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My Third Language is Already Quarter-Way !

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My Third Language is Already Quarter-Way !

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1. My particulars :
-Name : Hafiz Muhaymin Bin Mohamed
-Matric no : A173802
-Date : 24 July 2022

2. What have you done ?
As the title written, I've enrolled in an online learning course which is First Step Korean by Yonsei University in Coursera apps on 18th July 2022. There are 4 chapters per weeks. In week 1, I learned about the Korean alphabet which consists of vowels and consonants. After going through every chapter, there is a graded quiz to evaluate my progression to make sure I can move on to the next chapter. Luckily, I scored 100% in all 4 quizzes and that made me very happy and become more confident. Now I am able to read and write simple korean words.

3. Points to remember from Week 1 ?
Definitely, I have to remember all the alphabets as well as the pronunciation of the 10 basic vowels, 11 additional vowels, and 14 basic consonants. Besides, I was also required to remember the way to write korean words by combining these alphabets.

4. Your Feelings and thoughts ?
I was very excited to learn Korean Language because I have a huge interest in it. I'm in love in korean culture and also love to watch Korean variety show as well as their drama series. Thus, I am really proud and happy that I am able to read and write simple korean words just in one week's time. I am truly grateful that this elective posting allows me to learn Korean language.

5. Any difficulties/concerns ? How did you cope?
I think there were not much difficulties in learning this new language as I am still in week 1 and the course started with an easy route first followed by more difficult lessons later. But, I do have this small problem to focus and understand to what my tutor was saying because the way she pronounced the words were sometimes too fast. Fortunately, I was able to master them all at the end of the first week.

6. 2 words to describe your elective posting so far ?
Fun and Excited

7. Your plan next week ?
I will continue to attend the lectures as scheduled in Week 2. Week 2 is focusing on greeting and introducing. I'm very excited to learn new lessons next week as i want to improve my vocabulary and way of speaking faster.

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1. Your name, matric number, date
Tang Tze Han
A174075
24/7/2022
2. What have you done?
I have chosen online course from coursera to study Chinese medicine which I find the most interested among all. It is a teaching of chinese medicine in perspective with modern medicine.

3. Points to remember from week 1!
For the first week, I have study regarding the ying and Yang theory, generation of qi, zhang-fu theory and five element theory which is important as basic in Chinese medicine. There a lot of new concepts in the first week so I took some time to understant and remember it.

4. Your feelings & thoughts
I feel excited to learn more about Chinese medicine in the future weeks as it is very interesting and also proud that I have chosen this course.

5. Any difficulties/concerns? How did you cope?
There was no difficulties throughout the week as the teaching videos and study materials was given and study time is flexible.
6. 2 words to describe elective posting progress so far
Until now, my elective posting is going well and expecting to learn more.
7.Your plan for next week (Week 2)
My plan for next week will be taking more time to find more related information and increase my knowledge regarding Chinese medicine

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1. Name: Nurin Sufiah Binti Nazri

Matric Number: A173813

Date: 23/7/2022

2. What have you done?

I decided to learn Mandarin on Coursera. The course was conducted entirely online. During my first week, I learned some basic phrases to introduce myself including my name, nationality, identity and family members. Not to forget, I also get to learn Pinyin. Pinyin basically language writing system that helps us in terms of pronunciation.

3. Points to remember from week 1!

-Pinyin has 26 letters, 21 initials, 39 finals

-Tones are important in Pinyin to distinguish words

4. Your feelings & thoughts

I am very excited to start learning Mandarin. Personally, I think as a non-mandarin speaker, Mandarin is a skill worth learning.

5. Any difficulties/concerns? How did you cope?

I find pronouncing Pinyin quite difficult for me because they have many rules and many tones in sentences. To overcome it, I continued to practice my pronunciation by referring to the materials given and also some youtube videos.

6. 2 words to describe elective posting progress so far

-Exciting

-Beneficial

7. Your plan for next week (Week 2)

I will learn some more phrases and count numbers in Mandarin.

