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Reflections
For the past few weeks, we had been having English classes with Madam Diana. She had been a great teacher. Alright, maybe great is not the right adjectives to describe her. Madam Diana is a fabulous teacher! English classes always bore me, but not with Madam Diana. Different approaches are used by her in teaching us, leaving a big impact on us. As a part of learning process, we are also assigned with weekly reflections which requires us to reflect on whatever we have learnt throughout the whole week.
New and wonderful experiences have been garnered through Madam Diana’s teaching. Answering comprehension questions was not like those high school ‘read the text and answer the questions carefully’. We are exposed with new and interesting methods in learning English. Our first class started with the typical introduction. Madam Diana had us captivated with her booming voice. At first, I was intimidated by her outlook but sooner did I realized that she was actually sweeter than honey. (Being too cheesy here..)
Concrete poem was our first lesson. Concrete poem is actually a poem whose meaning is depicted through graphic shape or pattern. Madam Diana had assigned our class to come up with our own concrete poem. The process was tedious and it clearly tested our patience. Some of my classmates came up with really good ones but I’m not saying mine’s not. To be honest, I think mine was simple and superb. (Hehe, a little overconfident, maybe)
The next lesson we had learned was about the poetic devices used in songs and poem. A few examples are onomatopoeia, simile and assonance. From an old Malay folk song, Rindu Merindu, we managed to observe and to analyse the usage of the poetic devices that we have learned. That’s not all. Madam Diana had also given us the task to observe the words and the tone being used in the song.
In the following week, Madam Diana had let us all watch a movie entitled The Tell Tale Heart. It was not one of the best movies that I’ve
For the past few weeks, we had been having English classes with Madam Diana. She had been a great teacher. Alright, maybe great is not the right adjectives to describe her. Madam Diana is a fabulous teacher! English classes always bore me, but not with Madam Diana. Different approaches are used by her in teaching us, leaving a big impact on us. As a part of learning process, we are also assigned with weekly reflections which requires us to reflect on whatever we have learnt throughout the whole week.
New and wonderful experiences have been garnered through Madam Diana’s teaching. Answering comprehension questions was not like those high school ‘read the text and answer the questions carefully’. We are exposed with new and interesting methods in learning English. Our first class started with the typical introduction. Madam Diana had us captivated with her booming voice. At first, I was intimidated by her outlook but sooner did I realized that she was actually sweeter than honey. (Being too cheesy here..)
Concrete poem was our first lesson. Concrete poem is actually a poem whose meaning is depicted through graphic shape or pattern. Madam Diana had assigned our class to come up with our own concrete poem. The process was tedious and it clearly tested our patience. Some of my classmates came up with really good ones but I’m not saying mine’s not. To be honest, I think mine was simple and superb. (Hehe, a little overconfident, maybe)
The next lesson we had learned was about the poetic devices used in songs and poem. A few examples are onomatopoeia, simile and assonance. From an old Malay folk song, Rindu Merindu, we managed to observe and to analyse the usage of the poetic devices that we have learned. That’s not all. Madam Diana had also given us the task to observe the words and the tone being used in the song.
In the following week, Madam Diana had let us all watch a movie entitled The Tell Tale Heart. It was not one of the best movies that I’ve