A Discourse Approach in Reading : Narrative (CONTINUED)

Narrative (CONTINUOUS)
On 25 January 2016
Today we learnt about "Secret" by Tim Winton part two to continue last week.Then we did exercise C, D and E
Exercise C : summary of the second part of the story.
"Kylie watches the hen sitting on ten eggs. She takes the lid off the well. She started to go down the well with her photo album every day. She watches Philip and her mother and wonders why her father is not with them. Philip discovers her in the well and hits her. Kylie throws the chicks down the well. Kylie hits the hen and throws it down the well. She chooses one special photo which makes her feel good. She cuts off her head from the special photo and throws it away."
Exercise D : What do you feel about Kylie, Kylie's mother and Philip?
I fell sorry for Kylie because she was alone and she didn't get warmth from her parents.
I disapprove of Kylie's mother because she didn't tell kylie about her relationship with Philip.
I like Philip because he takes care kylie as if kylie is his real daughter. 
Exercise E : What are themes in this short story?
- neglect.
- coping with the absence of a parent.
- problems associated with contemporary family life.

Finally, my teacher assigned a big project that is we have to make a cartoon book of "Secret" by Tim Winton and we have to use my own word .

A Discourse Approach in Reading : Narrative

Narrative
On 18 January 2016
Today we started to learn about "Narrative" that the purpose is to entertain and to nourish and extend the reader's imagination.
The reader is introduced to the main character(s), minor characters and atmosphere.Then my teacher explained about 
text organization
   -orientation 
   -complication 
   -resolution 
language features
   -who, where
   -Variety of verb/processes : linking, mental, and Action/material
   -linking words to do with time
   -specific participants

and then she assigned us to do the circle of secrets by Tim Winton

after that, we started to read " Secrets" by Tim Winton part one.

We summarized part one that kylie feels left out from her mother and Philip's activities. She becomes interested in the chickens in the yard. Somehow her secret helps her to feel less lonely. She finds the second egg and then finds out where other are being laid by an unhealthy-looking hen. The secret became bigger every day when she is left alone, she often shares the secret with her hen. She always thinks about her father when she looked at photographs.

We didn't read part two because times up, so my teacher assigns us to read part two.

A Discourse Approach in Reading : Recount (CONTINUED)

Recount (CONTINUOUS)
On 11 January 2016

My teacher told us to write about "Crime" on the board. 

Then She gave a corrective feedback of the exercise from last week. After that, she gave us hand-outs that it is about "Factual Recount: News Report”: 5 Vietnamese nationals were arrested for stealing cash, 

and "Investigation report." 

She assigned us to do this exercise.

A Discourse Approach in Reading : Introduction & Recount

Introduction & Recount

On 4 January 2016

This is the first day of studying "A Discourse Approach in Reading"

First of all my teacher give a course syllabus for us and then she explained about it.

Today we started to learn about " Recount" that is the unfolding of a sequence of events over time and the purpose is to tell what happened. There are 3 types:
1.Personal Recount e.g. diary entry
2.Factual recount e.g. report of science experiment, police report, news report, historical account.
3.Imaginative recount e.g. a day in the life of Roman slave; how I invented.
But she's going to teach just 2 types:personal recount and factual recount.
Then my teacher explained about 
text organization
   - orientation 
   - events
   - reorientation
language features
   - who, where,when,what
   - Action verbs/past tense
   -linking words to do with time
   -specific participants
After that, my teacher assgined us to read  "My Granpa's Funeral in Toroja"

, " An Excursion to the Botanic Gardens" and answer the questions that follow.

Before times up my teacher assigns us to do next excercise and next week she'll give a corrective feedback.

Learning Reflection

Learning Reflection
This course has 8 contents

A healthy diet?

Natural Disaster / News story

Today Technology

Fashion

West meets East

Classic Ann Landers, Descriptions of Books and Novels

English Today/Leaning Language

ASEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND EXTENSIVE READING

The strategies that I got from this course.

-Previewing

-Predicting

-Skimming 

-Scanning

-Guessing from the text

-Paraphrasing

When I read books I use skimming and then I'll use scanning for find the main idea. When I came across the difficult word or I can't understand the passage, I'll guess before I use a dictionary.

What is content it's easy for you?

I think speed reading is easy for me because I can't understand I can use the method of speed reading when I read books or novels.

I can read faster than before and I still understand while I am reading. This content helps me to improve my reading skill so much

What is content it's hard for you?

I think "Ann landers" is hard to me because I have to give an advice. But I can't do it because I can't understand the problem in the letter and sometimes I don't know what is the problem.

How did you solve the problem?

I must practice, read a lot and pay more attention in class. After class, I must preview and prepare the next lesson.

What are you attitudes toward to the lesson?

In my opinion, I think this course is very important for students because most students don't know how to correctly reading strategies reading.

This course can help everyone, who wants to read, to improves they reading skill and perhaps they  may get writing and speaking skills as well.

Extensive Reading (Continue)

Extensive Reading (Continue)
On 17 November 2015, The teacher told us about our score midterm test and gave a corrective feedback.

She gave 30 minutes for preparing for the test. It's time for testing. She gave us the test papers, explained how to do the test and let's start the test. When I got a paper I certainly did true-false test first., because it's too easier than writing test. When time is up I came out of the class and talk about the test. We had differences answers in one question.

Lesson eigh and : ASEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND EXTENSIVE READING

ASEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND EXTENSIVE READING
On 10 November 2015, The teacher gave a corrective feedback of English Today/Leaning Language. Then we started to learn  "ASEAN Economic Community"
She gave a handout and opened a video in youtube, It is about ASEAN.

Then she assigns us to do worksheet 

Then She told us to make groups, 5 persons in a group. 

She asked us "What is the impact of ASEAN to Thailand?" and " How do you address such the impact?"

We tried to find information about the impact of ASEAN. Then we try to summarize.

After we had to present our summarize front of the class. The teacher started to teach about Extensive Reading.

She told us to write about "Research on English-language Reading" on the board. Then she assigns worksheet and next week she'll give a corrective feedback and take the exam.