Project Based Learning reflection

Project Based Learning – Writing Class

11.  My interest in Learning English especially writing

I am interested in Learning English because it has many advantages. Writing is one of English comprehension. What makes me interested in writing is I don’t have to speak when I want to give my opinion. I used to be ashamed person. I don’t like speaking in front of many people. So, I think writing is good way to me when I’d like to share my opinion.

In the other hand, I like writing in English because I love writing in Indonesian too. I like write poems and sometimes short stories but writing in English is still activities that I do rarely. I don’t know why when I’m going to write caption in my social media, I don’t have any idea about this. Nothing comes to my mind. People easily write in long sentences but why I can’t. Why I like writing is because I like reading. Many people say that anyone who loves writing must be loves reading too. It goes same with the before reason. I like reading in Indonesian because it is more easily to understand.

22.  Opinion on doing project based learning and record in a personal blog

In this semester we have many projects in Writing Class. We have nine projects to do. It is simple things that can make me improve my English ability especially in writing. Every project that we do based on learning writing in English.

Our projects are interesting (but sometimes it is too boring because it takes too much time to do it). Our first project is chatting in formal and informal way. The second is writing a postcard. Third is writing diary/journal. Fourth is grammar nazi. Fifth is writing my passion. Sixth is writing vlog script. Then, seventh we make the vlog. The next project is poster and the last is writing e-mail. All of the projects must be posted in a personal blog.

From those projects, the most complicated is doing vlog project. For people who know the materials are would be interesting. It doesn’t work easily to me and most of my friends. We have to prepare camera (we just doing use camera phone), record ourselves in a vlog (bad thing for people who doesn’t like speaking), and video editing (which is not everyone can do it).

I have said that every project must be posted in our personal blog. My blog is www.foodiechomchom.com . It is interesting. It can make ourselves to be more productive. We can share our ability, opinion, knowledge of something to everyone in a blog. It will be useful.

33.  Advantages by doing project based learning (3 projects that I love)

Chatting in informal way

Chatting to people who are native or not in English is interesting. I have done it since grade 9 in middle school. By doing it, we can learn how they speak in English and compare to our skill how it is going. We can know how slang word is used. The most interesting is we can communicate people from overseas without go there and we can know their culture by chatting. It is an easy way to improve our English ability and I have done it since 4 years ago.

Writing diary/journal

Journal is commonly hand-writing but nowadays many people write journals and post them in their blog. The advantage is we can express our feeling in certain words. We can influence other people by journal. People who read our journal can be opened their mind. This project is useful. It is a media to share our life stories. If we write journal daily and post them in personal blog, people will read it. There are too many stories in journal. There are good and bad things. People who read the journal can copy the good things and evaluate the bad things so they won’t go in a wrong way.

Poster

I love this project. I love drawing by my hand and learn graphic design by myself. The benefit by doing this project is we will learn graphic design because as a young generation we must know and do technology. Poster is one of art work. People can know who you are by your creation. It’s also a way to express you feeling.

4. Challenges doing project based learning (3 projects that I love)

Chatting in informal way

The challenge is how to get people to chat. When facebook was booming, I used it. Now, many people use instagram (me too J). I looked for website which can be media to communicate with people from many countries. It is www.interpals.com . My friend told me this website at grade 11 in high school. So I have gone with it for 2 years. The other challenges are sometimes we don’t like people who are online by their profile (not profile picture), we have to get long responses, we don’t get their word, and also sometimes we forget to reply their text/chat because we get long response.

Writing diary/journal

Mood is the challenge to write journal. We have many things to do in a day and there are a lot things happened. It makes us tires or even bored and get bad mood. That’s complicated one.

Poster

Idea. It is the big problem I think. When we don’t have any idea, our poster will be done badly. Another challenge is the tool. The tool we are going to use is also the challenge. Beginner will be confused what graphic design that they will do. There are many kinds of graphic design such as Corel Draw (that I use), Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, InDesign, etc. After they decide what kind of graphic design, the next problem is could they use the too? If they can’t use the tool, they have to learn it first and it will be took long time to finish the project.

From all projects, the challenge is grammar. Are we writes grammatically? Are people who read our written understand at all? That’s the problem in project based learning.

5. feedback for Ms. Devi as a facilitator on project based learning

I think she has done her responsibility as facilitator in the class and in the project. When Ms. Devi couldn’t come to the class, she gives us projects that we can do in anywhere. When we ask about the project in whatsapp, we get good response. She answers every question asked by us. It helps us. She really cares about our language so she gives some feedbacks in our project.

Writing is an English skill so she gives more attention in the projects but technically Ms. Devi couldn’t give us too much things. So, we have to learn by ourselves and many times it is confusing.

6. Overall impression in Writing Class and project based learning

It was interesting. It was tiring but it had many advantages that I could mention or not. It improved my writing and IT skills. Project based learning made me actively post in my blog.

Will I continue blogging? I’m not sure. May be I’ll write and post something related in my life. I’ll write when I have nothing to do. I think it is fun. Anyway, I have posted some poems but it written in Indonesia.