Assignment one
To: Mr Chua Tji Leng
FromNicholas chen guoliang, S10059726A
Name of programme: Overseas Immersion Programme, Wuhan, China, Wuhan University of Science and Technology
Subject: My Learning Plan
Date: 20 March 2009
1. Learning objectives
Through this Overseas Immersion Programme, i hope that i will be able to learn to be more independent and do things on my own. Also, it will train my adaptive skills because china climate is completely different from singapore. And the temperature varies a lot. When it is cold the temperature can drop until very low but when the weather turns hot the temperature can reach as high as 40 plus degrees. Now is a chance of a lifetime to experience this instead of just listening to how other people describe it. I can also make more friends and gain more knowledge by knowing the culture of this country plus the history of wuhan so that if people ask me about wuhan next time i will be able to answer it. There are also game about the china history like dynasty warriors which includes almost all the famous characters in the three kingdom history like cao cao, liu bei and zhu ge liang. In china i will get to know more about it and an in depth information on each of the characters. And the food is another challenge for me. I heard that they cook their food very differently from Singapore. They use a lot of oil and salt and the toilet is “completely ownage”. I must not waste my trip to wuhan. By gaining more knowledge of china, i will have a bigger work scope. Next time i can consider coming to china to work and applied the knowledge i learn.
2. Focus of Inquiry
My focus on this trip is to know the history and the living habits of the students in china. The reason why i choose this two is because i can only know all this if i experience and see it myself. In order to understand china better, i need to learn how to communicate with the locals here. Their accent is different from Singapore; therefore i need to pay attention when listening to what they say. Furthermore, the students in china usually stay in hostels instead of going home. They only go home during weekends. Some of them don’t even go back home, they only go back during their school holidays. China is slowly developing into a modern city. Next time we may need to come china to find jobs. Therefore, i may return to china next time to set up a business in here. In order to do so i must understand their culture, consumer behaviour and many more. For information about mechanics and electronics, we can always go online to check.
3. Questions for Investigation
1.How different is china’s culture from Singapore? Do u prefer the culture we practise in Singapore or the china’s way.
2.In china, the whole country is divided into many states and they speak many different type of languages although they are all Chinese. What are the races they have? In Singapore, there are Chinese, Malay, Indian and Eurasian but in china what races do they have I really want to know.
3.Do you think by knowing all this culture is enough for you to use in the future?
4.What do the people in Wuhan usually eat? Is it the same as Singapore? I heard that the food here is very different from Singapore and i will definitely try it.
5.And the last question, how come the drivers in china are allowed to drive without following the traffic rules and they can also drive on the pathway where people are walking? Don’t they know that this is very dangerous.
4. Define three global skills
I would to learn the business etiquettes and strategies here in china. As china is slowly developing into a modern country, many business opportunities are available in china. China may be the next place where i am going to work in. Therefore, i must know their way of doing business here so that i won’t get cheated and know all the manners that i must have during meeting so that i will not embarrassed myself and losing business deals.
Learning how to be independence is very important as i will be living in china without my parents beside me because they always prepare delicious food for me and help me wash my dirty clothes. By being independence, i would be able to take of myself and if any problem occurs i will be able to handle it well and solve the problem myself.
The next skill i want to improve on is my initiative. I usually do not take the initiative to volunteer to do things because i scared that i will not be able to do the task properly. However China is a brand new place for me to train up on this. In china i have volunteer to help my friends who don’t know Chinese to buy food for them and translate anything they want to know in English to them.
5. Learning strategies
We can get a lot of valuable information from the tour guides in china. Whenever we go to historical site there will always be a tour guide to explain to us what this place is about and the interesting things that happen here. So whenever they stay i will always listen to them with my listening ears. We can also gather information from the World Wide Web or the library. By asking the local people here, we can also learn a lot from them especially the elderly as they have already experience a lot of things through their life. Interactions with the students here also help as we can learn how they study here and maybe adopt a few ways in which they study and apply in sngapore