Teaching & Learning English
Recently, we have adopted a new form of seminar, which is group seminar. I think the advantage of this kind of seminar is that it enables introverted people to talk more, like me. Moreover, it enables us to express our opinions more fully because there are only two to three people in a group, avoiding … Read more
Recently, we had two seminars on the topic of travel, both of them very interesting. The first seminar was a class seminar, meaning the entire class discussed together. The main topics we explored that day were: 1) the definition of travel, and 2) the purpose of travel. Both of these abstract and vague topics were … Read more
Seminar reflection™ is now officially trademarked by me🙃 Whenever you use it, you’ll have to give me a like 👍 This was a new approach to seminar discussions that Dr Terrett had never introduced before, and compared to the original way of hosting a seminar, there were both many benefits and drawbacks to this new … Read more
In the previous seminars of the unit our discussion majorly revolved around some aspects and meanings of traveling. They had been highly effective – a lot of thanks to the leaders who proposed such inspiring questions and managed the seminars efficiently, and our intelligent classmates who gave brilliant answers🤓 I learned a lot through these … Read more
On May 6th, Serena and I led a seminar discussion about travel. (I had no idea I was going to be a host in my ELL academic career… thanks Serena. 😭) Even though I did not speak as much as others (especially my partner, whose level of engagement is astonishing), I contributed to this seminar … Read more
Since I have added a 🐟 in the title. It is now destined to dominate this blog 🐟 🐟🐟🐟 In today’s class we had another dreadful seminar. The only difference was Dr. Terret decided to try out a peculiar way of hosting it: four groups with four students leaders as they host the seminar whilst … Read more
During the seminar 3 I didn’t perform well because I hasn’t say anything. Cause I didn’t prepare much however I have something to say now. In grade 8, we start to take on more responsibilities, both academically and socially. We have more homework, more exams, and more projects that need to be complete. We also … Read more
We had a seminar earlier on When in Rome, should we do as the Romans do? This is also closely related to our life. Should we do as the Romans do when traveling? Most situations in which you do as the Romans do are friendly and fun . But if the thing gos differently, How should … Read more
This was my first seminar of being the host and the leader. We talked about what our middle school experience was, which was very touching and everyone could relate to it. The experience of being the host had its pros and cons, for the pros, I could bravely talk to my classmates and introduce the … Read more
This was the first seminar I was part in. in my perspective it was a really cool discussion about the middle school journey. The seminar was really short though and not everyone could share their answer. I think it is important to reflect on our goals and mistakes during middle school. Elaine and Joshua got … Read more
qReflecting on the third seminar, I realized I didn’t improve much from the second seminar since I spoke less. However, the few things I did say were still having some value. I talked about things like the more complicated relationships among students during 8 grade and how the school was getting worse. These are important … Read more
At this seminar, although I didn’t say much, I deeply reflected on my experiences in junior high school in my heart. I looked back on that green and challenging time, pondered on the gains, losses, and growth. I reflect on my academic efforts and shortcomings, as well as the small details in interacting with classmates … Read more