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Keeping a Learning Diary

One of the great challenges of learning a language is remembering all the new things you learn. One method that can help you remember new things is to keep a learning diary or journal of some kind, so in today's task you are going to create your own learning diary online using a tool called Penzu.
It's very quick and simple to use and it's also free. You can also share your learning diary with your tutor or other people so that they can see how hard you are working.
You can just add a title, an image and start to enter your text.

Task:

Go to the Penzu website at http://www.penzu.com and click on either 'Sign up' or 'Try it out'.

Once you have done that you should see what looks like a simple lined pad of paper. here you can type in a title ( My learning diary day 1) and start to write about what you have learned today.
Here are some things you could include each time you write in the diary.
  • New words you learned
  • Notes about any texts you read or listened too
  • Any new grammar points you studied
  • The scores for any tests you did
  • Questions about things you didn't understand
  • You can also add an image of yourself showing how you felt about learning that day, just record a quick image using your webcam if you have one, then upload it.
  • Add a note on how motivated or successful you think your learning was that day
Be sure to save your entry (you will have to sign up and register to do this). If you have a teacher you can offer to share your learning diary with them and then they will be able to see how you are doing and answer any of the questions you put in your diary.

As you add more and more entries each day, you will be able to look back and review what you have learned and remind yourself of anything your learned but forgot.

I hope you enjoy keeping your learning diary and don't forget to add a note to it if you do any of the activities from this site.

Come back tomorrow for more EFL ESL activities.

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Your Learning 'To Do' List

When you are learning a language it's a good idea to set yourself tasks and things to do to improve, but it easy to forget about them. Today's activity is a way of trying to be disciplined and to set yourself regular learning goals.

The activity uses an online 'To Do' list, which should help you to remember what your tasks are.

You simply write your tasks on a list, then save the link to the list or email it to yourself then and comeback and edit the list as you achieve your goals.

Task:
  • Then click on the list of things you want to do and add our tasks. Also add the URL of the webpage to help you find the task.
  • Once you have added the tasks, click on 'send this list's URL' and email the link to yourself.
  • You can then open the list from your email and edit it each time you do a task. Just click at the end of the line once the task is done.
  • Remember, each time you complete a task to add a new one. Try to do two or three tasks each day. The more you do, the quicker your English will improve.
Another way you can use this tool, is to make notes of new words you learn each time you study, then email the list to yourself and check through your list in a couple of days to see if you can remember them.

Hope you enjoy this and come back tomorrow to do more EFL ESL activities.

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