Hon

 Study plan

Goals

1. Be able to read, understand, analyze, criticize message from various kinds of writings such as academic journals, researches, fictions and electronic texts from the internet.
2. Be able to write the academic paper by applying writing convention to each kind of writing such as an academic journal, writing about literature and etc
3. Be able to speak more clearly and correctly with emphasis on pronunciation, intonation and fluency.
4. Be able to change my study habits.

1. The first step is that how to manage my own time wisely. I will take charge of my time; do not permit friends, roommates or neighbors to consume it. I want to make clear when study times are planned, and don’t allow interruptions. This will help me read well and make me understand the text better. Later, I will use the strategies which suit for each kind of writing. For example, reading literature requires me to look at the characters, themes, language uses and symbols. For academic journals might be different in its style so I have to use another strategies to get closer to the text.
2. The second step is that I will try to write as much as possible. Writing requires time and practice. If I do not write, I am sure that I can not master at writing. So from now on, I decide to read and write more for both my own purposes and academic purposes. But I have to be aware of the fact that if I do not have any opportunity to see or read the related-content, vocabulary usages, sentence structures and how to organize the ideas in each kind of writing, I could not produce that kind of writings in well-written and academically style.
3. The next step is that I will practice speaking and listening by using movies, song and news from UBC/Internet as a main tool to help me improve those 2 skills. Everyday at least 20 minutes I will listen to BBC news and English song and note down any words or phrases which I am not familiar with and try to use it in my real life.
4. And the last step I will take is changing my study habits. From my direct experience, to reduce stress, I have to change my study habits. Most of the time I tend to go to class unprepared – without having finished all the required reading, for example- I am creating stress for myself. So, I want to set rule that I will always complete reading assignments before the class for which they are due.

edit @ 24 Jan 2008 22:47:47 by hon

edit @ 24 Jan 2008 22:48:43 by hon

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edit @ 24 Jan 2008 23:06:58 by hon