W1 : Living together / Improving English skill

 ∎ Why are you taking this class?

∎ What practical skills do you expect to gain from attending it?

 

1)   About a person : Together

I can’t forget what my teacher said when I was young while learning Chinese characters ‘人’, which means ‘person’. The Chinese characters, which look like two people leaning against each other, show how we should live. There is something we have heard at least once in our life. "People are social animals." This means that, similar to ‘人’, a person can’t live alone and is an animal that confirms its existence in interaction with others. We even now live in a community of family, friends, school, furthermore Korea.

2)   Advanced Technology : Overflowing Knowledge

Unlike in the past, when we only accepted information, technological advancement allows us to provide information and to accept information. With the environment where information can be easily handled, people are actively generating information. As a result, the word "sea of information" appeared, and furthermore, the word "flood of information," which means overflowing information, was created.

3)   The knowledge that we generate together.

Under these circumstances, an online encyclopedia called "WikiPedia" was created, which allows anyone to write freely. Unlike the encyclopedia compiled by experts, wikipedia is that readers write, modify, and supplement the contents themselves. Wikipedia is a suitable for the term 'collective intelligence'.

We often use this collective intelligence in our daily lives. For example, it is especially used when faced with problems in various activities such as team projects and clubs. We talk a lot with others to solve the problem and find a good solution to overcome the crisis. Other people suggest new ways that I didn't think of, and we move in a more positive direction together.

Having experienced a lot of collective intellectual power, I became interested in Wikipedia, an encyclopedia made by many people, and participated in classes.

 

Also, even though I have learned English since elementary school, English always feels difficult. I hope that this lecture will improve my English skills such as listening and writing by faithfully conducting Wikipedia and blog assignments.

Comments

  1. Yerin LeeMarch 6, 2021 at 6:59 AM

    I agree with the reference to the flood of information. The unnecessary information that is so prevalent in the world is burying important information that people should be interested in. I think it's getting worse because of social media.

    I also posted on my blog, and I'm looking forward to how much my English will improve! Of course, it is not a lecture for English skills, but I expect that I will be able to grow in all aspects if I work hard.

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  2. LIUXINLEIMarch 6, 2021 at 9:44 PM

    I can no longer agree with your understanding of the relationship between people. Maybe it is because people rely on each other to become a society, and these are what we are learning, and we hope that through this lesson we can use more diversified To look at this society from a different perspective, good luck to you!

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  3. 이현영 Hyeonyoung LeeMarch 13, 2021 at 6:01 AM

    In the era of super-personalization and living together, it means opposite to each other, but it coexists in our society. Therefore, I greatly sympathized with the shape of Chinese characters “人” that writer mentioned. I also agree with the statement that we live in a “flood of information”. Not all information is correct and will not be useful to us. Through the class, I want to develop the ability to selectively acquire information from a lot of information.

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