Reflection on poem

The poem entitled ‘As You Like It’ by William Shakespeare has been used as the reference in discussing the stage of a man’s life. By looking at the meaning of the poem, I found that this poem is actually talking about the stages that have been passed through by a man in his life. It tells us from the day he was an infant and it goes stage by stage; becomes the school boy, then becomes the teenager who involved in love, and then he becomes the soldier(young adult stage), the justice(lawyer or judge in his matured adult age). Then, he turns to the next stage which is not been stated in this poem and lastly he is at his old age, the old man who got Alzheimer or maybe senility. This poem is a very great poem as it leads us to realize that everybody will get through the same stages.

Reflection on live stage performance

This time we have been exposed to the acting activity. We are given a very short dialogue and then we have to number the character on our own. There are some partners which have been randomly called to act in front of the class. Luckily, my partner and I were not the chosen one. So, basically we learn about stage direction through this activity. An open text can be harder than the closed text. I am also amazed how my friends came out in front of the class and performing the same dialogue with the different ideas. Some performances are quite boring, some of them are fun and almost lively. I just feel nervous and the only thing that bears in my mind is what if my partner and I are called to act in front of the class.

Reflection on first lesson

Now, the time has come. This is the time to start involving in the new field of literary devices. I learn about something new, the new course; Teaching the Language of Drama. Here, I was exposed to the introductory of drama. All my friends and I was taught to deal with drama; the type of drama which have been performed since the time of Sophocles, a very long time ago. We gain a lot of new information on drama for example; different types of drama may represent the different places such as Roman Theatre, Medieval Theatre and Greek Theatre. I also got the information about the two types of drama; the tragic play and the comedy play. I enjoyed this class as it helps us to gain more information and the basics in drama.

Reflection on questionairre session

As I answer the questionnaire on the last semester course on the first day of Teaching the Language of Drama class, I found that there are still a lot of weaknesses in my understanding about the element thought in that course, Teaching the Language of Short Stories. For example, I was tested on the understanding of the point of view and its types. I could hardly answer all those questions and I don’t really sure whether I gave the right answers. I have to identify the type of the point of view used in the text given; whether it is omniscient point of view or the first person point of view or any other choices we have. Honestly, I already forgot all those information and that is why I felt really nervous when I’m answering all the questions given.