I took a writing examination on Wednesday. I was nerves before the tests because I could not imagine the degree of difficulty and I was no good at writing. From Monday, I started reading and understanding text after that made its summary with my friends. During the test, first, I felt that it was easy to do because my note taking was fast to finish. However I was unable to write my essay as I was at a loss how to write good essay. Eventually I could not understand what I want. It was happened because of my lack of preparation. Through this experience, I notice 2 things to do. One is that it is important to make a note because when I finish it, I can see the view of my task. The other is that I have to learn and acquire the format of academic writing. I want to improve my
Reflection of 4th week
I had a writing assessment on Tuesday. I took it with more confident than pre-test because I had learned the academic writing style and reflected my faults which I should improve. Taking note of paper, I felt I could write good essay to write the draft smoothly. However, it was difficult and uncomfortable for me to work on essay because I could not think of appropriate words or grammars to explain my statements during the examination. Moreover, it made me be impatient so I could not complete my paper same as pre-assessment. I think that it was occurred because of lack of preparation especially experience to write essay or paper many times. Not to repeat this fault, I will keep practicing essay writing. Also, I noticed that I had to improve my reading skill to understand and find out correct and useful information to make concrete paper. To build up these skills, firstly, I will read easy books and train to write short essay.
This week, there was a listening test too. Before watching lecture, I feel anxious because I did not get used to note-making. It is difficult for me to do because I have to write in and listen to english at same time. As imagined, I could not catch essential words or figures. However classmates thought things which they heard each other so I could know the words I missed. This time, they help me but I must make good note by myself using TED or videos of YSJ.
Next week, I will take reading and speaking tests. Marking good score, I would like to review the video and note especially skimming and scanning skills and gestures. I cannot find out important information and main idea quickly so I have to spend time to understand the text. I think it is not efficient during the examination, so I need to develop my reading skills. Furthermore, I have noticed that gestures are an important part of presentation because it will show confidence and help to understand my statements. I have to improve not only my script or PPT but also gestures to become better presentation. To do this, I want to use TED as model of it. I could not satisfy my perform of writing assessment. Therefore in reading and speaking ones, I would like to prepare firmly and achieve good score.
Refraction of 3rd week
There was a tutorial and I was told my mark of pre examination. Before starting it, I was nervous because I was not confident in the exam result feared that if I would face my poor score. In fact, I gained the mark which could pass a test. However my paper included a lot of errors and Kasia thought me way of academic writing and correct grammars or words which I have to use in the essay. Through this experience, I could review my tasks to improve before final assessment. Especially writing, I tended to write main body except clear statements and conclusion part without repeating points or conclusion. I want to watch videos and my notes to remember gists of each sections. Moreover, I used incorrect replacement words so I will choose words understanding vocabularies in the text and using dictionary of synonyms. I want to improve my English skills and to prepare final examinations.
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