Semester 2: Post 1: The Global Student
Dear All,
I am glad that finally we are back together. It's a pity I got sick last week but hope it won't happen again!
So welcome to the second semester of the Academic Writing course! I hope you had a good semester break and are ready to continue mastering your writing skills.
Today we're going to discuss what students' life around the world is like and then create a guide for the students from other parts of the world coming to study at our university.
It'd be great if as part of this task you could interview a student from another department about what his/her life at the university is like and what kind of experiences s/he has had, both good and not quite.
In the end I'm hoping that we'll be able to create this guide that your peers will be able to use to make their life easier.
In the thread below please share a summary of your discussion of the qus in Ex 1
Also, here is a link to the University of East Anglia students' guidebook:
https://portal.uea.ac.uk/documents/6207125/8540534/University+Student+Handbook+for+Taught+Programmes
You should look through it quickly to have an idea about its contents so that you could use some of the ideas in your own guidebook. Also, pay attention to how the sections are structured and use this structure in your guidebook.
To prepare your guidebook you should decide on the order of the sections and coordinate publishing your sections so that they would be organised in a logical order. You can use the order you of the Guidebook we had a look at or arrange it in a different order that would match the logic of your guidebook
I am glad that finally we are back together. It's a pity I got sick last week but hope it won't happen again!
So welcome to the second semester of the Academic Writing course! I hope you had a good semester break and are ready to continue mastering your writing skills.
Today we're going to discuss what students' life around the world is like and then create a guide for the students from other parts of the world coming to study at our university.
It'd be great if as part of this task you could interview a student from another department about what his/her life at the university is like and what kind of experiences s/he has had, both good and not quite.
In the end I'm hoping that we'll be able to create this guide that your peers will be able to use to make their life easier.
In the thread below please share a summary of your discussion of the qus in Ex 1
Also, here is a link to the University of East Anglia students' guidebook:
https://portal.uea.ac.uk/documents/6207125/8540534/University+Student+Handbook+for+Taught+Programmes
You should look through it quickly to have an idea about its contents so that you could use some of the ideas in your own guidebook. Also, pay attention to how the sections are structured and use this structure in your guidebook.
To prepare your guidebook you should decide on the order of the sections and coordinate publishing your sections so that they would be organised in a logical order. You can use the order you of the Guidebook we had a look at or arrange it in a different order that would match the logic of your guidebook
Regular style of teaching
ReplyDeletePros:
-discipline
-system
Cons:
-boring
-not enough teacher's attention to each student
New style of teaching
Pros:
-involvement of the students in the process
-relaxed atmosphere
Cons
-indiscipline
-difficulty to examine students' knowledge
In our university the regular type is more common, so we've not experienced the other type here.
We'd like to experience different type of learning styles.
Thanks for sharing your opinion with me and your peers. It's quite obvious that you would like to experience the other styles of learning and teaching. Do you think that different kinds of classes are more suitable for more formal and more informal styles of learning and teaching? Can you give some examples to support your opinion?
DeleteAlina Isaeva, Kseniya Zhilina:
ReplyDeleteIn our university we experience both of this types of classes, so that's why as students we can describe all the pros and cons of each style of learning. The first type looks like our ordinary lecture; it is very formal. Everyone works on his own listening to the teacher and making some notes. During such classes teacher gives all useful information in a structurized way and you take it seriously. Unfortunately, sometimes it is too difficult to concentrate, especially when there is no feedback and communication between teacher and students or just between students. The second style of learning is much better in this aspect. The atmosphere is relaxed and friendly. You can share your opinion with your groupmates and prefessor. If there are some interactive tasks it will be easier to understand and remember some difficult material. On the other hand, there is no discipline, so sometimes the second type can be not very effective. Moreover, for some people who are not very communicative it may become a big problem to join a studying process. As for us, we prefer the first type, because when it is time of exams you understand that the biggest part of all your knowledge you've taken from the lectures, while the second type was just a nice addition.
In the pictures we can see 2 different types of education.
ReplyDeleteThe first one shows a formal lection where a teacher tells students new material, In such type everything is systematized and students can easily catch the idea, but it is sometimes boring and students feel distracted.
In the other picture the type of studying is free. Every student has an opportunity to take part in the lesson but the classes should be in small groups.
We are so happy that in our university the type of studying which is presented in the second picture is common on our department.
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ReplyDeletePotemkina Katya + Murashova Vera \_._._/
ReplyDeleteThe "formal" style of teaching:
1) Pros:
1. during the lecture it is possible to write some notes, and revise it at home later
2. a teacher creates the attitude to the subject - when the lecturer keeps the distance from students, it makes them feel that the material is really informative and important
3. lecture is more informative, without superfluous information
2) Cons:
1. passivity of learning, monotonous - the audience is less involved in the process of working with information
2. lack of feedback
3. lack of "life/easy-to-understand" examples to better understand the material
The "informal" style of teaching
1) Pros:
1. lively, face-to-face contact
2. feedback - while discussing it is better to understand and remember the information
2) Cons:
1. lack of discipline - it can be difficult to catch the information in the lack of order
2. no schemes, definitions on a board which summarize the main information and help to learn it better
To prepare your guidebook you should decide on the order of the sections and coordinate publishing your sections so that they would be organised in a logical order. You can use the order you of the Guidebook we had a look at or arrange it in a different order that would match the logic of your guidebook
ReplyDeleteI'd like you to decide which template you would like to use for your guidebook. Here is a list of some to choose from:
a) https://www.flipsnack.com/digital-guide
b) https://www.canva.com/create/ebooks/
Could you add the section of the guidebook you'd like to write?