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The Learning Journal

Task:

You will keep a Learning Journal (LJ) throughout ESUS 1, 2 and 3. This is to demonstrate evidence of your ability to reflect on your learning journey in Higher Education.  

Format:

You will write five entries during your whole ESUS programme. For each entry you will be given a choice of questions / statements to respond to, and you will be required to hand this in by a certain date.  Failure to do so will result in a fail grade for your LJ.

You must adhere to Royal Holloway hand-in guidelines and submit a word processed copy as well as a TurnItIn copy for all entries.  There are two differences to a normal academic hand-in (an academic hand in is when you submit work for ESUS or your academic subjects), and they are that firstly, instead of taking your work to the Office, you will drop it in a box outside Jess’s office, and secondly you will be writing your name on the submission form (there is an example submission form in this pack).  

You must write a minimum of 300 words per entry. There is no maximum word limit.

The hand-in procedures for this are at the back of this document. Your teacher will go through them with you in class, and you must do your best to adhere to them in full.

Marking:

Your tutor will look at your journal after each submission and make written comments on your paper copy. When you submit the next LJ you should also respond to the comments your teacher has made – this will be just a hand-written response to the comments on your entry. This will require you to keep your old LJ entries and resubmit them so your tutor can see the answers to their comments. This will act as a dialogue between you and your tutor.

The last submission of your LJ should include all paper copies and feedback forms.

At the end of ESUS 3, you will be awarded a Pass, Merit or Distinction for your LJ. Students not demonstrating a minimum level of achievement, or failing to hand in any one entry, will be awarded a Fail.

The Learning Journal is compulsory and forms part of your overall assessment for ESUS.  


Learning Journal deadlines and question choices:

Due date

Question / instruction choices

ESUS 1

week 3 – October 14th

  1. What are the biggest differences between your country and the UK?
    How have you adapted to these differences? What have you learned?

ESUS 1

week 8 – November 25th 

  1. Create an action plan with specific goals to help you improve your assignment marks and your attainment in English.

What are your weaknesses? Specify how you will address these.

How will you keep to this action plan?

ESUS 2

week 3 – 27th January 

  1. What is the most difficult thing you have encountered so far on the IFY?
    How have you dealt with this difficulty?
  2. Reflect on your participation in class activities. How confident are you in your participation?

How will you improve any areas in which you are lacking?

ESUS 2

week 7 – 2nd March

  1. Record your reactions to articles you have read – do you agree with the ideas/opinions expressed?
    Has any article you have read changed your entire opinion on anything?
    What would you recommend your friends / teachers read?
  2. Reflect on the people you have met at the ISC. How have your fellow students and/or other people helped you inside and outside the classroom?
  3. Respond to the action plan you made in ESUS 1 Have you kept to it? If not, why not? Reflect upon how it has helped your learning. What amendments have you made to it?

ESUS 3

week 3 – 11th May 

  1. What were the highlights / lowlights of the IFY for you? How could you have improved your year? What will you do differently for your first year of university?


Hand-in procedure

Task achievement

Reflection

Fail

Work not submitted or none of the guidelines for submission followed

Question not addressed

No reflection at all

Pass

Some guidelines followed.

Some comments from previous journals responded to.

Word count met, and question partially addressed

Limited reflection present

Merit

Almost all guidelines followed.

All comments from previous journals responded to.

Word count met, and question mostly addressed

Good reflection

Distinction

All guidelines followed

All comments from previous journals responded to.

Word count met and question addressed in full

Excellent reflection

You will be awarded marks for:

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