week 1 & 2 REFLECTION

Through this two-week studying in RMIT English Worldwide, I realized that E7 course is not only fun, but also no shortage of challenges. E7 course is different from the previous courses, which have higher requirements in terms of reading, writing, listening and speaking, while giving us more opportunities to adapt to the future university courses.

While studying in the classroom, I tried to understand the teachers to explain the whole content. Initially, because there is a lot of new knowledge, sometimes it is difficult to understanding all of them. It is much harder than E6. However, after the first week studying I find some role of that and some time I can catch the piont now.

 I learned how to take notes. It is very difficult to do it without any clues, especially when meeting some unfamiliar words. I tried to use the methods which be taught by teachers. However, I still used some Chinese to help me remember the informations. Through constant practice, I improve the ability to take notes. I also learned how to write critical response. At the beginning, it just focus on one argument of author and write a separate paragraph about this argument. Then we practice to write a whole essay. Now I have basically understood the skills of writing of this kind of article.

Discuss with classmates is a significant way to practice my speaking ability, how to express my opinions clearly is very considerable. I am afraid that I am not good at it, sometimes I can not remember the exactly words to describe the thing, especially on some unfamiliar areas. Maybe discuss more with classmates will help me a lot on improving my speaking ability.

Although I thought it would have a hard course. I have to work hard to pass it.

ALL BEST

LEARNING JOURNAL

READING

A To get a wide vocabulary.

1. Take vocabulary book, write useful words down and remember them.

2. Try to understand unknown words without dictionaries.

B Improve reading speed.

1. Do Time-limited read 5 minutes each day for reading faster than before.

2. Time every reading when I read.

C Read articles more effectively.

1. Read newspaper，magazines and something which written by English and ask myself some questions about articles.

2. Analyze the materials that teachers handed out to us, study to analyze them in a critical perspective.

WRITING

A Learn to write a critical response

1. Understand the structure of critical response,

2. Learn to analyze and summary the arguments of author, then use reasonable counterarguments.

B Decrease the number of grammar mistakes.

1. Prepare a grammar book to check the grammar mistakes.

2. Rewrite every critical responds.

C Try to write faster than before.

1. Limit time to complete essays and do more practice on writing.

LISTENING

A Improve the ability to take notes more effectively.

1. Listen to the lecture and take notes at the same time, catch the main ideas and notice details.

2. Learn to use shortened forms of the words and ideas in taking notes

3. Catch the main ideas about conversations, especially happens in daily lives. 
B Catch the core ideas and important opinions when listening to a talk, and remember the key words.

1. Remember all possible key words.

2. After listening, do it like reading to get more understand.

SPEAKING

A Make the pronunciation better

1. Follow to read the English recording, imitating the speakers’ pronunciation and intonation.

2. Find more opportunities to talk with local people.

B Thinking in English way and try to express personal ideas as clear as possible.

1. Thinking in English way and try to express personal views clearly in the daily life.

C Improve the ability to oral presentation.

1. More practice , try to remember everything want to say.

2. Make PPT suitably, make sure it is easy to understand and acceptable, avoid jargon; use relative examples to make PPT better.

Kinaesthetic learners

Kinaesthetic learners prefer to being involved in activities. They need to apply the information and make it their own by constructing something or practising a technique or skill.

Characteristics of kinaesthetic learners

• Often they take notes or even draw pictures or doodle whilst listening
• Remember best what they did
• Memorise by walking and seeing
• Like ‘hands on’ activities and group interaction

Study hints for kinaesthetic learners

• Test your learning by applying it or transforming it to another form. For example use lecture notes or readings to draw a diagram, flow chart or even construct a model.
• Start or join a study group
• Relate facts or theories to your own experience
• Learn or memorise information by teaching or telling someone else
• When studying take frequent breaks. This is also helpful for the other learning styles.