My New Journal Style ~^____________^~

Good morning/afternoon/night. Time for “JOURNAL” news. I’m Cecilia.

First, the activity of the Malaysia students' association news…
The president, Xu Jin Liang indicated that who decided cancel the journey to A Li Shan. He expressed that because there is few number of participates in this journey. Xu Jin Liang to explain that originally estimate there are 40 people will participate in the journey, but only 20 people participated in finally. In addition, the tour bus will change from a big bus to a small bus; it will make the fare be raise.

In Chung Hsing University news…
A professor, Wang Qing Guang from Chung Hsing University was tumbled with the lift yesterday. He expressed that because he wanted to take the lift and participate in seminar on the 13th floor, but the lift carriage was suddenly tumbled when the lift door was opened. He said that he was the first person walked out to the lift door, but he has not found the lift there are the chinks among the floor and stepped on finally. Due to the professor did not step on steadily, so he fell with the lift carriage top from the 13th floor tumbled to the 10th floor. As a result, his seven ribs were broken, so he is staying in the hospital for observing and receive the treatment now. There is no the life dangerous. On the other hand, the Chung Hsing University point out that the lift was repaired on the last Friday, but did not know why the lift breakdown again.

News of national universities…
The next week is school spring holidays, Cecilia will go to Xin Zhu and rendezvous with her boyfriend on the next Tuesday. Two of both are planning that only one day can go out to play and other days will study to prepare for the midterm examination in the library.

The gathering news…

The yesterday was the Malaysia students of the sophomore were gathering. They have a dinner in a restaurant which is called “Black Hold”. They have not seen for a long time, so just determine to have a meal and chat together. They enjoy the food very much and have say and smile. ~~*^O^*~~

CorRecTion for the EsSaY FroM the LasT TuesDaY ~^______________^~

Name: Cecilia
ID Number: 49512063
Class: Foreign Language Department 2B
- (English Composition 2D)
Instructor: Shi Yi Ming

The Problems of the classes

In “College Lectures: Is Anybody Listening?” David Daniels argues that there are a lot of problems existing in the “lecture system”. According to Daniels, “teachers are not doing a good job of teaching, and students are not doing a good job of learning.” This subject is paid close attention recently. Daniels offers an example of Mary. Mary saw there were hundreds or more students registered in the lecture course; however, the professor never takes attendance. It is an attitude which is not fidelity from professors. David Daniels claims that “listening intelligently is a hard work”. Also, there is a problem from the lectures, especially, “paying attention is very difficult.” Students are always daydreaming, nodding off or doodling in their notebooks that are because some professors always speak few words in the class. On the other hand, he says, “Attending lectures is a passive learning way.” It is because of the lecture system seldom forms interaction between teachers and students. Therefore, except for the students should be paying attention to speaker’s lecture and hardworking in taking their notes, they also have to interact with their speaker. Finally, the smaller classes’ education will immensely improve the students’ intellectual, listening and reading skills. Eventually, I think learning in a large class may create a lot of problems than in a small group classes.

In my opinion, the large lecture classes will be easier for students who can’t concentrate in the class. I had an experience of learning in the large lecture class. Students always like to talk during class session; especially students who sit at the back part of the classroom. Furthermore, there are some students who like to stand up frequently and go to the toilet all the time. The behavior of these students creating interruption and noise is obviously seen in a large lecture classes. It will influence other people and they will not be unable to pay attention in the class. In the bargain, some professors are in low volume without using the microphone. If students can’t hear clearly or do not understand what the professor what is talking about, probably they will begin to doze off, speaking to their friends and also do not concentrate in the lecture.

The education of the large lecture classes seldom produces interaction between students and professors. Instance of the professors are just teaching all the time and students are always studying for their own. This is not achieved the purpose of studying. Practically, in a classroom, the teacher and students must have interaction and communication. Teachers should always ask “Are there any questions?” to their students when teachers teach to a certain paragraph. Furthermore, teachers will often bring up some questions and give their students some opportunities to think and answer the questions. Moreover, students can also solve the problems or find out some questions. If they think there is a problem, they will discuss with their teachers or classmates. Lastly, I think the proper interaction can improve the students’ knowledge and studying level.

In the large lecture classes, professors are usually not really caring to every student about their studying situation. We know that there are some students’ absorbability is faster; however, there are some students who are slower. Nevertheless, the professors normally just follow their teaching schedule to teach students. Therefore, every student must pay attention in the lecture class and always to take notes. After going home, students have to review and preview the parts that the professor has taught or not yet. If there are any questions they do not understand, students can mark down and ask their professor next time. Lastly, I think the students must act actively in their study and possibly interact more with their professors.

In conclusion, the large lecture classes indeed a lot of problems. It is because students will easily fall asleep in the classes, make students easy distract from the noise when some students are feel free to speak or walk in the classroom. Therefore, I prefer the smaller discussion classes to the large lecture classes. I think because of the small classes will be easy to pay attention to what the professors’ speaking and listening can hear clearly. Furthermore, if the students have any questions, they can ask their questions directly to the professors face to face. Today, there are many professors of different countries begin to assume the small discussion classes for their teaching. I hope this can keep continue.

