OFFLINE LEARNING MATERIAL

The globalization which is wider now gives us more chance to access the information all over the world. This technological development also affects the education. The more popular way to get a source is the online learning material. But, beside the online learning material, the offline learning material now is still the most used by the students as the source in Academic Writing. Of course, in every case, it has advantages and disadvantages. They will be explained here.
From the first paragraph, we can see that the offline material is the opposite of the online material. It means the offline material is the material not connected to the internet browser. One of the advantages we can gain through offline learning material is the offline material usually more valid because the writer, the composer, the publisher, and the year are clear. So it is almost impossible if they give not valid information. Usually the offline material is recommended by the teacher, so that it is almost impossible for us to get the information which is not in line with the teacher’s explanation.
Besides, it also has some disadvantages. It is almost difficult for us as the students to get the information faster because the offline learning material such textbook and CD just can be gotten in a certain time. And it spends more costs than we just browse in the internet. While we are going to have a discussion, from the term offline, of course we need to meet the person that we want to do discussion with. For instance we need to go to the United States to do the discussion with the students there. It needs more costs to do.
We can learn more as what we need and based on our own achievement capacity. We all consider that people are not the same. There are some of them who are satisfied of what they got in the class. Besides, there are also some others who want to know more and more. And if they just use the offline learning material, they have to look for more. In another case, for them who are not understand enough about the material taught in the class, they need to look for more explanation from other sources that can help them to understand. Although there are so many books and other offline learning materials prepared in the library, usually they are not too interesting because we have to look for it one by one and it takes more time.
In conclusion, offline learning material has some advantages to support our study in Academic Writing. It is more valid than the online material. But in using the offline learning material, we need more time to look for it. We also need many costs to get it. But at last, whatever kind of learning material we use, the most important think is the want to gain more information whether it is from the online or offline learning material.

ONLINE LEARNING MATERIAL

By the time, the globalization affects so many aspects in this world. One of them is the development of technology. It has some benefits which can help us doing our task easier. It opens the world wider than before. It gives us more chance to access the information all over the world. This technological development also affects the education. Computer is not only used as the type writer but also can be used as the online learning material. Of course, in every case, it has advantages and disadvantages. They will be explained here.
There are so many advantages we can gain through online learning material. One of the advantages is we as the students are easier to get the information faster than before. As we know, the print out such books or newspaper just can be gotten in a certain time. By the technological support, the students have not to wait anymore to get the source to write an essay. We can access the information we need every time we want. Some schools and public areas are now supported by the wireless network. So, in every time, we can open our mind by browsing more information which is not limited in our school even our country. We can discuss with the students of the United States without going to US. It can enrich our referential theory not only stuck in one book but also from another world’s expert without need more money to buy.
We can learn more as what we need and based on our own achievement capacity. We all consider that people are not the same. There are some of them who are satisfied of what they got in the class. Besides, there are also some others who want to know more and more. And by the online learning material, we can browse more as fast as possible. In another case, for who are not understand enough about the material taught in the class, they can look for more explanation from other sources that can help them to understand through the online material.
Besides, the online material also has some disadvantages. One of them is not all the sources are valid. This is because all the people can write anything in the internet while no one knows who they are. Some of the students usually do this error. They just browse from the internet without considering who the writer is. It can give the students the material which is not in line with the teachers’ explanation.
At last, I can conclude that online learning material can give us so many advantages to support our study. It is easier, faster, and cheaper than the offline material. It gives us a chance to open our mind wider than before. But in browsing the online learning material, we should be careful because there are some not valid sources. Therefore, we should be smart in using this kind of learning material so that we will not be trapped by the not valid sources.

PORTFOLIO

The modern era is more challenging. Therefore, we need more preparation to face it and one of them is by having a recorder of what we have done in the past. For instance are a memory picture, note, etc. It goes to remind us about the past event. Lately, it is also applied in the educational system and in this term, it is applied in Academic Writing 1. We usually know it as Portfolio. Portfolio comes from the word “port” and “folio”. In a simple way, we can understand it as the place to gather the paper. In portfolio assignments, we can collect our paper of assignments over time. There are so many advantages of portfolio assignments applied in Academic Writing. Some of them are based on the learning improvement, and the teaching technique.
Portfolio gives us a significant impact for our learning improvement. It makes us collect all the assignments we have done over time. By examining that assignments compilation, we can measure how our achievement is. It shows us the improvement of our writing skill and knowledge time by time through the assignments we collect. For example, we still did the grammatical error in the first paper. Then we go to the second paper and conclude there is an improvement or not. In another way, we also can see the improvement about our ability in composing the sentences, paragraphs, and essays.
The next is based on the teaching technique. By examining the portfolio of the students, the teacher can measure how far the students’ achievement’s improvement so that the teacher can understand the way of the students’ learning. Then the teacher can evaluate the technique which is more appropriate to his students.
In conclusion, portfolio assignment is one of the good ways to be applied. It helps us more than just in one side. It can help us to measure the students’ achievement. Not only that, it also can help the teacher to understand the students’ learning style.