Lost entry 3: The Language of Study

Now I want to tell you one interesting story. As you know, before inter the university I graduates lyceum. Before graduating we should make seminar on one particular subject. As I’m interested in languages, I chose English. Fortunately, we were allowed to choose any topic we like. That’s why I took topic “White House”. Before the presentation I had a tutorial with my teacher. I showed her my first draft and it was clear that she was satisfied of my work. Of course, I needed to add some details such as bibliography and footnotes. First, I typed my work up and showed it to the teacher, after what she allowed me to make a presentation on Power Point. The deadline was to the end of April. I managed to do it. Before the presentation itself, I revised everything. That day I got excellent mark. I was really happy that I lost my notes of my topic.

Entry 10: Making Presentations. What I learned about making effective presentations.

 I fond of computers very much and especially I like making presentations. When I studied at the lyceum I made a lot of presentations there. My diploma work also had this kind of creating reports. However, I didn’t know how to make great presentation. During the last lesson of Computer Skills I learnt how to make my reports more interesting. Our teacher told us that we should have clear information about subject and do not use a lot of colors. Actually I agree with her, because I think, if there are a lot of colors in your presentation, it will be too bright and it will be difficult to understand words written there. Our presentation should include understandable font, different pictures, but only connected with context, and of course we shouldn’t have any mistakes in our presentations. With the help of items, given over, I made a great and interesting report. I think this paragraph  will help you to make great presentation

Entry 9: Time management problems

It is XXI century, and our life became very hectic. We do not have enough time for doing some work, and very often we wonder: “Why I don’t have any time?” We also can say that we don’t know how to use our time correctly. Especially if you are a student you have no time for some subjects. If you want not to have problems with your lessons, remember one thing: every time try to create your timeline or calendar. It is very comfortable to use it. You will know what
you need to do today or tomorrow; you will free your time for your rest. For example, I make such time management calendar every day, and it helps me so much!

Entry 8: American Civil War by One Slave owner.

The Civil War broke in 1891  and lasted till 1965. This War was the most cruel in America, because it took the great amount of lifes from the both sides. The North(Union) wanted to free slaves, but the South(Somfederates) were against them. The South wonn many battles, but the War was won by the North. The main reason of it was that army, capital, equipment of htem were better than of South. Making this task i felt myself as if I was in the centre of this War. I like history very much, and I liked this task too. But there were too much information about everything. Also, there were a lot of additional information about people and events.

Entry 7: Note taking experience

It is very important to know how to take notes correctly. You can write some information about something in you notebook and after this you wouldn’t be able to recall even simple information. When you take notes, remember that you should understand the main idea of the lecture and try to ask questions to it. I always take notes to my lectures and review it later. I do not write all the information, but key dates and words. It is very important to listen the conclusion of the lecture, because you will hear necessary information there and can write down the things than you missed during the lesson. I advise you to write your notes every time.

Entry 6: Advantages and disadvantages of tape recorder.

On the lesson of Study Skills we learnt how to take notes during the lecture. We found that we can use tape recorder as help to our taking notes. I think that using tape recorder is useful in one hand, but in other one it is not comfortable. When you take notes, you try to understand the main idea of lecture. You receive information through eye contact, teacher’s gestures and body language. If teacher allows you to use tape recorder you can do this. It is useful when you can look through lecture again after the lesson. You can remember all things in details. But if you didn’t listen to the lecture you won’t be able to recall many useful things. I think that you should listen to the teacher during the lecture and do not rely on your recorder. It is better to listen to the real person, but not to the recorder

Entry 5: My Goals and Objectives

Everybody has different wishes and dreams. But sometimes they are not achievable and realistic. We cannot call them “goals”, because we try to obtain our dream and make it true. Man always set one goal and obtain it by reaching small objectives. I have my own goal too, because I want to get something in my life. My goal consists of several parts. I want to become a professional interpreter in five years, but to be it I should graduate University with good marks in four years and train a lot by myself. After one year of training I will be able to find the job of my dream)