Reflections of week one and two

During these two weeks we did a lot of practice in every skills.

The first week the teachers explained everything to us, like the differences between E6 and E7, gave us the time table for the next five weeks and introduced the oral presentation to us.
In these days we learned to think critically, we did a lot of reading practice, listening and learned to take notes.
E7 is quite different to the previous module, we have more homeworks and we need to learn more independent. In contrast to E6 where we just had to understand the meaning and main points of the articles, in this module we have to give our personnal opinion and analyse it. It is similar to what they asked us to do in my high school in France. It is interessting to see the similarities and the differences between English and French essays.

In week two we did some listening again and we focused more on our oral presentations. We had to choose our topics, the focus and the aims. Now that our teatchers approved it, we will start to do some researches.
We also continued to work on critical analyses in class and learned the structure of a critical essay.

I think I will work more on writing than on the other skills because this part changed a lot compared to E6. I have to learn the structure and the main points I have to discuss in my essay, like the tone, the logic, the evidences, analyse the arguments, find the premise and know if the article might be biased or not.

My goals and strategies for E7

   1.     Writing
> write more academic english

• read some academic articles and write the specific vocabulary down.
• read the new vocabulary every night
• make a list of the most academic used expressions

> avoid the small grammar and spelling errors

• write the wrong written words 20 times
• read some pages in the grammar book every day
• do some online grammar exercises

    2.     Reading

> understand more vocabulary to better understand the real meaning / details

• read more english books
• look up the vocabulary in the dictionary which I don't understand
• learn vocabulary from my notebook

> improve my skimmimg

• read with timming
• try to underline the main points and ignore the details
• focus on the asked questions

   3.    Speaking

> being more confident in front of an audiance

• do some exercise / practice in front of my family/friends
• good prepar my topic to feel well informed and being able to answer the questions
• use a good structure to permit the audiance to follow me

> speak more fluently

• speak as often as i can with english native speakers
• avoid grammar errors and structures mistakes
• listen to lectures and repeat them

  4.    Listening

>  stay concentrate during the whole lecture or extract

• practice at home in a quite room
• listen to news every day to improve my listening
• listen to conversations between two english speakers, even if I don't understand all

>   take good notes, try to get the most informations

• learn all the abreviations and symboles
• not writre whole sentences
• practice with listening packages, listen again with my notes and look what is missing

I am a visual learner

Indeed, I attend to information most effectively when I see something, for example, pictures, diagrams, films and videos or demonstrations. 


My characteristics :

• I Remember what they see rather than what I hear
• I Remember diagrams and pictures
• I Prefer to read and write rather than listen
• I Have trouble remembering verbal instructions
• I Need an overall view and purpose before beginning a project

 Study hints which can help me to learn more efficient:

• Take written notes in lectures & class
• Use colours to highlight important points
• Pay attention to diagrams, charts and pictures in text books
• Use mindmaps ( with colours & diagrams) to organise information for an assignment or for revision for an exam.
• Put summaries and mindmaps on the walls in your study area
• Use a wall planner.