Part A:
2. The
background’s color is light, which was pleasant while reading the posts. There
were enough information to learn something about German culture.
3. The
blog looked neat and well taken care of because the author posted each post
properly. Each post had a title and I knew what most posts referred to. There
were also pictures so it was interesting to look at them.
4. Informative
quality: 5
5. Readability:
5
6. The
same
2. The
blog seems a bit bland. It could have been livelier with more colors and images
for example. It makes it less interesting when there is not enough pictures.
There were information to learn about German culture.
3. The
author probably cares about his blog because he made sure to include titles but
he could have paid attention to the overall look.
4. Informative
quality: 4
5. Readability:
4
6. worse
2. The
blog lacks information. For example, there were no titles for most posts so I
had to read paragraphs to know the topics. The author could have personalized
his blog and make it more original. There were few visuals, which did not help
while reading.
3. Maybe
the author could have showed that he cares for his blog because it did not look
like it. There is a lack of involvement for the overall look of the block.
4. Informative
quality: 3
5. Readability:
3
6. worse
Part B:
In this class I learned that Germany is
divided into states and has a population of approximatively 80 million. I also
enjoyed doing research about the dishes that Germans eat. I learned about the
kind of music that was popular in Germany in the 1980’s and 1990’s. I also
learned about the music that is popular among a certain group of young Germans
nowadays. I learned about German poets and writers and I was happy to see that
there were several women who received prizes for their work. I enjoyed reading
the book assigned; I found it very educating. I had heard about the “lost
generation” before taking this course but I never completely understood this
concept until I read the book by Erich Remarque. The book was sad but I
remember laughing most of the time because the characters were endearing.
Studying the book was what I liked the most about the class. I liked the idea
of posting on a blog too. I learned more by doing some research to write a post
than watching other students’ presentations. Even though I understand the idea
behind making students do presentations so the whole class can learn about
German culture, I had a hard time enjoying the presentations. I learned more
about Germany by doing some research for my posts and by listening to the
instructor’s explanations. I learned a lot from the movie The Baader Meinhof Complex. I did not know how terrorism began and
the reasons behind terrorists’ actions. Overall I learned a great amount of
information about German culture and I am glad I took this class because my
knowledge has expanded. I did not learn a lot of information from the
presentations but I learned by doing research. Assigning the book reading, and
showing the movies in class were effective. The research and the posts on the
blog were also useful to learn about German culture. It may just apply to me
but the presentations do not help learning much about the culture and they were
not interesting most of the time.
