Sevli's seventh log - Miss a Class

My laptop battery become worst lately, I can works without charger plug in power outlet. So, today I don’t come to the class, I choose to find replacement for laptop’s battery. I depart at eight and back home six at noon. I lost in Jakarta with busway, its contrary with my thesis. Suggestion best route for people when travelling in Indonesia’s big cities.
Back talking the class, I ask about today topic to friends that comes to the class today. They tell me, Mrs. Yanti came switch schedule with Mrs. Aline. She ask the participant to make argument and analysis about a paper about tobacco and smoke. It’s two different article in one pages separate with two columns. Then they tell me Mrs. Yanti give another paper contain article with topic “ICT in education” and “ICT in government”. She ask us to make a paragraph of resume from that article.

[Kokoy] #Day 8, Log 8 - How To Make an Argument in Academic Writing

Wednesday, January 21st, 2015. This morning we learn about "How to Make an Arguments in academic writing". Mrs. Yanti explain to us about how to make an argument and how support that argument in our academic writings especially thesis. Interprete and describe the data and also make a conclusion from there as evidence, and then we can process our data as an evidence to our argument, data can strengthen our argument. She explain to us the purpose of argumentative essay is to persuade the reader to accept and seriously consider your opinion on controversial issues. When you make an argument in your essay, you must consider your audience, like: whom are you trying reach, what do they already know about your topic, what is your relationship with your audience and how does it impact your word choice and tone. Then you must make a claim like: your opinion or position on an issue, must be supported with reasons and evidence, evidence can include quotes, facts, and data, also evidence must be explain. Then you make a reason for your claim because reason support the thesis and form argument with your evidence and then you must have a counter claim to your argument like: consider the opposite side, argues againt your claim, turn againt your argument to challenge it, and then turn back to reaffirm that argument.

After she explain to us, she give us article with data statistic and description about “ICT in Education and Government” and from that article she ask us to make a questions and summary from the information and data we get. Then she give us an article again that shows us the statistic graphs about “Tobacco use is a risk factor for six of the eight leading causes of death in the world” and “Nearly two thirds of the world’s smokers live in 10 countries” and ask us to make argument paper about from that data given on the article.

Wednesday, 21 January 2014

Today i have a class with mrs yanti. She also teach about how to explain a diagram. She said that i can not just explain what i see. I need to analyze deeper than what i see in the diagram and try to argue about what i see. Because if i can argue about that, i will get the best explanation of a diagram or table. I have 3 task today, first is to summarize paper in one paragraph, second is to make sumarize depend on the diagram, and the last one is explain a diagram with my own opinion. I choose a diagram about 10 country with highest smoker in the world. Well, it is a liitle bit sad when i see my country in a third rank. I try to give my opinion about why my country become the third rank. By the way, study with mrs yanti was so fun. I was surpised when she told that she is fans of korean boyband big bang. And she came to k pop concert too. Even i am younger than her and love to watch korean drama or reality show, i never think to attend their concert. Hahaha.. The class is over about 11.00 am, but my friend and i still stay in the class till 01.00 pm to finish our task. After that we had our lunch together in kfc near seamolec. 

[Day 8] Class with Mrs.Yanti

Today Mrs. Yanti attend to change Mrs. Aline's class. Unfortunately I can't came.  I feel my stomach really sick this morning.  Actually it is always happen every month, yup, women period. Hehe.. :D

I ask my roommate about today topic and task. She said we have 3 task from Mrs. Yanti. The first task is make argument and analysis about Tobacco in one page. Mrs. Yanti gave us one page contain two diagrams, one diagram is about "Tobacco use is a risk factor for six of the eight leading causes of death in the world" and another diagram is "Nearly two thirds of the world's smokers live in 10 country". I can imagine what I want to analyze from the page. 

The second task is in second paper. The paper have two topics: " ICT in Education" and "ICT in Government". The paper talk about how effect of the ICT in education and government. From that topics, first we should choose one topic to be resumed. Resume write in one page only, one paragraph. Then make question as much as we can. I think I will choose the first topic, about education. Hope I can finish this task well. 

As my dictionary, I found one word in the paper: "prevalent". In Indonesia its mean "lazim/umum". The synonym of that word is dominant, predominant, prevailing and rife. Okay, hope it will be useful for me and all readers :). 

Kadek - Jan 21 2015 #8th Log

As usually, I attend English class on 9 am in the morning and now class is lecture by Mrs. Yanti. She present about how we create argument on thesis and how we support our argument with our evidence and make sure that the audience can deliver and understand what we do. Within twenty minutes she presents about that. We discuss about that she already present on front of class and find an argument about her topic. After finish, she gives us an article talk about ICT in education and government. On this article is talking about how effect of the ICT in education and government. The article also shows some data graphic of some countries whose use computer, how they use computer and reason about using computer for education. Another way, government use ICT for public services, manage data with email and web page for share information. The article show us about how big effect of using ICT in the world. Everything changes people to be digital native and digital immigrant with the technology. From the article we have to do some tasks and collect this day. First, we write some question about everything that we want to know but haven't put yet on article. The second is writing the summary about the article within one paragraph. And the last is writing an argument from another article that already she gives to us. The new articles is talking about tobacco use is risk factor for six of the eight leading causes of death in the world. We finish class on 11.30 am o'clock.

Monday, 19 Jan 2015

On Monday morning, i went to my campus in ITB. I went to my laboratory because I still have responsibility there. I met my friends, and taking my stuff in my table (because i will no longer be in a laboratory). Then I go back to my dorm and taking all of my stuff. So sad to know that i have to leave my room, but I have to. After tat I directly go back to Jakarta with my friend wibby. The traffic was so crowded, we almost 3,5 hours in the toll road. When we arrived in Jakarta, ww went to Tebet and having lunch there. And wibby still have to connecting her trip to her home by a train, so we separated in Stasiun Tebet. When I arrived at home, I directly unpacked everything, because I live in a small house that will my stuff look so much if I don't arranged it well. That was how my Monday going.

Sunday, 18 Jan 2015

On Sunday morning, i went jogging in Saraga Bandung, after a long time not having any kind of sport. I need to keep my healthiness, not only body but also my mind. Afer that, i had brakfast in Dipati Ukur. In the afternoon, i went to BEC to checking the newest price of laptop. I need a new laptop because my laptop is going slower, the hardisk is full, and the processot can't work if I'm using it to programmed or code something. After that, I go back to my dorm and clean up my room before I leaving. I rearranged my stuff to make it fit in my car when i bring that all to Jakarta. And so that how my last Sunday going, jogging, packing, cleaning. So far I always enjoy what I did.