I have my study on fabric cotton. I know cotton is a kind of natural fibre from the cotton plant. One of the materials from the cotton plant called cellulose can usually be used to produce fabric. I get some information from the internet, it says, "cellulose is arranged in a way that gives cotton fibers a high degree of strength, durability, and absorbency." I also learnt that these substance can be made into cotton thread. The thread can made into different kinds of fabric by different ways of weaving.

I found it really interesting to make a primary observation on several kinds of fabric products. These products were made by different cottons using different ways of weaving. The outcomes of the weaving are very different kinds of fabric materials with unique appearances. Or I should say, the different ways of weaving make the cotton fibre produce their unique appearances. So that designers or factories owners can make many many different products for their customers. Now I'd like to introduce some common kinds of cotton fabric:
Plain
Satin
Houndstooth
Crinkle
Canvas
Voile
Swiss Dot
Burn Out
Seersucker
Foil Print
Twill
Dobby/Texture
Ottoman
Herringbone
Moleskin
Double wear

I'm going to find more information for each the above fabric & I'll also make a simple report later.

English Prosody and Sounds

Today, I learnt how English prosody works in speaking. I think it is important to start learning to speak by complying with the English prosody, or the natural intonation. In other words, I need to think and speak at the same time. The concept of thought groups is a helpful way to speak naturally. Units of English meaning usually comes in group of words, not in a single word.

I need to listen to or watch the videos or TV news to appreciate how native speakers express themselves in thought groups. To identify the key words in long sentences, I need to listen to the syllable that sounds longer, louder, and higher. When I am stressing the sound, I am giving myself time to think and express myself.

I also learnt that there are 44 phoneme sounds in English that come from the 26 alphabet letters. There are two main groups of sounds: 20 vowels and 24 consonants. I can practise and learn to sound them. This will help me to deal with the unknown words that I've never seen before.

The link that contains fashion terms can be found at http://elc.polyu.edu.hk/ITC/ .