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Name: PUVANASRI A/P G. JAYA SHANKAR
Matric no: A174107
Date: 24 July 2022

2. What have you done?

I chose baking to be my Elective Posting (EP) due to several reasons. First and foremost, I am a person who hates to enter the kitchen. Besides, I never had interest in cooking, baking is far from my reach. However, I want to challenge myself by taking up this course for my EP because after all these days, cooking is essential and baking is a reward. So WHY NOT! Therefore, I attended an online baking course on ude.my titled "The art of baking with Yuppie chef" where I learned a lots of baking skills and the crisp art of bakery. The tips provided are really useful and resourceful. Thus, I decided to bake marble cake which turned out quite well surprisingly.

3. Points to remember from week 1!

The first step in baking is to make sure you go through the recipe, ingredients and steps from start to the end. Measure each of the ingredients precisely, not more and not less. I realized when the measurement is not correct, the cake will become a disaster. These marble cakes are my second trial that succeed after terrible first start. Therefore, measurement is always an important thing. Suitable temperature and right size of the tray is also important for baking a delicious cake.

4. Your feelings & thoughts

Baking is not really my thing but I really want to learn and master it because I will gain a lot of things as newcomer. I will try my best to be patient when something goes wrong during the baking process. Learning is a part of life and so is baking. Thus, I hope to enjoy and have fun while baking cakes and cookies.

5. Any difficulties/concerns? How did you cope?

Difficulties in understanding the correct way to measure ingredients before mix into a bowl but now I’m aware how to do it. Otherwise, smooth and clean!

6. 2 words to describe elective posting progress so far?

Challenging and fun

7. Your plan for next week (Week 2)

Bake a new recipe for cake with cultural touch and start to figure out the video plans

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1.  Name : Nurul Nabila binti Syed Hassan
Matrix number : A174155
Date : 24/7/2022

2. What have you done ?
I applied a part time job as service crew at Lucky Lucky Foodstore through an application called Troopers. It is a new fancy halal food court located at the ground floor of a hotel and it sells a lot of Chinese foods. For week 1, as a new member of the service crew, I was assigned to clear the tables and sanitize it after the customers leaves. I found the task was very easy for me.

3. Points to remember from week 1
I learned that in the food and beverage industry, efficiency and quality are very important. I need to make sure that the tables are cleaned as soon as the customers leaves to make sure other customers can dine in there usually during lunch and dinner time because that is when the foodstore is packed with customers. After clearing the tables, i will usually sort out the plates accordingly on the trolley so that it will be easier for the stewards.

4. Your feelings and thoughts
I was nervous on the first day of working as I did not know to whom should I introduce myself as the supervisor in charge on Troopers apps is not there. I also met and talked with the other workers there which are mostly older than me and from different backgrounds but they were very helpful.

5.  Any difficulties/concern. How did you cope ?
During the first few days of working, I got really tired towards the end of working hours as I could not feel my legs anymore. I worked from 10am-8pm which is for 10 hours and I have one hour break daily. For the remaining 9 hours of working, I will be standing all the time and this makes me feel so exhausted towards the end of the day.

6. 2 words to describe elective posting progress so far
Physically challenging

7. Your plan for next week (Week 2)
To learn how to use the cashier machine as I will be assigned there during week 2.

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1. Name: Saranya Mohan
Matrics No: A173755
Date: 24/7/2022

2. What have you done?
I had enrolled in a physical guitar learning course where I will be learning the basics of the classical guitar for beginners. On the first week I had the opportunity to learn about the guitar itself where I was given the insight on the parts of the guitar and how it works. I also learned about the hand placements on the guitar and the posture that has to maintained while playing the guitar. I also learned about the strings and the frets of the guitar.

