Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Saturday, May 2, 2009
final blog entry
In 21st century, someone who wants to be a talent person must be bilingual. Currently, most of universities in the United States have foreign language classes and Study Abroad Programs, which is to cultivate students to be bilingual. I think I am bilingual now, and I do obtain some benefits from that; however, the process of being bilingual was painful and it is still a challenge to me.
There are many benefits of being bilingual: first, I am able to set up the communication with English speakers. I can learn foreigner’s opinions and attitudes; meanwhile, I set up friendship with theses foreigners, which extends my net-work. Second, I am able to study in foreign country. I can understand the instructor’s lectures, the knowledge from textbooks, and the information from hand outs. Also, I am able to understand foreign broadcasts and TV shows; I like singing English songs, and I like watching Prison Break. It is obvious that I have more chances to obtain a job because more and more companies would like to hire bilingual students.
I also suffered difficulties. I had done good work in high school English classes, but as I started to prepare TOEFL test for MSU admission, I knew how basic the language I had learned before. The period of time of studying TOEFL was nightmare. I read the passages in Study Guide again and again but understood nothing due to lack of amounts of vocabulary. I was thinking my English speaking was bad so that I was shy to talk to English speakers. Therefore, my English speaking ability was improved slowly, which caused I did not get good score on TOEFL speaking test.
Fortunately, I reached MSU English proficiency so that I could study in the United States. I found that passing TOEFL did not mean I could use English well. Right now I am learning English from TV, text books, and local people. I learned some slangs, and I am adapting local people’s speaking speed. It is a little struggle to live into English environment, but I believe I will learn English well and use it more accurate.
There are many benefits of being bilingual: first, I am able to set up the communication with English speakers. I can learn foreigner’s opinions and attitudes; meanwhile, I set up friendship with theses foreigners, which extends my net-work. Second, I am able to study in foreign country. I can understand the instructor’s lectures, the knowledge from textbooks, and the information from hand outs. Also, I am able to understand foreign broadcasts and TV shows; I like singing English songs, and I like watching Prison Break. It is obvious that I have more chances to obtain a job because more and more companies would like to hire bilingual students.
I also suffered difficulties. I had done good work in high school English classes, but as I started to prepare TOEFL test for MSU admission, I knew how basic the language I had learned before. The period of time of studying TOEFL was nightmare. I read the passages in Study Guide again and again but understood nothing due to lack of amounts of vocabulary. I was thinking my English speaking was bad so that I was shy to talk to English speakers. Therefore, my English speaking ability was improved slowly, which caused I did not get good score on TOEFL speaking test.
Fortunately, I reached MSU English proficiency so that I could study in the United States. I found that passing TOEFL did not mean I could use English well. Right now I am learning English from TV, text books, and local people. I learned some slangs, and I am adapting local people’s speaking speed. It is a little struggle to live into English environment, but I believe I will learn English well and use it more accurate.
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
How does literacy shape technology? How does technology shape literacy?
On one side, literacy gives technology a push. It is because people are willing to show their literacy clearer and faster. This need forms a market so that corporations would like to offer more founds to scientists to research new literacy devices which will bring business benefits.
On the other side, new technology not only provides better literacy but also directs people into a new form of life. It may create new commercial trade so that more jobs are provided; it may also bring new trouble to our world, like people who works on computers more than 10 hours every day may cause eye disease, and their bodies are weak due to lack of time for physical exercise. We need to adapt the new life which the new technology bring to us, and when we are accustomed to the life, we are going to think the next new technology that can show our literacy clearest and fastest.
On the other side, new technology not only provides better literacy but also directs people into a new form of life. It may create new commercial trade so that more jobs are provided; it may also bring new trouble to our world, like people who works on computers more than 10 hours every day may cause eye disease, and their bodies are weak due to lack of time for physical exercise. We need to adapt the new life which the new technology bring to us, and when we are accustomed to the life, we are going to think the next new technology that can show our literacy clearest and fastest.
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
blog entry for lab on marth 31
News from institution with high reputation does impress me. News does not have many rhetorical sentences that wastes my time understanding what happened or what the true is. Instead, the format of news article is simple to be tracked: a short comprehensive topic sentence is usually in the first paragraph, which is easy to be located; the descriptions are arranged beginning the second paragraph. There are also comments from professors or researchers with high reputation, which can be trusted and considered.
