Reflection of Whole Course

Three different styles of writing, chatting, and online discussion will include the basic skills such as speaking, reading, writing, and listening and I learned these basic skills unusual way in this semester.

During the short time, I learned many things from my teacher and classmates. We enjoyed to chatting in the internet in class or at home to discuss and share some specific topics. Especially, sharing some information helped me to organize my topic of writing. Through this activity, I leaned the process of thinking and the expression of telling quickly. After online discussion, I could get my self evaluation through the transcripts. It was very uncommon way to learn English but it tough a lot of things.

I experienced the responsibility of my writing through studying plagiarism. It made me rethink about the process of writing and how I could write my own opinion. Thus, I had to research a lot before I wrote some topics and researching sources made me spend more time then writing. Sometimes I felt difficulty but it made my writing logically and academically. Through this process, also, my reading skill was improved because I had to read a lot of books and articles.

In this semester, I experienced a lot to improve my English skills. It was very short time and it gave me hard time but now I am proud to finish all of this process myself. It will be help me in my future thesis and discussion in my major class.

Reflection about Writing

About Three Style of Writings

During this short time, I experienced various things to learn and improve my English skill. The most challenge part was three different style of writing which is research paper about the Simpsons, thesis about my major and artistic statement about me.

Among these, research paper and thesis are required over 6 pages and it is not easy to me because I never write over 6 pages even Korean. Thus, to write over 6 pages, I had to research and read a lot of materials. Thus, before writing, I had to spend time to prepare my sources. To find appropriate sources, I took long times. Thus, I improved my reading skill to understand and summary to support my own theme. Also, I realized that to make good organization in long pages of writing, introduction and conclusion are very important to remind whole concept.

The research paper, The Simpsons, was interested to me and enjoyed because to write about the Simpsons, I had to show and discuss the episodes. Also, this has a lot of sources for my subject. Thesis looks similar with research paper but it is more academic paper. The topic was very fresh so I had difficulty to collect some supporting materials.

However, the artistic statement did not need some sources because the best source is I. To make good artistic statement has to keep the balance between biography and concept.
After writing the long papers, I was proud myself. These will help to write my thesis in my department. Also, to learn artistic statement is good chance to me because someday, it will explain about me. During 6 weeks, to finish these writings, I improved my writing skill with various style of writing.

Reflection Of Chatting And Video

About Chatting

1.Read the transcripts of Chats regarding the Simpsons. What did you do very well?

→ Onetime, I was a leader with Tea Yoon, so I prepared material to give my classmate topics. Usually, I just showed my opinion with my specific example.

2.What do you think you should have improved more to participate in this chat better than you actually did.

→ The word order and tense. Some question was changed the order like subject and verb with question mark. The tense is the most problem for my speaking because I like to use present tense. So when I have to use past tense, I made mistake easily. As a leader, some times I missed answer to my classmates. I should have to concentrate more their opinion and give direct answer.

3.What did you learn about learning English after participating in this chat and reading the transcripts?

→ When I get some interesting subject, I talked a lot but if some topic is not interested in, I do not want to show my opinions. It will be same with everyone but I have to practice to show my participation. However, I have a lot of spelling errors which are usually I did. I made some sentences which is different from my normal speaking. I mean it is close the writing.

About Video

1.Watch the video regarding the Simpsons. What did you do very well?

→ My participation is good in this discussion. I tell my opinion fully and I heard my classmates’ opinion.

2.What do you think you should have improved more to participate in this inclass discussion better than you actually did.

→ Sometimes, my speaking too slow and I skipped the ending of words. Also, I should use past tense but I am just use present tense. It did not notice about that well so I will concentrate about my tense. Also, my intonation is not natural and when I was talking two sentences I did not use various conjunction and transition word. Thus, sometimes, it makes my opinion not clear and understanding. However, I talked a lot inclass discussion better then my daily life and I got many feedbacks form this.

3.What did you learn about learning English after participating in this discussions and watching the video again?

→ To speak a lot is difficult for me because I always want to say perfectly so I thought a lot before I talk something. However, in this case, I had time limitation and some topic is so interested to me. Thus I tried to talk a lot quickly. However, sometimes, to show my opinion is difficult but I tried to say something and it makes me learned because when I say something, my other classmates usually gave me feedback.

Compareing Chatting And Video

1. Let’s compare the two different communication media, face-to-face discussions and online-instant discussions. Which one made you feel confident in your communication skills? Why?

→ Although to write is easier to me then speaking, through those two styles, I found I can do speaking more confidently.

2. Let’s compare the two different communication media, face-to-face discussions and online-instant discussions. Which one better helped you complete your research papers regarding the Simpsons? Why?

→ To compare two different communication media, I got a more information through speaking. When I was talking, I could reorganize my themes faster then chatting. Because I can get and give feedback my classmates at the same time, I can make my themes clearly.

3. In the future, if you were given the two choices, between chat and face-to-face discussion as part of your class work, which one will you choose? Why?

→ I think both of them is good for international students because students will have some evidence about discussion through video and transcript. It will help them to revise their speaking skill and give some feedback themselves. Through the video they will try to speak like native speakers with their intonations and pronunciations. Also, the chatting gives them some confidence to speak and organize their idea.