Reflective Journal

Communication 4

Thursday 24th September

This session we read an extract from Bill Bryson's novel about the english language.
From beginning to end we analyzed the extract to find Bill's main points he was trying to get across. I found this a good exercise in focusing on the writer's feeling, and not getting lost in amongst the back up information. What really suprised me was that at first looking for his first point, second and so on, I overlooked at first that at the start of his main points he actually said-"My first point is" "And my second point is" etc. I found out that I read quite fast and sometimes skim over things that meaningful points would become more obvious if I slow right down.