FiNallY I SicK ~^__________^~

I went to see the doctor yesterday. That is a Chinese medicine clinic. Because I felt very tired recently and this causes my physiology that felt abnormal operates. Furthermore, I think that possibly that I have pressured for studying and very tired to work recently, so my mood always “rises and falls indefinitely”. Otherwise, my spirit is not good in the class, sometimes felt like wanted to sleep but will suffer from sleeplessness once in a while at night, others are headache or giddiness. I still remember when I was over on winter vacation, came back to Taiwan from Malaysia, the weather is still winter, I cough for two weeks. As a result, I went to the health care room of the school to see the doctor. Actually, I just wanted to take some medicines to eat, but the doctor said that I did not need to eat medicine, because he said that will not be very serious, so did not really must eat medicine. He just told me that I wanted to drink more water; the neck should pay attention to keep warm, because that is very important. Ok, say back the Chinese medicine clinic which I saw yesterday, she gave me some Chinese medicines to eat, help me to recuperate my health and asked me to be next Tuesday to come back for subsequent visit. This lets me recall that Cylder in the same felling ill last week. Except for the Cylder, my roommate has fallen ill too. Haiz ~ It’s my turn now. haha ~ ^^ ~ Finally, I think everybody must take care of their body, pays attention to the health. Then, if you want to do anything that is out of questions. ~~*^O^*~~

Response to article : Is Anybody Listening?

The Large Lecture Classes face the problems

In “College Lectures: Is Anybody Listening?” David Daniels argues that there are a lot of problems existing in the “lecture system”. According to Daniels, “teachers, it is charged, are not doing a good job of teaching, and students are not doing a good job of learning.” This is a subject paid close attention recently. Daniels offers an example from Mary. He says that Mary saw there are hundreds or more students registers in the lecture course; however discovers that the professor never takes attendance on time. In addition, Mary felt that she was bored in the lectures class, and other students were “nodding off or doodling in their notebooks.” David Daniels claims that “listening intelligently is a hard work”. Also, that is a problem from the lectures, especially, “paying attention is very difficult.” Students are always making daydreams because the professor speaks few words in the class. He says, “Attending lectures is passive learning.” Therefore, students of “Active learning” are to pay attention to speaker’s next points or take notes in the class. According to Daniels, “Professors can pretend to teach by lecturing just as students can pretend to learn by attending lectures.” Therefore, the lecture system seldom forms interaction between teachers and students. Finally, the smaller classes’ education will immensely improve the students’ listening skills, intellect and the reading comprehension. I think the larger classes may produce a lot of problems more than the small grouping classes.

In my opinion, the large lecture classes will be easy to make students who can not concentrate in the class. I had an experience of learning in the large lecture class. Students always like to talk in the large lecture classes; especially students sit at the back part of the classroom. Furthermore, you will also see there are some students standing up and go to the toilet all the time. The behavior of the students will be very obvious when in the large lecture classes. No matter the interruption of the noise. It will influence other people who can not pay attention in the class. On the other hand, some professors speak with small sound instead of using the microphone. If students can not hear clearly or do not understand what the professor is talking about, probably they will begin to doze off, speak to their friends and also do not concentrate in the lecture.

The education of the large lecture classes seldom produces interaction between students and professors. As the author said that the professors are just teaching all the time and students are always studying for their own. This has not achieved the purpose of studying. In a classroom, the teacher and students must be interacting and communicating. Teachers should always ask “Are there any questions?” to their students when teaches teach to a certain paragraph. Furthermore, teachers have to bring up some questions and give their students some opportunities to think and answer the questions. Moreover, students can also solve the problems or find out some questions to discuss with their teachers or classmates. Therefore, I think the proper interaction can improve the students’ knowledge and studying level.

In the large lecture classes, professors are usually not really caring to every student about their studying situation. We know that there are some students’ absorbability is faster, however, there are some students are slower. Nevertheless, the professors usually just follow their teaching schedule to teach students. Therefore, every student must pay attention in the lecture class and always take the notes. After going back to the home, students have to review and preview the parts that the professor has not taught yet. If there are any questions they do not understand, students can write down or make a mark and ask their professor next time. Finally, I think the students must be active to study for their own and be more interactive with the professors.

In conclusion, I prefer the small discussion classes to the large lecture classes. I do not like the large lecture classes because it is easier to make students distract when other students are speaking or walking. However, the small discussion classes will be easy to pay attention to the teachers’ speaking and can hear clearly. Furthermore, if students have any questions, they can ask their questions straightly to the professors face to face. Today, there are many professes of different countries begin to adopt the small discussion classes for their teaching. I hope this way can continue.

