HI EVERYBODY!!!

My dear students,

Hmmm.... thought i will the FIRST one to start offf our class blog, but Farid has beaten me to it. It's ok, that's the spirit.:)

Just thought that I'll give some points on reflecting, share my ideas, or should I say, wisdom....

As I mentioned in class, a relective e-journal is basically to record the progress of your learning. It is NOT a summary of the course material. Focus more on your reactions to what you've read or learnt, either in the EFL class or in your content classes/lectures or even PBL (when it begins). It is a personal record of your learning experiences. It is a space where you can record and reflect upon your observations and responses to situations, which can be used later to explore and analyse ways of thinking.

What can you include in your reflections??

a. points you found especially interesing in your reading, and would like to follow up in more detail
b. questions that came up in your mind, because of points made in material you read on this topic or some points your lecturer brought up
c. your reflections on this course(EFL) and how well it is meeting your needs.
d. how your learning in this course is related to what you're learning in other ways
e. thoughts that arent fully formed yet, but that you want to refine later. This could include your feelings about this course and your progress in iT.

Each time you submit your entries, think back over everything you've done since the last time.

MARKING

You won't lose marks for poor spelling or language(unless your spelling is at elementary level and your language is so poor that I can't make any sense of what you're trying to say).

You will get good marks by showing that you've been reading widely, and raising issues that flow from that reading, and by making it clear that you have been thinking a lot about these issues.

OK, that's all from me. Happy reflecting and blogging!! :)

Regards, Pn Sitha