The topic of this article has been written and spoken about so many times that you would think that you need a secret key to unlock it. I am talking about happiness. Happiness is no mystery. Most people are quite clear about what happiness is, and can easily describe how happy or not they are. Most people also consider happiness their most important goal in life. Happiness definitely rules!We live in a world where everyone is "chasing" happiness. Everyone is"looking” for happiness.We think that we will be happy when we get the latest car or a bigger house.Some of us think we will be happy next year when we take our vacation.Here is what I have learnt: Happiness Is A Choice.That’s right; you can choose to be happy. In any instant you can CHOOSE to be happy. You can change your focus from what is wrong in the world to what is right in your life.So anytime you feel your emotional sniffles coming on, do something that makes you happy. Think happy thoughts. Call a long lost friend. Spend time with loved ones.Or go online and read about the happiest nations such as Denmark, Switzerland, Austria, Iceland and Finland. Do anything that makes you happy.

P.S. You can take psychologist Ed Diener's test to find out how happy you are.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/happiness_formula/4785402.stm

SELF – ASSESSMENT OF SUCCESS IN LEARNING ESP
NAME Živilė SURNAME Baracevičiūtė GROUP psbd8-01


- WRITING A SUMMARY is not as hard as I thought first. You should clearly understand the writer's major point (or purpose) for writing and begin your summary. I found it very useful. I learned how to compress a text, moreover, how to paraphrase the main ideas .
- WRITING COMPREHENSION TESTS ON MODULES IN PSYCHOLOGY was very challenging. It took so much time to learn terminology of psychology, to understand all modules, but it is important to learn all terms, I need to know specific words, specific information, in order to keep up with my future job.
- MAKING POWER POINT PRESENTATIONS was very exiting practice, because it was both creative and scientific work. I took delight in all presentations. Also it was very effective way to learn ESP. I learned clarity in speech and phrasing, linking and control language, timing interventions , handling and asking guestions.
- IMPROMPTU SPEAKING IN CLASS improved my speaking skills. However the most powerful benefit is the improvement in my general confidence and self image. This affects much more than speaking skills.
- PERFORMANCE IN LISTENING PRACTICE was troublesome. Nothing has resulted from my efforts. The main reason for my bad performance in listening activities is lack of practice.
- WRITING CONTRIBUTIONS TO E-PORTFOLIO ( WEBLOG) was a new experiece for me, so it was fun. Moreover, writing contributions to weblog is very helpful to me. It makes education demand oriented, helps me improve my writing competencies, clarity in speech and phrasing.

ESP Learning

English is surely a world language. Nowadays, learning English language is very significant, especially leaning ESP - English for specific purpose. How students should learn it?

Firstly, we should focus on speaking. Every student introduce himself speaking in front of others, but students are not very happy to speak facing the audience, and they are right. Speaking in front of others is one of the greatest fears that people have, so training in giving presentations is very useful. Making presentations is other step , how to improve ESP. An effective presentation requires skills such as clarity in speech and phrasing, linking and control language, timing interventions , handling and asking guestions. Second step, how learners can improve their ESP is reading. Students love material that they feel is tailormade for them. They analyze all articles together in class and after all, learners can make discussions and brainstormings. Moreover, there are milions of blogs in web.People will get a lot of inspiration to write after read other blog. They can take them out to read whenever they have a free time. Using a blog has many advantages, for example: it makes education demand oriented, helps learners improve their writing competencies. Last, it is important to learn English grammar, learners need to know specific words in order to keep up with their future job.

Finally, there had been lots of theories on how to learn English for specific purpose, but only you can choose the right one, which is good for you.