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.