During this ESP of
psychology course I have taken three tests on ESP vocabulary definitions. These
tests were difficult because I had to learn many terms from Feldman’s
Understanding psychology book’s glossary. I think that I did these tests quite
well and learned many psychological terms.
MOODLE
TESTS
Moodle tests were
easy but useful. They helped me to revise the information on psychology from
Feldman‘s book. Although it was difficult to find some answers, I managed to do
these tests very well.
ONLINE
LISTENING PRACTICE (listening, T/F, synonym matching, gap filling)
At first online
listening practice was difficult for me because my listening skills are not good
enough. T/F questions and gap filling strategies were easy tasks to do.
However, I found synonym matching difficult. All in all online listening was
easier than traditional one.
TRADITIONAL
LISTENING (to cassettes or CD)
This listening was
harder than the online listening practice, but it was useful for me, as the
vocabulary used was related to psychology. I didn't manage to perform this task
very well, but I think I improved my listening skills, though.
ONLINE
EXERCISES FROM FELDMAN‘S COURSE BOOK
These exercises
were interesting and useful and I made only some mistakes while doing them.
They helped me to revise the information from Feldman’s Understanding
psychology book.
ONLINE
EXERCISES FROM AP PSYCHOLOGY REVIEW
Most of online exercises were hard for me
and I sometimes made mistakes while doing them. I think that these online
exercises were useful because they helped me to revise ESP vocabulary
definitions.
MAKING
POWER POINT PRESENTATION
I think that this task was challenging,
but it was also stressful for me because I had never presented power point
presentation in English before. My presentation was called Stress and Coping
and I think that despite some mistakes, I did this task quite well.
SHORT
TALKS
I’ve presented 3 short talks: Psychology
studies at Mykolas Romeris University and at the University of Edinburgh,
Psychology of conspiracy and Psychology of laughter. This task was difficult
for me, but I managed to get good grades.
SPEAKING
IMPROMPTU IN CLASS
It was the hardest task for me, because
I’m not used to speaking in the English language without preparation. But
I think that this class activity was helpful and my speaking skills improved.
All in all, I think that ESP psychology course
was very useful. I improved my speaking and listening skills. Also, I gained
considerable knowledge on psychology from Feldman’s Understanding psychology
book.
