I have recently got fascinated by the heroic life of Albert Bandura. I am sure that I learnt this name long ago when I was an undergrad myself. However, then it was just one of the prominent names in the course of pedagogy. Now that I am reading Bandura’s articles, I understand how strong-willed and truth-oriented this person was. He is the best role model I can imagine. And he is also of Ukrainian origin.
All this inspired me to write a post about him on a Facebook. I don’t have a lot of followers there; I have my academic colleagues from the former Soviet Union first of all to share my impressions with. This is what my hand-made text in Russian is about.
I typed it on my cell phone first, and this manual draft is Option 2. I have been editing the post all the time – while it was electronic and when it was written by hand. When I write manually, I prefer pencils to have a possibility of correcting everything neatly.
Frankly, I still produce a lot of manual texts in pencil. I mostly write down the ideas of English exercises (for speaking, reading, grammar, vocabulary, translation etc.) that come to my mind any time of day. I use scrap paper for that. If I don’t have paper available, I type in my Notes on the cell phone. Quite often I forget what I wrote/typed before and later come across those texts (future exercises) again.
Regarding the difference between electronic and manual texts, well, I don’t feel it. When I am writing / typing, I am focused on the ideas and how to formulate them better, which word combinations to choose to make the text easier for my readers to percept. The form of production is secondary to that; I am quite comfortable with both.
Thank you for reading and have a wonderful day!
Hello Anna,
It has been inserting to read your blog post. Are you originally from Ukraine? I have been born there and moved to Canada about 7 years ago. I have received my primary education there and recall using ink pens as a student! The teachers back then wanted to see the mistakes we have been making and I have found the process of writing it to be quite punitive. Writing with a pencil is still not something I am used to although I love the idea of being able to correct mistakes right away and encourage my students to do so. I have mentioned your post in my blog, as a part of the linking assignment, where I go into more detail about the whole ink & pens story. Please feel free to check it out. Thank you!
Hi Nataliia,
Sorry for the late reply, but better late than never, right?
You are lucky to start this linking thing early. I have just started thinking about it, and I truly appreciate your invitation to use your material about forms of writing. Thank you very much!
Yes, I am from Ukraine, from Luhansk to be exact, and I moved to Canada rather hastily in 2014.
It seems to me that I always preferred pencils for writing. Honestly, I don’t remember much about writing in high school. My majors were physics and mathematics, and while everything was admittedly in ink, the content was much more important than the form for our teachers. I was not bad with formulas and tasks, and that was sufficient.
And at the uni we did not write much due to the communicative (i.e. verbal) approach domination. So, I am presently compensating for not writing enough in Ukraine!
This course is just amazing, and it gave me much more than I expected. Besides making me talkative, obviously.
How often do you use Ukrainian in your everyday life, Nataliia? I can feel how Ukrainian is slipping through my fingers because my neighbourhood is English speaking. I will probably forget Russian too. Whatever you gain (English), you lose something as a result – a law of physics.
Again, it was pleasure to meet you, Nataliia, and I hope to talk to you soon during the process of linking.
Have a great week!
Warm regards,
Anna