I need to study for Spanish and history exam; this will be my main focus this week. I need to revise on verb endings is Spanish.
Also I need to look into funding for Stirling University.
Finnish off reading book for Scott “The Awakening”
Wednesday, 25 March 2009
Wednesday, 11 March 2009
How did I spend the last 2 hours
For the last 2 hours I have been watching "The enemies of reason" a BBC documentary program about science against superstitious.I took notes by pausing it and writing down the most significant remarks and experiments in the program.
I found this usefull,because tomorrow when I go to Communication class, I can just sit down and finish the Outcome 3 (which is based on this program).
I found this usefull,because tomorrow when I go to Communication class, I can just sit down and finish the Outcome 3 (which is based on this program).
11 March Studying Skills activities
During today's class I focused on how to compose a successful scholarship letter. As the deadline for most applications is set for the beggining of April I found it to be a vital thing to do. During my research I managed to find few addintional sources of founding and discovered great tips on writting a proper begging plead.
Study Plan for March
English Literature
Read next 30 pages of "the Awakening" and start reading Ibsen's "The Doll's House" - taking notes on each chapter, reviewing, and recapitulating.
Spanish
Work through the podcasts systematically, taking down vocab. and doiong exercises.
Also attach sheets of words to fridge and read them to reinforce what I've learned.
History
Take notes on the career of Otto Von Bismark and read handouts.
General
Look at sources of funding for University, the structure and content of the courses.
What I did today.
Discovered one source of funding and printed out application form.
Made a decision about the 2 courses for which I am going to confirm offers for - 1) Stirling (Spanish) and 2) Heriot Watt (Applied Languages)
Mondays - Revise for English Literature and do any Spanish homework
Tuesdays - Do some reading fro History on Nationalism inb Germany
Wednesdays - Podcasts and any Homework for communications
Fridays - Go to library and go over what I've done in the week
Saturday DAY OFF AS REWARD
Sundays - Do Targets diary for forthcoming week
Read next 30 pages of "the Awakening" and start reading Ibsen's "The Doll's House" - taking notes on each chapter, reviewing, and recapitulating.
Spanish
Work through the podcasts systematically, taking down vocab. and doiong exercises.
Also attach sheets of words to fridge and read them to reinforce what I've learned.
History
Take notes on the career of Otto Von Bismark and read handouts.
General
Look at sources of funding for University, the structure and content of the courses.
What I did today.
Discovered one source of funding and printed out application form.
Made a decision about the 2 courses for which I am going to confirm offers for - 1) Stirling (Spanish) and 2) Heriot Watt (Applied Languages)
Mondays - Revise for English Literature and do any Spanish homework
Tuesdays - Do some reading fro History on Nationalism inb Germany
Wednesdays - Podcasts and any Homework for communications
Fridays - Go to library and go over what I've done in the week
Saturday DAY OFF AS REWARD
Sundays - Do Targets diary for forthcoming week
Study Plan for March
* Go back to studying new Spanish vocabulary and grammar
* Finish my History Essay
* Finish my assessment for Literature
* Finish my second Listening Task in Communication 4
* Finish my History Essay
* Finish my assessment for Literature
* Finish my second Listening Task in Communication 4
Mend's Study Plan
Study Plan
Target: Finish Assessment for Jerry (The Enemies Of Reason essay)
Target: learn two pages of Spanish vocabulary (thematical vocabulary)
Target: Read 30p from The Awakening (Literature class)
Target: Write History essay (Labour Government)
Target: Revise Spanish grammar (e.g. Tengo que..)
Target: Revise Nadine's History essay
Evaluation:
I've revised Nadine's essay and I've done the Spanish grammar. Also, I've done the Targets diary to Dieca's satisfaction. ;)
Target: Finish Assessment for Jerry (The Enemies Of Reason essay)
Target: learn two pages of Spanish vocabulary (thematical vocabulary)
Target: Read 30p from The Awakening (Literature class)
Target: Write History essay (Labour Government)
Target: Revise Spanish grammar (e.g. Tengo que..)
Target: Revise Nadine's History essay
Evaluation:
I've revised Nadine's essay and I've done the Spanish grammar. Also, I've done the Targets diary to Dieca's satisfaction. ;)
Wednesday, 4 March 2009
Passive Learning
Problems:
1. I've repeated a lot of information over and over again, without understanding it.
2. I've become tired and bored easily.
Suggestion how to solve that:
1. I have to see the information in a different way, and if I still can't understand it, I would ask somebody to explain it to me. Also I need to concentrate more on what I am reading or doing.I get distracted too often.
