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15 Feb

A Letter of Complaint by K. Savic

Dear  Sir or Madam,

I am writing to express my opinion on the ban on smoking you have recently introduced. As you have stated in your Information leaflet, smoking will be banned in all public places including any outdoor facility in which there is seating. I would like to inform you that neither I nor the majority of the citizens I have talked with about this issue are feeling supportive towards this certain ban and in the next paragraph I will try to explain why this ban is inadequate and list a few alternatives.

First of all, I would like to note that the ban was introduced on really short notice and that there was no public discussion. If there had been any, I have no doubt that there would be much more compromise suggestions. Introducing this kind of a ban in that way will not bring any good to the City Council. I can give you an example of a similar case in Poland – the government banned smoking, but not many cafes respected this, and those which did – they lost many of their customers. A case like this   makes us realise that the introduction of this ban will result in a loss of not only tourists but also jobs and that the city economy will suffer from it.

In order to resolve this issue, I can suggest a few alternatives. Firstly, you should organise a public discussion. If that is not possible, you can always chose a simple solution – introduce obligatory non-smoking areas in every facility. In my opinion this is an adequate solution because it  will bring benefit to both sides in this issue.

Finally, I would like to mention that I do respect the City Council’s worries for the health of its citizens, but in the future you should make your decisions more carefully. I hope you will take my suggestions in further consideration.

 

Yours faithfully,
Katarina Savic

25 Sep

Slow and Fast Life in Valjevo by Milica Cvetinovic

Old town

Photo bz Lj. Ljiljak

For all my life I have been living in this city. It has always been a small and slow town, but as the time changes so does our time. I remember, when I was a child, there were no hypermarkets, and now they are being opened everywhere. It is the same with big stores which sell branded goods, and I am still not sure whether it is a good or a bad thing. It definitely has some upsides and some downsides. For example, now there is a big choice of low-priced things, but the small shops are being closed because they can not compete with the sales that big shops offer. Also there are not enough people which could buy these things.
As for the people of my time, they have always been convivial and I believe that this will never change. Although they do not have good salaries and maybe they have not paid the rent for their apartment, they will always laugh cheerfully and be ready to help you find yourselves around. Also, people who live in the suburb are known for their neighbourliness and willingness to help. Sometimes Valjevo’s citizens are closer to their neighbours then to their family.
All in all, Valjevo is a small, warm town, with the aspects of both slow and fast life. It is changing but I believe that it will always keep its mentality and hospitality.

24 Jul

LINGVA ELT WORKSHOP No.15

Lingva Workshop No.15, 19.12.2011

Lingva worskshop No.15: Blended Learning with Hot Potatoes

On 19.12.2011, Lingva teachers demonstrated how they integrate multimedia with face-to-face teaching, with a special focus on using Hot Potatoes teacher authoring tools for additional practice of language skills, grammar and vocabulary. They made a variety of interactive activities which were incorporated into their regular lessons based on the set annual syllabuses and schemes of work.

Lingva Workshop No.15, 19.12.2011

 

A1 Do the Crossword by Ivana Lazic

A2 Vocabulary – Mixed,Verbs, Short-answer Grammar Quiz and Adjectives by Katarina Ristic

B2 Vocabulary Quizby Katarina Andric

A2 Playing for Change combined activities by Lora Petronic-Petrovic

A2 Animal Comparison Quiz by Marija Matic

B1 Superlative Adjective Opposites and B2 Question Tags by Milica Milanovic

C1 Passive Serbia Quiz Assignment, Passive Serbia Quiz 1, Passive Serbia Quiz 2, Passive Serbia Quiz 3 by Mirjana Ljiljak-Vukajlovic, and students Katarina Savic, Marko Lazic, Jovan Milovanovic, Aleksandra Pantelic, Marija Mesterovic and Ivan Beljic

05 Mar

Newscast Review by Marko Lazic

Phoenix lights was a strange event that took place in Phoenix 1997.  Local people saw some strange lights in the sky wich were shaped like a V letter and were as big as two blocks of buidings. Right after the event, Arizona’s Governor Fife Symington said that nothing had happed but now he changed his mind.

Right after the event journalists asked people who witnessed it what had happened what did they had seen and all of them told the same story. They talked about how big it was and how they couldn’t do anything about it. But state officials said that nothing had happend. A press conference was held by Arizona’s Governor who made a joke out of it. He made his chief-of-staff  dress as an alien. His goal was to  emphasize how journalists were so keen on explaining what had happened.

But 10 years after Fife Symington changed his mind. Now he wants to explain what had happened then, and now he has a support of many UFO fanatics and organisations connected with free availability of information. He said to CNN: ,,It must be an UFO unless The Department of Defense proves otherwise”.

I think that this must be some type of secret army project which they cannot talk about in public. In my opinion the reason why former Arizona’s Governor is talking about this is that he seeks some attention from the media.