On Tuesday-to do my homework in Spanish,and complete the study plan for this week.
Wednesday-to finish my notes for Communications (Word of Mouth 2)
Thursday- to finish the essay for History.
Friday-to go to dtop-in classes in Maths and finish with the investigating.
Tuesday, 10 February 2009
This past week
Session date
10.02.2009
What did I do this week/session?
I have had to memorize a presentation, which I will do tomorrow. I have made amendments to original powerpoint show, in order to remember the statistics a bit better. I also wrote up notes for Communication for Jerry, using the Cornell method, which although rather interesting.* I also looked at the character of Frank and his advice on essay writing for Literature.
What was the most interesting thing I did for this session (mark it above with an asterisk) - why was that?
Using the Cornell method was useful, but I found it a bit complex for my liking. I can write a bit of short hand and find that easier rather than this. However it may just be a case of practising.
What were three main things I learned from this session?
I have learnt about the Cornell method, and how to make a powerpoint effective in order to remember certain facts, on top of the imperfect subjunctive.
What did I previously think was true, but now know to be wrong?
I found the word of mouth programme on languages very interesting. It has made me more aware of the different ways of which we can unconsciously switch to and from a language.
What did I not do that I expected I should have done?
History revision, that'll have to be tackled tonight.
What was new or surprising to me?
That it's taking me so long to get round to history revision, I thought I would of at least started it over the weekend.
What have I changed my mind about, as a result of this session?
I have decided to introduce myself to researching a bit about the fall of the Inca empire for my history investigation, seen as originally I was going to do it on Irish history.
One thing I learned in this session that I may be able to use in future is...
Not to set things in stone to much, I am now doing my presentation for Spanish tomorrow, but thought I'd of done it by yesterday.
Ideas for action, based on this session...
To research history topic.
What I most liked about this session was...
The fact that I passed my first Spanish assessment, and have passed literature essay.
What I most disliked about this session was...
I still feel like I've not done much.
10.02.2009
What did I do this week/session?
I have had to memorize a presentation, which I will do tomorrow. I have made amendments to original powerpoint show, in order to remember the statistics a bit better. I also wrote up notes for Communication for Jerry, using the Cornell method, which although rather interesting.* I also looked at the character of Frank and his advice on essay writing for Literature.
What was the most interesting thing I did for this session (mark it above with an asterisk) - why was that?
Using the Cornell method was useful, but I found it a bit complex for my liking. I can write a bit of short hand and find that easier rather than this. However it may just be a case of practising.
What were three main things I learned from this session?
I have learnt about the Cornell method, and how to make a powerpoint effective in order to remember certain facts, on top of the imperfect subjunctive.
What did I previously think was true, but now know to be wrong?
I found the word of mouth programme on languages very interesting. It has made me more aware of the different ways of which we can unconsciously switch to and from a language.
What did I not do that I expected I should have done?
History revision, that'll have to be tackled tonight.
What was new or surprising to me?
That it's taking me so long to get round to history revision, I thought I would of at least started it over the weekend.
What have I changed my mind about, as a result of this session?
I have decided to introduce myself to researching a bit about the fall of the Inca empire for my history investigation, seen as originally I was going to do it on Irish history.
One thing I learned in this session that I may be able to use in future is...
Not to set things in stone to much, I am now doing my presentation for Spanish tomorrow, but thought I'd of done it by yesterday.
Ideas for action, based on this session...
To research history topic.
What I most liked about this session was...
The fact that I passed my first Spanish assessment, and have passed literature essay.
What I most disliked about this session was...
I still feel like I've not done much.
Wednesday, 4 February 2009
Thoughts after watching presentation
Generally speaking I am an exceptionally nervous person and personally find the form of presentation as most problematic one. The only way to change this, I assume, is to practice more. Nevertheless, in my opinion it is hard to change ones character and suddenly turn into a confident and socially open person even only for the time of presentation (unless a shot of sth stronger would be allowed). Like most of my colleagues from the course, I felt embarrassed while watching my presentation as it is hard to be critical to ourselves.
Wednesday, 28 January 2009
Learning Reminiscences
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.
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.
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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