Learning Reflection

                                       Learning Reflection

       From A Discourse Approach in Reading (1551108 ) course. I had learnt many genres of texts like recount, narrative, descriptive, procedure, comparison, contrast, cause, effect, definition, classification, explication, problem and solution. Moreover, as you can see from my previous blogs and I also learned about discourse markers, that would be very useful for my reading skill.  

         I improve my four language skills from this amazing course. I improved my reading skills by reading lots of texts and analyzing it. I improved my writing skill by writing many blogs about what I had learnt from each class every week and also by doing many writing exercises and I also improved my listening skill because the teacher always let us listen how to pronounce words  correctly like native speaker does from Cambridge Dictionary Online. Moreover, I improved my speaking skill by discussing with friends about the lessons in English every class and in this course, teacher also asked us to make cooking videos in English then presented it in class, I spoke a lot of English on that video. In addition, I also became more creative by creating cooking video and story book that teacher asked us to do so you can’t deny that I got a lot of things from this useful course.  

The difficult and easy things that I found in this course.

       In my opinion, the difficult things that I found in this course were that when I had to read the passages that there were many academic words and I also think that writing main idea of each texts was pretty difficult for me, I understood what was the text about, but I couldn’t write them in my own words and another thing was grammar, sometimes grammar made me confuse about the sentences so I didn’t understand what the authors want to express exactly but I could solve those problems by searching on the internet, finding it on dictionary, asking my friends and teacher. The easy thing that I found was narrative because in this lesson, I had to read only one story called Secrets by Tim Winton and it was easy for me to study through story because it made me understand the lesson easier.

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My attitudes toward to the lesson

        In my opinion, first I thought that this course would be hard for me because the name of the course sounds difficult ,but after attended to this course made me know that it’s not that hard because there are lots of discourse markers that can help you to understand what you are reading easier moreover, also help you to know the genres of those texts. I think this course is very useful for all students because it can help them to get the main idea of what they are reading easier and understand the text deeply. In addition, writing weblogs for this course really help you to improve your writing skill as someone said

 “Writing is hard, but the more you write, and enjoy what you write, the better it gets”

      Finally, I want to say thank you to Asst.Prof.Dr. Usa  Noytim who taught me a lot of things not only the lessons but also about manners, morality and many things that will be very useful for my life and my future as a teacher. Thank you for being such a great role model and generous teacher. You didn’t only tell me what to do but also showed me how. Studying with you two courses was my pleasure. I have got a lot of knowledges and many great lessons for living from your class.You become one of my favorite teachers. I hope i will have a chance to study with you again. I love youuuuuu ♥

Ps. Congratulate on your retirement ! 

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Problem and Solution (continued)

         1 May 2017, today was the last day of this course. We already learned all lessons so today teacher just gave us the corrective feedback of the exercises that she assigned us as homework last week. It was about problem and solution and there were some of my friends that didn’t do homework so teacher told them to get out of the class and finish their homework first. The exercises were pretty difficult as we had to analyzed what is the problem and solution of the texts moreover, we also had to write main idea and diagram of the text so many students included  of me did a lot of mistakes, but the teacher explained us until we understood.

After gave us corrective feedback of all exercises, the teacher asked us to present the cooking video that she assigned. I already shown mine last week so in this class, I just watched my friend’s videos.

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In my opinion, the class of today was very good. Watching cooking video of my friends was really fun. I Just knew that some of my classmates are really good at create videos. Some of them could be chefs also but some shouldn’t be hahaha. I had a lot of fun in class. Byeeee

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Problem and Solution

          24 April 2017, today I have both a good news and a bad news. The good news is the air conditioners finally worked and the bad news is I came to class late today like 3 seconds but teacher already checked the name passed my name. (Ps. It was my first time that I came to class late in this semester) My teacher is very punctual woman. She is always be on time.  

           After checking the students who present, the teacher gave us the handouts; it was about problem and solution. Next she asked us to pay attention in class because we almost finish this course and then she explained about what we are going to study today.

           After that, she asked us to read the text about teen pregnancies and analyzed what is the problem -what is the solution in the text; it was a good text that told us about how to prevent teen pregnancies. You know what is the most effective way to prevent that problem? You may think about using birth control but well, let me tell you, the most effective way to prevent pregnancies is ABSTINENCE, which is 100 % effective.    

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        Next, the teacher asked us to do some exercises and when we all finished, she gave us the corrective feedback.  Then she assigned us to do the rest of exercises as homework because it was time for a quiz.

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   In my opinion, I think the lesson of today was pretty easy for me because the texts were easy to understand, but there were still some vocabularies that I didn’t know the meaning but I could solve the problem by asking teacher, my friends and finding on the dictionary online that teacher always  ask us to use. The quiz of today was pretty difficult for me but I did my best. I hope I won’t fail T______T. See you again next week. Byeeeeeeeee ♥

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Examplification

        10  April  2017,  Well, the air conditioners  didn’t work again that made my mood became bad before studying. First of all the teacher gave us the corrective feedback of the exercise that she asked us to do last week.

