Mon/29/Aug/2016
The instructor started the topic by giving me find the information that " What technologies can you use to learn English? How? " So my friend and I did it and discussed about this. It was very interesting that each other have their own idea about that. For me I watched movies and video about English so I can learn English from it. I learned about Today's technology vocabularies such as
laptop, lecture, review, concentrate, podcast, earphones, download and library.
I didn't know about podcast, so I have to search the internet to find the meaning and what is it. I read the passage about podcast so I know more information about it. When I read the passage I used reading strategy skimming, scanning, and predicting to find the information and answered the question. And then I learned essential skill with reading the topic " musicnews&views " It was fun.
The vocabulary in this topic is very easy for me except podcast that I had no idea what it is. So I have to use the internet.
I hope this time I will know more information about nowadays.
Sun/28/8/59
The instructor made up class on Sunday so I had to study on Sunday 3 p.m. We talked and learned continue about natural disaster. I had to read two topic and summarized the story. I had to find the answer and checked it with my friends. I also studied about news vocabulary in this class. I knew more vocabularies that I ever knew.
When I read the story, it was easy to find the answer because I used scanning reading for details so I just found the keyword of each questions. I sat in group 4 people and discussed about the natural disaster news that the instructor let we find and summarized in homework. My natural disaster news was about House-Sized Boulder Blocks Highway in Zion National Park. It was very interesting.
I found that it was easy to read news. We just had to scanning the detail and found the answer, but it was difficult when I didn't know some vocabulary. I had to use the dictionary to find the meaning. I use scanning and guessing some word that I didn't know before I used dictionary.
So I hope I will know more vocabulary and know more news in these day. I hope it will help me to read more news in every day.
credit: picture from ABCnews.
Mon/22/8/59
In week 3 we didn't have a class because of the activities of 3 English major, Sport day.
In week 4 I learned about natural disaster. I watched tsunami video and have to summary what I've watch and have to describe in group. And then I have to present to the class. I learned what was natural disaster such as death toll, fatality, landslide, mudslide, wildfire, typhoon, etc. I read news stories about
- Myanmar flooding affects one million.
- Typhoon Soudelor hits China with deaths floods and Mudslides.
- Landslide Kill 9 in Doti and Gulmi districts of Nepal.
And after that I answer the question in topics. I use skimming, scanning and guessing in reading.
Some vocabulary was difficult so I had to use dictionary to know the meaning. But this week was interesting because I like to know about natural disaster and want to know what happened in this world. I hope I would know more information about natural disaster and remember the vocabulary that I've learned.
Mon/8/8/2559
I learned about healthy and unhealthy food. I had a homework that the instructor told me to take a picture with 10 photos of food and discussed with friends and gave the reason why it's healthy or unhealthy. And I had create a schedule "Weekly healthy diet planner" with my friends. We discussed about healthy food together and presented in front of the class. And I also learned about predicting, activating, skimming, and scanning to read the passage and find the main idea of "Westerns turn to a Japanese diet" I also learned about new vocabularies that I didn't know. It was very fun and interesting. <3
I love to find the answer from the passage. It was interesting and easy to find the answer by using skimming and scanning in reading.
I thought that some words is difficult because I didn't know the meaning so I had to listen to the instructor and use the dictionary online to find the words that I didn't know.And I used skimming, scanning, predicting, and activating in reading the text. It was an easy way to find the answer and main idea of the passage that I learned. I hope I will improve reading skill from this class English Reading Strategies.
Mon/1/8/59
It was a first time to studied English Reading Strategies. I was very nervous and excited.
Before the class start, The instructor told me about classroom rules that I should to do;
1.Be punctual.
2.Pay attention to the lesson.
3.Do not use cell phones in the classroom.
4.Do not cheat.
5.Follow dress code policy.
6.Listen while others are speaking or sharing.
And then I learned about what strategies should I use in reading, such as previewing, scanning, skimming, making inferences, finding references or guessing the words meaning from contexts.
I also learned about "A Healthy Diet" and the topic " No more junk food " It's about how the government in England deal with junk food in their country.
I think the topic was easy and interesting to learn. It's all about our daily life. But some words that I read I didn't know the meaning, so I had to search the meaning by using dictionary online to find the word I didn't know.
I used previewing and scanning in reading the text, because it was an easy way to understand the main idea of the story. And I hoped that this subject could be a way to improve my reading skill and helped me to understand the writing.
