Valme English - Reflection part 1 by Tarmo Ahvenainen

Instructions

tarmo_a_ahvenai — 2025-03-25 07:31:54 UTC

When you look back at the English course what do you remember? Name 2-3 things.
What was the best learning experience?
How did your language skills develop during the course - if they did?

Click + under your group name to write your answer

tarmo_a_ahvenai — 2025-03-25 14:20:20 UTC

In the secong phase of reflection we will have a more detailed look at the course content.

1

2025-03-25 14:22:36 UTC

Presentations

Small group meetings and discussions

Small talks at the beginning of classes

1

2025-03-25 14:24:40 UTC

Doing presentations, small talks about weather and other more personal topics, discussion about culture

igor1985123 — 2025-03-25 14:27:08 UTC

presentations, stories about interests (music, movies, travel)

I consider the best experience to be the preparation of the presentation and recommendations for it

igor1985123 — 2025-03-25 14:27:55 UTC

vocabulary has increased a bit

2025-03-25 14:28:01 UTC

Persolnally for me, our English course was a pleasant and useful moment to communicate in English with my colleagues from different countries and I was able to learn something a little personal about each of colleagues and their home countries

2

2025-03-25 14:28:54 UTC

The best learning experience was the topic of official meetings, how to hold them, was useful and new for me

2025-03-25 14:29:26 UTC

It helps me to remember language and some grammar

3

2025-03-25 14:30:23 UTC

I learnt new words and remembered some grammar rules

Reflection

gyesh001 — 2025-03-25 14:30:25 UTC

1) I remember having group meetings and discussions, doing presentations for the class, different topics for each lesson.

2) I think the best learning experiences were having in-depth discussions in small groups and learning more about reading comprehension.

3) I think my language skills have improved: I now can more confidently do presentations in English and I can hold a conversation better on different topics that I have not challenged myself to talk about before.

2

2025-03-25 14:30:31 UTC

Writing tasks were advantageous for me

4

2025-03-25 14:30:50 UTC

Some memorable moments included group presentations, small group discussions, and casual conversations about topics like culture and personal interests. It was engaging and interactive.

3101744_2 — 2025-03-25 14:31:19 UTC

During the course we learned the basics of giving presentations and participating in meetings. We practiced communicating in English on various topics. We also practiced analyzing text and summarizing its main ideas, as well as writing essays.

4

2025-03-25 14:32:29 UTC

Language skills improved slightly, especially in building vocabulary and gaining confidence in conversations like small talk and storytelling.

3101744_2 — 2025-03-25 14:32:53 UTC

The best thing is new knowledge about participating in meetings and preparing a presentation. And I liked the communication in the lessons.

Reflection

margnatenko — 2025-03-25 14:33:05 UTC

I remember that at the beginning of each lesson, we talked about music, films or tv-shows and other insteresting things. I also remember an interesting topic about culture
To me, the best learning experience was doing presentations.
I feel that my language skills developed during the course. I had more speaking practice and realized some grammar mistakes that i used to make.

3101744_2 — 2025-03-25 14:36:29 UTC

I studied English quite a long time ago and forgot a lot of what I studied. During the course, I remembered a lot, practiced speaking and pronunciation. The course helped me a lot in my knowledge of English. I learned a lot of useful things in this course.

Second round

tarmo_a_ahvenai — 2025-03-25 14:38:56 UTC

Task A) Discuss each topic that you studied individually. Have a look at the course materials to refresh your memory:

2. Culture 3. Jobs 4. Text types and reading skills 5. Emails 6. Meetings 7. Presentation skills.9. Reliable sources and summarizing

What was the main thing you learned in each of the topics?
Did you find some of the topics useless or frustrating?

TASK B) If you could now go back in time and make wish for the course content, what kind of topic (that was not part of the course) would have benefited you?

TASK C)
- How will you continue studying English - if you will?
- Any good tips for English learning that you could share with others?

3101744_2 — 2025-03-25 14:46:32 UTC

It seems to me that all the topics we discussed and studied are interesting and important.

second round

2025-03-25 14:48:39 UTC

Task A

Culture: Learned how language connects to traditions and values.
Jobs: Gained workplace vocabulary and writing skills.
Text Types and Reading Skills: Improved reading strategies and text comprehension.
Emails: Learned to write professional and structured emails.
Meetings: Understood meeting formats and vocabulary.
Presentation Skills: Boosted confidence and improved delivery.
Reliable Sources and Summarizing: Developed critical thinking and concise writing skills.

