My diary 27/6/2013 - week 4

Today, I studied to distinguish fact and opinions with Aj.Usaa Noytim. She asked us about the meaning of the fact and opinions, how is it different. She asked us to made the groups and we did the activities together. At first, she asked us to create the sentence about the fact for five sentences and opinion for five sentences. And we had to present about those sentences to share our ideas. For the second activity she gave us the work sheets. We shared the ideas for the questions and answer what is the fact and opinion in the sentences. Today we did not do the quiz because the time was not enough. It was very good lesson because it was quite easy to distinguish between fact and opinion. I think I can understand the lesson very well. I can applied  this lesson to use in the diary life.

My diary 20/6/2013 - week 3

Today I studied Popular Culture Critical Reading. Aj.Usa asked us to bring the sheets up and read the passage one about the origin of Sushi and the popularity Sushi in the United States. At first, she asked us to find the English definition of the words in the context. She asked us to shared the definitions on the white board.  After that she asked us to read the passages several times and answer the questions after the passages. We shared the answers together in group and then analyzed the passages together. The last assignment was the quiz about the passages that we read. She assigned us to analyze and summary of the Popularity Sushi in the United States. Today, it was a very good lesson because I could practice my reading, writing and analyzing in this class. I felt good that we could share the ideas together. It was so difficult passages, I was so confuse with some sentences.

My diary 13/6/2013 - week 2

Today I studied the introduction to Critical Reading. At first Aj.Usa showed us the Mona Lisa's picture the painting of Leonardo da Vinci's on the projector. And then she asked us to look at the picture and analyze the Mona Lisa's picture for 5 minutes and let us shared the ideas to everyone in the class. I also shared the idea of the picture for my idea, "I think she looks so sad cause I can see from her eyes. The background is so darkness and the sky is so cloudy, it's a symbol of the sadness." After we shared the ideas, she gave us the paper of the introduction to Critical Reading and let us read the text about the Leonado da Vinci's painting Mona Lisa more. In the text tells us about we should reading the text as when we are reading the painting and how to analyze the painting. It tells us that we shouldn't believe everything that the author writing and we can analyze and find the argument in the text. After we read the text, Aj.Usa gave us the quiz about the critical reading  and why we need to take a critical approach to reading, It was quite difficult for me to answer those questions. I should get more practice for the critical reading and read more the texts. Today I think it was a very nice lesson because I could shared my idea to everyone and practiced me to analyze from the picture that I haven't done it before.

My diary 6/6/2013 - week 1

Today I had to study critical reading with Aj.Usa Noytim for the first time this semester. She explained the syllabus for the course, and reviewed the reading techniques from the first year we studied. When my teacher asked us about the techniques, we forgot some of them. She then reviewed the rules for the class, which are that we should have responsibility, be punctual, and wear a polite uniform. She asked us to get together in groups of four or five people. She asked us to help each other think about what critical reading is, and what we expect from this class. We then had to present about it. I think, it is a very good class because critical reading is very important to learn for when I will work in the future.

She asked us to go back and write our dairy blogs about what we studied in the class, what is difficult, and what is easy. We have added her on facebook because she will create a group for us to share opinions about it. It was very nice class, I felt so exited and challenged because critical reading is very difficult to understand.