About Exam 1

This was my very first test of Reading class. Unlike computer programming and math – which I am attending this semester – I did not have any ideas how to study and what to study for Reading test. Of course, I need to spend more time than I expected in preparing the test. In contrast with computer programming – I prepared about three days – or mathematics – I did not prepared at all for this subject - , it took about a week for studying reading. I studied average 2,3 hours a day.

           First, I focused on the vocabulary in the paper which Mr. Still handed out. I looked over my notes and textbook to find the meaning and wrote it down on my note. I already knew some words in Korean but it was difficult to explain in English. After that, I went over my notes. There were three big things that I have to know in notes. 1. Meaning of Leisure reading and Academic reading, and difference of these two. 2. Some activities we have to do while reading. 3. Some kind of punctuation and when do we use it. My goal was memorize all of it, however I just finished ‘Leisure and Academic’ and ‘Activities while reading’. The last thing I studied was (I thought this one is the most important) reading and summarizing articles we did in class. In Korea, professors used to make questions from here, so I worked on here mostly.

           The most good I did was reading my notes. Almost everything in here came out exactly on the test. It is funny because most I regret while preparing test is I did not focus on my notes. So from now on, while I prepare for the test, I will look up more in notes and print which professor handed out, and do not study article a lot.

           My score will be terrible, because what I thought most important was not on the test. Moreover, I confused the meaning of two terms, subjective and objective. Through this test, I learned what to study. Next time, I will make my study plan differently and receive better score.