2. In order to avoid this,I have to find a system, of studying and revising, that will keep me interested for longer. For example, involving music, quizes or interesting excersises would keep me concentrated. Studying with somebody else and competing is another way too.
1. I've repeated a lot of information over and over again, without understanding it.
2. I've become tired and bored easily.
Suggestion how to solve that:
1. I have to see the information in a different way, and if I still can't understand it, I would ask somebody to explain it to me. Also I need to concentrate more on what I am reading or doing.I get distracted too often.
2. In order to avoid this,I have to find a system, of studying and revising, that will keep me interested for longer. For example, involving music, quizes or interesting excersises would keep me concentrated. Studying with somebody else and competing is another way too.
Effective revision
From the list of efective ways of revision and recalling information I identify myself with thy following ones:
1 Turning text into pictures on and the other way around as I have a better memory for the shape and form than for the plain text, unless the structure of a certain word remainds me of something.(eg. correr - shape of the letter 'r' signifies the runner and the fact that there are three letters 'r' creates the sense of being in a hurry or a race of latters 'r').
2 Using different coloured paper or highlihters (personaly I use three colours, green for underlining words and sentences of a special value (expressions, phrases), brown for new vocabulary and cicleling key turns in the text and black for general purpose with two kinds of underlining (single and duble line) to emphesise the meaning and make the information more condensed.
3 Putting material into strange or outrageous context (as most of us do when we summarise new text while reading).
4 Learning material in different places (as sometimes I can recall the information by focusing on a place where I was revising it).
5 Making numbered list is also pretty common in my revision process as one needs a general plan to follow at any work.
6 Making up rhymes although I try more to find a word that I already know and that sounds alike.
7 Learning with or theaching with other people. I often describe in detail to my flatmate what I am going to write about or do.(if the information is adequate or provided in the interesting tone, naturaly).
I am mostly clear about why I am learning certain things (if not I desperatly look for a good reason)because otherwise I would not touch a thing founding it usless or simply unnecessery. I dont give myself any rewards during the revision as I find it to be to distracting. Nevertheless I always reward myself after I achieve what I had planned with a good movie and a glass of wine or else. I am gradually becoming more aware of how the information and skills we are being thought fit into our future learning, as the course progresses. Depending on my attitude and morals I try to visualise myself achieving the outcome most of the time. If I am field with to many doubts I just try to think of the grief amd dissapointment I will have in the future looking at my unfinished buisnesses. I try to eat and drink before and after revision period as I get easly distracted. If it comes to revision materials I try to preapare everything before I sit and start revising. Oh yes, I often get up and strech myself while looking through the window and that relaxes me a lot so I can quicly come back to what i was doing. I usualy test myself by telling about the content of the material I have studied to my flatmate or myself (although not aloud) if I still have any dificulties or the story lacks some important information I tend to revise again but only for missing information. When I revise a difficult or simply boring paper I usualy try to find an information that is in my field of interst or somhow controvertial and build up the rest of the story aroun it. Unfortunatelly my revision process is not always free from disturbing noises, quarrels and libations as i live in quite a dogy neighberhood and I find late evening hours as most productive time for my studying.
1 Turning text into pictures on and the other way around as I have a better memory for the shape and form than for the plain text, unless the structure of a certain word remainds me of something.(eg. correr - shape of the letter 'r' signifies the runner and the fact that there are three letters 'r' creates the sense of being in a hurry or a race of latters 'r').
2 Using different coloured paper or highlihters (personaly I use three colours, green for underlining words and sentences of a special value (expressions, phrases), brown for new vocabulary and cicleling key turns in the text and black for general purpose with two kinds of underlining (single and duble line) to emphesise the meaning and make the information more condensed.
3 Putting material into strange or outrageous context (as most of us do when we summarise new text while reading).
4 Learning material in different places (as sometimes I can recall the information by focusing on a place where I was revising it).
5 Making numbered list is also pretty common in my revision process as one needs a general plan to follow at any work.
6 Making up rhymes although I try more to find a word that I already know and that sounds alike.
7 Learning with or theaching with other people. I often describe in detail to my flatmate what I am going to write about or do.(if the information is adequate or provided in the interesting tone, naturaly).
