Week 1 August 11-15, 2014 “I can do it”

Sin-ot, Myrna D.

BSED English 4

Week 1

August 11-15, 2014

“I can do it”

I. My Accomplishment

Last Tuesday (8:00 pm), August 12, 2014, I started doing my minute note book; I covered the outside page of my minute notebook with cartolina following our color coding which is baby pink. After that, I wrote all those possible content by following the given format which entails the date, meeting number, venue, time started, presiding officers and etc. At last, I finally finished it at exactly 11:30 pm for the submission tomorrow. Another requirement that I had completed was my Research Review Journal number 1. It was 10:30 in the evening, August 14, 2014 (Thursday) when I finished doing my Research Review Article number 1 entitled Strategies in Teaching English Composition to students who have Hearing Impairment in Nyanza. It is a research about some techniques of teaching English composition. Some of the techniques are repetition, discussion, group work, peer teaching, questioning, guided writing, story signing and dramatization. From these different strategies, it was found out that repetition, discussion and demonstration were the most frequently used while group work, peer teaching and story signing were the least used strategies.

II. My Significant Experience

Last Wednesday, August 5, 2014, we had our activity introduced by Sir Catama and ma’am Ayao-ao. All of us need to demonstrate and show how we are going to target the center of the circle drawn on the board. I do not know what actions I should have to present in front of my co-student teachers because I think all of the actions were already done by them. But still, I tried to think of possible unique action knowing that it is impossible for me to do this particular action. I earned so much confidence and tried to believe in myself in order to show them what can I do and what I can show. I do dancing and karate actions. Suddenly, my shoe that I wore at my left foot flew. At that time, I felt that I am a comedian actress and a professional dancer. It was really embarrassing to do it but somehow, I am happy to make them smile and laugh Maybe the purpose of the activity was for us to gain self-confidence in spite of many people around us. The game implied to us that we need first to have those difficulties in life before succeeding to our goals and objectives as future teachers. Same is through when we are already in the field of teaching. We need to be brave and have confidence in front of our students for them to believe on what we are saying and talking in front of them. 

III. My Insights

When sir Catama told us that a mendicant is the same as beggar, honestly speaking, it is a new word for me to hear. From that word, I gain an additional knowledge about vocabulary words. I can use this word as an alternate word to beggar especially if I am writing a creative essay.

IV. Problems

When I was making my research Review Article and minute note book, I wasted time and I wasted a lot of papers because I always commit mistakes in writing. This is because of my pen craft which make my writing unorganized. For me, I find my penmanship ugly, so instead of a good work, it becomes a poor and dull work. I really hate my pen craft!

V. Solution

It is not new to me that my pen craft is always my problem every time I write an essay. I cannot do anything but to accept the fact that it is so ugly. Maybe I can just make the content of my writing interesting to make the readers read my article.

VI. My Goals for Next Week

My goal for next week is to comply with all my requirements and submit them on its due time. I must also be conscious of my attendance by avoiding being late and being absent.