Week 9 Friday by Huran Mirillo https://padlet.com/mhuran/9fah3z4pxal5 Reflection on the study project en-us 2017-09-01 08:35:57 UTC 2017-09-11 16:20:47 UTC hello@padlet.com Yason liushiran1995 https://padlet.com/mhuran/9fah3z4pxal5/wish/184155270 During the writing process, at the beginning, I felt so confused, and I had no way to start my project. After reading many references, I felt so tired; however, I obtained a few ideas from these references. I spent nearly two weeks on finishing the essay. At the end of the project, especially when I printed the essay out, I felt very happy. Because, I harvested a lot. For example, the skill of writing, the format of English papers and much professional knowledge associated with my major as well as how to mark the references.  After several times' tutorial, I have improved a lot. Very appreciate Huran's patient help, which made me realize my weakness and deficiency. I believe that what I acquired during the PS10b, which significantly benefits for my master courses in the future]]> 2017-09-01 08:40:37 UTC https://padlet.com/mhuran/9fah3z4pxal5/wish/184155270 Huayu Cui(Henry) 565246029 https://padlet.com/mhuran/9fah3z4pxal5/wish/184155315 The project involves some requirements and formal standards.Before we start to write our own project,a lot of literature should be collected,and we should also think carefully about the structure of the paper.The structure of each section in the paper is similar with the formal writing,that is to say,there should be main idea in the beginning of each section, and many supporting opinions from other resources are necessary,along with some conclusion summarized in end of each section. In addition, transition which likes a bridge to connect continuous two parts is important as well ,because we need to tell readers what we are going to discuss in next section and attach importance to the logical relationship between sections.
What's more, the project should not only focus on the description of some problems or facts,but should also pay attention to some critical thinking.
Personally, i always have some problems in spelling and the choice of world form,and some worlds i used in the paper are informal or inappropriate, and i find the dictionary could address this problems well. In addition, i suppose,what i could improve next time is to add more pictures and statistics(tables,graphs) in the project to rich article structure and content.]]> 2017-09-01 08:41:07 UTC https://padlet.com/mhuran/9fah3z4pxal5/wish/184155315 Shanshan https://padlet.com/mhuran/9fah3z4pxal5/wish/184155341 The study project is a very important part of Pre-sessional course.we researched a topic related to our future field of study, practiced many essential study skills and received individual help.We learnt about paraphrasing, summarizing, referencing and other skills necessary to produce a study project.However, there were still many shortcomings in my study project. Firstly, I need to pay attention to run on sentence and use linker to make sentence consistently. Secondly, my transition also need to be improved a lot. Finally, I need pay attention to the sequence of tense, especilly in conclusion section.
Thanks to my tutors and classmates, I spent an unforgettable two months, andI really appreciate that i have this opportunity to learn academic style which is absolutely useful to my writing.

]]> 2017-09-01 08:41:28 UTC https://padlet.com/mhuran/9fah3z4pxal5/wish/184155341 Fangzi https://padlet.com/mhuran/9fah3z4pxal5/wish/184155382 After finishing the study project,I find that the most time-consuming things is searching references. I spent most of my time finding the most suitable references,because my study project is too general.When I choose the topic of my study project next time,I will prefer the more specialized one and it could help me to save time. In addition,the second point I want to mention is ability of paraphrasing and it is the most important part that needs to be improved.There are so many skills that I have to learn，including using synonyms，changing words order and using different grammatical structures.Overall, I have acquired broad academic knowledge and hope to make progress in the next project.]]> 2017-09-01 08:41:46 UTC https://padlet.com/mhuran/9fah3z4pxal5/wish/184155382 From YI FEI https://padlet.com/mhuran/9fah3z4pxal5/wish/184155440 I think I have acquired a lot of knowledge about  writing. Grammar   problems which I was confused  have been solved , and I'm happy to see my progress in writing skills of how to organize my essay's structure.
Meanwhile, I have realized that reading  is closely  bound up with writing. More reading practices are helpful to improve writing, and a good writing ability is also useful to understand what writers want to express when we are searching references. As for me,  academic vocabulary need to be expanded a lot if I am going to have a good academic performance in the future.  
In addition, I really appreciate this opportunity which allows me to improve academic writing. In the past, I never have such chance to learn how to organize academic essays. This 10-week learning helps me to avoid crooked roads in main courses. Besides, the study project allows me to beforehand know how master students have a fast life, so it helps me to have a better idea about my future study plan.
In short, what I have got in writing class would be useful for my future research.]]> 2017-09-01 08:42:24 UTC https://padlet.com/mhuran/9fah3z4pxal5/wish/184155440 Jiaming https://padlet.com/mhuran/9fah3z4pxal5/wish/184155575 This is a new experience to me to do a project in English. During the project. I learnt how to think logically, how to use a conjunction correctly, how to paragraphing , how to summarizing and how to make introduction and conclusion clearly. The most important effect on me is the skill of thinking logically and presenting evidence to prove your point of view clearly and orderly. This helps me to do further study and research more efficiently which are important skills to study independently in the master courses. Also, tutorials provided me with not only knowledge but also confidence during the period of project. Exchanging ideas of the project with tutors individually is rare in my home country. Thus, tutorials are the brand new experience to me when I come to Britain. They helped me to solve many specific mistakes in my writing , reading and other parts of English skills and gave me chances to chat with tutors individually which could improve my communication skills. However, there were something I did not good enough in this project. I found that my reading skills should be improved since when I read the professional books，sometimes i felt difficulty understanding the complex sentences especially the sentences contains many p
professional vocabulary. This is the most important skill I have to improve in my futher study. Besides, writing references correctly is another skill I have to pay attention to because I could not write them quickly and correctly in the project.
In conclusion, this is a meaningful and interesting experience to me which helped me improve a lot in some specific fields. Although I found some skills not good enough, I will try my best to find methods to improve them and get better and better in the future.

