A new journey has begun

Alhamdulillah, I have started a new journey to complete my PhD. Although I have not officially registered, I havestarted to find and read research articles to build the foundation of knowledge that I am going to theorize soon. I vowed not to be the follower of theories introduced by others. I should be able to create new theory that others will make reference to. In order to do that of course I need to read extensively. I must make the time 3 sessions of 4 hours of reading a week at least. I will not disappoint myself insyaallah. Will try not to be that 'kiasu' this time. I must be engaged to the journey of knowlegde with a smile. This is what I want and this is what I choose. Get ready! Get intensive! Insyaallah may Allah make it easy for meto focus and complete my journey in. 3 years.

PBL in language instruction

Attended a convention and listened to a paper presentation on pbl but not convincing. His idea was in pbl, learners are given the problem to solve. I quite disagree. I thought learners should be given the autonomy to identify the existing and authentic problem they would want to solve.


Here are some links I found useful

1. http://teach.valdosta.edu/whuitt/files/prbsollrn.html
2. http://www.pixel-online.net/edu_future/common/download/Paper_pdf/ITL27-Boothe,Vaughn,Hill,Hill.pdf