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By: Ahyun Kim
Approach:
Before this class, I did not have many experiences reading books or short stories in English. So reading books that were written in English was not easy.
The reading practices that I used to understand better:
My Reading
I circled the words that I don't know the meanings and I wrote their meaning in the margin.
Also, I highlighted where I thought it is a important part and wrote a marginal note about it. That helped me when I was writing my mid-term paper.
Difficulties and Breakthrough
World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted
Difficulties:
Reading literary works that are written in English was not easy for me because I did not have many experiences reading them before.
Breakthroughs:
I read the same parts several times to understand fully and get to know what is going on in the story. Also, If I did not know the definition of words, I look them up in the dictionary.
Approach:
It was difficult to read and understand Elizabeth Gaskell's stories.
The reading practices that I used to understand better:
My Reading
I circled the words that I don't know and wrote their definitions in the margin and also wrote some information that I have to know while reading this such as the small numbers next to the words. I also included questions if I had any.
Difficulties and Breakthroughs
World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted
Difficulties:
Reading her works was particularly difficult for me. There were many words that I don’t know and understanding overall was not easy at all.
Breakthroughs:
To understand what is going on, I had to read a couple of times not just once. I read the story first and then I looked up the definitions of words that I did not know, wrote them down and I went back to reading the same parts again.