Phase 4 - Knowledge, Skills and Qualities learned and developed

Individual Reflection
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Bra KTAHYALI
Skill, quality, knowledge learned or developed.
The project was a change for me because I didnt take in part big projects.I
learned to connect my research and my ideas impressively and in good way.I
developed my speaking skill about pronunciation,language use.I couldnt speak
fluently, I was very stressful and I hate to speak English but in the project , I
spoke fluently more.When I spoke, I was relax more and I like to speak English.I
learned to think in a creative way more and I learned to take responsibilities and
harmony in a group projects.I used many academic grammar structures and
vocabularies.

What can you do now do (better) now that you couldnt do before the project?
The project was totally necessary for me.I was uneasy,stressful,and shy in
speaking tasks and presentations.But now,I am relax,and I can use my gestures
and facial expressions properly and impressively.I make many mistakes about
pronounciation,grammar,and vocabularies in the speaking tasks and
presentations.My teachers always said that you should develop speaking skills.I
felt really my improvement in speaking skills.I didnt mistakes grammar and
vocabularies usage.Also, my speech was academic,convincing,and informative.

How did the Project help you develop this skill, quality or knowledge?
Firstly,I learned to make a survey in detail about my topic with
students.Secondly,thanks to my group members,I developed my speaking
skill.When I was excited and I made mistakes about language usage,my group
members gave advices and assured me.

How can you use this in the future as a student and in your Professional career?
My department is International Relation and English is very important for my
department.If I communicate with foreign people,I should write and speak English
clearly,correctly,and in a convincing way.I couldn't speak correctly, in a
convincing way,and I was stressful and I couldn't trust myself but thank to the
project,I believed that I will speak in a conceiving way and impressively and I will
use my gestures and my speech will academic thus, people will admire

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Feyzanur AYDIN
Skill, quality, knowledge learned or developed.
I really developed my speaking skill because we presented our project twice and I
was very good at speaking.I have some ideas about ideal university and what
components are so important for university.I developed my self-confidence
because in the past,I didnt trust myself but know I am sure of myself.For
example,If I give a presentation in class or any audience,I will really believe
myself.This is the most important thing for me.Another thing is that I developed
my grammar skills and also vocabulary knowledge because while I was preparing
our PBL, I did lots of research about topic and I saw and learned different
grammar structures and also I learned new words.Besides,I learned group work
because I didnt do project like we did and this study taught me to be patient.

What can you do now do (better) now that you couldnt do before the project?
In my opinion,this project helped me so much.However there are some important
improvements in my life and the first one is that before we did this project,while I
presented my tasks in the class,I felt myself obliged to use note cards and I
always used to read these cards but now, I can present myself.Furthermore, I
didnt talk to people easily who are speaking in English but while I am presenting
our project,I always talked in English with audience and I can speak for myself
relying now.Another thing is that I didnt prepare a poster in website before and I
learned this and also I think,we did this really well.Finally,I couldnt use websites
very well while I was searching something.For example,I couldnt know how I
search easily and also clearly but I learned to use websites very well.

How did the Project help you develop this skill, quality or knowledge?
Thanks to my group members,I developed my skills,knowledge and quality.What I
mean is that, we helped each other when we had some problems.For example,I
had some problems about my speaking skill and my group members helped me
about this.I mean,I didnt trust myself enough and they talked to me about
this.Also, this project helped to develop my grammar skills.For example,while I
was doing research about ideal university,I learned lots of grammar points in
websites and in this way,I could develop my grammar skills.Finally,I exceeded my
issue of self-confidence with this project because my teacher and my group
members helped me so much about this issue.

How can you use this in the future as a student and in your Professional career?

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These improvements will help me so much in my student life and also my

professional career.I mean,I learned lots of words while I was preparing our
project and this will help me in everywhere because I wil study in English in my
department and also most companies want to give an employee who can speak
in English.Also,I learned grammar structures and this will help me while I am
writing an essay or reading an essay in the future.Besides,as I said that I have
some ideas about universities and this will help me too.For example,I have some
ideas about what components should be in university and when I go to my
department I can share this information with student council and also the Rector
of TEDU.In this way ,I can contribute to development of our university.Finally, as I
said I learned to use web and it can help me in my professional career.For
example,I will do lots of research because I need to improve myself to improve
my knowledge to really good laboring.

