Showing posts with label phonetics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label phonetics. Show all posts

Friday, 17 May 2013

What have you done today to make you feel proud? #4 and #5

My attitude to getting a first in these exams!

I missed yesterdays post because it was Charlotte's birthday night out. The house was packed for pre-drinks and I didn't even find a spare minute to turn my laptop on.
I spent all day yesterday in the library, and managed to condense an entire module into 7 pages of notes to learn. I'm hoping it'll be easy for me to get it in my head for Tuesday now, but I feel that might be easier said than done!
Today, I met up with Natalie and Grace and we went through our practical phonetics exam together. It was really useful and we helped each other a lot...the free cups of tea and endless supply of popcorn may have helped too! We also managed to persuade a group of PHD students to give us some tips and explain a few things to us so I'm very grateful for that and I'm feeling confident for one last weekend of revision.
I also had a quick trip to the doctors about my knee today because it's started really hurting again and I'm really not sure what I've done. The nurse was lovely but since I had an "urgent" appointment and didn't manage to speak to an actual doctor she couldn't really offer me much of a diagnosis. I basically have to rest and take pain killers and hope it sorts itself out again soon!
We've just had fish and chips as a house, and I think we're planning to watch a film and relax a bit tonight so I'm looking forward to turning my brain off for a while!

Wednesday, 15 May 2013

What have you done today to make you feel proud? #3

Today, I finished making revision cards for my phonetics module, planned answers to 10 past exam questions, and drew and labelled a poster of the vocal tract. It doesn't sound like an awful lot, but I'm pleased with my days work and I feel like I'm gradually getting closer to being fully prepared for my exam on Tuesday.

Also, it was Charlotte's birthday today so we've had a small celebration in the house which was lovely, and I'm currently sorting out when my parents are going to be able to come down to Leeds to collect my stuff and take me home for summer. Happy days!
(Super quick post because it's late and I'm tired!)