Learning Reflection in English Reading Strategies Course

We see the whole picture together better this term

  1. Introduction / A healthy diet?

  2. Natural disaster / news stories

  3. Today's Technology

  4. Fashion

  5. West meets East

  6. Ann Landers, Descriptions of Books and Novels

  7. English Today / Learning Language

  8. ASEAN Economic Community

     

Learning perception and attitude

  Since I have already studied of this course, I have more knowledge of the English language including the techniques, strategies, etc. In the past, I do not like it when I read, I often saw words that are unfamiliar with obstacles. My reading I always found these words, I suddenly so tired of reading.

How do you prefer to practice your reading?

     I choose things to read in English that I would read in my own language. I
try to use the same strategy for reading the English . I used skimming,scanning,predicting,guessing from the text,paraphrasing and previewing to reading text.I  used knowledge of the text type and purpose to make predictions about discourse structure; using knowledge about author to make predictions about writing style, vocabulary, and content.

What did you find easy?

The strong words from the story or the message read. Without the need to read messages or all featuring.

 What did you find difficult?

     Words can not guess the difficulty of reading the text or content. It can not be assumed to be accurate.

How did you solve the problem?

            Solving problems by searching for words in the dictionary translation. And read in context with the other.For those who are starting to learn English. You should use a dictionary that translates from English to Thailand before. But when you start with the English language skills and more. You should switch to a dictionary translating from English into English. Which translates English words with a meaningful description of that word in English.

What are you attitudes toward to the lesson?

     In my opinion, I think that the strategy of reading English. Is very important in our lives. I will be a teacher of English, we have the knowledge to read more. This course made me realize and understand more and more able to develop my knowledge.

What should be done in English.

         Do not be afraid to be wrong. The biggest obstacle to learning a new language is not afraid to speak or write.The fear this will not improve any skill, it also makes you use that language was not good.Remember that we all will be well when learning a new language, you would be faced with the embarrassing times when you use profanity or wrong inadvertently. But these events are just part of what makes language learning fun stuff.And always remember that we are not aiming to speak English correctly and using language like a native clock. We focus on progress in learning our language. Mistakes are lessons for learning. This will enable us to develop our language more.

Week15: Extensive Reading (continued) and final test

      Today, we studied about "EXTENSIVE READING" before we studied, the teacher had told us about the midterm test scores. I got 15 points. I was so pleasure with my score because I hadn't been confident about the midterm test and very difficult.

      When she had already told us, she taught us about this content. An important point is that the two language researchers conducted an interesting experiment with a group of English language students in Japan. 

              These students didn't like English and failed the test so the researchers put these students in a special class. At the end of the semester, the results were surprising because their scores on the new tests were as high as the regular English students including their English ability had been improved and they had been enjoy of this class.

      Next, we responded the questions of this handout. I used the skimming skill by reading the title, subtitle in order to find the answers respectively. In addition, I used the scanning by reading the details in order to find the questions either.

        After that, we had to take a test. Personally, I felt that the test was pretty difficult and I didn't do it fully owing to the limit of time so I need to prepare my best in taking a final examination of this course.

Week14:ASEAN Economic Community (continued) and Extensive reading

THE ASEAN COMMUNITY 2015

           For a start, teacher answered exercises of the ASEAN community 2015's worksheets. Secondly she assighned us to divided group to brainstormed about the topic "The impact of the ASEAN community" and "How to prepare yourself for ASEAN community" and sent representative to presented in front of class.

        After that, she asked us to write words about "research on English language reading" in spider web on whiteboard. We wrote many words about it like reseacher,students,research chart,results or conclude. Then she gave us new worksheets "Extensive reading" and asked us to do excercises and read passage "Simply read"by skimming then she assighned us to do homework. 

            At last, teacher assighned us to listened "Thai labor when open ASEAN 2015" 2 times by the first time just only listened and the second were listened and wrote words that you heard then brought them to summaried in this topic "Thai labor when open ASEAN 2015". We worked it by group.

        I found a lot of problems when I did these activities such as I can't understood content fromthe radio, when I did exercise that we had to find contexts that were true or false but we also found line number of them. It's rather difficult for me. 

         I solved them by paid attention to listened 'Thai labor when open ASEAN 2015' in the second time and wrote words I heard very quickly and asked request from my partner to checked our answers each other. I thought there're not easy exercises for me.

Week13: Read Faster(continued) and Introduction of the ASEAN Community 2015

(Make up class 12 October 2015)

 First of all, teacher assigned us to read fast this passage 'Obstacles to faster effective reading' then answered last week's exercises. They were about read faster that very hard for me. The problem that I found were I was not understand how to do those terrible exercises but finally I can did it  because my friends and junior helped me.

          Next, teacher started new unit: the ASEAN community 2015 by assighned us to write words about the ASEAN community on spider web then opened video "The ASEAN community by 2015" for us.

           It was animation video about the ASEAN community 2015 that easily understood. Then she distributed worksheet to us and asked us to do task1: Watch the video and write down the words that you have seen and heard. I hardly ever found problem in this exercise because it was very easier than reading faster.

            After that, she asked us to do homework by sums up 'Obstacles to faster effective reading' and 'Hints for reading practice for speed' and took them into our blogs. Here are my homeworks.

Hints for reading practice for speed

-Think of the passage as a whole

- Pay attention to paragraph structures

- Dictionaries slow  you down

Finally, She gave us to read whole of this hand out in advance in order to practice our English Skill especially, Reading Skill.

Week 12: Classic Ann Landers and Obstacles to faster reading

CLASSIC ANN LANDERS (CONTINUE...)
  we responded the questions on page 3 so we needed to examine the answered by telling with the partner in order to check that which answered are correct or wrong in English version. This is the one method to improve our English Skill particularly, Speaking Skill.

Next, she gave us to write the answers on whiteboard in order to check whether they are correct or not.After that, she read the letters which sent to Ann Landers and her responses with analysis each of them. 

Next, the new lesson started. It is English Today / Learning Language. Before this lesson started, she had given us think about the obstacles to faster reading and wrote on the whiteboard.

                    Here is the obstacles to faster reading written by us.                    

We answered the question by ticking the statements do we agree with. we read the text and chose the answer by using the skimming to find what the text is about.Finally, She gave us to read whole of this hand out in advance in order to practice our English Skill especially, Reading Skill.