WEEK 2 LANGUAGE LEARNING & TECHNOLOGY DRAFT PROPOSAL
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My Challenge
I am studying Chinese
at an intermediate level since that I have been studying this language for 3
years, however, I still have not managed to find an effective way to memorise
the given vocabulary.
My Learning goal
The goal for me is to
memorise the quizzed vocabulary, which is around 200 new Chinese by the end of
the 6 week period. By memorising these words effectively, I can achieve my
ultimate goal of acing the weekly quizzes every week.
My Learning Styles and Strategies
During the
lecture/tutorial time in the SLAT2002 class, there was an activity given to us
which evaluates our learning styles. Through that activity, I wasn’t surprised
to see that I was a visual learner as I love to take a lot of notes, draw
diagrams, making summaries, copying down information from the board etc. I was,
however, a little surprised to see that I had traits of a kinesthetic learner
too. This is due to the fact that I believe studying in study groups, doing
role-plays, and studying in short bursts with a lot of breaks are all effective
ways of studying for me as well.
The technologies I Am Going to Test
Through studying
Japanese as a major, I have found many apps that were specifically great for
learning Japanese. As for Chinese, I cannot say that I have found an app yet
other than the online dictionary ‘Pleco’. I have mainly used Pleco to assist me
in my studies, but I have never used it for helping me with memorising the
Chinese characters. I have used Quizlet back when I was studying Japanese, the
flashcards had helped me through the memorisation process, and that’s why I
decided on using this. This is what I have as for now, I will continue to look
for other apps that are recommended.
My Plan
At the moment, my plan
is to break up the 200 Chinese characters that I will be learning in 6 weeks,
therefore leaving me with around 30-35 Chinese characters a week.
Note: The Chinese
characters I am quizzed on weekly from CHIN3020 is not always the same amount,
that is why I cannot have a set amount of characters I must learn every week. Also, the 30-35
Chinese characters will coincide with that week’s quiz from CHIN3020.
I will then use Pleco
for its flashcard functions and memorise to the best of my ability the 30-35
Chinese characters for the given week. The efficacy of this app will be
assessed through my evaluation approach.
My Evaluation Approach
The evaluation process
consists of two steps. Firstly, I will receive my marks from the quizzes in my
Chinese course. Based on the marks that I will receive from my tutor, I will
know which words/Chinese characters I have written down correctly. The second
way I will evaluate my approach will be based on my own small tests.
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