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Listening

SaliTalk: 25min. I listened to her mostly as background tonight.

Session: My tutor has been consistent with using mostly Farsi throughout the session. I'm still comfortable with her routine questions and any questions that she asks that I can also read. I've been able to get the gist of her anecdotes but it does take me some time to fully comprehend what she's trying to say. I sometimes translate out loud to make sure I understood her.

Speaking

Session: I'm a lot more comfortable speaking but I think it's also taking away from my accuracy. Not that I was super accurate to begin with. But today I noticed errors and hesitation with structures that I should technically have nailed by now. It also does still take me a while to get a full single thought out. My tutor is so freaking patient idk how she does it.

Studying

Mango languages: 25mins. More subjunctive expressions and some vocab.

The Use of Blogging in Improving Reading Skill

How’s life everyone? May God bless us in every single condition as usual. In the previous post, I talked about the use of blogging in improving speaking skill. Now, go straight I will share to you the use of blogging in improving reading skill.

Blogs are effective for leading classroom discussion. Read an article in a blog may enhance positive perceptions of reading, develops critical thinking skill and encourages classroom discussion. According to Johnson (2010), who explored the motivation for and content of young adult learners’ use of blogs for learning English language arts and literacy skills, find that blogging is beneficial way for students to use the course content information to enhance critical thinking and reading skill.

By reading the blog, students can discuss the content with their friends. We can divided them into some groups, each group consist of 4 or five students. Then they can ask to each other about 5W+1H question. It could be improved their critical thinking and build their habit to ask question in the same time.

The Use of Blogging in Improving Speaking Skill

As I have shared to you before, there are many benefits from using blog in learning English. One month ago, I’m talking about the use of blog in improving writing skill. Now I will talk about the use of blog in improving speaking skill.

Speaking is not only talk through voice, intonation and articulation but it can also delivered in a written text. Salami Aydin (2014) says, “A fairly limited number of studies on the effects of blogging on speaking skills show that blogs are effective tools for developing conceptualization brainstorming, articulation, monitoring, evaluating, self-presentation and information exchange skills; however, these studies show that blogging has no effects on improving learners’ fluency, accuracy, pronunciation, or language complexity.” It clearly stated that blogging has no effects on improving learners’ fluency in speaking skill. Blogging improve learners’ skill in developing their concept brainstorming, evaluating, etc.

Teaching-learning Process Use Blog

Children nowadays cannot separate from their gadget and computer or PC. Supported with the internet connection, they can browse anything easily. Focus on their interest, beside they use the internet to help they do their task; they also use it to communicate with other people by social media. We, as a future teacher can take this opportunity to guide our student to use internet wisely. We can lead them to improve their writing practice and communication skill using blog.

First off, I’ll introduce myself. My name is Tamika, and I am a 24 year old education student. This is my first year in this course, however I have previously studied psychology and early childhood units.

Who’s my mob? I grew up in Ferntree Gully at the base of the Dandenong rangers, my mother did a fantastic job of raising my sister and I, and later, my step dad and mum introduced three younger siblings into the family; I am the oldest of 5 siblings.

As a child I always liked make believe play, and had family friends we used to go to Taggerty with and with these friends I would disappear into the bush to ride the motor bikes and pretend we were explorers.

I was never the first kid to get muddy or play in the grass, but I was always up for an adventure or making a fairy garden or a cubby house, so if I had my sister to get the dirty things for me I was up for outside play.

This subject is important to me because I really care about the state of the world. Although I was not necessarily the first kid in the group to get my hands dirty I was always very empathetic; and this is where my passion for learning more about sustainability comes in to play.

I often think about “when I’m a teacher, how can inspire the children to care and respect the earth and it’s animals?”.

I really liked that Jenny included in the first lecture the section about the ‘child of the future’ and how we need to think about that, and what influence we have on our students, and what influence they have on our future world.

These are concepts I often think about, and some of the major reasonings behind me choosing to studying teaching.