well-paid for persuading people. The people are cheated by their attractive words. Another device is telling that the product is natural and contains indigenous herbs. The toothpaste, soup, shampoo, facial cream and scrubs are the several products which are advertised in this way.  In reality, those products are full of chemicals. Another method is to attract the customer is giving a small token. Most product of milk powder is kept in a cute plastic container to attract the consumer. Somet

TED TALK I listened to an interesting TED TALK done by Michael Botticelli on the “Addiction is a disease we should treat it like one.” This TED Talk is a self-confession. He talks about he is life from the child hood, how he addicted to the bad habits and how he get rid of those habits and became a successful man. He was a gay kid and he began to drink at an early age. His life was rotten. Then he describes how he had lost his friends. The people in society did not accept them. People blamed them by saying “day plague”. Then his decided to change and save is life. He founded way of recovery through love and care and he became a volunteer and show others to recover. Then he gives a message to the society “do not think an addict as an abuser see him as a person, help him, give him the kind ness and confession” https://www.ted.com/talks/ michael_botticelli_addiction_ is_a_disease_we_should_treat_ it_like_one Attachments area

May Day in Srilanka I read some articles on May Day. I learned the origin of May Day and other related details about it. May Day is celebrated to honor the laborer who sacrificed the lives to win their demands. After a painful struggle the laborers could obtain an 8 hours work day. May Day is celebrated in our country too. But I notice a difference in those celebrations. All the rallies are held by different political parts. The main objective of the May Day is forgotten. All May rallies look like propaganda meetings. They were full of heads. The main political parties use the sum of the heads to show their strength and success. The leaders were slinging mud to each other and boast about they ideology. The people who marched in rallies were drunken and behaved rudely. Most of them are bribed. The labors are forgotten I feel this rallies are insult to the labors.