Entry 10

                                             Wrap-up: Outcomes of the Course.

To begin with, I have experienced a lot of useful online methods of learning through this subject. I become aware of improving my computer skills along with using them in language learning. As a result, I combined them and I tried to develop my IT skills as well. One of the activities we did, was doing anime video through animaker.com as you  might guess it was very difficult for me, I could not complete this during several weeks. Another final task that was given to me on this subject was to write a blog and post several posts. It is not only was about writing I had to think about to make it easier to read and not difficult to understand, after that I conclude with, may be in near future I will keep a diary because it is very good when you write your thoughts.

Entry 9

                                Pros and cons of different social media applications.

The social media applications that I use are Facebook and Instagram. There is also well known social media such as Twitter but I do not use it. Both of them have a lot of advantages and disadvantages, I will try to describe the most important key aspects. On the one hand, you are connected with all your friends, relatives through that social medias and there is no need to tell everybody what is going on in your life, you can just post a photo or video and it will be seen by all your mates in  Facebook and Instagram, respectively. On the other hand, there are lots of advertisements on both of them and your mind will become somehow manipulated, I mean, after watching those advertisements you will remember them subconsciously.

Entry 8

                             How useful/effective are online self-assessment tests.

Online self-assessment tests are good to check general knowledge of learner about that language he learns, but it will not give you detailed feedback about your knowledge, it will just say your level and how many correct answers you get. Basically, so far, all self-assessment tests I have done only will check your grammar and it is rare for them to give you other sections of checking your knowledge, but who knows hopefully I might be wrong. The reason why there is only grammar I guess it does not take a lot of time , whereas reading takes a lot of time and effort and it difficult to read on computer or cell phone, it is more convenient to read it when it is printed. Also, Listening is about note-taking skills it might seem difficult as well.

Entry 7

                                        The best project I made/Presentations I made.

The best presentation I made was approximately two weeks ago about reading section True/False/Not Given. First, I tried to grasp the attention of the audience and tried to speak loudly so that my speech is clear to everybody. Looking in the detail, I began with describing the difference between True/False/Not Given and Yes/No/Not Given. After that, I give information about why True/False/Not Given is one of  the most difficult questions. In brief, IELTS candidates doubt between False and Not given. It is all about Vocabulary, in most cases it is paraphrased in the given question statement comparing to the statement given in the text and it always comes in order. Eventually, I gave handouts to everybody to practice, certainly, to check their comprehension of my presentation and it was quite good at all.

Entry 6

                                                        My test taking strategies.

Test taking strategies is one of the assessment criteria of entrance exams in our country. There are usually four alternatives given for each question and logically your chance is 25% to find the right answer. First of all, read the question carefully and do not look at the answers immediately after reading them, try to guess the answer from the question. Secondly, cross out the ones that are exactly wrong because they will put you into confusion. Lastly, if you know right answer it is all right , but if you do not know, according to statistics, there should stay only two close related answers and only one of them is right answer. So, your chance is 50% to 50%, that is really better than 25%, isn't it?     

Entry 5

                                 Critical analysis of online language learning skills.

Telling the truth, online language learning websites are not as much useful as learning with real books. In my opinion, such kind of websites were created for lazy persons. Normally, it is okay to learn language skills through the Internet. In addition, it is said that language learning websites have modern ways to learn a language, but I did not find them helpful for me, may be it is effective to others who really addicted to the internet. I found Duolingo very useful among other websites it really has necessary information for learning and improving your language skills. Also, in my view, it is important are you learning online or not , the key is to learn, so whether you decided to study online or offline, keep going.

Entry 4

                                                      Am I slow or a fast reader?

I strongly believe that anyone absolutely can become a fast reader, but it takes a lot of time and effort. As for me, my reading skills are good enough to consider as a fast reader. I have read a lot of articles and did I did skimming and scanning as well as learning complex academic words. Also, the only way to improve and expand you vocabulary is reading, but do not read everything, read only the topics you are interested in. I do not consider anyone as a slow reader, the only reason is that, someone practised more than others to become fast reader. It is obvious that reading is the most vitally important aspect in developing language skills at all.