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| Reflection |
| Mar 26, 2009 |
We were very excited to learn this course because the title itself is very attractive due to the reason that previously we did not really make use of computer as a medium of learning. However, during the first few classes we could not see the connection of computer use to language learning. As time passed by, we managed to get the purpose of the course even though the journey itself was quite challenging.
Our first assignment was to construct a lesson plan which was a very interesting task. But then we faced minor problems such as miscommunication and lack of cooperation among group members. However, with the help from our instructor, we managed to solve every single problem that we had especially after she was willing to spend some of her busy time listening and advising us. We have learned that communication among group members is very important and assumption is a very dangerous thing indeed.
The next assignment was CMC. For us, finding the articles was quite easy but to get the correct one was not that easy. For the commenting part, which was the second question, all of us loved it because we were given a chance to relate the findings to our own experience as students of language learning in Malaysia. Then, the third question in this assignment required us to do discourse analysis which was somewhat demanding. We had a love-hate relationship with this question because it was amusing to read all the comments but analysing them was quite tough because we have already forgotten the things that we have learned in Discourse Analysis class.
Designing a website was the major assignment in this course. The first task that we had to do was to find a theme for the blog. At that particular moment, every single member has come out with different focuses. Among them were American Literature, Malaysian and Singaporean Literature, Poetry, as well as Phonetics and Phonology. At first, all of us thought that we need to have software for the website but then it was actually for the lesson plan only. That was the reason why we chose Phonetics and Phonology as the theme.
Afifah was the one who searched for the blog template. She claimed it was very easy to get many nice templates but not all of them can be applied as an academic blog. Finally, we agreed with one template but unfortunately it was a classic template and we have to manually change the HTML ourselves. Alia was responsible to look for the materials to be posted onto the blog. Rika has come up with Islamic Perspectives and proof-read the materials that Alia has found. Nasuha also helped finding suitable articles and summarizing them.
For us, the website is a very fascinating task to do because it gives us new experience and we are very proud to tell people that we are IT knowledgeable.
In conclusion, we managed to overcome all the obstacles that emerged along the journey in taking this course. We get to know each other intimately and be more cooperative and become mentally mature. And of course, without the help from our beloved instructor, Dr. Rozina, we would not achieve this level of understanding. |
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