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Thursday, 12 December 2013

WELSH LANGUAGE

Welsh language

is a language commonly spoken in Wales,United Kingdom. According to 2011 census there are

582,000 people in wales claim to speak welsh, generally the number of speakers increase year by

year.

How many people speak it today in the world ?

Welsh is not a common language in the world, it is spoken in wales by welsh people. Therefore is

is not a popular language but some welsh people have migrated all around the world .

What is history behind its arrival in UK ?

Wales is among the four states making the UK, therefore its originality starts here in UK.

Main areas the language is spoken ?

Welsh in wales is spoken in most places at work, school, markets and shops. Wales is a bilingual

state it has English and welsh language spoken.

When was it first spoken ?

It was first spoken in wales.

by who?

Welsh people

Practicing of speaking welsh language.

Ikkylee(2012)http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=8RgBSQVhJFM

The causes and effects of 2011 Tottenham riots.

The causes and effects of 2011

Tottenham riots.

It occurred at north part of London in Tottenham streets,they had different reasons and

effect of its occurrence to the UK in general. The riot started one police shot one citizen

named Mr Duggan to death and the citizens started to beat up the polices.

Causes of riots.

I.)         Polices gave bad treatment to citizens

II.)        High unemployment

III.)     Lack of good policy

Effects of the riots.

I.) Destruction of properties

II.) Death

III.) violence and insecurity ( people did not have peace with their life)

IV.) underdevelopment due to presence of riots

Example of videos of 2011 riots.

Vice (2011)The 2011 Tottenham riots Available at: http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/3WmMhircZOc/mqdefault.jpg( Accessed:12 December 2013).

Friday, 8 November 2013

History and law-making powers of the welish assembly.

National Assembly for Wales.

    I.) History of devolution of Welsh assembly (1997 - 2011)

   II.) What happened after 2011.

                    1.) HISTORY OF WELSH ASSEMBLY.
formation of welsh assembly was a process that began in the late 19th century and began with creating a welsh board of education.The welsh government assembly consist of 60 members of parliament which checks the work of the government of wales.
                The first vote in creation of welsh assembly was on 1997,and the proposal of 1999 was rejected by the citizens and they finally voted and half of the voters agreed to it so the proposal passed.Therefore welsh assembly was formed.

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            II.)What happened after 2011.
   After declaring of welsh assembly on may 2011,the assembly started to function like any other assembly.They had to be elections to choose representatives from each constituency then discussion on matters concerning wales and checking on welsh government.

Difference between parliament and government

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PARLIAMENT

AND

GOVERNMENT.

Define parliament:
Is made up of Members of Parliament who represent people in their community.The discussion is going to base on the United Kingdom parliament.

United Kingdom parliament consists of :

House of the Lords
House of commons (elected)
Monarchy (Queen)

NB:All of the above work on the behalf of citizens of the United Kingdom and performing a variety of duties for the people.

(I) THE ROLES OF HOUSE OF LORDS.

It used to consist of members of royal family only in the past, but recently changes have been made.It now consists of members of royal family as well as plutocrats together forming the House of Lords .Their roles in parliament include:

work together with the house of commons
They make laws (consist of proposing,revising and amending)
Maintain checks and balances over the Government
Specialist committees(deal with issues like investigating work related to European Union,science and technology,economics,constitution and communication)

(II) HOUSE OF COMMONS.

                             These are the elected members of parliament,they have roles both to parliament and their constituency.
                             Role to the parliament
                             I. Drafting laws
                             II. Forming committees
                             III. Participate in debating and suggesting solutions to problems

   Role to the constituency
   I. Participating in ceremonial activities in their constituency
   II. Conducting meetings and listening to issues relating to the community

(III) MONARCHY.

It consist of Queen Elizabeth II, whose main role is to have a final say on bills debated in parliament and passing them as acts of government. However, although the Queen is the head of state the day today running of the country is left to the Prime Minister who is currently David Cameron of the Conservative Party.

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GOVERNMENT

DEFINITION;
Is a political party with the biggest number of members in the parliament.

David Cameron is the head of the UK government. He is also the leader of the Conservative Party. As a result of the 2010 elections, the Conservative party formed a coalition

government with the Liberal Democrats Party led by Nick Clegg. Both leaders are responsible for selecting Ministers and Peers to make up the coalition government. The

government has various departments each responsible for a different areas of life. For example defense, agriculture, education, employment just to name a few. In addition the Prime Minister is responsible for overseeing the operation of the service departments and agencies as well as appointing members of the government as he sees fit. The

government remains accountable to the House of Parliament as they debate issues relating to how the government is performing.