]]> 2017-09-01 08:43:35 UTC https://padlet.com/mhuran/9fah3z4pxal5/wish/184155575 JUNNAN https://padlet.com/mhuran/9fah3z4pxal5/wish/184155795 This project made me learn a lot of new knowledge. In this project, I read a lot of references. I felt difficult to read such a long English article at the begining, but with learning in pre-sessional course, I can feel my improvement in reading.  Secondly, my writing skill is also improved. Before the pre-sessional course, I do not know how to write an academic essay. But after learning some writing skills such as paraphrasing, quotation and summarizing, I can do it. I'm so happy about this change. However, I think there are also a quantity of problems in my study project. I think I should improve my grammar skill and words collocation skill. In addition, I need to be more careful to avoid mistakes that should not be made.  ]]> 2017-09-01 08:45:51 UTC https://padlet.com/mhuran/9fah3z4pxal5/wish/184155795 Zhuhui https://padlet.com/mhuran/9fah3z4pxal5/wish/184155895 From study project, I have learned a lot. Firstly, through this experience, my writing skill has improved greatly, which can be a great benefit for my main courses. Secondly, during the process of doing my project, I learned how to make the article more organized and logical. For example, before writing a new point, I would search a large volume of literature and find some evidences which can support my point. It make my project more scientific and reliable . Furthermore, I think when I search literature and read them, my reading skill also improve much and I know how to get main idea from a paragraph. In a word, this experience benefits me a lot.]]> 2017-09-01 08:46:47 UTC https://padlet.com/mhuran/9fah3z4pxal5/wish/184155895 Qiuchen Ye (Vera) 969947341 https://padlet.com/mhuran/9fah3z4pxal5/wish/184156040 At the beginning of this pre-sessional course, I think I didn't have enough skills to write such a project. During this two months, I learned many writing skills and how to write academic writing. Besides, I was asked to read several books related to my major. It is very helpful for me to write a project. I learned some new specific words and new knowledge. Because I chose the topic, 'learning from policies of pollution treatments in the UK and China', I read books and articles, searched online. All of them laid a solid foundation for my further study. When I was writing my project, I find it very difficult to have a good start. Fortunately, I finished it at the end. Although my project might not be the best, it includes my ideas and efforts. if I made some mistakes, I was glad to correct them because it was a process to make a progress.
This course is really a excellent experience of mine. I still remember tutor told us her own experience that she didn't do better than her classmates because she didn't participate in pre-sessional class. I am very lucky that I met my tutor and learned a lot. ]]> 2017-09-01 08:48:04 UTC https://padlet.com/mhuran/9fah3z4pxal5/wish/184156040 Fan Zhang https://padlet.com/mhuran/9fah3z4pxal5/wish/184156702 The pre-sessional course ends with my project. During the period of writhing, I have meet many difficulties, but I have learned a great deal of knowledge and skills about learning english. I really enjoy these time.
Firstly, It is difficult for me to write a english paper beacuse I have never writen before. I really worry that I can't finish that. Unfortunately, With the help of my tearch, i get over my fear and begin to try it. During the process of writhing project, the most difficult part for me is how to rewrite. Firstly, We need to search lots of journals and books and extract some paragraph that we need. Secondly, we need to use these information in our project by our writing style in order to avoiding plagiarizing. I always can not rewrite correctly. But after some practices and tearcher's guide, I overcame this. In the other hand, I thought that it is easy for me to typeset, because i ecxeled in word. In conclusion, I have learned a lot of writhing skills during the period of study. It will help me in my future study. Finally, I want to thank my tutor and thank her campny during these time.


