After Diecas request upon thoughtful reading I have done some research on how I approach different texts.
Firstly I read the whole thing fairly quickly but with compleate understanding, underlying the fragments that will be vital for my work and let me quickly find my way through the article again.
After getting familiar with the text I try to work out how can I stucture my own work according to the material I have read.
Finely, after coming up with a vage structure for my work I read the material again, although I tend to be more focused as this is when a final shape of my work is being formed.
From the newly adapted ideas (proposed by Dieca)I am getting used to taking notes if I come accross sth interesting. I find it very helpful alhtough very invasive and distracting method as I newer could be bothered to do that in the past, knowing how bad will that affect my competency.
Wednesday, 28 January 2009
Reflective study plan
Reflective study plan
I started reading a book yesterday, and tryed to use the new study technics that we learned.
I found it very helpful to take notes of important parts while reading.I'm going to use this in future.
I started reading a book yesterday, and tryed to use the new study technics that we learned.
I found it very helpful to take notes of important parts while reading.I'm going to use this in future.
Reflexive study plan 28 Jan. 09
Last night I used some of the new strategies (for reading to comprehend and learn) which we talked about in study skills yesterday. I found them very helpful. Techniques such as; read for a purpose, survey -skim and question helped me when I read for my history essay and made it easier to plan. I will now use these techniques in all my classes.
Also, after we talked in class about the different methods of study when learning a language (flash cards, colour coding, pictures and lists) I have realised that I have a visual memory. I work best with drawings, spidergrams, pictures and colour coding as apposed to learning from lists or long texts.
Also, after we talked in class about the different methods of study when learning a language (flash cards, colour coding, pictures and lists) I have realised that I have a visual memory. I work best with drawings, spidergrams, pictures and colour coding as apposed to learning from lists or long texts.
Monday, 19 January 2009
Reflective study plan
Session date
19.01.209
What did I do this week/session?
I put my Spanish presentation on PowerPoint, did the second draft of letter for French, and finished the history essay*. I did about 4 hours of French conversation with three French people.* I also managed to do French grammar practice.
What was the most interesting thing I did for this session (mark it above with an asterisk) - why was that?
I planned the history essay. The history did take me longer than I thought and although it took ages, I felt I had a lot of information in it from the research I had done for it, and was quite proud of what I’d achieved.
What were three main things I learned from this session?
I learnt more about how to phrase sentences in French as I was saying things in a very English way. Meeting with the French people was also really good for me, as I now feel I’m a bit more confident speaking French.
What did I previously think was true, but now know to be wrong?
I didn’t manage to do as many things as I wanted to, I learnt I do try and cram too much stuff into studying during the week or weekend. So I’m going to try and be realistic in my targets.
What did I not do that I expected I should have done?
I didn’t manage to edit my Communication essay as I thought, I will get round to it when I have a spare moment, hopefully by end of Feb. I also wanted to memorize a few things for both Spanish and French assessments.
What was new or surprising to me?
The fact that I managed to do some French grammar practice, I’m going to try and do the same with Spanish. I have though been looking at prepositions and pronouns.
What have I changed my mind about, as a result of this session?
To plan what I put into essays from now on.One thing I learned in this session that I may be able to use in future is...To plan what tasks I do better, and make sure that what I’m doing is in a manageable timescale, that doesn’t get me stressed.
I am still unsure about...
Some of the tenses to use when writing in French.
Ideas for action, based on this session...
To plan essays, so I don’t spend too long on them. To allocate enough time for each task whether it be revision or homework, on a realistic timescale.
What I most liked about this session was...I liked the fact that although I still have quite a few tasks to do and assessments, I have managed to get work on most of them.
What I most disliked about this session was...Not having set realistic targets, thus not being able to complete all I wanted to have done by the beginning of this week.
Miscellaneous interesting facts I learned this week
How to say hello in Czech and that I do remember a lot of French despite it having taken a while to get out of the security volt tucked away in the back of my head.
19.01.209
What did I do this week/session?
I put my Spanish presentation on PowerPoint, did the second draft of letter for French, and finished the history essay*. I did about 4 hours of French conversation with three French people.* I also managed to do French grammar practice.
What was the most interesting thing I did for this session (mark it above with an asterisk) - why was that?
I planned the history essay. The history did take me longer than I thought and although it took ages, I felt I had a lot of information in it from the research I had done for it, and was quite proud of what I’d achieved.
What were three main things I learned from this session?
I learnt more about how to phrase sentences in French as I was saying things in a very English way. Meeting with the French people was also really good for me, as I now feel I’m a bit more confident speaking French.
What did I previously think was true, but now know to be wrong?
I didn’t manage to do as many things as I wanted to, I learnt I do try and cram too much stuff into studying during the week or weekend. So I’m going to try and be realistic in my targets.
What did I not do that I expected I should have done?
I didn’t manage to edit my Communication essay as I thought, I will get round to it when I have a spare moment, hopefully by end of Feb. I also wanted to memorize a few things for both Spanish and French assessments.
What was new or surprising to me?
The fact that I managed to do some French grammar practice, I’m going to try and do the same with Spanish. I have though been looking at prepositions and pronouns.
What have I changed my mind about, as a result of this session?
To plan what I put into essays from now on.One thing I learned in this session that I may be able to use in future is...To plan what tasks I do better, and make sure that what I’m doing is in a manageable timescale, that doesn’t get me stressed.
I am still unsure about...
Some of the tenses to use when writing in French.
Ideas for action, based on this session...
To plan essays, so I don’t spend too long on them. To allocate enough time for each task whether it be revision or homework, on a realistic timescale.
What I most liked about this session was...I liked the fact that although I still have quite a few tasks to do and assessments, I have managed to get work on most of them.
What I most disliked about this session was...Not having set realistic targets, thus not being able to complete all I wanted to have done by the beginning of this week.
Miscellaneous interesting facts I learned this week
How to say hello in Czech and that I do remember a lot of French despite it having taken a while to get out of the security volt tucked away in the back of my head.
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