What's Your Learning Style?

 

1. What kind of book would you like to read for fun?

A book with lots of pictures in it
A book with lots of words in it
A book with word searches or crossword puzzles

2. When you are not sure how to spell a word, what are you most likely to do?

Write it down to see if it looks right
Spell it out loud to see if it sounds right
Trace the letters in the air (finger spelling)

3. You're out shopping for clothes, and you're waiting in line to pay. What are you most likely to do while you are waiting?

Look around at other clothes on the racks
Talk to the person next to you in line
Fidget or move back and forth

4. When you see the word "cat," what do you do first?

Picture a cat in your mind
Say the word "cat" to yourself
Think about being with a cat (petting it or hearing it purr)

5. What's the best way for you to study for a test?

Read the book or your notes and review pictures or charts
Have someone ask you questions that you can answer out loud
Make up index cards that you can review

6. What's the best way for you to learn about how something works (like a computer or a video game)?

Get someone to show you
Read about it or listen to someone explain it
Figure it out on your own

7. If you went to a school dance, what would you be most likely to remember the next day?

The faces of the people who were there
The music that was played
The dance moves you did and the food you ate

8. What do you find most distracting when you are trying to study?

People walking past you
Loud noises
An uncomfortable chair

9. When you are angry, what are you most likely to do?

Put on your "mad" face
Yell and scream
Slam doors

10. When you are happy, what are you most likely to do?

Smile from ear to ear
Talk up a storm
Act really hyper

11. When in a new place, how do you find your way around?

Look for a map or directory that shows you where everything is
Ask someone for directions
Just start walking around until you find what you're looking for

12. Of these three classes, which is your favorite?

Art class
Music class
Gym class

13. When you hear a song on the radio, what are you most likely to do?

Picture the video that goes along with it
Sing or hum along with the music
Start dancing or tapping your foot

14. What do you find most distracting when in class?

Lights that are too bright or too dim
Noises from the hallway or outside the building (like traffic or someone cutting the grass)
The temperature being too hot or too cold

15. What do you like to do to relax?

Read
Listen to music
Exercise (walk, run, play sports, etc.)

16. What is the best way for you to remember a friend's phone number?

Picture the numbers on the phone as you would dial them
Say it out loud over and over and over
Write it down or store it in your phone contact list

17. If you won a game, which of these three prizes would you choose?

A poster for the wall
A music CD or mp3 download
A game of some kind (or a football or soccer ball, etc.)

18. Which would you rather go to with a group of friends?

A movie
A concert
An amusement park

19. What are you most likely to remember about new people you meet?

Their face but not their name
Their name but not their face
What you talked about with them

20. When you give someone directions to your house, what are you most likely to tell them?

A description of building and landmarks they will pass on the way
The names of the roads or streets they will be on
"Follow me—it will be easier if I just show you how to get there."

Question 1 of 20

My Scores:

• Auditory: 35%
• Visual: 40%
• Tactile: 25%

I am a Visual learner!

Auditory

If you are an auditory learner, you learn by hearing and listening. You understand and remember things you have heard. You store information by the way it sounds, and you have an easier time understanding spoken instructions than written ones. You often learn by reading out loud because you have to hear it or speak it in order to know it.
As an auditory learner, you probably hum or talk to yourself or others if you become bored. People may think you are not paying attention, even though you may be hearing and understanding everything being said.
Here are some things that auditory learners like you can do to learn better.

• Sit where you can hear.
• Have your hearing checked on a regular basis.
• Use flashcards to learn new words; read them out loud.
• Read stories, assignments, or directions out loud.
• Record yourself spelling words and then listen to the recording.
• Have test questions read to you out loud.
• Study new material by reading it out loud.

Remember that you need to hear things, not just see things, in order to learn well.

Visual

If you are a visual learner, you learn by reading or seeing pictures. You understand and remember things by sight. You can picture what you are learning in your head, and you learn best by using methods that are primarily visual. You like to see what you are learning.
As a visual learner, you are usually neat and clean. You often close your eyes to visualize or remember something, and you will find something to watch if you become bored. You may have difficulty with spoken directions and may be easily distracted by sounds. You are attracted to color and to spoken language (like stories) that is rich in imagery.
Here are some things that visual learners like you can do to learn better:

• Sit near the front of the classroom. (It won't mean you're the teacher's pet!)
• Have your eyesight checked on a regular basis.
• Use flashcards to learn new words.
• Try to visualize things that you hear or things that are read to you.
• Write down key words, ideas, or instructions.
• Draw pictures to help explain new concepts and then explain the pictures.
• Color code things.
• Avoid distractions during study times.

Remember that you need to see things, not just hear things, to learn well.

http://www.educationplanner.org/students/self-assessments/learning-styles.shtml

My Opinion Essay

Are you carrying cash right now? In modern days, the variety  of non-cash payment methods is increasing and people are getting used to those methods. I do not deny that because we are living in a technology era however people better pay in cash because it helps shopkeeper's income, vitalizes an economy and your income.