3.  Points to remember from Week 1?

From the first week which was also my first ever introduction to guitar, I had to remember quite a lot of stuffs about it. First of all, I had to remember about the parts of the guitar. I also have to remember the on how many “usable” fingers the left hand consists of while on the right hand I have to remember the difference between picking and strumming. I also have to remember few of the basic chords in the time i had.

4. Your feelings and thoughts.
Well I was feeling a little overwhelmed from the first lesson since I had zero experience with a guitar before. Thus, even the easiest thing felt a little hard for me. However, I am excited to practice my skills and also improving them by learning new chords.

5. Any difficulties/concerns? How did you cope?
Like I mentioned before, my lack of experience with guitar made me struggle with the hand placement in the beginning. I also struggled to maintain a proper posture. However, my instructor was kind enough to guide me slowly until I was able to catch up on it. I also started practising on everything I had learned so far so that I’ll be able to improve my skills.

6. 2 words to describe your elective posting so far?
Overwhelming and exciting.

7. Your plan next week?
I am planning on to learn new chords and also polish up on my existing knowledge of the guitar.

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1. Name: Irliana binti Ibrahim
Matrix Number: A173835
Date: 24/7/2022

2. As an opportunity to improve myself in Korean Language, the first week of the course "A Bridge to the World: Korean Language for Intermediate 1" provided me some insights on how to greet and introduce myself and other people. This week's classes also taught me on ways to talk about travel.

3. From week 1, I will have to remember the basic grammar of adding different syllables to words that either ends with or without consonant. "Verb(이)라고 하다" and "Noun-고 있다" are simple but [ast form "았/었" cannot be combined with "-고" in the front, which is very important as non-fluent speakers tend to interchange the grammar.
When it is "verb-거나", consonant does not matter.

4. From the very beginning I was excited to learn proper grammars of the Korean Language as I have always spoken in Korean informally. This week, I sat down through 2 classes back-to-back. I find it somewhat tiresome as I was starting to lose focus halfway through the second class. Nonetheless, I managed to complete both of them.

5. It turns out, repeating the sentences/scenarios after the professors are really helpful to familiarize myself more with the accents as my Malay tongue tends to get twisted when speaking Korean. I got confused with some exercises but that's nothing a revision can't fix.

6. To describe my elective posting so far, it would be "curiosity fed".

7. My plan for next week is I would like to do 1 class a day instead of going back to back like I did for this week.

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1. Name: Nur Arina Amira Binti Harizal
Matrix number: A173739
Date: 24/7/2022

2. What have you done?
I have enrolled in a Learning Korean language online in Coursera website and it was taught by a Korean professor named Prof. Seung Hee Kang. For the first week, I have been  watching a total of 4 hours videos that introduce me to the Hangul alphabets and other derived vowels and consonants from those basic alphabets. I have learned on how to properly pronounce the alphabets and syllables in Hangul. Besides, the professor also provides reading materials after each lessons which basically to recap what has been learnt. After each lessons, there are also quizzes that I had done in which I have to score at least an 80% in order to move on to the next phase.

3. Points to remember from week 1.
I have to at least remember all the basic vowels and consonants first in order to really master this Hangul language. There are 10 basic vowels and 14 basic consonants. The derivation of vowels and consonants from those basic alphabets could be confusing at times but I think over times I can make it through. Another thing is, I need to pronounce or hear the the words carefully because some syllables might sound the same.

4. Your feelings and thought.
I feel very excited especially because now I am able to read Hangul! I have always love watching Korean dramas and hear to their music since 11, but unable to read them yet. Now I am able to fully read Korean sentences in just a week, of course without understanding them yet but I am sure that I will do so, soon.

5. Any difficulties/concerns? How did you cope?
Basically, the whole process of learning new language is difficult as I was been introduced to new alphabets. Even the sound of some Hangul alphabets is hard to pronounce. While answering the quizzes, I have realized that even though now I can read Hangul, but hearing to Hangul is quite difficult because sometimes the pronunciation sounds the same, but the meaning of the words are different. I even scored 70% on one of the quiz because of this pronunciation difficulty, so what I did is  I tried to pronounce the words by myself first and then hear to the questions back many times, and then only I was able to answer it correctly.

