Questionnaire Simban

College of Arts and Social Sciences
Mindanao State University
ILIGAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Iligan City

Perception on the Use of Blogging in English 1 (Study and Thinking Skills in English)

Gender: __√__(M)____(F)

Please tick (√) the box that corresponds to your answer.
On Using the Blog
ALWAYS
VERY OFTEN
OFTEN
SOMETIMES
NEVER
1. I enjoyed blogging in this class.
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2. I learned something through blogging.
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3. I enjoyed reading and learning from the blogs of my classmates.
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4. I would like to do blogging again in my next English class.
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5. I am more motivated to do this assignment compared to other writing assignments.
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6. Blogging is user friendly.
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7. I had no difficulty using the computer.
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8. I had no difficulty accessing the net.
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9. I have experienced blogging before this class.




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10. I could access my blog easily.
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11. I found the teacher’s instruction on “how to blog” helpful and easy to follow.
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12. I expect the teacher to comment on my blog.

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13. I expect my classmates to comment on my blog.

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14. I like to read comments on my bog.
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15. I would like to share my blog with classmates, friends and family members.

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16. Blogging has increased my confidence and desire to express my thoughts in writing.
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17. I find blogging interactive.
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18. I prefer online discussion groups to blogging.



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19. Blogging has given me more time to reflect on what I have written.

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20. I feel blogging has improved my writing skills
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Suggestions and comments about the blogging activity:
Well I could say that blogging is the easy way to share your thoughts in life and anything you want to share. It is a new way of how you share and give a idea to other. I am hopefully that I have learned this blogging. Thank you Mam Lynnie Ann Deocampo for teaching us this new way.



1.How different is descriptive writing from narrative writing?

Descriptive writing describe something. It uses details from any or all of the five senses to
convey the essence of something to the reader

The reader
sees,
hears,
feels,
smells, and
tastes
what the writer describes

While in

Narrative writing tells a story. You have probably been telling stories
as long as you have been communicating with other people. Without
even thinking about it, you set the story up for your listener,
describing the time, place, and your own involvement. Maybe the
story is about something that happened to you, or maybe it’s about
something that happened to a person you don’t even know.


2.How does the maxim “Show, don’t tell” explain how one writes descriptively.
Illustrate with your own example.

Show, don't tell is an admonition to fiction writers to write in a manner that allows the reader to experience the story through a character's action, words, thoughts, senses, and feelings rather than through the narrator's exposition, summarization, and description. The advice is not to be heavy-handed, or to drown the reader in adjectives, but to allow issues to emerge from the text instead. The advice applies equally to fiction and nonfiction.

3.How do you as a writer make your language descriptive? How do you add depth and
texture to a piece of writing?

Well as a writer I make my language descriptive by adding a Character , Desire , Conflict , Change and Precise so that it will be more interested for those readers.

4. Other than one word modifiers, what other modifiers maybe employed in descriptive
writing?

Well there other modifiers that can be employed in descriptive writing. We have Noun, Adjective , Verb, Adverb , Prepositional and Relative .

#10 Best Motivational video ever

The message of this video is

"When you try to stand a hundred times and you can not stand a hundred times do you think you can stand" NO "but if I fail and try again and again and again tried to stand and stand he just want us to know that it is not the end "

-The message of this video is when we fell we must not surrender instead we give up and stand by what we do.Because there is no one can help ourselves but just ourselves.We must remain strong until we succeed on what we have doing and enjoy our life.

-This video was really really inspiring and because I was inspired by this video.I know that this video can help other people to change their life by not wasting their life. We know that there is a lots of crime occurs entire the whole world.Especially the youth we have lots of time to change our life and do what is right.

-Well I can be inspiration to others by being stronger than the sacrifices I’ve made throughout the years to get to where I’ve gotten. It was worth a short term sacrifice to be able to live a better, happier, financially free life. It’s worth living secure, spending quality time with my family, watching my babies grow up, rather than having someone else raise them, missing out on the little things like their first step or the cute little words they say.

#9 Definition Writing of Discipline, Accountability, Maturity

1.Discipline is a certain branch of knowledge; an area of study. "He was interested in the new disciplines being taught by his professors."
A process of controlling one's behavior and actions, either through self-motivation or through teaching and punishment.

2.Accountability is the obligation of an individual or organization to account for its activities, accept responsibility for them, and to disclose the results in a transparent manner. It also includes the responsibility for money or other entrusted property.

3.Maturity I have seen many grown ups who think childishly and I've also seen many youngsters who think very old(I'm one of them) it doesn't have to do with age it's about how your raised and the experiences you gain ...maturity in my opinion is knowing what's right from wrong...it also means being productive in any kind of thing as long as it beneficial for your self, ppl around you, and most of all for your country, maturity need patience cause it doesn't come along with a silver spoon ..it comes when a person faces many problems and difficulties in life...the one who plays it right and knows how to act socially smart then this person is defined as mature ..last but not least maturity comes with confidence if someone is proud and confident in his background, religion..etc then no way will he/she ever loose even if times get rough you will get on your feet and start from zero.