Shop owners have trouble of earning profits because of card fees. Big companies like E-marts and GS supermarket, secure other income subtract from sales profit . However, private businesses are focusing on one business so they have one way of income. Therefore, people using credit cards can be a big burden to shop owners. Also because of card fees, shop owners hate credit cards, they make cash payment sale reduction. For example, in massage shops, it became a natural thing that there are two separate prices; one is cash payment price which is cheaper than the other credit card payment price.

Paying in cash vitalizes an economy. There is a saying that ‘ Cash has to be circulated’. If you look at people’s wallets on streets now, I am sure they do not have cash but only credit cards or they even do not carry wallets. For me, because I hate paying a small fee with a credit card, naturally I look for a bigger market rather than going to a small shop near me. Moreover,  you can register the cash receipt system which is receiving an income tax deduction at year-end tax adjustment in Korea. This can be of help to your income especially for the family income if you are a housewife struggling to saving money.  

On the other hand, some people argue that using cash does have few drawbacks. People could lose cash, and if they forget a wallet they would pay more to get it. Also carrying a wallet could be a bit of a nuisance and heavy. For instance, at a beach, we hardly see any wallet among people who wear few clothes and bring not much with them. Even, in the future or very soon there are many articles and cases about a human microchip implant which contains informations such as personal identification, medical history, medications, allergies, and contact information.

 

 

Changing people’s habit of payment is not easy especially when they know conveniences of paying with credit cards. However, paying in cash definitely has many advantages - supporting  an economy, your earnings  and shopkeepers’ revenue notably in open markets . People should start to think of the reasons and consider paying in cash. Taking the first step is always the hardest.

A Reflection on Week#3 discussions

I was amazed and interested after watching the video about the differences between Asians and Westeners thoughts and cultures of language. I think one of the big difference between them is Westerners have strong individualities whereas Asians are the opposite. Especially in Korea, there is a word 'Jung-정' which means attachment and we say ' You have a lot of Jung'. The other big difference is Asians do not have creativity like Westerners have. To support this, we believe it is a good culture that if parents set a path for offspring and they should follow that path. May be because of this, many Asians have a hard time thinking about their real future and what they want. Also, Westerners are more open minded so they do not have a bad prejudice about tattoo and we can see so many various and characteristics.
I hope good things between Asians and Westerners' culture and thoughts combine well in future.

What materials, tools, and/or sites have been most useful to you as a language learner?
For me, watching or listening the medias has been the most useful material to me as a language learner. I once heard that listening English 6 hours a day help English listening skill so I occionally listen to Arirang Radio. It is fun because the contents of this are various. They are suitable for young generations because some Korean celebrities appear on the radio. Also the hosts are bilingual, they teach new words and say same sentence twice in English and in Korea. It is really helpful.

Can you think of times when you learned language by the different historical approaches…

   - Grammar Translation Method?

 

At school, and Hak Wons, i learned so many grammars but i never remember them

 

    - Audiolingual?

 

I learned many dialogues in English classes at school.  First we heard conversations  then practice with partners.

 

- Communicative Language Teaching?

 

 During study in university, i took several conversation classes that had CLT

 

Which have you experienced the most?

 It's GTM that i have the most experienced but sadly i'm not good at grammar.

How will you balance these approaches as a teacher?

I will use grammar traslation method as lightly as possible like a game for example I will make matching games for sentences or idiom pharases that goes together so students can learn and aquire grammar easily.
For audiolingual, I will play a famous song among students, so they can listen and dictate as they have a jolly time.
Then students can communicate themselves with free talking. That way they wouldn't have a pressure of using English.

A reflection about what was discussed during class

Our group spent much time of talking about 'i+1'input but we all only thought of 2 common ideas. one is reading English books that are published for childeren like Penguin Publisher and the other is watching media with subtitles. In my English learning life these really helped me improve my English.   When i choose an english book first i see a sentence and find words that i donot understand. if i find more than 2 ~3 unfamiliar words i drop it and find another book. Also personally there are steps with watching media, at the very first i saw children's media like Sponge Bob and when i get used to this and understand i watched sitcoms such as Malcom in the Middle and Friends. Then I began to saw movies and soap dramas and still see them with subtitles.

outline of talk show

1. introducing us
2. telling what the talk show is about
3. telling our experiences
4. telling about mudang




THE END

creative writing

When I was a highschool student, all day I was a skygazer and wanted to be astronomy. So after school I always made a pit stop in a park because sky looks more beautiful with green nature. But as I was not a brainy student I gave my dream up quickly. Anyway since I was a far from my home, I had homesick many times. Then my Korean friend gave me all sorts of Korean movies. Even though I cringe every time I see scary or too violent movies, they are my favourite genres. One of my fancy action movies is called AJuSsi, a hero owned a pawn shop to have a quiet life because he was hiding his identity. But one day his young friend who the hero feels pampers about her was taken by bad people who are vendors of organs and gyp. So he went off on a tangent to save that friend in spite of exposing himself. The bad guys did not know he was a short fuse and a dangerous person who was trained by a nation. The ending was he finally save the girl and arrested for murders. I felt so angry and sad that he got arrested.