I like a news with a live video that is higher convinced because a visual media can easily persuade me that I do see what is happening (I trust my eyes). Although videos are able to be technically edited by Photoshop or other computer programs, it is trusted that the video from official departments or reputational institutions are original and unedited.
The video is best to be taken in recent. It should be play continuously without cut. It should include the major incident and the surroundings to show a comprehensive view to the audiences. It should include the interview to people who are related to the incident.
Besides, a series of live pictures posted with news articles are helpful to convince audience.
I like a news with a live video that is higher convinced because a visual media can easily persuade me that I do see what is happening (I trust my eyes). Although videos are able to be technically edited by Photoshop or other computer programs, it is trusted that the video from official departments or reputational institutions are original and unedited.
The video is best to be taken in recent. It should be play continuously without cut. It should include the major incident and the surroundings to show a comprehensive view to the audiences. It should include the interview to people who are related to the incident.
Besides, a series of live pictures posted with news articles are helpful to convince audience.
Monday, March 23, 2009
The fifth personal literacy
My fifth personal literacy is doing presentation. I was not a good speaker, but last semester I got trained and had confidence standing in front of audiences giving out information. I took English speaking class last semester; one of the goals in this class is to teach students some strategies on presentation, and practice it in the class. To me this was really challenged because I had not had presentation experience before. I had felt nervous talking to public and had not been able to make the presentation logically. Fortunately, the instructor gave me a big push; he taught me that I must trust myself, and he suggested I could practice in front of mirror at home. These were really helpful to me, so the first presentation test I did well. However, I also had troubles on clearly speaking. To improve this, I read many English articles each week, and watch CNN news to adjust my pronunciation. I did an excellent job on final presentation test, I was fully confident that introduced my own tour experience to the other classmates. My presentation was logically, my speaking is clearly, and I had good eye contact with audiences. I obtain grade 4.0 on the final.
During this class I learned that if you believe yourself, you can accomplish your goal.
During this class I learned that if you believe yourself, you can accomplish your goal.
The fourth personal literacy
My fourth personal literacy is understands lectures in Microeconomic class. This semester I study microeconomics, which is a fifty minutes class in Wells hall. The professor does not take attendance, but I know I need to attend each class because it is important to understand professor’s lectures to prepare weekly quizzes. I capture the professor’s words, write down some essential definitions, and follow the professor’s instruction to draw charts like Opportunity Cost chart and Demand-Supply chart. The professor enjoys joking during the lecture (I do not feel funny when he is joking, but other American students laugh a lot), and he gives many realistic examples that help us better understand the knowledge. The professor also set up free review session on Thursday to answer Problem Set and student’s questions, which helps me a lot to maintain good grades on quizzes and assignments.
Catching up with the professor’s lectures during class time is an essential ability to students who would like to have more free time. That means if you understand and reply the information from the lecture in class, you do not need to spend much more time to review at night so that you are free to go to work out or watch movies. This is a good method that makes your time efficient.
Catching up with the professor’s lectures during class time is an essential ability to students who would like to have more free time. That means if you understand and reply the information from the lecture in class, you do not need to spend much more time to review at night so that you are free to go to work out or watch movies. This is a good method that makes your time efficient.
The third personal literacy
My third personal literacy is understands descriptions and instructions when online shopping. The benefit of online shopping is that customers can just stay at home waiting their desirable products coming, instead of going outside, which wastes time. Also, the price of goods online is usually cheaper than the price sold in retailers. Amazon is a very famous online shopping website that provides all kinds of products you want to buy; what you need to do is input product name on search bar, and then you will see many options that march your choice. Last week when I decided to buy a Bluetooth earphone I searched on Amazon to look for offers. I read descriptions including technical Details and Product Details of one Bluetooth earphone, and then I decided to buy it. After that I followed instructions that inputted my credit card’s information, mailing address and my phone numbers. Finally I went over the information I inputted to make sure it was correct, and then placed the order. There are many advertisements showing discount and cash back; most of them are tricky because if you click their link your credit card information will be copied, and they will charge you each month, which happened on me last month that I was charged $11.99 for a service, which is I had never known.
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