#8 MY ADVENTUROUS STORY BROUGHT ME TO REALITY

In a Small town of San Nicolas. Achmad the pilot and the aviator relocating a small aircraft from an out station to the company's base somewhere in Mindanao run into trouble. His engine fails. He make an emergency landing in rough terrain, and have to survive in hot conditions of weather and a plain land inside the middle of the jungle. But things could be a lot worse. They find a deserted log cabin, where they can sit it out until the rescuers from their company come and get him. But it is not as simple as that. Achmad made a mistake when reporting his last position to head office over the radio, which means that nobody knows exactly where he was.
Achmad get all the equipment and items that he can use and tried his best to go out the jungle. When he decided to walk he have met a man with curly hair and brownish. He seek for a help for that man but the man refuses to help because the man can’t understand his Achmad’s language. What the man did is to remind Achmad that it’s hard to go out on the middle of this Jungle because of lots of Wild animals like tiger, lions, snake and sometimes there were a ghost of a girl who seek for a help in the jungle but Achmad didn’t listen because he can’t understand what the man said then Achmad decided to walk.
After 3 hours Achmad feel that his body was so tired so he decided to relax under the big tree. When the sun sank. He decided to sleep under that tree. He look for some piece of wood to be use in bonfire after a 3 minutes he started to the bonfire and he eat. Before he sleep he pray to god that he will be safe on sleeping under the tree. After 1 hour and 30 mins he realize that he couldn’t sleep because of his sitation and lots of mosquitro were where biting him.
Then Achmad hear a voice of a girl shouting for a help. He was very very scared instead of staying on his place he decided to went and look for that voice where it come from. After a 4 minutes he found the girl that was crying and he tried to go near on that girl and ask the girl
“ Do you need my help.? “ but the girl didn’t reply . When the girl face him Achmad feel scared and his fur stand. When he tried to escape the girl vanished and achmad don’t know where the girl go. After that scary night Achmad continue in walking. While walking he found a Waterfalls. Achmad take a bath on that waterfalls when he tried to jump from the top to the bottom when started to jump he have seen a crocodile that was waiting to eat him what he did his to swim faster and get away from the falls.
While he was running he forget to take his dress and Achmad was naked but after a few hours he tried to come back his items and finally the crocodile was not there. Achmad continue and walking then a 4 crocodile trying to eat him and he run faster as he can and he successfully did it but he didn’t expect that there was a Lion waiting to eat him then he run again until he met a old woman with a white hair and seek for a help. He didn’t expect that the lion was the pet of the old woman. The old woman stop her pet and asked Achmad why he was here in her jungle. Then Achmad started to Evaluate and explain what happened. Then the old woman understand it.
Achmad asked the old woman where is the way to go out on this jungle. Then the old woman replied that the best way to go out in this jungle is to wake up “Then I realize that I was sleeping and my mother woke me up and told me that I will be going to be late in going to school.

#7 My Hero

all of us have a hero. We all know that hero is the one who are willing to sacrifice life and time for the sake of other people. Like Andres Bonifacio,Jose Rizal and other Heroes who did a heroic in our country.

I can defined my hero as a Lovingly person and Caring and helpful to others and that was my Grandfather. My grandfather was 62 years old now. He was always there when my father was punishing me when I have made a mistake when I was a kid and until now. My grandfather was the new elected purok president in our area. He always help other people like our neighboor and other resident of our area here in Purok 5 Tambacan Iligan City. When someone want to lend money he always find a way to let those people to lend money from him. He always tell to those person who lend money that Small amount and big amount is too good enough. My grandfather help other people to solve there problem. When there is a fight in our area he was always present to stop those people fighting even he was tired because he was old. My grandfather was a very kind and helpful to other people.

Sometimes I wish i could finish studying now so i can help him and make him feel comfort and make him happy and forget those problems that make him stress.I love him so much.

For me he was my "HERO"

#6 My Comment to Other Blog

---> This is the link http://romemotions.blogspot.com/2011/09/5-my-unforgettable-exprience.html

Well its normally that you will feel sad,lonely,frustrated,angry and desperate if your mother won't come in your graduation day even me I will feel it too.Your experience was really really unforgettable, you graduated without your guardians and that was so sad.But the most important is you should understand your Mother too maybe she had a reason why she can't attained your graduation day. We know that once in a lifetime to go through high school life in your life we know that it was sad When you graduate without any guardians. Well I understand your situation on that time and your taking picture for your friends who make you smile will change your day and make you smile.

#5 My Unforgettable Experience

My unforgettable experience was when I was in Manila it was September 26,2009, and there is a thypoon Ondoy, and that's the first time I have experience a long time of raining season.It is all day raining until my cousin told me to go in Marikina Riverbank because our cellphone repair shop will be flash by the flood. When we arrived there the water level was on my hips and we were too late to save and get our Cellphone's items.We decided to go home but the water was overflowing faster and become deep faster as we expect we tried to find a help but no one is there until we did our best to save our life we walk faster even we cant walk because of the pressure of the water. When we arrived at Katipunan were luckily alive the water level there was only on the knee. we tried to run while jumping because the water was going on our direction, Until we reach ATENEO the the guard gave us a lifejacket and let us ride on there boat. They drived us on the top Main Entrance of ATENEO then there was a Soldier truck. The soldier let us ride for a free and delivered us in Camp Aguinaldo the National Headquarter of Soldiers. Me and my cousin decide now to go home because the Camp Aguinaldo was near in our house.

