Review your table

To help you summarise what you have gained from your reflections, we’d like you to return to the table you created in Session 1.

Activity 5.3 Review my table

Timing: You should spend around 15 minutes on this activity.
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Figure 5.4

In the introduction to this course we said that ‘reflection is a way of working on what we know already and it generates new knowledge’. Revisiting the table you completed in Session 1 is a means to assess this process of reflection. If you saved a copy of the table, keep it handy as you will need it at the end of this activity.

Take another look at Ying’s table to remind you.

Table 5.1 Ying’s table
How do I see myself now?What makes me happy?

Trying to work, earn, study for a better future

Spend time with my daughter

Being successful in study

Having work I enjoy

Spending time with my daughter

Having friends from other countries and cultures

What am I most proud of?How would I like to see myself in the future?

How much I have achieved since arriving in the UK

Gaining further education qualifications

Finally I feel like I fit into the community around me

Being able to manage my time better

Having more speaking and writing skills in English

To progress in my job at work

To be involved in helping other people who started out in the same situation as me

As you did in Session 1, fill in the boxes on the table we have provided for you [Tip: hold Ctrl and click a link to open it in a new tab. (Hide tip)] .

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Go to Activity 5.3 of your Reflection Log. Once you have completed the activity, make sure you save the document again.

If you are working in a group and you would like to share your answers, you can show them to other members. If you want to share them electronically, save your answers first and email them or put them online by posting them on an online forum or via social media.

When you have completed your table, compare it with the one that you completed in Session 1.

  • Is it the same?
  • Are there any changes?

It may be very similar or it may be quite different. Reflection is a continuous process that may not necessarily bring about immediate changes, but it may lead to subtle differences in our thinking about ourselves, our plans and our goals that will emerge over time.

Your support and next steps

Final activity