My opinion about Class Participation Assignment
In UALL1053 Critical Reading and Thinking course, one of the main assignment is Class Participation Assignment. This assignment required students to participate class discussions either by asking questions, giving comments related to the topic or presentation, or identifying a fallacy in the presenters' argument(s).
I believe that this assignment can help students to train their critical thinking skills. Here are a few reasons why I say so.
Listen is one of the first stage to receive information. After listened to people, only we start to interpret the message. But listen is not the same as hear. Based on Luna (2015), the art of listening included active listening, listen without judgement, listen to non-verbal communication and observe other people. All these listening skill only can learned by practicing. Class participation assignment is a good way to practice the listening skill. In order to understand what the presenter say, we must first learn how to listen.
Analyze the topic is a part of critical thinking skill. After we listen, we interpret what we receive from the encoder. We analyse what the encoder trying to tell us, and we think about if the statements they said is logical and make sense or not. This help us to identify the problem of their speech and understand the points they tried to make.
After we identify the problem, we need to voice out the problem. This is where two-ways communication happened. When we voice out the problem we found, speaker will realize the problem they made during their talk. This stage clarify the confusion we speaker deliver the speech. Speaker not only will found the problem during their speech, they will be given a chance to reply the comment. This two-way communication can make the students understand more about the topic they present, point out the problem they figure out in this topic, and solve the questions together.
Overall, the Class Participation Assignment bring benefit to students, and improve their critical thinking skills.
Reference:
https://lonerwolf.com/the-art-of-listening/
I believe that this assignment can help students to train their critical thinking skills. Here are a few reasons why I say so.
Listen is one of the first stage to receive information. After listened to people, only we start to interpret the message. But listen is not the same as hear. Based on Luna (2015), the art of listening included active listening, listen without judgement, listen to non-verbal communication and observe other people. All these listening skill only can learned by practicing. Class participation assignment is a good way to practice the listening skill. In order to understand what the presenter say, we must first learn how to listen.
Analyze the topic is a part of critical thinking skill. After we listen, we interpret what we receive from the encoder. We analyse what the encoder trying to tell us, and we think about if the statements they said is logical and make sense or not. This help us to identify the problem of their speech and understand the points they tried to make.
After we identify the problem, we need to voice out the problem. This is where two-ways communication happened. When we voice out the problem we found, speaker will realize the problem they made during their talk. This stage clarify the confusion we speaker deliver the speech. Speaker not only will found the problem during their speech, they will be given a chance to reply the comment. This two-way communication can make the students understand more about the topic they present, point out the problem they figure out in this topic, and solve the questions together.
Overall, the Class Participation Assignment bring benefit to students, and improve their critical thinking skills.
Reference:
https://lonerwolf.com/the-art-of-listening/
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