Students' reflective log, 27 August 2010 (end of week 7)

This is the reflective log I sent out to my 8 students in Set 6. I told them about it in the last class we had.

REFLECTIVE LOG


Dear students,

Please spend some time and effort in writing this reflective log as it will be useful feedback on the approaches that I have used in teaching the course this semester.

To help you to remember what we have been doing so far in class, and to guide you in your reflection, I have listed some questions , but please do not limit yourself to merely answering the questions. Feel free to express your opinions, be honest, be critical . Any suggestions on what would help you to learn better would also be appreciated.

If you feel that you’d be more accurate in expressing yourself in Bahasa Malaysia, go ahead and write in BM, or use a mixture of BM and English. But no other language, please.

Please complete this log and email it back to me before you go away for the Hari Raya break .

Thank you.

Pn Lee aka Mrs B.

Reminder: the questions here are just to help jolt your memory. Don’t confine yourself to answering them. And don’t say things just to be nice to me. This will NOT affect your grade, nor my job in any way!

Type in your response after each question. No word limit.

1. Compare your previous experience of learning English to your current experience of the SKPD1033 course.

2. Are you happy about being in a small class? About being part of a research project? Elaborate.



Comment on these activities that have been carried out in the class for the past 7 weeks. For each activity, say if you like or dislike it, if it has helped you in any way, if it is meaningless to you, etc



3. Discovering your learning style : has it helped you to know your learning style?

4. Collecting quotations related to the topics covered, and sharing them with the class.

5. Viewing short films ( only one so far – “House” , but will show a couple more)

6. Having the computer and LCD in class – accessing internet resources, doing trivia quizzes, etc

7. Receiving email from the lecturer – what you would prefer to receive

8. Presenting your blogs ( introduction) in class

9. Working on the units on your own

10. Self-marking of exercises





These are a few things that you were advised to do on your own. Say if you’ve actually started , or if you have no intention of starting. Comment on your experience if you’ve started.

11. Using online resources. Which websites/blogs? What kind of resources : for grammar, listening, reading, etc? Useful?

12. Vocabulary notebook

13. Quotations notebook



14. Reflect on your experience of learning English this semester . Are you more interested or do you still find it a chore ? Elaborate.



15. Any suggestions for improving your learning experience? Would you like to have English classes continued every semester? Elaborate.