SELF-ASSESSMENT OF MY ACHIEVEMENTS

It was one semester of ESP English course and I think I did my best. In my opinion, there isn’t time enough to learn that huge amount of information. It consist of tests on ESP vocabulary definitions, moodle tests, online listening practice followed by T/F, Synonym Match and Gap Filling exercises, Traditional listening to cassettes/CDs, Online exercises from R. Feldman's course book, Online exercises from AP Psychology Review, Making Power Point Presentations, Short talks, Speaking impromptu in class. The last task is to evaluate myself.

Tests on ESP vocabulary definitions : Some of definitions were quite easy, some of them were very difficult to me, but I think that the most important thing is to understand it in your own words. Then it isn’t as hard to learn as learn everything by heart. This was my technique, which was very useful for me and I think I was very good at it.

Moodle tests: It was innovation for me. My first attempt wasn’t extremely successful, but after some practices I did quite well in my tests. Now it doesn’t look really hard as it looked at the first sight.

 

Online listening practice followed by T/F, Synonym Match and Gap Filling exercises: I could clearly hear a record so it was easy to understand. Sometimes it was hard to understand the information in the text, because there were some unknown words. Despite the fact that my spelling wasn’t always correct I was good enough at it.

Traditional listening to cassettes/CDs: The quality of the record wasn’t always excellent. The drawback of it was that I couldn’t hear clearly some words. Some of records were highly hard some of them were greatly easy, the consequence of it was that sometimes I was good at it, but sometimes I didn’t succeeded in doing it.

Online exercises from R. Feldman's course book: It was quite easy, because online exercises were a team work, but I think I should do it individually if I want to evaluate myself objectively. Anyway I think I should improve it.

Online exercises from AP Psychology Review: It was very similar to online exercises from R. Feldman's course book, but it was much easier because we revised the definitions from AP Psychology Review and then did exercises, but I still need practice more.

Making Power Point Presentations: It was quite difficult task. Despite the fact that it was one power point presentation, it took a lot of time. However, my efforts warranted my results.

Short talks: It was really interesting task for me. I chose relevant themes of short talks for me. I had never believed that certain type of information can be so engrossing and valuable in my personal life.

It was very useful to develop my language skills. My performance on this task was very good.

Speaking impromptu in class: It isn’t very difficult task, because I can brightly remember the basic part of information and I’m not shy to say what I think about. My blind side is that sometimes it is hard to express myself in English, but I really like to communicate with people and take a part in discussions. So I always try to talk and do my best even if I do grammar mistakes, but I think that practice help me to improve my speaking skills.

In Conclusion, I want to say that all of task has advantages and disadvantages, which help me to do tasks successfully or unsuccessfully. However, I’m happy with my results, because I improved my English skills and I learn a lot of new things, which will be benefit in my future.

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