I
start my reflection about this topic by quoting this sentence, “No one is born
with the ability to function competently as an adult in society” (page 39,
handout). I made my own quote like this, “None
of students is born with the ability to function competently as a teacher in
the classroom”. The sentences tell me how important transfer of learning is. I
will show you the importance of this topic from two points of view.
First,
as a student transfer of learning helps me to face problems in my daily life.
When I want to ask some questions in my
class discussion, I have to use what I have learned
in the pronunciation
class, the speaking class, the structure class, even the reading class. Does
transfer learning only help me in the classroom? The answer is no. Two months
ago I worked in an international
taekwondo event that happened in Yogyakarta. I met with some people from
Australia, USA, India, China, Korea and other countries. How could I help them
if they needed my help? Yes, I had to speak English with
them. See? What I have learned
helps me in my life.
Second,
someday I will be a teacher. How can I teach my students
and improve their study? I have to learn about the topic that I will give them.
I have to give them feedback to improve their study. What I know about transfer
of learning today will really helps
me. This topic doesn’t only help me to cope with my daily problems; it also
helps me to prepare my own future.
I
have also made a reflection about my study. I found that my study did not
really improve. It seemed that my study stuck. What do I mean by word stuck? My
scores in some classes were down to the earth. I cannot get progress in my
study. My motivation to study declined. How could the problems happen? The
problems happened because of lack of repeating, lack of understanding, lack of
motivation, and lack of practicing.
The
four factors tend to block my study. If my studies do not improve, of course I
cannot do transferring of my learning well.
I go to my campus with lack of motivation; I only
go because I am afraid of teachers. I fear whatever they will give me a bad score
in their class. I sit in the classroom and have a day dreaming. I just
memorized what teachers told without any repeating the topics. I could not
transfer into practicing, because my understanding about the topics was not
good.
I
have told you that I got problems with my study recently. It means that I also
get problems to transfer what I have learned
to practice or to study about other subjects recently. But that is not an
excuse for me to stop study. I have made some plans to improve my study. There
are some steps that I will do.
First,
I start from my motivation. Before I do studying and transfer what I have learned, I want to think about the reason why I go to the
university, sit on my chair, and listen to the teacher. Yes, I have to motivate
myself.
Second,
I will do repeating and try to understand the materials in the classroom. I
want to add some sources to complete my understanding. I have to read some
books that support my study. I think that it is not enough if I just take what
teachers give me in the classroom. That is why I am in university, because I am
mature enough to study.
Third,
I will do a lot of practicing. Practicing becomes important to help me
understand more and to transfer what I have learned.
Practicing can be very fun nowadays, for example chatting with an American via
facebook to improve structure and vocabulary, talking face to face with an
English person via Skype to improve pronunciation and
listening, and even sharing about linguistic with teachers from Singapore
by e-mail.
Finally,
I close my reflection with this quote; “if you don't like something, change it.
If you can't change it, change your attitude. -Dr. Maya Angelou. I hope that
this reflection helps me to be a better person.
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