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rem Nur KSE

Skill, quality, knowledge learned or developed.
Firstly I learned lots of information about social life in university. At the beginning
I thought that I knew enough information but the more I researched the more
information I got.And learned using different sources to gather information.And
the most important thing for me I developed myself about speaking skill. In the
past when I was very shy when I spoke English and I did not have confidence in
myself however thanks to PBL I made lots of presentation and it was very helpful
for my speaking skill and now I really trust myself. Also we worked in a group and
it helped me to learning team-working skill and I learned to take responsibility.

What can you do now do (better) now that you couldnt do before the project?
Firstly in the past I used Internet for chatting or doing simple research but after
PBL I learned making website and making poster in the internet.I found lots of
website about making poster and website. And I think that I will use these
websites in my department. Before PBL I always thought that I could not talk with
people who speak English as a first language but now I know that I can speak
these people.Also now I do not need any note-card when I present something.

How did the Project help you develop this skill, quality or knowledge?
In this project we worked both individually and as a group I learned worked with
my group members and individual works.As a group we helped each other and
thus I corrected my mistakes. Secondly I used lots of different sources which
helped me about lots of things such as I learned new information also when I
used these sources I saw lots of grammatical structures so I learned some of

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them which are I did not know also I developed the use of some grammar
structures.Also I learn lots of new vocabs.

How can you use this in the future as a student and in your Professional career?
Firstly about websites and poster sites I think that I will use these sites in my
professional career if I did not learned making websites and poster I need to learn
these things in the future because when I work I need to make some
presentations and I will use these sites. Secondly English is an important criterion
for hired and speaking is almost most important thing so thanks to PBL I really
speak fluently and its helpful for my future career also I learned lots of
vocabulary and grammar structure thus I will use this vocabs and grammar
structures in my professional career.

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Yasmin GNALTAY
Skill, quality, knowledge learned or developed.
When I looked to past I developed my speaking skill about vocabulary grammar
and confident. I learned lots of tactics required for speech such as posture ,
intonation. It was a group work and I learned responsibility in there. By the way , I
had to research a lot and while I was researching Ive had lots of information
about my projects topic. These informations will help me in the future and this is
so important for me. In addition , I learned to believe myself because Im a social
person but Im exciting in front of public when i speak about something. I
eliminated this problem thanks to PBL. It was greatest point in my project
process. This experience will help me a lot in the department.

What can you do now do (better) now that you couldnt do before the project?
Before the project , I was good at speaking but now Im thinking not just good Im
very good at this part and this is significant for my speaking skill. I fixed my
mistakes thanks to PBL. For example, while i was talking to audiences I couldnt
get my intonation. However , now Im very careful about this issue. In my
opinion , If I do project like this , I will be so good thanks to this improvement
about vocabulary , grammar , intonation and posture.

How did the Project help you develop this skill, quality or knowledge?
While I was researching for my project I obtained lots of information and patterns
of use. For example , I was bad at grammar but when I researched different
information about this situation I got different tactics and ts helped my grammar.

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Except that , I learned lots of different vocabulary because of my topic and I used
correctly these words. The more I achieved , the more self-confident I got.

How can you use this in the future as a student and in your Professional career?
This experience will help me a lot in the future because , In my opinion , we need
to be social and being able to speak without hesitation in our education , social
and career life. I will study International Relationship and these points will be very
beneficial in my department and after graduate because in my department , I
have to convince to people with my ideas and I realized I will be so good in this
issue thanks to project.By the way , I think Im getting ahead of myself in many
issues. For example , group work and being confident very important and I
achieved. When we work with group we have to realize ourselves responsibilities
and thanks to confident we can convince to people. These are very effective on in
my career life.

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