Teaching & Learning English
This reflection covers takeaways from our fourth themed seminar titled “When in Rome…” Though our discussion was cut short before wrapping up completely, the session remained an incredibly rewarding experience. We kicked off the debate with the opening prompt: “What culture have you encountered that struck you as surprising or difficult to comprehend, and how … Read more
Another seminar. This one about Rome. First, we did shocking or hard to understand culture we came across. There were debates about unethical or morally wrong culture, and serial killer. Then, about “do you expect immigrants to fully adopt your culture”. I said no, but someone rebutted. After that, “local customs shock you, should you … Read more
Hello again🫨 Last Wednesday we had a seminar about travel adverts. For those who didn’t participate, we were separated into four groups, and each group had to create a travel advert. Then we discussed the four adverts and made comparisons. All the questions focused on what makes a blog attractive, the placement of elements in … Read more
I only participated in the first class of our seminar on Wednesday (I was DAL on Friday) and got a 7. Reflecting on my score and my performance during Seminar 3, I am really proud of myself. Usually, I prepare for the seminar topics and brainstorm my ideas the night before, but this time, due … Read more
Our third seminar was about “Holiday Ad Propaganda Posters.” We used one class to make 3 holiday ad posters in groups; this seminar was to analyze these posters and further analyze how to make a good propaganda poster. First off, I want to summarize what we talked about in the seminar. According to the PPT … Read more
1. Your performance in the seminar I scored 7 . However, I did not get high marks for my ideas. I shared relatively simple ideas in the first class. From the second class onward, I put forward more solid opinions. I mainly talked about matching pictures with text content on posters, key design details, how … Read more
This seminar’s topic is probably the most interesting one I’ve did in this unit. It’s about advertisement for traveling. I self studied graphic design for a long time so I was really active in that seminar. One thing I’m proud of is that I probably got 2 high marks by aggressively rebutting others. And eventually … Read more
We did a seminar on Wednesday and Friday, about the custom Travel advertisements we made. Everyone got 6+, so it was good. The leaders gave everyone chances, and we overall did pretty well. The discussion was mainly doing analysis of the ads, but we were familiar, and made a lot of good points. There were … Read more
So yeah I got a 6 and a 7 in this seminar called “what makes a good blog post”. Pretty satisfied. It was really fun to discuss about elements that could add in your blog post. We talked about visual content’s importance in expressing and attracting audiences, the use of emojis(which can make your post … Read more
Well, in this seminar, we many discussed about How do you define an easily identifiable writing style that makes your post unique? And Is an engaging blog post defined by what readers want to read, or by the writer’s true self expression? , then analyzed a blog together. Firstly about the first question: How do … Read more
Our second seminar was about what makes a good blog post, including general discussions and feedback on a real travel blog example. We mainly talked about two questions: how to create a unique writing style, and whether self expression or audience focused content makes blogs more attractive. The talk about writing style was basic with … Read more
1. Performance in the seminar The theme of this discussion session was about what makes a good blog posts. Based on the blog post presented in the leader’s PPT, we identified the topic (such as the image) and conducted discussions. The entire discussion was roughly divided into four parts. My performance in this session was … Read more