Reflecting on Learning

1. Revisit your summer learning
experience:
write a reflective story
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2. What you will learn here:
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Our Summer Course is almost over –
time to reflect on it:
1. A short introduction about reflections
2. A quick review about writing a paragraph
3. A quick review about linking words
4. Finally: Write a story using some prompts

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What is a reflection?

4. 1 . Reflect on your learning
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You may ask yourself questions like these:
What did I do?
What was important about it?
Where could I use it again?
Do I see any patterns in what I did?
How well did I do?
What should I do next?
Model developed by Peter Poppas

5. 1 . Reflect on your learning
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This means that you are doing the following:
What did I do? => Remembering
What was important about it? => Understanding /
Assessing
Where could I use it again? => Applying
Do I see any patterns in what I did?=> Analyzing
How well did I do? => Evaluating
What should I do next? => Creating
Model developed by Peter Poppas

6. 1. Reflect on your learning
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Your Turn
A good way to start a reflection process is to
create a mind map:
•More about mind maps: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_map
•Nice free mind map program:
http://www.mindmaple.com/

7. 1. Reflect on your learning
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8. 2. Reflect on your learning
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After browsing
your mind and
revisiting your
learning
experience…
After making
some notes….
Write down
your thoughts:
we will use
the paragraph
format.

9. A paragraph talks about one main idea.
This main idea is the topic of the paragraph.
The paragraph includes specific details and examples about the
main idea.
Topic Sentence
1. Supporting Sentence
2. Supporting Sentence
3. Supporting Sentence
Concluding sentence
2. What is a paragraph?

10. Topic Sentence: During the Online Summer Folklorama I made a presentation
about my home country.
1. Supporting Sentence: This was my very first presentation in English! I
created a PPT and sent it to my e-Facilitator. It was a lot of fun to
select nice pictures.
2. Supporting Sentence: Then I presented during the online class. I was
very excited and nervous. But things went well. I got some feed back
from my e-Facilitator regarding pronunciation which was helpful.
Concluding sentence: I realized that making such a presentation was not as
difficult as I thought initially. It was also very interesting to watch all the other
presentations.
Practice: Main Idea, Topic Sentence, Supporting Details
and Concluding Sentence
Main Idea: My first English presentation

11. 3. Linking words
When writing a paragraph, it is very important
to connect the sentences with linking words!
Linking words/phrases can be used to add
ideas together, contrast them, or show the
reason for something.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/flatmates/episode107/langua
gepoint.shtml

12. 3. Linking words
• Firstly, secondly, finally…
• Then
• 2010, 2011….
Sequencing ideas
• and
• In addition
• also
Adding information
• Due to the fact
• Because
• Since
Giving a reason
• but
• Despite the factContrasting ideas
• therefore
• soGiving a result

13. 3. Linking words
Link Collection:
http://www.michellehenry.fr/link.htm
http://www.eslflow.com/transitionalconnectingandlinkingwords.html
Overview
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/conjunctions.htm
Excellent interactive BBC site:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/flatmates/episode64/languagepoint.shtml
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/learnit/#g
Excellent, interactive U of Vic site:
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/courses/elc/sample/beginner/wt/wt_22.htm

14. 3. Linking words
Handouts
Transitions & Linking Words
www.uni-klu.ac.at/hlg/sber/downloads/linking_words.pdf
LINKING WORDS AND PHRASES - Flinders University
www.flinders.edu.au/slc_files/.../linking_words_phrases.pdf
Quizzes
http://www.learn-english-today.com/wordgames/hotpot-quizzes/linking-words1.html
http://a4esl.org/q/h/vm/connectwords.html
http://www.esl-lounge.com/student/grammar/4g67-linking-words.php
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/flatmates/episode64/quiz.shtml

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Your Turn to Practise
Follow the reflective questions and write a story
about your learning experience this summer.
Use the prompts on the following page if you
think they are helpful.
Save your reflection in your Learning Journal.
The e-Facilitators will be happy to give feedback!

16. Begin with a topic sentence. The
topic sentence introduces what
you want to talk about. It makes
the reader want to know more.
The summer course with English Online was an
interesting learning experience.
Add two or three supporting
sentences. First you can explain
what activities you did. Then you
can tell the reader what was
challenging or new….finally you
can mention where you will use
your new skills.
You should add examples.
I choose the following….
Write a concluding sentence. It
summarizes what has been said.
You might want to add what you
will do next.
Looking back this was a great……

17. Thank you for your hard work!
See you again…
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