When we arrived at home we watch a news on a television and see properly how flood wash all the cars in a second and kill people. I have seen on the t.v news that the flood was near under the Marikina Bridge. Hopefully we are safe and nothing happened to me and my cousin.

After that day me and my girlfriend decide to visit there her friends. I have seen a dead body that was hulled by a mud. I feel pity but I ignored it due to excessive odor. When we arrived at the Evacuation Center inside the Subdivision of Blue Ridge Libis.I have seen my Eks-Girlfriend and my Girlfriend Eks-Boyfriend. My Eks-Girlfriend hug me and cried on my shoulder and tell the story that there house was flash by the flood. I was pity on her. What I did on that day is to seek a help. Until there was a idea come to my mind. When I arrived at school I talk to the Staff and Principal and asked them to allow me to seek for a little donation for those who was victimized by the thypoon ondoy and they actually agreed. By the hope of God and Good attitude of my School Mates and Classmates especially the Staff and lovingly Principal I have collected 3,430 pesos only and we buy Groceries and school supplies then we delivered it to them. I have seen them smiled and our principal in school was very proud.

That was My unforgettable experience that I have experience. That was the first time to feel Something when you help people.

#4 I Dont Believe this

I do not believe in believing that the dead are able to communicate with people living.If the person has died it means they are dead and they have no choice but to accept the truth and face the future they will be punished by God.

Says the elderly person has a mole in the eye can see things that science can not explain such ghost.

I have a mole on one's eyes but I do not see ghost.
How can I believe that the ghost can to communicate to the people.No one can say that the ghost can talk to people living even though science is unable to explain such a thing.

To say I just do not believe in such things.But if you believe, we do not avoid that and I can not do with belief.

#3 I will never stop saying thank you

I think people nowadays are not so much valuing their family as compared to people before or the time of our great grandfather and grandmother.Only few families are still practicing our traditions. How we respect our parents,grandparents and elders.Before a family always stays together,eat together and pray together,but nowadays there are families who prefer to eat outside in restaurants.Because of the standard way of living both parents are working in order to give the needs of their children and sometimes their children are left to the care of yaya's or housemaid.So,children will take their meal or food with the company of other people.

I think 10 years from now they should still give respect to their parents,take care of them if they are sick or when they get old.They should take care of them as their parents raise them up

I think one way of showing love to our parents is by kissing,hug them and tell them that we are thankful for being their son/daughter and saying them thank you for being my wonderful parents show and let them feel that we love them so much

#2 Nearly to be a good Reader

Yes of course, as for me as a student, I evaluate my self as a good reader and a good writer because my purpose is to be able to read fluently and accurately with a high degree of understanding.

Hence, reading is the basic tool for learning in all the subject areas which involves also writing the assignments, projects and research paper. It also develops my creative thinking skills in solving problems.

Through reading it improcess my vocabulary and criticize the ways of writers express their ideas in different text book.Being a reader can gain information from other places.Thier language like the dialect they are using.

My Mission In Life

As a human created by our god we have a Mission to accomplish, A Mission that make our life 

Complete,Satisfy,and Happy.
My mission in life as a student is to succeed facing the

trials that I will Encountered,to Struggle/Strive more to have a good grades Especially now that I am in College.

Subjects are more difficult than in High School.

There are new subjects which Interest me to study more.

I think College life is more exciting and challenging compared to my previous years.

I should double my effort to study more to have a good grades.

I want to Fulfill the promised i've made to my Parents that I will do my Best to have a good grades.

I want them to be proud of me and not to Worry for my Tuition Fee.

I'm proud and I want to graduate in this Institution.I know that MSU-IIT is one of the Most Popular school here in Iligan City and I think I can easily find a job after my graduation with all the Knowledge,Skills and Experienced that I will gain from this Institution.

Actually I have many Plans in life that I want to Fulfill.Hopefully after graduation in College I want to find a High Paying Job so that I can help my Parent's,Financially in Spending my Brother and Sister to School.

I want to help my Parent's in providing the needs of my Brother and Sister.

Because I want them to Finish their studies and have a good life in the Future.

I'm also dreaming of  having a Family of my own in the Future.

I want to be a responsible father like what my father did.

I want my children to be a God-Fearing, to Finish Studies and become a Professional someday.

I want to give them the Best Life and a Happy Family.

I hope and pray to almighty god Allah that all my Aspiration/Ambition in life will be Fulfilled.

I know that Education is the key towards success.

It is the only treasure that cannot be steal by anyone.

It is our weapon to Struggle in life to Challenges, and Trials that may come in our life.