         REFERENCES

   1.) UK parliament (2013) role of house of common. Available at :
http://www.parliament.uk/about/how/role/
                      (Accessed: 5 November 2013).

2.) UK parliament (2013) what individual lords do. Available at :
http://www.parliament.uk/about/mps-and-lords/about-lords/lords/
                      (Accessed: 5 November 2013).

REPORT ON VISIT OF NATIONAL ASSEMBLY FOR WALES.

                      CLASS TOUR TO THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF WALES

   The trip had involved all the International Foundation Program students visiting the national assembly of wales.The trip started after our class hours around one in the afternoon,we all took a train too Cardiff city where the assembly house was located.
During the process of entering the building we under went through several inspections by the guards foe security purposes.The welsh assembly building is quite big and beautiful building.Thereafter getting inside we got our sits and watched the members of parliament having a debate concerning issues of the community.The members of parliament were both male and female participating in the debate in an official wear of suits which made them appear smart.
            We stayed at least for 30 minutes in the building and after went out and looked around the building which looked quite expensively built.In particular the building looked to have cost the welsh people a lot of money.
   The study tour ended and everyone took his her way back home or somewhere else.But me and some of my friend went on looking and studying about the Cardiff city and later on night went back home.

EDUCATION SYSTEM

                            COMPARE AND CONTRAST THE EDUCATION SYSTEM IN UK
                                                                     AND
                                                MY COUNTRY(TANZANIA).

     I.) TANZANIAN'S EDUCATION SYSTEM.

A.)  Nursery school (children from 3years to 6years)

B.) Primary school(children from seven years old)
             -It takes seven years to compete this level where it starts from standard one to seven.

C.) Secondary school(it consists of two phases and takes total period of six years)

              i.)O' level(ordinary level) it consist of form1 to form4 and awarded certificate of
                 (ordinary level certificate for secondary school).

             ii.) A' level (advanced level) it consists of form5 to form6 and awarded certificate of
                 (advanced level certificate for secondary school).

D.)University level.

Secondary school students in Tanzania.

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          II.)United kingdom education system

                    Across United Kingdom there are five stages of education

Early years

Primary 1.) infant

2.) Junior

Secondary ( 5 years)

At 16 you can choose either to go for I.) A levels (Private college or Public school)

OR
II.) Further education (FE)

University level I.) Under graduate degree

                                     II.)Bachelor degree

                                    III.) Post graduate (Masters)

                                    IV.) PHD

                  Secondary students in United Kingdom

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NB:Education systems between UK and Tanzania have variety of differences.

Tuesday, 8 October 2013

Difference between regions in the uk

DIFFERENCES BETWEEN REGIONS IN THE UK.

geography.about.com

A.>UK is divided into four regions:

-England

-Scotland

-Wales

-Northern Ireland

B.>They differ in terms of many things but the following are just some of them:

i.Population

ii.National symbols

iii.Capital cities

iv.Topography

v.size of the area

1.>ENGLAND

Is the largest among all four regions in the UK.It covers an area of 50,346 square miles and according to census of 2008 it was estimated to have 5144600 people.Its capital and largest city is London and topography consists of rolling hills and lowlands.Its national symbol is as seen below;

REF:of the image

http://projectbritain.com/motto.html

2.>SCOTLAND

Is the second largest regions among the four regions in the UK.It is located at northern part of Britain and covers an area of 30414 square miles. Population was estimated to be 5,194,000 people in 2009.The topography varies according to areas in the north there are high mountain ranges,the central covered by lowlands and the south there are rolling hills and uploads.One of its national symbols:

REF:Jamieson 1998, pp. 14–15.

3.>WALES

Is the third largest regions in the UK which covers an area of 8022 square miles.The census of 2009 estimated wales to have 29993000 people.The largest and capital city of wales is Cardiff, it is known to be the wettest regions in Europe.The topography mostly consists of mountains and has marine time climate.It is usually mild in winter and warm in summer.The following is one of its national symbols:

REF:www.visitwales.com/explore/traditions-history/national-symbols‎

4.>NORTH IRELAND

Is the smallest region in the the UK and covers an area of 5345 square miles.It is located at northern part of island. In the 2009 censor it was estimated to ave 17890000 people as a population.Its topography consists of uplands and valleys.The following is one of its national symbols: