The Special Blog (My feeling about the discourse approach in reading class)

Today is Sunday, so I have free time to write my blog. Recently, I'm always busy with my studying because I am going to have the final examination. Today, I'll write about my feeling in my reading class.

This subject helps me about reading. There are a lot of articles that I can practice to read. I can understand the article because I use the discourse markers to link my idea when I read. For this subject, I like the procedure reading because my friends and I could share our food's menu. However, I think, some units are difficult for me such as the problem and solution reading and expository text reading. Maybe there are many markers that I don't know their meaning, and I can't remember them. I'll practice more.

The teacher, Dr.Usa Noytim, taught us to know approach in reading. I really like her Instruction media. The text sheets are easy to understand. When I stay at home, I can reread them by myself. I like that the teacher let us to write blogger because I can add some pictures and decorate my blog. The teacher is a good model for students. I learned many things from her. Her learning experience that she told us make me feel good.

This subject is useful for me. My reading and my writing are better than last year, I think. However, I know, I should learn more.

Expository Text

Today, I learned about Expository text reading. I think, this unit is the most difficult for me.

First, Teacher let us read the article "The Internet and Society" It was a long text, and had many unknown words. The teacher told us that it is academic article, so they used many unfamiliar words. Then, we read the first page, there was meaning of expository text. The expository text included cause and effect, comparison and contrast, description, question and answer, simple listing, and time order. I think, this kind of text is the most difficult for me. However, the teacher let it easy. She helped us to read the text. That made us can did the practice. Last, the teacher assigned us to prepare for the final examination.

After class, I talked with my friends that we should write our bloggers in daily, don't write them late.

Problem and Solution

Today, my friends and I had a discourse approach in reading class. We learned about problem and solution reading.

First, we got new sheets from the teacher, and read them together. There were a short example text and a small diagram. At first, I thought, this unit was easy but when I opened to the next pages, I met a lot of markers that I wasn't familiar with. I tried to read and remember them. The teacher helped us to translate them to Thai, so that was good for us. We repeated them together. However, I think, the texts in this unit were hard for me. Especially, the text which about the machine gun. That I didn't know the words. I just translated them before I read, so that took a long times. During the class, I often read the texts, and opened to look the meaning of markers because I couldn't remember them. Last, the teacher assigned us to do homework.

This unit is hard for me, so I should practice more. The important are the markers, which can help me to understand the texts. I will study about them.

Exemplification and Procedure Presentation

Today is Sunday but I went to the university for a discourse approach in reading class. In the morning,  we learned Exemplification. In the afternoon, we presented the procedure.

In the morning, I prepared the sandwiches for my friends. Then went to the university. I was happy when I saw my friends happy with my sandwiches.Then the teacher came. We checked our homework together. Next, the teacher taught us about the exemplification. There was a lot of markers. We read the first text, and I could do the practice because filling a diagram is easy for me.The second text was not hard too because we just matched the place with the activities after we read. It was about the Great Falls. But in the third text, I couldn't connect my idea because there were a lot of unknow words. I circled the markers, and tried to read the text. Then, the teacher let us read together. That helped me to understand the text. Next, we read the fourth text. It was about the language. We did the practice, completed the sentence. And we took a break for lunch.

In the after noon, we presented the food menus of each groups. My friend and I presented how to make toasted ham and cheese sandwich. In the morning, I gave my friends the sandwiches to try, and they like them.

My sandwiches

Today, we learned, and ate many kind of foods in class. I like this day because It was fun, and had knowledge for my reading.