My Journey to Become a Better Reader
I've always loved reading and listening in English. In fact, I have been doing it daily ever since I was a middle school student. So when I was introduced to the Interactive Communicative Course at the beginning of the semester, and what it had in store for me, I felt fairly excited. I got to read and listen as part of class activities and assignments. I always think that reading and listening are key parts of learning the English language, and one of the most fun things to learn about English. By knowing how to read and listen in English, I could understand many movies, books, comics, and TV shows, etc., which are English media. This skill is very handy in class because most of the class's assignment and activities revolves around reviewing literature works or videos, and I enjoyed it all thoroughly.
Regarding class activities that I've done this semester, there were many that I enjoyed, but two stood out as my favourite activities, and these activities are, of course, DEAL and DEAR. My reason for it is that it was rare for a classroom to be quiet, and all the students are reading or listening to books and videos of their choice. That rarity and the peaceful moments are why those two are my favourite activities among all. Not to say that all the other class activities were not as enjoyable as these two. All other activities were also fun and engaging, it's just that these two were the ones that left the most impression on me.
Although I must say that there is an activity that was not as enjoyable as others. This activity was, unfortunately, the final project of the class, which is a Reader's Theatre. Not to say that it's a bad activity, it was just that I didn't particularly have a good time working on it, and while preparing for the final project, it was not the most pleasant experience. During this time, I was somewhat forced to prepare it mostly by myself, this was because it was fairly difficult to communicate with my group members at the time. There were a bunch of miscommunications, inconsistencies, and uncertainty in my group. But we needed to decide the story, write the script, make stage directions, and prepare properties just so that there's progress to be made, and I just feel like the one who contributed the most in these preparations was me. Not to say that other group members did nothing, they did great on acting and being in character for the performance day. But it was just unnecessarily hard for me to prepare most of it myself, which is why this activity is my least enjoyable pick.
Those were just a fraction of the activities and projects I've done in class. Once again, I really did enjoy this course thoroughly, and now that the semester is coming to an end, I can't help to feel that I'm really grateful for having been able to attend the Interactive Communicative Course. After attending and experiencing this class, I started to think about reading and listening in English more playfully. I'm sure that the reason for this was because of all the fun and engaging class activities and assignments that I've experienced. I think this way of thinking will be really useful in the future, thus I'm happy and truly grateful.
All things said, after being able to attend this course, I will continue to read and listen to English books or stories in my free time, but with a new mindset and vision. Even if I no longer attend or take ICC class, I will continue doing so. That is because reading and listening in English are my favourite activities and will continuously be my favourite, and after taking this class, I gained valuable skills and a mindset that will be very helpful and convenient in the future, so there's really no reason for me to stop what I do.
