CRITICAL LITERACY

REFLECTION UNIT 5

1. In unit 5 the most interesting part is we can learn on how to predict the audience or the person who will become as the intended audience. It is really interesting to know that the article that was been produce is stated for certain audience and what will happened if the article has been read by the unintended audience. It is also interesting to learn on how to predict the impact of the text on the audience. As a good writer, we must consider about the audience; which is the impact on the audience itself. All of these really make this unit become very interesting.

2. The concept and terminology of this unit is easy to understand and really interesting. However, there are certain things that quite confusing and a bit difficult to understand. From this unit, I found that it is not easy to predict who will be the readers of the text or magazine that had been produce. We must know how to judge the audience and consider the impact after they read the article, text and others. It is also difficult to make the reader to understand of one text and the impact that will happened must be like what we must predict before.

3. The article “Out of Puff” is about people who are smoking, it tells about the smoking experience of the smokers instead of the smokers experience, its also have the subtopic which are why smoke? , worth the weight, getting help and what smoking does?. All of the elements that needed to do the portfolio is appear after read this article. From this article we try to predict the audience of the article and the impact for the specialist audience and non specialist audience after they read this article. It is likely that when the smokers read this article they will know the effect of smoking.

4.Nadia, Syahida Suhana, and Farah Aida have presented units 5. After listening for the presentation I found that it easy to understand this unit and the topic of this unit, which is audience and impact. I’m really like this presentation because its really make me understand the topic and they are also gives an example on how to predict the audience and the impact that will happened to the audience. Overall, the presentation is very good.


REFLECTION UNIT 7

1.The information that I found interesting in unit 7 is about producing and evaluating critical writing. In this unit we learn on how to write the critical review in different format, which is in essay format and not as in previous unit that we use numbering. We are also learning on how to do critical comment and evaluate the article.

2.In this unit, I found that it is a bit difficult to make the critical evaluation because it is need to analyze the article critically. It is also because the format of critical easy to understand because all of the important items in this subject had been focuses on the previous unit.

3.Article dieting is quite easy to understand because that kind of article is familiar in many magazines and the topic is also familiar and interesting. It is also easy to understand on how to make critical review and critical evaluation of this article as the sample of critical review and evaluation for dieting had shown in the Critical Literacy: Study Guide.dieting article is also easy to understand because it have the subtopics and the subtopics clearly shown for whom the article is produced.

4. the presentation for this unit had been done by Wan Zahidah, Mariam Aishah and me; Amira Syafinaz. From the presentation I know on how to make a critical review in different format and critical evaluation. In the presentation also tell about how to make critical review for article dieting as the text is easy to understand because its provide the subtopic. The subtopics of the article are; are you overweight? ,myths of overweight, the demographics of dieting, the oprah effect, yo-yo dieting, bulimia and natural weight, the right treatment, diet pills, overweight vs. dieting: the health damage, depression and dieting, the bottom line, the bottom line, advice to the overweight, and a word to professional.



REFLECTION UNIT 8

1.In this unit the most interesting part is producing and evaluating critical writing. After learnt this unit we have produce our own critical review by reviewing the article by our own. After finished reviewing the article we give it to our friend to make the critical evaluation

2.It is quite difficult to make the critical evaluation towards our friends review because it is need a very complicated analyzes before make the comment. And we have to state the weaknesses of the review and stated if the review is perfect or complete.

3.In this unit we need to read the article ‘Drugs or guns”. The article is quite difficult to understand. It is make me difficult to make the critical review. However, after read the article for many times, I finally understand the article and try to make the critical review although its still quite difficult to do it.

4.Nurul Mardiana, Ili Izlin Hanim and Tun Amirah Athirah have done the presentation for unit 8. After listening for the presentation, its help me to understand on how to make a critical review and critical comment and help me to do my assignment. It is because they have stated on how to make the critical review in a new format and how to make the critical comment by using the critical guidelines box, which make my work become easier.