MaLaySia SPORT Day ^____________^

The “Malaysia sport” held at “Feng Chia” University on last Saturday and Sunday. The main purpose of this sport except for letting the people of Malaysia participate, can also promote and exchange each other. That’s why on the day, the whole University was largely of the Malaysia’s students. Therefore, everyone will meet a lot of their “old” friends. I also met a lot of my friends and asked each other about the University life. On the other hand, we could see some people had participated in the competition but some people just watched the competition and cheered for the entrants. Consequently, the atmosphere of the whole scene was very lively. The events of the sport competition have basketball, volleyball, badminton, table tennis, football and tug-of war. My boyfriend had participated in the badminton competition. He is a member of the badminton team in his school. Of course, he plays badminton very well.^^ The competition way is the competition between state and state. My boyfriend and I belong to Selangor area. Finally, Selangor area was the whole championship, because many entrants on behalf of Malaysia all got very good achievement in the different competition events. HaHa! Yeah! ~ ^O^ ~
After finished the sport, my boyfriend and I went to a famous night market – “Feng Chia” night market. Original we wanted to buy some dinners to eat, but there are a lot of people that night. Finally, we decided to go home and ate at “Chung Xiao” night market. We were very tired that night. ~~*^.^*~~

StuDy + WorK = TirED ^____________^

Recently, I was very tired, because I was busied in work. I think I will tire continuance. I always do not have enough sleep; I have to wake up in the early morning from Tuesday to Friday. The Tuesday has the class in the morning 8 o’clock, other three days have the work and I must wake up on 7 o’clock in the morning. Sometimes, if I wake up so late, I will very rash and after change my clothing, I will ride my bicycle go to the “small shop”, this is my first job at school. The “small shop” named in Chinese is called “practice shop”, it is near by school’s side door. Unfortunately, I changed to morning shift on this month. Therefore, it will make me very tire if I always want to wake up so early. Sometimes, I will stay in a whole day at school, because the day is a full class. After the class, I will rash to buy my dinner and then go to work in the swimming poor at 5:30 evening. This is my second job work in the swimming poor. Suddenly, there was a thing led me felt very worried, that is the swimming poor will close a span, because the swimming poor will renovate. I was very surprised when I heard from the lifeguard. At the moment, I think I will have not worked for a span. That means I will not the income for support my supply. Haiz ~~~
I know the swimming poor will close at the soon, but I hope it don’t close so quickly, because lets me earn some money and keep it first for my supply. Haha ~~~ ~~*^0^*~~

About my winter vacation and the Chinese New Year ~ ^_____________^

I enjoyed my winter vacation in Malaysia, because I went back to my home. I will go back to my home every year on the winter vacation. Therefore, I can celebrate the Chinese New Year with my family in my hometown. Another reason is I can avoid the Taiwan’s weather, because it quite cool in the winter. At the home, I always sleep until 12o’clock in the afternoon from 2o’clock at the night. Are you think me are very bombastic? HaHa! ~ ^O^ ~ Because I always not enough to sleep when I have the school. Therefore, the school holiday let me has the time to sleep sleep and sleep~ Arha~ Yeah! ~ ^O^ ~ When I went back to Malaysia, Klang is my hometown. I ate a lot of local delicious foods. The especially food is call the “Ba Ku Teh”, it is a famous food in my hometown -- Klang. The other delicious foods still have the “Nasi lemak”, “Roti Canai” and “Sate”. All these foods are my favorite foods. I still remember on the first week when I backed to my home, I seem that every night I went to the “Mama Restaurant” and ate all my favorite foods. The “Mama Restaurant” is a cultural in Malaysia and always business until midnight or 24 hours. Sometimes, I gathering with my friends and together went to the shopping. However, I spent a lot of time together with my boyfriend. HaHa! ~ ^O^ ~ We seem that met each other every day. Actually, my winter vacation is so bored, because I slept so late every day, after woke up saw the TV programs… So, how about your winter vacation?
I celebrated the Chinese New Year in my hometown and I got a lot of “ang pao” for this Chinese New Year. It is because I saw a lot of my relations in this year and also my boyfriend took me to his house and met a lot of relations of him. Therefore, I just could get so many “ang pao”. HaHa~ When I relations saw me at the first sight, they asked “why you so slim ar?”. HaHa ~ ^O^ ~ Of course, I was very happy when I heard that. ^^ At the moment of the Chinese New Year, my mom cooked a lot of delicious foods, especially at the New Year’s Eve. I like the feeling of reunion with my family, because it so warm to me. If I compare the Chinese New Year atmosphere between in Malaysia and Taiwan, I prefer in Malaysia, because I felt the atmosphere in Malaysia quite lively than Taiwan. In Malaysia, while nearing the Chinese New Year or during the Chinese New Year, we can hear a lot of sound of the firecrackers. My father and my two brothers were also had played the firecrackers. On the third day for the Chinese New Year, my family and my boyfriend were gone to visit in Melaka. In there, we were visited some popular scenic spots, temple and the old streets. The other Chinese New Year day, I came out with my boyfriend and his friends together went to see the movie. And how about your celebrated the Chinese New Year? ~~*^O^*~~