My Book Cover
Can’t grammar books be fun as well?
Can’t grammar books be inserted the elements of anecdotes?
More anecdotes, more fun, more jokes, more learning!
And that, ladies and gentlemen, is the reason of my Book Cover. Hehe.
My Book Cover
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I like this animation since I was little! I am still loving it! (It has been 13 years!) I love the plot, the main character, and the whole storyline. This is why I edited this video.
Hereby I dedicate this video to Rurouni Kenshin, the main character of the story Samurai Rurouni Kenshin.
He is a samurai, but contradicting to his occupation and his skills, he has a kind heart.
His famous quote is: “Sword is the weapon to kill, So I will never point the sharp edge towards others, but only towards myself.”
Throughout the story, he saves the land of Japan for many times, fighting together with his friends and his lover.
However, to my utter desperation, he dies in the end of the series. I cried my heart out every time I re-watched that episode.
Therefore I edited this video in remembrance to him.
Song used: Gravity of Love. Software used: VideoCutter and JayCut (Online).
It contains of scenes from different episodes, mainly describing Kenshin’s youth, whereby he becomes an orphan in times of war, being adopted by a stranger and being trained in skills of swords. Later, the youthful Kenshin joined the force of Japan as samurai (assassin) to rule over the current government. Towards the journey he killed a lot, and suffered a lot because of his killing. Ultimately, he closes his heart due to his suffering.
Wish my explanation is sufficient enough.
My point is: actually, by reading manga/watching animation(with English subtitles), it can enhance your English too!! I have learnt tonnes of vocabulary from this animation!
So, enjoy!
A song I like: Just the Way You Are
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This song is called Just the Way You Are, originally sung by Bruno Mars. This is a cover and acoustic version by Boyce Avenue. It has good tune, and it has meaningful lyrics too.
This song basically describes how a man telling his girl that she should just remain the way she is, that he loves her for who she is right then and there.
Sometimes it occurs to me that love has indeed no reason, that feelings are temporal and when the rush is gone, some tend to give up easily. Maybe it is because of this unpredictability of love, that girls tend to change who they are for their loved ones.
However, as the song says it, girls, we should remain just the way we are.
We can learn English through songs too! Through lyrics!
3rd reflection: ASSURE Model
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- Assuring Success in Teaching: ASSURE Model
After a very fulfilling lecture, I have learnt the importance of applying ASSURE model in classroom teaching while using technology. In my opinion, ASSURE Model clarifies the process of teaching and learning by stating the 6 stages that teacher should bear in mind in lesson planning.
When I first entered my degree year in Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL) course, I still remembered that my lecturer told me:
“Teaching is the combination of art and science.”
ASSURE Model justifies the point that teaching is science. It it because in teaching, there are standard procedures to be followed and rationales to be thought off. Teaching could not be done on the spurn. It must be planned beforehand.
However, within the scope set, teaching can also be an art, for it allows teacher to be creative and apply different methods in their lessons.
Teaching, what a wonderful profession.
Second Reflection: Videos?!
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- Producing Video: Certainly a First for me!
In the second lecture, the lecturer informed us that we would have to produce a video all by our own by the end of the semester. She then showed us a sample of video made by her son. The theme of that particular video was about lifestyle as foreign students in overseas countries.
It was a very nice video. After watching that video, I started to panic about our own production of video.
Producing a video.. only by the sound of it, it is already related (by me) to a few of the following words:
Difficult, meticulous, tiring, acting, moral values, tedious….
And a very tiny little voice said: It will be FUN!
Video production would most certainly be a first for me. I have tried editing video using online software before, and, oh gosh, it is extremely tedious. This assignment requires us to do far more than that. And… frankly I am eager to try it out!
Together with my friends, I believe we can do it!
I attended my first lecture on Technology in Education few weeks ago. The lecturer threw a question to us in the lecture: Does education come first? Or technology comes first?
Technology? or Education first?
Marrying technology into education is inevitable as now we are already in the midst of technology era. Applying PowerPoints most certainly will help teacher in explaining her lesson, and furthermore it enables the recycling of the material more efficiently! Paper and Cardboard materials may decay over a period of time, but data saved in computer could hardly be lost, provided that safety measurements are taken (save documents into pendrive, external hard disc, saving an alternate copy in email etc).
However, technology should not over-rule teacher’s teaching. Without technology, a teacher should still be able to teach. Technology is only a tool.
A note to teacher-to-be out there: Do plan your lesson with a good-enough Plan B in advance. This way, you won’t be freaked out when your laptop/LCD/computer software breaks down!
This is my assignment for Poster Presentation. Together with my group, I need to produce a poster for the drama Gulp and Gasp by John Townsend.
This is a good way for students to learn about drama, that they are able to learn better about a drama through producing a poster about it.
The Poster
In my future days as teacher I will also use this interesting method to teach students about literature!
Last semester, I was reading through a lot of short stories for my literature course when I came across this short story: Go-Parents by XuXi.
The interesting effect that this story has on me is that: I cried at the end of the story.
I admit that I am indeed a cry-baby who could be touched by manga, animation, stories, movies, films, etc, and this is not the first time a short story makes me cry. However, it has been a long time since a story touches me to such a level.
The story is about an aged couple who have decided to go on a tour visiting certain places. The writer’s way of revealing the plot, ultimately leading the readers towards the end of the story, is nothing flowery or technical. It is as if the writer is telling a story in her daily life. Reading the story aloud, and you could almost hear the writer tells the story in a …”daily” manner.
Love matures as people age
A strong recommendation to download and read it! Five stars!
This is a pdf file converted from document file containing an assignment of mine analyzing on the novel of Funny in Farsi by Firoozeh Dumas. She is an Iranian.
Funny in Farsi: Book Cover
I did this assignment in my previous semester under the tutoring of Dr. Arezou, a lecturer from Pusat Bahasa dan Linguistiks.
I love literature, and by doing this assignment I learnt a lot.
Maybe I should consider the option of taking Literature as my major should I ever do my Master degree.
Hope that you enjoy reading my assignment!
Introducing to you My New Blog
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Aren't they adorable?
Specially dedicate this blog to my new course Technology in Education. By putting a picture with my favourite cupcakes here, I hope that it will go off to a good start!
This blog contains details of my assignment, pieces of my favourite past-time, as well as reflections for the class of Technology in Education.
Hope that everything will be well!
Grace's reflecting, shh... 