6. 2 words to describe elective posting so far.
Fun and excellent

7. Your plan for next week.
Learn on how to greet people in line with the course objectives for week 2. As in this week, it will consists of videos, reading materials and quizzes after each lessons.

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1. Joey Lim Siang En
Matrix Number : A174112
Date: 23/7/22

2. What have you done?
I have signed up for physical music class to explore more of the musical skills that is unlearned. This week, I've learnt about open chords and how to use the major scale to find the chords in a key.

3. Points to remember from week 1.
Always find the major pentatonic scale of the key to find out the chords progression. From the major and minor scale are the notes that suit into the melody of the key. It can also be used for improvisation.

4. Your feelings and thoughts.
It's very interesting to learn music according to theory, and I can't wait to use these theories to improvise and make a song out of it. Practice is the one that gets everything into muscle memory and it relies a lot on expressing my feelings as well when I play.

5. Any difficulties/concerns?
Sometimes learning theory can be quite dry and even after learning the whole formula up, I'm still quite blur on how it can be used in a song. I wish I can pick-up the scale soon and able to play by ear and recognise every single note distinctly.

6. 2 words to describe your elective posting so far.
Interesting, soothing

7. Your plan for next week.
New chords and learn new fingerstyle patterns.

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'Ni Hao'  First Week of My 4th Language 

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'Ni Hao'  First Week of My 4th Language 

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1. Shahrul Aqeel Bin Anzar Ali
Matrics No: A173546
Date: 23/7/2022

2. What have you done?

I'm enrolled in an online Mandarin lesson through Coursera. In my first week, I learnt how to use the Pinyin spelling to properly greet people and inquire about their name and country of origin. As a result, I also have the ability to introduce family members.

3. Points to remember from Week 1.

Pinyin is a basic form of language writing that aids with pronunciation. In Pinyin, there are four different tones that are crucial for word distinction and also there are 26 letters, 21 initials, and 39 finals are present.

4. Your feelings and thoughts.

I’m having fun and enjoy learning Mandarin and I don't regret choosing this course for my elective posting.

5. Any difficulties/concerns? How did you cope?

Since I'm new to this, I'm finding it challenging to pronounce the words because each word has a unique tone that conveys a distinct meaning. So, in order to prevent any misunderstandings, we must say it correctly. I overcame this difficulty by listening, repeating it, and practising with my Chinese friend.

6. 2 words to describe elective posting progress so far.

Interesting and enjoyable

7. Your plan for next week (Week 2).

In line with course objectives, I will gain knowledge of numbers and times.

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Name: Nur Erissa binti Eddie Adha
Matric number: A173858
Date: 23/7/2022

2. What have you done
Hello everyone! For this elective posting, I have chosen to learn mandarin via online on Coursera.  For the first week, I managed to learn how to greet people, ask someone’s name, pronounce words correctly by using spelling rules of Pinyin, ask their nationality and introduce family members in mandarin.

3. Points to remember from Week 1
The points to remember are the pinyin rules which consists of an initial, final and tone. There are 4 tones in Chinese. The first tone is flat and high. Second tone is a rising tone. Thirdly, starting from neutral to lower pitch before ending at a higher pitch. Fourth tone is a falling tone.

4. Your feelings and thoughts
I am thrilled to learn new language as I can apply this in my daily life.

5. Any difficulties/concerns? How did you cope?
The only difficult part for me was, I had difficulty to enunciate the word by using different tones.  I really have to improve this. This is because in Mandarin, enunciation is the crucial part because different enunciation leads to different meaning. For example, “wen” means ask but also kiss. Aside from referring to materials given, i can always practice with my younger sister since she has learned Mandarin in school.

6. 2 words to describe elective posting progress so far
Thrilled and excited

7. Your plan for next week (Week 2)
My plan for next week is to learn numbers, time and food.