Next, the teacher gave us another handouts, it was about exemplification. Then she asked us to read the handouts. After we finished reading, she asked us to do the exercise. When we all finished doing the exercise, the teacher gave us the corrective feedback.

After that, the teacher asked us to do the rest of exercise and gave us the corrective feedback when we all finished. Next, 4 pairs of students had to show the cooking video that the teacher assigned and it was my turn to show the video. My partner was Suwaphon. Our video was about how to make canned fish hot and spicy soup.

Well, this is our video if you want to see.

In my opinion, I think the lesson of today was pretty easy for me but the weather was really hot so I think it wasn’t only me that couldn’t concentrate on studying but also another students in the class. Well, at least in the bad thing there is a good thing happens. I had a lot of fun in class while I was showing our video with my friends. Bye, see you next week.

Ps. I hope next week Air conditioners will work.

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Definition & Classification

     3April 2017, such a bad day as the air conditioners didn’t work again. This building is the new one; I don’t understand why this happened so often. We had to open all doors and windows moreover, our class had only a fan.

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Next the teacher told us the mid-term score and quiz score. My score was better than I expected so I was so proud of myself hahaha. After telling everyone the scores, the teacher  explained us about the definition and classification then, she gave us the handouts. She taught us about  the meaning of discourse marker and when we use it. 

After that, she asked us to do the exercises by ourselves and when we all finished, she asked us to check the answer with our friends first  and then she gave us the corrective feedback later.

We did many exercises and in the second exercises, teacher also asked some students to write the answer on the board to share with classmates and I was one of them. The teacher asked me to go to write the answer on the board because I was doing bad face as the weather was very hoooooot. Well, the teacher also shared me the fan sometimes but still hot anyway. 

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Next the teacher let us break for 10 minutes then we kept doing other exercises on the handouts and when we all finished, she gave us the corrective feedback.

In my opinion, the lesson of today was pretty hard as I had to analyzed the text and found the meaning of technical term. Moreover, the weather was very hot so I couldn’t concentrated much on the lesson but I didn’t leave any blanks on my exercises. See you next week. Byeeee

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Cause & Effect

      20 March 2017, the teacher gave us the handouts, it was about “Cause & Effect” and then she asked to do us exercises by ourselves because she had to attend the opening ceremony. 

In the first exercise we had to read the text and then answered what is cause and effect. After that, the teacher came back and gave us the corrective feedback.

Next, she asked us to keep doing another exercises. The second exercise, we had to read the text and circle the cause and effect markers and look for the specific cause and effect diagrams, the first item of this exercise was pretty hard but the second item was very easy so i did all correct. The third exercise, we had to read the text and answer the following questions and on the last exercise, we had to complete each sentence by choosing the best ending.When we finished doing all exercises , the teacher  gave us the corrective feedback. 

In my opinion, the lesson of today was pretty easy because there were not much information and the exercises were pretty easy for me. I had lots of fun in class. See you next week. Byeeee

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comparative & contrast (continued)

         13 march 2017, first of all teacher let us checked the answer of the exercise that she assigned as homework last week with friends. It was about do men and women speak the same language then, the teacher gave us the corrective feedback. While she was giving us the corrective feedback of the exercise, she also searched some vocabularies on dictionary online to teach us how to pronounce it correctly.

There were

Inflict (v)  /ɪnˈflɪkt/  to force someone to experience something very unpleasant:

Fatality (n.) /fəˈtæl.ə.ti/ a death caused by an accident or by violence, or someone who has died in either of these ways:

Destruction (n.) /dɪˈstrʌk.ʃən/ the act of destroying something, or the fact of being destroyed:

And then she asked us to do exercises on the handouts. After finished studying, we had a midterm test. It was easier than the quiz that I ever did. I almost could answer all questions. I hope my score will be good.

Task

Do you agree with Tannen’s view on the subject? Be specific about your point of disagreement.

- I agree with Tannen’s view that men and women use the different language because men and women are raised to see the world indifferently way. However, I disagree with the view that said women rarely tell jokes in public because I have seen many girls telling jokes in the public.

Are any of Tennen’s point about the differences personalities of men and woman true in your native culture? Explain Do men and women in your native culture use the language the way Tennen claim American men and women do? Give specific examples  

-Yes, in Thailand men are also usually tell jokes that make fun of other people but women tell jokes about some foolish or silly things that they had done.

-Yes, Thai men also will disagree strongly with other people in public but women will try to avoid open argument in conversations. 

In my opinion, the lesson of today was pretty difficult for me because there were many difficult words that i didn't know the meaning but i could solve problem by asking my friends, teacher and finding it on dictionary. However, the text of this lesson were very interesting so that made me want to read it even there were many difficult words. See you next week. Byeeeee

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