Goals and Strategists (Week 1)

     Goals

For the first week of study, we e did two critical reading articles, one listening exercise and one speeking communication. In comparation, my reading comprehension ablity needs more improvement.


My first week's goal is to improve my reading comprehension ability and  listening skills. My reading skills needs to be able to understand the most meaning of the article and the writer's idea, finding out writer's supporting points and bias and what purpose he wants to achieve through his article. At the same times, I have to have my personal opinion whether to agree or disagree with writer's and prove it. My reading speed needs to getting fast.


In listening stuff, I need to improve my information gathering ability and writing speed and can seperate my mind to both writing the first answer and listening to the next information of the tape.

  Strategists

In reading period, I've borrowed 2 books from city library. These are both English books about Architecture. Because of my subject in university, I want to both improve my comprehension and my architectic knowledge. I'll construct the coming informaion into pictures in my mind to help me understanding. Each chapters has over thousands of words, some easy paragragh which can read a bit fast, probably after several sentences can make me understand the whole pargragh, so that I can spend less time in easy part for more time in difficult parts.


In listening period, I've been listening English songs everyday and always practising singing it. This is a permanently way of inproving listening skills. (and watching English movies with English captions)In short times, I'll listening recent BBC news, normally these news are in appropriate speed and have standard pronounciation. Around half and hour each day for listening news, which can help me both knowing news everyday and improve listening skills.


That's all about this week's goals and strategists, well,  theres a lot of place to improve English. English is almost everywhere, besieds the listed strategists, I may catch any chance to improve English.