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I want to improve my vocabulary for it to be good enough to get an A in English for ICT 1

To improve my basic English vocabulary needed to write reports for Bahrain polytechnic English and IT subjects. I will learn 5 new words each week for the next 5 weeks, I am doing that because I use non-academic words like “because” and “like” way too much in my writings. Knowing more alternatives and increasing my synonym vocabulary   to express myself will sure make my reports stronger. To measure my improvement I will write a weekly reflection, reflecting on how am I going to use the new synonym in the near and far future.

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1. I want to improve my writing skills by writing about 5 writings a week, and give it to my English tutor to correct them and give me a feedback to see my errors and avoid them in the next writing, by 27th of December this year I want to write a full academic writing without any errors or at least with one or two, so I can be a good writer.

2. I want to be an organized person by developing my planning and organization skills. For every next week I will write down a plane so I will know what I should do and complete every day. By 30th of December this year I want to be a will organized person so I can live an organized life without any difficulties in what I should do every day.

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1- I want to improve my English speaking skills by the end of 2016, so I can get +25 out of 30 in the TOEFL IBT speaking section, so I can communicate with others easier.

2- I want to improve my design and color skills. By checking online for commonly used colors for each subject, so I can design websites professionally. I will measure my progress by presenting my works on professionals and ask for their rate.

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1)At the end of this semester 2017, I want pass Math for
engineering course. Within five weeks, I want to be able solve math exercises for
engineers. I want to be able to
solve Math exercises and achieve high mark in tests (A) grade. I will ask my
tutor for more exercises and help if i get confused.  Taking online tests
every weekend and this can be corrected by math tutor to know my weaknesses. This
will help me a lot to be engineer student and in other subjects I’m taking that
based on Math.  

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1)At the end of this semester 2017, I want pass Math for
engineering course. Within five weeks, I want to be able solve math exercises for
engineers. I want to be able to
solve Math exercises and achieve high mark in tests (A) grade. I will ask my
tutor for more exercises and help if i get confused.  Taking online tests
every weekend and this can be corrected by math tutor to know my weaknesses. This
will help me a lot to be engineer student and in other subjects I’m taking that
based on Math.  

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Faisal Al-ansari

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Writing style

Because it concerns your thoughts, reflective writing is mostly subjective. Therefore, in addition to being reflective and logical, you can be personal, hypothetical, critical and creative. You can comment about your experiences, rather than solely drawing on academic evidence.

Reflective writing is an activity that includes description (what, when, who) and analysis (how, why, what if). It is an explorative tool often resulting in more questions than answers.

A reflective task may allow you to use different modes of writing and language:

Use full sentences and complete paragraphs for your reflections. Reflective writing is often less formal-you can usually use personal pronouns like 'I', 'my' or 'we' - but keep colloquial language to a minimum, e.g. terms like kid, bloke, stuff.

What can I discuss?

Your perceptions of the course and the content.

Any questions you have.

Experiences, ideas and observations you have had, and how they relate to the course or topic.

What you found confusing, inspiring, difficult, interesting and why.

Possibilities, speculations, hypotheses or solutions.

Alternative interpretations or different perspectives on what you have read or done in your course.

How new ideas challenge what you already know.

What you need to explore next in terms of thoughts and actions.

You can also discuss how you:

It's also helpful to make comparisons and connections between what you are learning and your prior knowledge and experience and your prior assumptions.

Getting started
Be clear about your task
Reflective writing assignments can take many forms, so check the guidelines in your course outline before you begin. Clarify any questions or uncertainties with your lecturer or tutor.
Clarify the practical aspects
Find out what form your task should take. You may need to submit a book or folder or complete an online component. In addition to writing, you may be able to include pictures, diagrams, media clippings etc.
Gather your ideas
Before you write, you need to think and reflect. Start by drawing a mind map.

Mind mapping is a technique that can help you expand your thinking, structure your ideas, and make connections. You can use a mind map to plan your assignment and arrange items to create the structure of your writing.

1. Write your topic in the centre of a blank page.

2. Draw related ideas on 'branches' that radiate from the central topic. When you get a new idea, start a new branch from the centre. Include any ideas, topics, authors, theories, experiences associated with your topic.

3. Map quickly, without pausing, to maintain a flow of ideas. Associate freely and do not self-edit; at this stage anything and everything is OK.

4. Circle the key points or ideas. Look at each item and consider how it relates to others, and to the topic as a whole.

5. Map the relationships between the ideas or key points using lines, arrows, colours. Use words or phrases to link them.

Resources on Mind Mapping

Tips to help you in your reflective writing process

Think of an interaction, event or episode you experienced that can be connected to the topic.

Describe what happened.

What was your role?

What feelings and perceptions surrounded the experience?

How would you explain the situation to someone else?

What might this experience mean in the context of your course?

