TOPIC 1 : GETTING READY TO LEARN

1.1  ICE BREAKING SESSION

The ice breaking session was conducted by Madam Adriana. The purpose of our ice breaking session is for the students to comfortably interact with each other, so that the students are fond with their classmates for the whole semester. In this session, we were divided into groups and do activities like making taglines for ourselves and make a song lyrics out of each student's personal hobbies.

MY TAGLINE

Ami, I'm lovin' it  ~ :)

CREATE SONG LYRICS IN GROUP

Yellow Group

*we used the barbie song as the background song*

Here is a picture of the students and Madam Adriana :)

1.2  LEARNING STYLE INVENTORY

Learning style inventories are basically designed to help students find their most prefered way to learn. The students in my class are given a sheet of paper filled with questions so that they can choose answers that most closely resemble their preferences.

We were separated into groups of different learning styles which is Visual, Auditory and Kinesthetic. I was one of the Visual type of learners. Let me tell you about the characteristic for each of the learning styles we are grouped into.

• Visual learners are the type of students that prefer to see the information or visualized by studying through diagrams, pictures, mind maps and videos. People like me can easily remember what we learn by imagining in our mind.

• Auditory learners are usually students that have a very good sense of hearing or as we called it 'good ear'. They can easily remember the things lecturer says in classes. Also, by repeating the words they hear also can help them learn cause their good ears will likely hear the same thing twice to make it easy to remember.

• Kinesthetic learners are basically a hands-on learner. They will learn very quickly by doing the task practically. 

HOW TO STUDY?

Here is some of my personal learning style plan to study for classes :)

1. Do mind maps with lots diagrams and pictures
2. Draw a diagram related to the topic and write important keywords.
3. Write notes using colorful pens.
4. Compact the notes consisting keywords and make it into a flash cards.
5. Record the what the lecturer says and rehear it when I study.
6. Teach another students about a topic that had been studied and covered.

1.3  CHARACTERISTIC OF SUCCESSFUL STUDENTS

• Attend and participate in all classes and activities that are held.
• Study or have an overview of the topic for the next class.
• Make a good plan of time management.
• Have a strong bond with the lecturers and other students.
• Submit all assignments on time.
• Set goals.