Seminar Reflection

This week we discussed the famous saying, “When in Rome, do as the Romans do.” This sparked a lively debate about whether travelers should always follow local customs or if it’s okay to stick to their own ways. Some students argued that respecting traditions is important because it shows kindness to the host culture. They … Read more

In this seminar, we discussed what constitutes an attractive and good blog post. The discussion was conducted through aspects such as the title, the main text and the pictures. In my opinion, this is a well-prepared seminar (though I didn’t say a word). There are many topics and questions available for everyone to discuss, and … Read more

I think that Vinci’s approach to the seminar is quite a good idea, since it provides more inspiration and topics for people to talk about and elaborate on. As a result of this, I think that future hosts should employ this method when making the PPT as it doesn’t just stick to the seminar topic … Read more

Last week’s seminar was regarding the measures of an attractive blog post during which our creative seminar leaders proposed at the the start of it as an inspiration for discussion, three couples of paragraphs, titles, and pictures for us to compare. This was a major highlight of the seminar as it gave us much more … Read more

In this seminar, we used the original way instead of the way we had last time. We discussed what makes an attractive blog post by comparing different blog posts. During this seminar, my opinion is a bit strange to others so I debated. For example, when we were comparing two pictures, almost everyone in the … Read more

Reflection for seminars 1&2: The topic for seminar 1 was ” Why Travel?”, led by Serena and Emma ；）We talked about the purpose of traveling and what exactly could be defined as travel. To me, the purpose of traveling might be to relax, to gain information, or to seek a better place to live, and … Read more

This time we tried a new form of seminar. We had four leaders for four groups so we can have the four groups to work at the same time. Therefore, we can have more chances for students to speak. But this form also bring us a problem: Some groups aren’t doing anything if all the … Read more

Over the past week, two seminars that focused on the theme of travel were held. The first seminar explored the question “Why travel?”, while the second one centered around famous travel quotes. In the first seminar, I really like the way leaders organized the discussion, which is breaking the broad topic down into smaller, more … Read more

This new way of Seminar disscussions was brought up by Dr. Terrett, it was a total new way of how disscussions occur. We were to form four groups of four (that is: 3people+1leader). Since this new way was still in testing-stage, it could be the last time to participate in it, that’s why I raised … Read more