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.