Learning Reaflection

 A Discourse Approach in Reading  

 

 What did I get from this course? 

  

1.Recount 

The purpose is to tell what happened. There are 3 types of recount that are Personal Recount, Factual Recount, and Imaginative Recount. In a recount we use simple past tense to tell a sequence of events, it begins with an orientation, events, and reorientation.

 

2.Narratives

Narratives  are to entertain, i.e. to gain and hold the reader's interest in a story, to nourish and extend the reader's imagination.

3.Descriptive

Descriptive is to describe and to reveal a particular person, animal, place, or thing. This lesson helps us visualize and understand a topic.

 
4.Procedure

Procedure or instruction (How something is done)
Tell us how something is accomplished through a sequence of actions or steps. The purpose is to tell the reader how to do or make something. These texts are usually written in the present tense.

  
5.Comparison and Contrast

It presents similarities(comparisons) and differences(contrasts) between two or more things, or both similarities and differences.

 

6.Cause and Effect

Cause/Effect is used to show how the facts or concepts result due to other facts, events or concepts. 
  

7.Definition and Classification  

define = to say what the ​meaning of something, ​especially a word, is
classify = to ​divide things into ​groups ​according to ​their ​type

  

8.Exemplification

Exemplification writing uses specific, vivid examples for the purpose of adding more information to explain, persuade, define, or illustrate a general idea.

 

9.Problem and Solution

Problem and Solution is a pattern of organization where information in a passage is expressed as a dilemma or concerning issue (a problem) and something that was, can be, or should be done to remedy this issue (solution or and attempted solution).




 What did you find easy? 


Finding the discourse markers was easy for me and Procedure lesson is the easiest in this course because I usually read the recipe to cook food.


 What did you find difficult? 
Cause and Effect and Problem and Solution are very difficult because I have to analyze the text. Finding main idea and topic, I usually bring the detail to be the answers. 



 How did I solve the problems? 
I tried to understand, to listen to teacher when she explained, and looked for my mistakes that why I answered wrong. I discussed with my friends, jot the new vocabularies on the notebook. When I saw unfamiliar technical words, I guessed from the context to see the definition. I am to be careful to highlight the discourse markers to protect myself confused.

 My attitudes for this course  

For me this course is harder than the course last semester. We read more and have many strategies to find the answers. I would like to say Thank you very much to you,my teacher that she is kind to me and I am so glad to make a great time with you in our class some time I was bored but you don't give up to teach us. You are one of my best teachers.

You called me 'Yai wan' hahahahahaaha

A Discourse Approach in Reading Week 16

 5   April   2016 

Problem and Solution continued

This week was the last day that I studied A discourse approach in reading subject with teacher Usa Noytim. First of all, she let us know the score about the test last week. I got 6 points. I was disappointed just a little bit because I was careless and not review the lesson enough but it was ok for me at least I past it hahhahahahaha.

We began to do Exercise 1, we read each passage, wrote the title,and the sentence explaining the main idea of the passage. Then created a problem and solution graphic organizer. I will give some example in this exercise for you.

The term “machine gun” is commonly applied to any gun that is designed to fire repeatedly and in rapid succession for as long as the trigger is held down. During the course of warfare, the trigger of some machine guns may be held down almost continuously for hours to create suppressant fire (rounds fired not necessarily to kill an enemy, but to prevent them from attacking). All of this firing can generate a lot of heat, which may cause the weapon to overheat and malfunction. But this situation has been addressed in a number of ways. For one, practically all machine guns fire from an open bolt, which allows air to cool the breach between bursts of fire. Additionally, some machine guns have removable barrels, which allow hot barrels to be replaced. And some advanced machine guns even have sophisticated barrel cooling systems, which maintain a functional heat level within the weapon. As you might have concluded, a lot of brain power has gone into keeping those guns firing. 


Title : Solutions to Machine Gun Overheat and Malfunction
             Solving Machine Gun Overheat and Malfunction
             How to Address Machine Gun Overheat and Malfunction Problem
Main idea : The machine gun overheat and malfunction can be addressed in a number of ways.
Graphic organizer :

After that, we did the last text that was Exercise 2, we answered the questions by choosing the best answer and writing the correct answer. Today the teacher stimulated us to think how to be good teacher and told us don't give up to improve and practice yourself. She told her experiences how to she improve herself for us, it made us have power to learn.


What did you find easy?
Didn't have anything easy.

What did you find difficult?
Analyzing the text and finding problem were difficult, I confused between detail and problem.

What did you solve the problem?
I paid attention in class and read more.

What are your attitudes towards the lesson?
In my opinion this lesson is very hard for me because Problem and Solution is similar to Cause and Effect. I should do exercise more and more for comprehension.

A Discourse Approach in Reading Week 15

 29   March   2016 

 Problem and Solution 

Today we studied last lesson  which is Problem and Solution. First, teacher began to explain what it is.

Problem and Solution is a pattern of organization where information in a passage is expressed as a dilemma or concerning issue (a problem) and something that was, can be, or should be done to remedy this issue (solution or and attempted solution). The problem and solution text is frequently cofused with the cause and effect pattern of organization, as cause and effect passages do not propose solutions but rather just explain why or how they happen.

dilemma = a ​situation in which a ​difficult ​choice has to be made between two different things you could do  

We started to read an example that is about teen pragnantcies and analyzed the text.

Example: It seems like there has been a surge in teen pregnancies these days. Teen pregnancies make it very difficult for young mothers to pursue their dreams and meet the demands of an infant. Fortunately, most teen pregnancies can be easily prevented by using birth control; however, even birth control is not 100% effective. The most effective way to prevent teen pregnancies is abstinence, which is 100% effective.

 Source: http://www.ereadingworksheets.com/text-structure/patterns-of-organization/problem-and-solution/

Next, we opened the next page, she read a list of problem-solution markers and we repeated after her. After that, we did the Skill practice by circling the Problem Markers and highlighting the Solution Markers. this below as an example.

Culture shock has been described as a problem afflicting people who live in a culture that is not their own. Its symptoms can range from mild homesickness to a severe depression and disorientation, which can leave a person incapable of coping with even the minor demands of life. The two basic ways to overcome culture shock are spending some time in the new culture and maintaining an interest in it.

* Problem is text that is underlined
   Solution is pink alphabets
   Definitionis red highlight
   Discourse markers are yellow highlight

When we finished exercise, we had a break around 10 minutes for prepared to take a test. the test is quite hard for me, I hope I will past this test.


What did you find easy?
In my opinion, finding the discourse markers is easy for me because it can be noticed easily.

What did you find difficult?
I had a problem from this exercise because I didn't understand clearly and answered wrong during studying.

What did you solve the problem?
I tried to understand,listened to teacher when she explained, and looked for my mistake that why I answered wrong.

What are your attitudes towards the lesson?
In my opinion this lesson is very hard for me because Problem and Solution is similar to Cause and Effect. I should do exercise more and more for comprehension.