Log 1

 

Hello, my name is Peggy! I am a second year AFL student in NTUST. I decided to take this course simply because this is a required course, but I do regard myself as a reader and writer since both reading and writing are essential skills for AFL students. I seldom read, but I do it when I find something that I am really interested in, and most of the books that I am interested in are written in Chinese Mandarin. The English books I have read (and still remember the title of the books) are Magic Tree House by Salvatore Murdocca, and Les Misérables by Victor Hugo. I like writing a little bit more than reading. When I write, I am like digging into my mind, and discovering the thoughts that I didn't thoroughly think about. I also see writing as a way of letting others to know me, because I am not so good at speaking with words or sentences that are well-organized in a short time. In brief, I consider myself to be a reader and writer.

As for my hobby and interest, I only have few things that I can talk about. When I was still a freshman, I was really into sleeping. No matter an in-class nap, noon sleep, afternoon sleep, or night sleep. I used to rest a lot, and I found it satisfying. However, I haven't had a satisfying sleep since last week. Chances are that I already quitted the hobby, which makes me feel sad on occasion. I like any forms of English that are pleasant to hear. For example, movies, music, stand-up comedies, and podcasts. The movie series that I enjoyed a lot was the Twilight series, and I had had watched the whole series for four or five times. Any genre of English songs is good to me, except for rock music. Moreover, I watch short videos of English stand-up comedies online sometimes, but I don't have interest in a particular comedian. For podcasts, I listened to Before Breakfast and 30-day TOEIC Vocabulary when I was in senior high school. To conclude, I like to rest, and I think I like to be surrounded by English.

As I mentioned above, I take this course simply because this is a required course. After listening to the introduction of the syllabus, I think I will gain skills about reading and writing, group working, and video making. Though this course seems to be challenging, I hope I can do my best.