]]> 2017-09-01 08:53:47 UTC https://padlet.com/mhuran/9fah3z4pxal5/wish/184156702 Beichen https://padlet.com/mhuran/9fah3z4pxal5/wish/184156799 Finding proper sources is the most hard part of project for me. Therefore, cooperate with group members is necessary. It will be convenient for students to share articles to each other in the same major. In addition, paraphrasing is also important. Students should paraphrase every sentence carefully. Furthermore, this project improves our writing skills and logical thinkings.]]> 2017-09-01 08:54:48 UTC https://padlet.com/mhuran/9fah3z4pxal5/wish/184156799 https://padlet.com/mhuran/9fah3z4pxal5/wish/184156800 Marin
After nine weeks' study in PS 10b course, I think I not only have another 15 new friends and two lovely teachers, but also I acquire a lot of knowledge about academic writing and how to do a wonderful presentation. The most obvious one is that I do not know that I can not use 'but' at the the beginning of one sentence. Besides, I learned how to paraphrase things which is also important to me. Thus, I think the contents I learned in this course will do a great favor to my master course , especially in my final essay of master course. What is more, I think I had a great time during this period with my tutors and classmates. With the help of my
first two tutors, I think I can handle the problems in life and study in the University of Manchester.]]> 2017-09-01 08:54:49 UTC https://padlet.com/mhuran/9fah3z4pxal5/wish/184156800 Yue https://padlet.com/mhuran/9fah3z4pxal5/wish/184157860 It is my first time to write a whole English essay. At the beginning，I learned how to change my writing style and how to find references，and they are all pretty useful skills for my postgraduate study.Then，I tried to write an outline and make an organization of essay.Finally，when I started to write essay，it is pretty hard work，because I did not have enough references and lack transition between each section. In fact，I believe I can not finish it without the help of my tutors and classmates，and I feel grateful.]]> 2017-09-01 09:04:58 UTC https://padlet.com/mhuran/9fah3z4pxal5/wish/184157860 Yishu https://padlet.com/mhuran/9fah3z4pxal5/wish/184158113 My study project is about British environmental law. So I learned a lot about environmental laws making and how governments influence the environment. I also find myself is weak at writing through writing the essay. I always get confused or forget to change the tenses, and did some run on sentence. I should be aware and do more practice on it in the future. But I did learned a lot about writing academic papers. Most importantly, I learned a lot about the paper's formal format like add a reference, which is something that I never leaned before and may have no chance to study it in system at future.It's quite different from what I used to learn,so I really feel accomplished by two months study.]]> 2017-09-01 09:07:28 UTC https://padlet.com/mhuran/9fah3z4pxal5/wish/184158113 Gukjin Han https://padlet.com/mhuran/9fah3z4pxal5/wish/184158407 The writhing project was essential for me since I could practice writing and study what writing form is suitable for formal essay. Most of all, studying how I can use many references for my paper was most valuable learning for me, because I did not study accurate form to give sources or references in Korea. Moreover, it is important to give sources of essay in England, since British think plagiarism is extremely bad behaviour. Consequently, when I write my essay for my major, I will not able to plagiarize and I can make excellent papers. Lastly, during writing the final project, I gain confidence about writing. Actually, I thought I was not good at writing since I could not paraphrase very well as well as I knew a lack of words. However, I did a number of paraphrasing and I could study many words, while I wrote my final project. Thus, this experience will be good for me when I study my major.

]]> 2017-09-01 09:10:09 UTC https://padlet.com/mhuran/9fah3z4pxal5/wish/184158407 Lanjia Cheng https://padlet.com/mhuran/9fah3z4pxal5/wish/184158823 Study project was a completed process which contained many processes. The first stage was to select title and main topic. After that, my teammates and I searched a large amount of articles and books to find and read references related to the project. Following that, I made the outline and found references matching with every part. Then, with the help of my tutor, I completed the first part and submitted to her. According to her suggestions, I corrected some mistakes and continued to the next part. In the following stage, I searched more references, summarized and paraphrased references. Finally, I completed my study project.
It was the first time for me to write a study project in English. At first, I felt worried and confused about everything. However, my tutor made a timetable and she told me that I just needed to complete every step according to her timetable. I learned a lot from her, such as paraphrase, summary, citation. These things were really useful for my main course. Everyone in our class was hard-working and we helped each other. I was appreciated to meet with so many kind classmates.
 
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