Finally, I will write my last journal. I felt that I learned a lot of things. First of all, I spent a good time with reading. I bought an English newspaper which was Gulf news and I read two long articles. I wrote a summary for the first one and I put headings for the second one. Also, I read a story which was “The History of the English Language” for “ Brigit Viney”. I like this book very much because I learned a lot of things about an English language. This book has reminded me to the first class of phonology. Dr. Keith gave us a short introduction about the history of the English language. When I read this book I remembered what our teacher gave us in his first class. In addition, I practiced the skimming skill by using http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/reading/techniques/skimming/index .shtml. It is a really useful website. However, I felt that I had a big improvement with reading skill.
The second skill that I had practicing with is developing my vocabulary. I felt that I didn’t get a lot of words this time. In other words, I didn’t write any new words but when I heard any new. I thought about them and I used them. For example, I knew the word “absolutely” but I didn’t know how to use it. I started to repeat it day by day by trying to use it in sentences. Then, one day I was speaking with someone by phone in English and I found a good way to use this word.
My last skill that I would like to develop is speaking and pronunciation. I noticed that I really improved in this skill. Especially that I broke out my pauses. I started by recording my voice last weeks. But, in this time I just practiced by speaking during last two weeks while I prepared the activities for the National Day. It was really hard time because I have spoken with a lot of people and I used an English to speak with everyone. It was hard in the beginning but after a lot of practicing a felt that I can speak more fluent. Moreover, one of my friends taught me how to pronoun the sound “R”. I felt that I can say it as native speakers. Furthermore, I noticed that I was daring more than before. However, my speaking skill is really better than before. In general, I improved in all of these three skills and will keep in touch with my plans. However, I will plan for new skill too to start implementing for them. It was a really good assignment for us!
Ayesha,
It’s always a good feeling when you are able to use a new word in a meaningful way. That is one way to help yourself remember the word – to associate the word with the experience of using it for the first time. I am glad you found the assignment useful. Keep up the good work.
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