“FrEeDom WRiTeRS”

Very inspiring I must say. The movie inspires me as a future English language teacher to make a difference. The students in the movie are racist and they demand equality for every citizen. I think the same scenario also happened in our country, though it is not so obvious. my experi

“ThE EnD”

As next week is the final week for this semester, I guess all of us have to come to the end of our road in EDU 3234, but it is not the end of our passion in literature. Throughout the course, I have learned many literature genres and variety of interesting literature texts that I have never expected to be -never think of letters and songs as literary texts. Other than that, I have a lot of valuable experiences for example, the trip to Malacca and the valuable experience working with the papers -position and research paper, and meeting with Mr. Kee Thuan Chye. All of the experiences and memories will be fresh in my mind and remain as the sweet memories. Besides, the course's requirements -position and research paper, have turned me to be critical thinker and a good reader as the papers provoke me to express my opinion and point of view which is difficult for me to do so. Thanks a lot to Dr. Edwin for his invaluable knowledge and inspirations.

“MeeTiNG Mr. Kee Thuan Chye”

I did not have the opportunity to meet Mr. Kee Thuan Chye because at that moment I need to rush back home as my sister and mother are admitted to hospital. It is so sad that I cannot get the opportunity. However, I listen to my friends experience meeting him. According to them, Mr Kee Thuan Chye talks a lot during the session which portrays his experiences. His interest is history and political issues. his writing stand on what he believes as truth. Mr Kee Thuan Chye respects others' opinion and perspectives. He believes that everyone has their own way in interpreting and perceiving an issue that we should not totally believe in what others' says or views. So, I guess, he is kind of person that holds tight to his principle, very imaginative and creative. though I did not have the chance, I really thanked Dr Edwin for always giving us the opportunity to meet writers, artists and etc which is the remarkable memory for us.

“BaTTLe FoR EvErYoNe”

With Dr. Edwin, we read the autobiography of Nelson Mandela in "The Long Walk To Freedom". He rose above the prison, the torture and the inequality and I believe it is worth for him. Nelson's story did inspire me, but sometimes I wonder, what if the end of his story ended the opposite? Through reading his autobiography, students will be able to identify and recognize Nelson's personality as strong-willed man in history. Imagine the psychological torture that he had to go through in order to break his spirit from fighting for equality. In fact, according to Dr Edwin, the treatment describe in the text is just like our country's ISA. It is tough when all your personal documents, your passion, your beliefs are wiped out in order to break your spirit. Indeed, Nelson Mandela is an extraordinary person and deserved to be respected because of his pure intention and fight.

Other than learning from the battle of Nelson Mandela, I think reading autobiography is also an interesting activity that can be adapted in language classroom. Students sometimes are easily to get bored with all the fact-to fact reading materials while autobiography will provide a new taste of passion in readings. In fact, through autobiography, students will be able to learn about others' beliefs, their personality and point of view over an issue. They will learn and make relevance out of the text to their life. I think reading this kind of text will make reading class as well as the language class more remarkable to students. they will develop not only in their language skills but also their personality by reading others' autobiography.

“FrEeDom WRiTeRS”

Very inspiring I must say. The movie inspires me as a future English language teacher to make a difference. The students in the movie are racist and they demand equality for every citizen. I think the same scenario also happened in our country, though it is not so obvious. My experience as a substitution teacher in one of the government secondary school, the headmaster comments that there are racial clicks in the school. Chinese students prefer to be with the same race as for them the Indians are too rough and the Malays are lazy. We have to accept that our students are also racist themselves, though the phenomenon is not crucial as in the movie. besides, it is also mentioned in the movie about the "Holocaust victims and survivors". Maybe he most horror incident -May 13th- will be a great lesson for the students.

Other than that, I truly agree with the idea of providing journal for students to write. The effectiveness is undeniable. however, I would like to suggest for English language teachers to fully manipulate the Internet as integration for language learning. Perhaps forum and blog can be more interesting in this technology era. In my opinion, the forum and blog are the revolution of using journal in classroom. Both, methods are a great way to encourage students to write, as they do not have the fear of being evaluated; plus it is good way for students to express themselves. hence, I'd like to thank Dr. Edwin for opening my eyes of the benefits on using forum and blog in the language classroom. Last but not least, I hope I can be like Erin Gruwell, inspiring students to be whatever they want to be.

“ThE DRaFT”

In completing the draft of the research paper, I have learned a lot. First and foremost, i have gain interest in poetry. Before this, to be honest, I did not favor studying poetry because I think it is difficult to interpret and ambiguous. Now, in the middle of completing the paper, I fall in love with poetry. It sounds funny but it is true. I have just discovered the passion of interpreting poetry through the poet's organization. through Dr. Edwin's lecture on stylistic analysis and the discussion on the poems in "Insights", I have learn 'how' to read and interpret poetry. I think that other people also have the same negative perception towards poetry -which is tough and challenging to interpret. Old sayings said that, "if you give a man a fish, he sill survive a day but, if you teach the man how to fish he will survive longer". Through my readings on how to write on poetry, I have learned how to read, to interpret and to write about poetry. I am glad that the assigment has not only taught me to write better, but also attract my interest in reading and analyzing poetry. indeed, the assigment has inplicitly increased my language and personal development.

“My OuTLiNES”

It is indeed plural as I hand in two outlines for Dr. Nooreen to check and has a glimpse of my ideas. why two outlines? The main reason is because I have two ideas and I find both ideas interesting to discuss. The first one is about feminist approach, on how Karim Raslan and Che Husna Azhari illustrate the unusual women's characterization in the short story, "Mariah" and "Sara and The Wedding". Another one is about the hardship in others' life in the poems, "Three Beserah Fishermen" by Muhammad Haji Salleh and "The Midnight Satay-Vendor" by Ghulam Sarwar Yousuf.

When Dr. Nooree returns my outlines, she wrote a note about my ideas. Basically she prefers that analysis on the poems as for her the elements are more worthy and powerful to discuss. Plus, she stated that the analysis on the poetry would be more remarkable as there are so many researches done based on the feminist approach. For me, though i am the one who came out with the idea, i feel a little bit nervous as this will be the first time I am writing about poetry and of course, I find the task quite challenging. however, as to develop my writing skill, I think it is fine to challenge myself a bit. Gambate (Japanese)