How time flies, it is coming to the end of this semester. In these three months, I have learned a lot about communication from Dr.Laccetti and ALES 204 classes. When I first came to this class, I was barely using Facebook or other social media. Although I have been Canada for one year, I knew almost nothing about the social media that used by people here. The information provided in ALES 204 lecture, I would say, is exactly what our international students needed not just for academic studies, but also for our social life. The experience in ALES 204 class actually greatly improves my communication skill which is what I expected to gain from this class.
I have learned how to use Facebook to create a professional business card, and how to use twitter to gather or keep me informed about academic information that related to my area. I hadn’t noticed that there are so many tools around us that can make our study or work more efficient and comprehensive. Besides, I also realize that the social media can also be used for academic purpose, not only for entrainment or recreations. Though the course, we also had the chance to participant the creation of some social media, like the Wiki Stub assignment. I have used Wikipedia a lot for searching a variety of information, and I do know the information on it is not reliable and can be modified by anyone that has the access to the internet. However, when I actually did an entry on Wikipedia, it was not easy, but worthy it. Especially, when the stub “parboiled rice” I added finally become an article, I felt that what I have learned is recognized by others and a sense of achievement is also coming up. On the other hand, by doing this, I’m not only reinforce the knowledge I have learned from class, but also help to spread these information and make more people to know about it.In addition to these communication tools, I also gained lots experience on academic writing and presentation. Although this is the last year of university and I have been familiar with academic studies, ALES 204 still teaches something new to me, like Refworks, which I think is powerful tool to help cite the reference properly, especially when you have hundreds of articles. The opportunity provided by the lab section for practice is extremely useful for our future studies or career. We now know how to write a good CV, how to react in a job interview and how to perform excellent presentation.
Overall, I’ d like to thank Jessica and all the TAs, it is your effort and responsibility that makes us more prepared and ready to encounter the challenge we may meet in the future. If you want to know what others have gained through Ales204 class, you can check their blogs.
here are the five comments I have made:
hey,this is Zhe Chen from your Ales204 class, I like your review blog which really shows how many interesting things we have done in this term...
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