April 4, 2008
Sixth Posting.
My experience using blogging
I have done all the fifth posting and now I am doing the last posting but it does not mean it is the last posting in my life, it will be continuous process. At the first time I am doing blogging I am not really sure what is blogging but when I had experience doing that, actually blogging is the one medium for person to share his or her idea through writing. For person who does not have confident to speak up their idea during real time discussion they can confidently sharing their idea through blogging.
Base on my experience I can say that blogging activity can improve my writing skills especially in grammar and vocabulary aspect. When I am doing my posting, I write all the idea in blog and the computer assisted me by checking my grammar and spelling aspect so I can straightly change my mistakes and through that I had learned new skills by remembering it. If I am continuing blogging I am sure that my writing skills will be more improve. Besides I had also gain new vocabulary through finding materials from the certain references base on the topic given and the most challenging task is when I need to find materials and references from Tun Sri Lanang Library using online databases.
Blogging is a useful learning experience because it is enjoyable. We can just find the references just by clicking the link at the internet and after that we can start writing our own idea or elaborate the idea in our words base on our reading. Besides that, we can also view each other blog to read the idea that the writer want to show and share. We can leave comment at their blog to give our opinion about the idea or the way of writer’s writing skills whether it is right or wrong. It gives the chance for writer to improve his or her writing skills.
To complete blogging successfully I think I need to read a lot of book that are related to the topic given and also I need to know more about the use of computer application and software because after blogging I realize that a lot of things I did not know about the computer.
I have a few problems while blogging but it is not a big problem. Firstly I had faced the problem on how to write, put my pictures and music in my blog but after I navigate it and asking from my friends, now I know how to do it. Secondly I did not know the right assessments that are required for the blog but I manage to finish it with my first partner Norhasliza. The other small problems that I had faced is to get the internet connections to post materials in my blog because I did not have laptop with wireless and sometimes the cyber café is not open so it makes my work hard but finally I still can post my blog on the time given.
I will tell my friends and recommend to others because blogging is a fun activity for whom are love to write and share idea besides we also can decorate our blog with many features. Now I know and able to blog online, I will still continue blogging after finish this course even I am not doing it often but the truth is I really enjoy blogging and hope that if I had free time I can do blogging.
April 1, 2008
Fifth posting.
Online test
Electronic Malaysian English Competency Test – Reading Test (Set 1)
Score: 23 out of 35 – 66%
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Hello everyone! I had took two online tests during the tutorial class this week. We are required to finish answering the test according to the time given. The first test is Electronic Malaysian English Competency Test. The second test is Online Quiz that I need to subscribe from E-learning Care. This is not my first time taking online test because before these I had taken driving license using online test so this is my second experience taking online test.Actually taking online test is very easy because we do not need to write or circle on the paper but just click at the place provided for the answer. Even it is easy but it only the process to answer but it depend on our knowledge to answer the question for the right answer. The time is also limited and we need to think quickly as we are answering usual test at school or university.
When I am taking the first online test it including reading comprehension text and I need to read four passages and answer 35 questions. The time given are one hour and the text I need to read is really long and I thought that I could not finish just on time but lastly I had finished it and got 66%. Even this is my second time having an online test but I still feel not confident while doing the test maybe because I am not familiar with this online test. Truly I enjoy taking online test especially the test that including reading comprehension text.
Because running out of time some of my friends and I did not finish taking the second online test so we need to answer it not during the tutorial session but we still need to answer it on that day using our own initiative to finish the test. The second test is testing us about our basic knowledge on computer application and software that we are usually uses it. It is hard for me to answer the test because I am not familiar with the word that the question mentions and also the answer. All the word I familiar with related to computer application and software is in English but the question and the answer is using Malay. Because of that it make me really confuse and cannot answer the best for the test even it is only the basic.
After going through the tests I had add more experience on online test and gain a lot of knowledge and information base on the question that had been asked. I also enrich my vocabulary while taking this test, the words that I have never found it before I had found it on this test. It is a good experience and I hope I will take it again after this for certain purposes for example the first step to employing and entering the market job or something else.