I am mostly clear about why I am learning certain things (if not I desperatly look for a good reason)because otherwise I would not touch a thing founding it usless or simply unnecessery. I dont give myself any rewards during the revision as I find it to be to distracting. Nevertheless I always reward myself after I achieve what I had planned with a good movie and a glass of wine or else. I am gradually becoming more aware of how the information and skills we are being thought fit into our future learning, as the course progresses. Depending on my attitude and morals I try to visualise myself achieving the outcome most of the time. If I am field with to many doubts I just try to think of the grief amd dissapointment I will have in the future looking at my unfinished buisnesses. I try to eat and drink before and after revision period as I get easly distracted. If it comes to revision materials I try to preapare everything before I sit and start revising. Oh yes, I often get up and strech myself while looking through the window and that relaxes me a lot so I can quicly come back to what i was doing. I usualy test myself by telling about the content of the material I have studied to my flatmate or myself (although not aloud) if I still have any dificulties or the story lacks some important information I tend to revise again but only for missing information. When I revise a difficult or simply boring paper I usualy try to find an information that is in my field of interst or somhow controvertial and build up the rest of the story aroun it. Unfortunatelly my revision process is not always free from disturbing noises, quarrels and libations as i live in quite a dogy neighberhood and I find late evening hours as most productive time for my studying.
Example of Passive and Active Learning
In English Literature, we were given a handout or rather an Act from the play Educating Rita by Willie Russell with questions. We followed the instructions on the question sheet after Scott had read aloud the extract from the play. However I could have made it more of an active, as opposed to passive, exercise by firstly relating it to my own personal educational journey and as aclasss, whilst reading the play, one of us could have assumed the role of either Rita or Frank, thereby making it far more interactive and more of an active, enriching experience.
Reflective Study Plan.
Session date
04.03.2009
What did I do this week/session?
I read The Awakening by Kate Chopin, I've been ill the past week so I have tried not to waste my time completely. I also wrote a letter in French for the second assessment, and tried to do some history revision, Arturo is going to give me copies of the German History section that we were given last week. I also did an initial draft of the Extended Reading and Viewing essay for Spanish, but it needs a bit more work. I also read a bit on the Inca downfall as an initial start on research for history investigation.*
What was the most interesting thing I did for this session (mark it above with an asterisk) - why was that?
Probably reading a bit on the downfall of Inca history as the beginning of my history investigation, I haven't decided on the title yet though.
What were three main things I learned from this session?
I learnt a bit of French and about Creole culture from reading the awakening, I also enjoyed reading about the conflict within the Inca family before the Spanish conquest.
One thing I learned in this session that I may be able to use in future is...
Reading about the beginning of the downfall of the Inca Royal family has enabled me to have a bit more of an insight and has encouraged me to keep reading. I have enjoyed reading to improve my previously vague knowledge of this period of history, and will try and apply it to other subjects in which I am interested in.
Ideas for action, based on this session...
To keep reading and to note down things I feel are relevant to the topic, this is more or less what I have been trying to do, and to practice Spanish conversation on my topics for advanced higher spanish more with those that are Spanish speakers, i.e. boyfriend
What I most disliked about this session was...
Being ill, but I forced myself to come in on Monday, today and will do so tomorrow in order to get through assessments not yet completed.
04.03.2009
What did I do this week/session?
I read The Awakening by Kate Chopin, I've been ill the past week so I have tried not to waste my time completely. I also wrote a letter in French for the second assessment, and tried to do some history revision, Arturo is going to give me copies of the German History section that we were given last week. I also did an initial draft of the Extended Reading and Viewing essay for Spanish, but it needs a bit more work. I also read a bit on the Inca downfall as an initial start on research for history investigation.*
What was the most interesting thing I did for this session (mark it above with an asterisk) - why was that?
Probably reading a bit on the downfall of Inca history as the beginning of my history investigation, I haven't decided on the title yet though.
What were three main things I learned from this session?
I learnt a bit of French and about Creole culture from reading the awakening, I also enjoyed reading about the conflict within the Inca family before the Spanish conquest.
One thing I learned in this session that I may be able to use in future is...
Reading about the beginning of the downfall of the Inca Royal family has enabled me to have a bit more of an insight and has encouraged me to keep reading. I have enjoyed reading to improve my previously vague knowledge of this period of history, and will try and apply it to other subjects in which I am interested in.
Ideas for action, based on this session...
To keep reading and to note down things I feel are relevant to the topic, this is more or less what I have been trying to do, and to practice Spanish conversation on my topics for advanced higher spanish more with those that are Spanish speakers, i.e. boyfriend
What I most disliked about this session was...
Being ill, but I forced myself to come in on Monday, today and will do so tomorrow in order to get through assessments not yet completed.
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