Learning Reflection

By studying this subject, I think I understand it over the past semester and it's easier. Sometimes it's difficult or easy to learn. I try to understand and concentrate on it. I think teachers are kind and patient with our talk. This course allows me to practice various skills that will help me understand English more.

I liked to learn Chapter 4 (Procedure), Chapter 6 (Cause and Effect), Chapter 7 (Definition and Classification), and Chapter 9 (Problem and Solution). They make me enjoy studying at times.

Lastly, I think that finishing this course is way smarter than ever. The teacher succeeded in teaching Buffalo to be human 555.

 

Week 14 : Problems and Solutions (Continued)

On Monday 1st May 2017

I learned “Problem and Solution” that continued from last week. So, on that day, we studied a little for this lesson because the teacher assigned the homework last week, so she gave us the corrective feedback.

After we finished the first exercise. she told us for breaking for 10 minutes and we were going to watch many videos of us that the teacher used to assign us to do it. After the time of breaking was up, we started to watch a lot of videos, so my video was presented before the last video.

In my opinion, I had no both the difficult thing and the easy thing for this lesson. Because I think that I was very confident everything on that day. it made me know more about the discourse marker of Problem and Solution such as the words that made me know it was the problem sentences are crisis, problem, generate, etc.

Week 13 : Problem and Solution

On Monday 24th April 2017

source : https://www.hipsters-hackers-hustlers.com/event/got-a-problem-get-a-solution-gapgas-june-2017/

Problem and Solution is a pattern of organization where information in a passage is expressed as a dilemma or concerning issue (a problem) and something that was, can be, or should be done to remedy this issue (solution or and attempted solution). The problem and solution text is frequently confused with the cause and effect pattern of organization, as cause and effect passages do not propose solutions but rather just explain why or how they happen.

we learned chapter 9: Problem and Solution. The teacher gave us the handout about the problem and solution. Then, she told us to read the Problem and Solution in the first page. After that, she explained us to know about the purpose of problem and solution.

The teacher explained us about problem and solution markers and she told us to find the meaning of the words that we didn’t know on our smartphones.

This lesson, I think it will be easy and fun. But no, it’s harder than cause and effect. I have to try my best to concentrate on my lesson.

Week 12: Exemplification

On Monday 10th April 2017 

we learned about “Chapter 8: Exemplification”. So, this text was about species of whales so divided into toothed and baleen. And she taught us that when you read the text, you must look at keywords and discourse markers. Then, she gave us the corrective feedback about these activities.

source: https://www.wired.com/2016/12/dive-serene-magical-world-humpback-whale/

Next, the teacher gave us a handout that was about exemplification. Then, she told us to read about exemplification. So, it made me know the purpose of exemplification that is adding more information to explain, persuade, define, or illustrate a general of the idea. While we were reading it, she searched the words for telling the meaning of them for us.

source: https://www.slideshare.net/gueste1a76f/exemplification-eng-1-a-2005

In my opinion, the article was not too long and the content was not boring. It was interesting because the vocabulary was not too difficult. With animal-related content this made me enjoy learning about it. 

week 11 : Definition and Classification

On Monday 3rd April 2017

           I studied “definition and classification”. So, it had a lot of activities for this lesson. The teacher explained about definition and classification on a projector. Then, she told us to read definition and classification on the projector. she taught us about the discourse markers of definition and classification. So, it will help us to find the meaning of the unknown word in the text. By finding the discourse markers of definition in the text such as is, i.e., comma, etc.

After that she assigned us to do SKILL PRACTICES. After we did it, she gave corrective feedback. I found that it was quite easy because I have already known definition markers and classification markers. We can guess the meaning by noticing the discourse markers without opening dictionary and I was not sure about which ones are unfamiliar technical words.

Week 10 : Cause and Effect

Monday 27^th March 2017

The teacher taught a new lesson that was Cause and Effect to students. She explained about words that signal this type of text structure, read discourse markers of cause and effect and taught how to distinct cause from effect by finding out discourse markers.

After that, we read the texts about student are not allowed to chew gum in class. We completed the diagram, highlighted discourse markers, and underlined the causes.Then, we see a list of Cause and Effect markers in page 44. So, she assigned us to find the meaning and how to use them in the sentence. 

Next, we did Skill Practice 2 as we read the following texts, highlight the discourse markers and look for the specific causes and effects. Then complete the cause and effect diagram.

In my opinion, The vocabularies in the text were easy. Causes and effects were hard. Some discourse marker, I confused what is cause or effect.  I translated it and guessed from the context. This lesson is important in reading. 

Week 9 : Comparison and Contrast continues

Monday 13^th March 2017

We learned “Comparison and Contrast” continued. First of all, the teacher told us to talk and check the homework with my friend. It was the text2 in the handout. Then, the teacher told us to read the text “Men and Women: Do they speak the Same Language?” then, I check my answers with my friend. So, it was very difficult. After that, the teacher gave us the corrective feedback.

And then, the teacher gave us the corrective feedback of the “A. Signal Expressions”After that, we set the chairs for preparing about the mid-term test. After we did it finished, we did the mid-term test.

In addition, I used finding the discourse marker for reading the text. So, it made me comprehend the text easily.

source: http://www.clipartbest.com/man-silhouette-vector

Homework:

    A: Do you agree with Tannen’s views on the subject? Be specific about your points of disagreement.

    = Yes, I agree with Tannen’s view.

    B: Are any of Tannen’s points about the different personalities of men and women true in your native culture? Explain. Do men and women in your native culture use the language the way Tannen claims American men and women do? Give specific examples.

    = Yes, men make fun of women for talking too much. Men are usually good at telling jokes.