What other perspectives, theories or concepts could be applied to the situation?

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Because it concerns your thoughts, reflective writing is mostly subjective. Therefore, in addition to being reflective and logical, you can be personal, hypothetical, critical and creative. You can comment about your experiences, rather than solely drawing on academic evidence. Reflective writing is an activity that includes description (what, when, who) and analysis (how, why, what if).

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Reflective writing:
https://student.unsw.edu.au/how-do-i-write-reflectively

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1)   My goal is to increase my level of vocabulary because I believe; I need to improve my English speaking skill. This is going to be done by searching online for two advanced words and comprehend their meaning each week to be able to use them in my everyday life; use at least 40% of the words on my progress report. I will also measure my progress by using spillingcity.com or vocabulary.com to check my progress until the 31st of December 2016.

2)   I wish to attain problem solving skills so that I may be able to stay independent and solve issues and problems I may face at work. This will be possible as I will be solving two complex puzzles every week until 31st December 2016.

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1. One of my goals is to start a side business by the beginning of the next week when I receive my scholarship money. When I receive my scholarship money I would have enough money to start my side business which is selling e-juices and devices. I want to get a minimum profit of 2BD from each item which is more than enough to me.

2. My educational goal is to develop my presentation skills; which is why I joined AIESEC international organization. I joined this organization on June to help me with my presentation skills which I pretty much need in my university. When I joined I started developing because I usually go to meet and present to big companies like Isfhani, Karami, GPIC and many more. So in the next five weeks I will be meeting with some restaurant owners, university presidents, business owners and present to them what I need from them and why I need it from them until I convince them to help me.

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1/ In the next four weeks, I will learn more of the basic mechanical parts in a car. In the end of each week I will test myself with a small test. In the end of the four weeks I wish to finish a small step of achieving my goal.

2/ In the next four weeks, I will enhance my grammar and writing skills by taking vocabulary tests every week and the same for grammar. So that in week five I can write my report in a more formal way and intelligent.

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A. By 5/10/2016, i will finish a 200-ish pages book to improve my written and verbal communication, because i will benefit from the vocabulary used in the book and some grammar rules. i will asses my reading understanding  by summering up the book by myself and comparing it to the original summery.

B. in the fourth week of october (23th to the 27th) any given assigment to me will be submitted before the dead-line and it has to be well written so that i will get a relativly high mark. achieving that goal will mean i have managed my time successfully and that will help my professional life. in the comning days i will do small activities to help me manage my time such as keeping a daily time table and avoid procratination.

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1- within 5 weeks from this semester i want to be success at all my courses at the university  by studying so hard in each day to be able to pass all of them to make my GPA more than 3 from 4. " self management" .

2- I want to improve my English speaking skills and attain more than 6 at the IELTS test within 5 weeks by the end of this semester to have more confidence to communicate with the other people easer.

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by the next 5 weeks i want to be able to pass the speaking test and it is a presentation so i will practice to present in front of people and asking my tutor to make a feedback so i can see my improve and pass the test .

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by the end of this semester i want to improve my speech length in my presentations, and i will do this by practicing my improvising skills with myself, so i can be able to present a 2-3 minutes long presentations.

i want to be able to create an original IPhone application with java that is fully functional without any critical errors by the end of the course, so i can get better in my programming skills.

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1. In the next month i would like to read more books and documents about English to practice my English, i will record myself every other day to see how much i am improving.

2 . By the end of next month i would like to improve in planning and organization so i can have more time to practice my assessments and my math class school work, i will make a schedule to go for every day and I will have my phone calendar to remind me what my schedule is for the day

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1. I want to improve my writing skills by writing one paragraph everyday within the next two weeks, and ask the tutor to correct it for me.

2. To improve my speaking skills i will read one page of a book aloud everyday in front of my tutor, so she can correct me

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1. I want to develop my speaking skills special in presenting. Learning and knowing the presenting skills is very important , as result to improve my speaking skill in presentation, I will present my project to group of friends and get feedback to know my improvement until the end of November 2016.

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3 I want to improve my speaking skills by reading a book out
loud in front of my friends twice a week to gain confidence and make it easier
to present in front of people by the end of this semester, 31st of December.

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3 I want to improve my speaking skills by reading a book out
loud in front of my friends twice a week to gain confidence and make it easier
to present in front of people by the end of this semester, 31st of December.

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2- I want to expand my vocabulary by learning 40 high level words each week until the end of December.

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2 goal#1: i want to pass a test in basic Spanish within 5 weeks so i can know how to manage my self in Spanish speaking countries 

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2 goal#1: i want to pass a test in basic Spanish within 5 weeks so i can know how to manage my self in Spanish speaking countries 

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goal#2: i want to attain an excellent accent in English within 5 weeks by passing a speaking test by counting my pronaunsiation that is supervised by an English teacher