Learning reflection

            This course is very important for me and it always helps for daily life such as reading and understanding with English passage. It always helps for reading test so much because there are many techniques like a how to find markers from Comparison and Contrast's lesson, Cause and Effect or other lessons, Observing language features general, it helps you to know about the type of text or passages. Although in this course very important but it also difficult. It sometimes makes me stressed.

             For me the hardest lesson is Problem and Solution although, a passage or texts can understand easier than narrative but it's too hard for think and writes answer because you have to have many vocabulary and grammar knowledge for do it.

             There're many difficult lessons such as Narratives, Cause and Effect, Comparison and Contrast etc. 

             At last, I must to give thanks to the teacher who's teach this course because she taught and made me to have many knowledge like techniques, vocabulary, grammar.

             In additional she usually teaches about daily life or how to be a good teacher in the future. I got many doctrines from her the one from all I'm loved, it is she told "I am a normal teacher who's never hasn't wicked intentions to you, I have just taught you in everything's best for you."  I promise, I will not forget every doctrine. 

                 Thank you very much. ♥

Week 14 : Problem and Solution (continued)

            This week was the last day that I studied a discourse approach in reading subject with teacher Usa Noytim. Teacher has been teaching from last week, she answered exercises. There're 4 passages on exercise 1 and, it want us to write the title, and the sentence explaining about the main idea of the passage.  

        First passage is about "Way to Address Machine gun Overheat and Malfunction Problem", It's the most passage of all.
        Second passage about "How to Prevent Amnesia", Amnesia refer to complete or partial memory loss.
       Third passage's about "How to Prevent Road's Accident by Changing the Minimum Driving Age."
       Fourth passage's about "How to Save Cyclist From Road Accidents."
After that, she answered exercise 2 and we are presented the VIDEO of each group after finish lesson and finish class.

Week 13 : Problem and Solution

            In the class, the teacher introduced about this lesson, it about "Problem and Solution".

The Language of Problem-Solution

   Here's a list of problem-solution markers that you will find in your academic reading.

Problem Markers

Nouns
burden      danger         hardship        puzzle

risk             challenge    deficiency      issue

setback      shortage      difficulty        lack

threat         concern       dilemma        mystery

trouble       conflict        dispute           obstacle

crisis           excess          problem 

complication 

Solution Markers

Verbs                                                     Nouns
to address        to ease             to resolve               relief         
to alleviate       to respond      to improve             remedy     
to answer         to overcome   to settle                   resolution
to cope with    to relieve         to solve                    response  
to deal with     to remedy        to tackle                  solution   

         After that, we set tables for mini-test. It took a time for 1 hour and it's very difficult for me. I couldn't understand with the passages on mini-test.

Week 12 : Exemplication

         In class, The teacher assigned to checked and answered homework last week.

      After that, The teacher introduced about "Exemplification".

  

 Exemplification is writing uses specific, vivid examples for the purpose of adding more information to explain, persuade, define, or illustrate a general idea.

           Commonly used abbreviations and transitions in exemplification text
🍎 f.e./e.g. - for example

🍎 i.e. - that's (to say); in other words

🍎 viz. - namely; it is/ there are

🍎 e.g. There're four language skills, viz. listening, speaking, reading and writing.

🍎 to illustrate

🍎 specifically

🍎 here're a few examples

🍎 another illustration

🍎 another example of 

🍎 another instance of

🍎 a case in point is 

🍎 for example

🍎 for instance

             And then, she assigned to read and complete activities. Today, there are many good techniques for help me to read and understand each of texts.

From this lesson.
➧ There are many abbreviations and transitions, it's hard to remember it.
➧ Each of activities in handout are not too difficult.

Week 11 : Definition and Classification

          In class, teacher gave the new handouts and talked to introduce new lesson about Definition & Classification. "What’s the definition marker?" she asked all students and, need to us found and told about it.

The language of definition and classification
       Here’re some common Definition and Classification Markers.

Definition Markers                           Classification Markers

Verbs           other                           Verbs                Nouns

to be               i.e.                                 to categorize      category

to define        in other words            to classify           class

to refer to      +comma between      to distinguish    component

                        a technical term         to divide             division

                        and its defining          to group              group

                        noun or noun 

                        phrase:­­­­­­­___, __

 - Look for Definition Markers. They will help you identify both technical terms and their meanings.

 - Look for Classification Markers. They will help you identify both the general concepts and its types.

From this lesson
    ♥ The most difficult is "How to remember the words marker because there're too many to do it".
     ♥ The passages in each of text aren't hard to understand.

Week 10 : Cause and Effect

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            In class, teacher have a meeting so she gave Cause and Effect's handout and assigned to read, understood and make all exercise. She will back at 9.00 am.

Cause/Effect is used to show how the or concept result due to other facts, events or concept. Words that signal this type of text structure are because, as a result of, thus, and hence.

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Cause & Effect markers.

Nouns

♦ cause                   ♦ influence

♦ connection         ♦ origin

♦ consequence      ♦ outcome

♦ effect                    ♦ reason

♦ factor                   ♦ relationship

♦ impact                 ♦ result

Verb/Verb phrases

☻ to effect              ☻ to create

☻ to affect              ☻ to force

☻ to attribute to    ☻ to give rise to

☻ to blame              ☻ to play a part in

☻ to bring about    ☻  to produce

Difficult and easy point from this lesson

♥ How to remember cause & effect markers because it too much for do.

♥ How to find cause and effect in each of texts and wrote it by my idea. It's very difficult.

Week 9 : Comparison and Contrast (continued)

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          Last week, I had studied about Comparison and Contrast but it haven't completed. Today, I studied it continued.
          We started to learn on page 37. The teacher explain about text 2 and do exercise on page 38.
         After that, the teacher assigned to read and understood the text about " Men and Women: Do They Speak the Same Language? ". And, then she helped to find discourse markers. And, then teacher summarized this text.

             Differences between the women and men's language.

           Men          V.S.         Women 

-Use language to show                    -Use language to establish
independence,                                    connection intimacy
status and power

-Talk to show skill and                     -Talk about other people
knowledge.                                           and talk less what they  
                                                                know


-Voice disagreement openly             -Avoid opening                                                                                    disagreement

           she assigned to answered questions from text. Today I had many new knowledge like a different language between men and women and key markers for help more understand texts.

         After that, We have a midterm exam.