Modern Languages Teaching Centre Independent Study Record Sheet

Beginner and Post-Beginner

Surname Abdul Jalil Language Spanish

First Name Muhammad Asyraf Module MLT104
Code
Semester Spring Group 5
Year 2016 Tutor Javier Moreno

Use this grid to record your independent study. It is designed to help you keep track of your
work and think about which activities you find most helpful.
You will complete at least eight different activities. These are in addition to the homework your
tutor sets you. You will choose these activities according to what you feel you need to practise
and they should take not less than 30 minutes each.
 Materials: books, video or audio tapes, computer programs, on-line materials, etc. You
can also watch 1 film and record it as 1 task.
 Examples of activities: using a bilingual dictionary, understanding grammatical
categories, writing down and practising pronunciation, learning / expanding vocabulary,
etc.
Submission:
 The completed Independent Study Record must be submitted online through MOLE on
the Friday of Week 11 at the latest.
 You will be required to have completed half of the ISR by week 6-7 and to bring it in class
for discussion with other students and tutor’s feedback.
 Although the ISR is not marked, it is part of the summative assessment for this module.
The following penalties will apply:
o Non-submission or submission one week passed the deadline: Final module
mark capped at 40%;
o Unsatisfactory completion* and/or submission within one week passed the
deadline: Final module mark capped at 50%.
* Completion is deemed ‘unsatisfactory’ when:
- An element or task is missing or incomplete;
- The choice of material is inappropriate in relation to the course level and
guidelines (e.g. the material is too easy for the level and does not enable you to
learn anything new; the material is not related to the topic or task set by the
tutor; the material is text-based when it should be audio-based, etc.).
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Date Description/Ref. no How did it go/Next step?

Aim: To improve vocabulary about foods as I have
1/3/16 Vocabulary problems in recognising the name of foods in Spanish
Practice(Food)
Method: by using the BBC websites on the food topic
http://www.bbc.co.uk/s where they teach us about foods and drinks through some
chools/primarylanguag interesting medium such as pictures, videos, songs and
es/spanish/food_and_dr games.
ink/games/magic_cards
_food/ Results: it helped me to remember name of foods and
drinks in much easier way especially when listening to
the funny song. It also helped me to pronounce the food
correctly and learn some Spanish traditional foods. I also
learn some new vocabulary such as:

- chocolate de helado(chocolate ice cream)

- chocolate caliente(hot chocolate)
- pastel(cake)
-yogur(yogurt)

And some expressions as well:

- ¡Que aproveche! (enjoy your food)

- Tengo hambre (I am hungry)

13/3/16 Aim: to improve understanding on preterite because it is

Preterite so important to survive the course.

http://culturealley.com/ Method: interactive learning on the website where they

Spanish- explain about preterite and a quiz which was done at the
Learn+Spanish- end of the lesson and also at some time during the lesson.
43%29+Reflexive+ver There was also practice game provided for each topic.
bsculturealley.com/Spa
nish-Learn+Spanish- Results: can understand more when and how to use the
43%29+Reflexive+ver preterite especially when it comes to usted, ustedes,
bs vosotros and ellos. I learned some new words with their
past tense form which are:

Caminar (regular verb so just use the –ar rules for

preterite)
Eg: caminé a la esceula ayer.
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http://culturealley.com/ Decir(to say)

Spanish- Irregular verb so the rule of –ir cannot be applied.
Learn+Spanish- So it becomes, dije(yo), dijiste(tu), dijo(el/usted),
54%29+Spanish+past+t dijimos(nosotros), dijisteis(vosotros), dijieron(ellos)
ense+%28Most+comm Eg: ¿Quién dijo eso?(who said that?)
on+irregular+verbs+in
+the+past%29

25/3/16 Aim: to improve listening and gain more vocabulary.

Listening and
vocabulary Method: watched interactive movie entitled Mi Vida
Loca episode 8 (un billete de ida). We need to answer
http://www.bbc.co.uk/l some question throughout the video and there are also
anguages/spanish/mivi some explanations by a guy at some point of the video.
daloca/ep08.shtml At the end of the video, there was a learning session
which took about 15 minutes to finish.

Results: improved listening skills by watching the short

episode with English and Spanish subtitles. Besides that I
learned some new phrases and words to be used in daily
conversation such as:

Buen viaje! ( have a good trip)

Salidas (departures)
Anden ( platform)

28/3/13 Verbs Aim: to memorize more verbs and understand when to

use them.
http://www.linguasorb.
com/spanish/verbs/mos Method: I learned how to pronounce some new verbs.
t-common-verbs/ There are also notes on how to conjugate them in the
present or past tense. In each part there is a quiz which I
can be done to improve understanding on that verb
especially on how to conjugate it. I did the quizzes for
the following verbs which are new to me:

Regular verb:
- Crear (to create)
- Acabar (to finish)
- Ayudar (to help)
- Cumplir (to carry out)
- Intentar (to try)
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Irregular verb:
- Conocer (to know people/places)*the preterite is
like regular verb
- Servir (to serve)
- Morir (to die)
- Pagar (to pay)*the only difference from the
regular verb is the yo for preterite which is pagué

Result: I learned more verbs which can be useful in the

exam. Through the quizzes it helped me to memorize
how to conjugate some of the verbs especially the
irregular verb. It also helped me to refresh on my
understanding about the preterite and present tense.