Task B

I’d add Conversational English for Everyday Interactions to feel more fluent in casual settings.

Task C

Continuing English Study: Watch shows, read books, and join language exchange groups.
Tips: Practice daily, immerse in media, and set small, achievable goals.

3101744_2 — 2025-03-25 14:48:55 UTC

I plan to enroll in an English course to practice speaking, pronunciation and grammar.

3101744_2 — 2025-03-25 14:53:08 UTC

B) Perhaps I would be interested in the topic of writing a resume in English.

igor1985123 — 2025-03-25 14:53:11 UTC

A) it was useful to remember the different writing styles again.

presentation skills gave a lot of useful information and experience.

В) Perhaps I would add the topic “favorite sport or outdoor activity”

C) I will continue to study English at university, now it is more important for me to study Finnish.

second round

margnatenko — 2025-03-25 14:55:21 UTC

A. From the topic Culture I learned new facts about indian and chianese cultures. From the topic Jobs I learned vocabulary and phrases related to working. From Emails I learned how to write right and beautiful emails. From Meetings I learned the structure of the online meetings. From the 7th topic I didnt learn anything really new to me. And the 9th topic I learned how to summarize the thoughts from articles

B

margnatenko — 2025-03-25 15:00:31 UTC

I dont really know what other topic could be considered.

doroshoksana1000 — 2025-03-25 15:04:10 UTC

a) Discussion on good topics at the beginning of the lesson when everyone participated;
b) giving and listening to a presentation;
c)work in small groups
The memorable part for me was the work on the topic Meeting. I enjoyed choosing a topic and writing a dialogue together, and later implementing it.
I wouldn't say that my English skills have improved a lot, but I've remembered a lot of words that I've forgotten a little bit. I've also immersed myself a little in the world of English, which I've put aside because of studying Finnish.

2025-03-25 15:05:07 UTC

Task A: We had a joint meeting where within the group we modelled a work situation with different roles.

We have a conversation and a very interesting work in our group, were we were talking about our special features of our countries that we found more interesting and specific. It was street art graffities, national cuisine, literature and cities peculiarities.

Also during the course we refreshed our text types and reading skills, that was very important and useful for us.

9. Overviewed how to check if the source is reliable and trustworthy

* also we practiced to make summaries of video materials

Task B

doroshoksana1000 — 2025-03-25 15:05:18 UTC

In fact, the course covers a large number of different topics and ways to complete tasks that are very easy to remember. It would be good if there was a topic for interviews during job selection. And also the theme of travel.

Task A

gyesh001 — 2025-03-25 15:06:29 UTC

Interesting conversation with groupmates about Ukrainian vs. Finnish culture.
Studying job advertainments in English
Insightful information about understanding texts and learning new information better
Email templates for different situations
Improving skills on holding meetings
What to do/avoid in a successful presentation
How to analyze information sources to figure out are they good or not

3101744_2 — 2025-03-25 15:06:43 UTC

I learned important points when participating or leading a meeting. I remember our discussion of different cultures with my group members, I learned a lot about the traditions of different cultures. I learned techniques that help to understand the essence of a long text faster.

C

margnatenko — 2025-03-25 15:06:59 UTC

I will continue to study English by watching films and tv series in English. I will try to read literature in English and look for opportunities to practice speaking. My advice is to surround yourself with English and rewrite the lyrics of songs that you like

Task C

gyesh001 — 2025-03-25 15:06:59 UTC

I mainly like to study English by emerging myself in the "English-speaking environment" so to speak.

I consume A LOT of English media: movies, TV series, Youtube, books, news media, social media, speaking with friends etc.

2025-03-25 15:08:25 UTC

Each topic (about culture) we should start individually. We have to discuss each topic which we studied. Olexandra told about Kharkov street art graffities and so on. Mostly we were talking about our special facilities and features of our motherlands. We looked throw interview questions and made recording of our discussion.

2025-03-25 15:09:53 UTC

Task A: 5. We learnt how to write official e-mails and complaints by e-mail. 6. Also we learnt how to hold meetings in english and useful vocabulary.

2025-03-25 15:16:22 UTC

Individually, text types and reading skills were useless for me. For me, it was too obvious, thus frustrating to do.

Reflection

2025-03-25 18:38:40 UTC

I did like the part of mission that small group need to read article and analysis the article.

It can learn reading method from other people .