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Speaking Log of Week 2

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Weekly Reflection & Independent Study Plan

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Yuze Yang      Copy of Independent Study Plan 2021

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The videos describe activities that students can take part in at the university of York. At York, students have weekly lectures and seminars to attend, as well as interesting clubs to join. They can go to the library, make friends, join the graduate student's association, and enjoy the usual delicious coffee and tea. And students also like to sort of mix with others and have a great time.

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This week I came into contact with a new learning style and learning environment. This was full of opportunities and challenges for me. I tried to understand the teacher's explanation and expressed my own ideas bravely. But it was a little hard. Because I am a student with poor listening ability.  So I know it is impossible to capture every word. I could only try to capture the key words. Fortunately, the teachers were very patient and the students were very enthusiastic. They helped me to deal with my problems in studying.

Actually I'm going to read some books about linguistics or pedagogy. Although I have participated in volunteer activities and served as an assistant teacher, my professional knowledge of pedagogy and English is very limited. And I also plan to practice listening more with videos without subtitles. I hope I can make some progress in the next week.

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I have watched the video with the English subtitle to improve my listening skill. However, I have paid much attention to the subtitle. So actually, the way is like to improve my reading, and I can not catch some points by only listening with this method.

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My Video about Library~

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My Video~

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I think the tourism in the future would pay more attention to not only natural environment  but also humanity. Because people have strong awareness of environmental protection to preserve the natural landscapes, and the humanities landscapes carries the cultural characteristics.
And after the outbreak of the COVID-19, there may be more measures to keep a safe distance among the visitors and prevent disease.

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Because of COVID-19, tourism has been under attack. But I maintain that there would be a recovery. After all, the outbreak is under control and there are a growing number  of areas and countries lifting a ban. So people would have opportunities to travel.

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In this  week, I learn to create a mind map before writing. After all, we are already decided what we want to demonstrate. So the logic is very important,  and the examples must be clearly organized. And I also try to read articles and make some notes that it is helpful to get the main idea and discuss with critical thinking. I think I can get smarter with the opinions showed in the article.

As for feedback, we are asked to give our classmates feedback. In fact, I think it is a good way for cooperation. Because sometimes we can not realize our weakness. For example, I do not find that I pause and make sounds like “ mmmm ” so many times when I speak in English. So it is very important that other classmates point out my problems so that I can pay much attention to my weakness. But actually it may be difficult for us to give feedback to others. Because sometimes students are ill at ease to say others’ s disadvantages, and feel unqualified to point out the limitations of our peer group. So I maintain that we are supposed to treat this right. After all, it is not a censure or complain. Quite the reverse, it is an opportunity to improve ourselves.

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I can make up a story for a word with it root word and affix. It can help me to keep the word in my mind. For example, "ex" means "out", and "pel" means "push". So, I can remember "expel" as push someone and let get out.

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I would like to imitate the pronunciation of the words, and repeat the sentences loudly.

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I would like to remember the knowledges by the way of Ebbinghaus curve.

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I assume that we would have a topic in class, and then collect the materials of this topic or write down the sentences that  I can use them when I have a speech.

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I always have a mind mapping to integrate the knowledges.

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I have a notebook for my homework with the wrong topics.