Write Reading And Listening Reflections

Tips

• Something you liked/disliked
  • My favourite bit was when the speaker/author/main character said…
  • My favourite quote was “…”, because
  • I liked/disliked it when…
• Something you thought/realised
  • It made me think…
  • It reminded me of…
  • I realised that
• Something you decided
  • After reading this article, I want to…
  • Watching this talk made me want to…
  • It made me realise that I should…
• Something you agree/disagree with
  • I don’t agree with the author/speaker because…
  • I agree with the author/speaker because…
• Something you learned
  • This article/video taught me that
  • Before, I didn’t know that
  • I learned that
• Something about HOW you learned
  • This material was too easy/difficult/long/short, so next time I will …
  • The words I learned weren’t very useful for my major/life, so next time I will …
  • My time management was bad for this homework, so next time I will…
  • I had problems understanding this - my weak point was ….. so next time I will…

Bad examples (too short, too general)

• This was an interesting idea, and I agree with this author
• I learned about types of galaxies
• This article said that they sell typical products from around Japan.
• I liked this article.

Choose the right type/verb:

• Reading
  • author/article/story
  • “After I read”, “After reading
• Listening
  • speaker/lecture/talk
  • “After I saw” “After watching”