Name and SID : Puteri Nurfarhan Hanis Binti Megat Ahmad Nizam (2012710375)
Course and Code : Research Writing (CTF133)
Program and Code : Diploma Teknologi Kreatif (Screen) CT111 – 2A
Submission date : Thursday, 1st August 2013
Lecturer : Pn. Voviana binti Zulkifli
Research writing class is about finding out a fact and more focused than reading widely around the subject. I as a student, are often unaware of research tools or don’t understand the expectations of scholarly disciplines. Coming into a research writing class was all I had been looking forward since I love researching things and finding new information that I never knew existed from topics that are familiar.
By using researching skills, our given task is the research assignment on a specific topic, which helps students learn to synthesize, analyze and interpret information using appropriate disciplinary content and methodology. Through out the assignments, I find that researching and writing competence is the ability to find, evaluate, use and communicate information in all of its various formats such as reference in books, journals, magazines or the internet. It represents the integration of library literacy, computer literacy, media literacy, ethics, critical thinking and communication skills. My researching skills also improved a great deal during this assignment. Now that I use a larger variety sources, I can better understand the topic that I am writing about.
Other than researching and writing, primary reseacrh by gathering information through interview, questionnaire and survey or laboratory experiments have taken me to a new level in doing research. On my third week I learned that using the library’s online resource can provide students with a more valuable learning experience and using appropriate encyclopedia. This course has also helped me understand my strenghts and weaknesses on writing structure and techniques in comparing,