Yesterday was EDU 702’s last class. We had our proposal presentation. While listening to my classmates’ presentations, I realized that I could understand and differentiate different kinds of research methods. I guess, by doing the assignments, reading and listening to the lectures, I understand more on how the topics now. My presentation was a real short one. I said what I had to say, and thank God Dr. Izaham didn’t ask any questions. I was kind of sad to end this class. I had a really good time learning. I really value the knowledge I gain. I guess, going back to school at this age, makes me appreciate more on the importance of learning, unlike when I took my first degree ages ago. 

I would like to thank Dr. Izaham, our cool lecturer for teaching us this semester. you have been great. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.

Research proposal. When I read the proposal outline where it is stated that it should be between 10 – 15 pages long, my first thought was, can I even write a proposal that long?? Then I started on the proposal, I am very lucky to have great and helpful classmates who gave me a lot of ideas and pointers to write. It started as a mere 10 pages long, but ended up to be 15 pages. Then, something very confusing happened, it seemed that my literature review was not like the others wrote. When I asked around, they said that they didn’t do the way I did it. My heart nearly stopped. The dateline is so near. It took me almost a whole night to re-do that part. When, I’ve finally finished it, I e-mailed both versions to Dr. Izaham and ask for his comment. Thank God I sent a second draft. He gave me many comments to improve on my proposal. And he also told me that both versions of the review were okay. I guess, it was a blessing in disguised that I got the panic attack. I got to send a second draft, and from the comments I got, I could improve my proposal even more.

I had a test today. I have been very nervous about the test for more than a week. I am not an exam taker. And I had a hard time studying and memorizing the facts. I have no idea on how the test is going to be. All I know that its format is subjective, close book test.

                When I took the test, the questions were not that hard, but I can’t seem to remember what I had read.

                After the test, we got back our article review assignment and I was not happy with my marks. Maybe I took the assignment lightly at the time. I should be more serious and diligent.  And I vow to do better on my research proposal.

I am happy that I managed not to be behind in my work. Except in creating the e-portfolio. I am not a blogger and am not familiar with any blogs. I am only active on my Facebook. Sometimes, I wonder why can’t I put my e-portfolio in my Facebook profile. Wouldn’t that be easier? Then again, when I looked at the task in a different perspective, creating a blog means that I am expanding my knowledge in a new territory: Blogging. Who knows, I might be a serious blogger after this. Haha.. but then, I still haven’t done anything apart from creating an empty blog. I keep putting it off. Reluctant to explore new territories.

Firstly, I have no idea on how to start blogging nor to attached notes of links.

Article Review. Coming from a technical background, doing and writing reviews are something very new to me. It took me quite sometimes to be able to start writing. I had to google many examples of article reviews. However, I found that there are many ways to write a review. I did a review of an article entitled: Grammatical Awareness Among Primary School Teachers. The article is really an eye opener. I realized that there are many English language teachers who are not really proficient in the English grammar.

The longer I am in this program, the more I read, the more I realized that there are so many things that I don’t know. It has been a very humbling experience for me. And I vow to make full use of the time I have within these 2 years and learn as much as I can. I don’t mind asking really stupid questions. As long as I fully understand what I am learning and what I am doing. I am very thankful that I have my very cooperative classmates. I referred and discussed many things with them.

My group and I chose a topic for our presentation. The topic was Ethnographic Research. I had to google the topic. Found out on Wikipedia what does it mean by ethnographic. It was such an interesting read. I gain much information about it. Before this, my knowledge about the topic is zero. By doing the presentation, I gain more knowledge from it. But my biggest mistake was not even checking the textbook. There was a full chapter about the research. My group and I only found out about it the night before the presentation. But overall, the presentation was okay. I was happy with the result, even though I don’t like to do presentation. This is another weakness that I must learn to overcome.

My second day of class, but my first session for EDU702. I was kind of nervous as I didn’t know  what to expect from this class. Thank god it was just an introduction class. When Prof Izaham explained the course outline and the assignments, i was quite taken aback when he told us to create a e-portfolio. I am not a blogger nor do I read blogs. This is indeed a challenge for me..... i took it in a positive way. It will be my new challenge.