9/28

In last class, we learned about perception. Rab showed us two different magic. First one was the magic that used hands quickly, and second one was the magic that used mathematical knowledge. I am not good at mathematics, so I even thought that he could read people's minds (but I know it is not critical!). I learned our perception was affected by context. Then we watched the movie about Japanese culture, sushi. I knew that it was made for fun, but I could not help laughing and denying the contents of the movie. Sometimes perception can be different between insider and outsider. Finally we watched two movies, which showed the perception of danger was different from us. I definitely do not want to walk that path and climb that cliff. They must be crazy. However I should know it is only one perception even if I cannot agree.

9/26

We had a class in Mac room yesterday.  And Rab taught us how to use zotero more deeply. I found a lot of useful sources and added them to zotero. Then we moved to the another topic, which was about perception. Firstly we all watched the video on YouTube and tried to find whether I use left brain or right brain. I do not think the result is true because I used left brain according to this movie but I am totally poor at art or music.. So I do not believe it. After that, we discussed for short time and we looked at the picture of stereogram. It was so interesting!!! After going back to my dorm, I tried lots of stereograms. I love it. But I do not know how stereogram is related to perception. Anyway it was very exciting class for me.

9/24

In last class, Rab told us the bad points of our essay. There are a lot of new things that I have to be careful. And I noticed that I made lots of mistakes in my book review. For example, I could not put the good title, and maybe I used phrasal verbs. I did not know that phrasal verbs are not appropriate for academic writing. I tend to use phrasal verbs many times, so I should be careful of it. In addition, I learned that I cannot start two sentences with same words, for instance, "He went to school. He sat on his chair." Rab said it is like sentences made by a child. And we should make a longer sentence. I want to improve my writing using his advice.

9/21

In this class, we learned how to write an academic essay. I knew "rule of 3" for the first time and I think this idea is very interesting. Actually I agree with this idea because I feel comfortable when I get or think of 3 reasons or 3 examples of something. I feel that 2 is too few but 4 is too many. I do not know why 3 is the best, but I think this idea is true. And I learned that I should get attention at the very first of an essay and I should suggest to research more for someone at the very end of the essay. It is reasonable but I could not when I wrote essays in spring term, so I want to use these things in autumn term. Finally, I learned that the title of essay is very important. Actually I did not put the title in spring term so I did not know the importance of the title. As a whole, I could not do well without these explanations so this class is very helpful!!! I will do my best.

9/19

Today, we had a class in computer room. We learned how to use Google Reader. I added my section mates' blog, BBC news and Behind The News. I want to use this function more in the future. For example, I hardly watch news on TV because I live in dorm and TV is far from my room, so I want to add the website of newspaper company, and check the news every day. Then, we learned about zotero. I did not know how to write references from zotero, but Rab showed us that, so I want to use this in my next essay. It is useful not only ELA essays but also essays or reports of other classes, so I am happy to know about zotero :-) I found that we can finish our assignment easily by using technology (or useful websites).

9/17

In this class, first of all, I was shocked by my teacher's words. Actually he was joking but I could not find that. He winked me, but I did not know mean of wink at that time, and I overlooked his wink. So we all misunderstood his joke and evaluated him badly. I may not be able to forget what happened in this class. It was not funny at all, I was very scared. However, I learned that it is very important to know the means of behavior in each culture. I could really understand what Barna said in this text. We misunderstand easily even when we overlook something little. I should be careful in order not to overlook something when I talk with people who came from different culture.

9/14

The class was so fun because we could discuss a lot. I like discussion because I can listen to opinions or examples of others and it helps me understand about the topic in detail. And Rab explained us about the topic of the text and provided us with another examples. In fact, I could not understand about some of the topic when I read the text for the first time. However after listening to his explanation and examples, I could understand much more than before listening to it. He explained us using a lot of examples, and it was good for me because I could have the image of the topic. Last class was the first actual class of ARW but I like this class and this class style already. I am looking forward to next classes =)