Suggestion and Recommendation for CL

1. Reduce the Articles

The rules of ten is a fun thing to do, but with too much articles to be covered, it will be so stressful for the students. From my opinion, I think that two articles for assignment (1) and two articles for assignment (2) is the best option. By doing this, it can lighten the stress and increase students' focus  level on particular articles especially on assignment (1) where they need to cover three articles. 

2. Increase the Duration for Mass Lectures

Mass lecture is not that boring, at all. If lecturers can provide a few five minute breaks for students during the lectures, it can help them not to feel so bored during the lectures. They can either go to toilet, drink or eat something that can make them feel not sleepy. Two hours class of rules of ten every week is more devastating rather than two hours of mass lectures. 

3. Answer Scheme Comes From the Book, Not the Slides

One thing that I didn't really satisfied is about the answer scheme for tests. This is because the answer scheme come from the slides during mass lectures, not only from the book. Sometimes students didn't really recall or remember what are being shown in the slides during mass lectures, but they surely do have the book. Most of the time, students studied for the test using the book, not from the notes they wrote during mass lectures. I also think that the printed version of the slides included in the book could be a good idea. 

4. Increase the Number of Articles

There are only four articles for assignment (1) and two articles for assignment (2). The limited number of articles can increase the possibility of plagiarism since everyone is doing the same thing. If the articles were added, it will be difficult to plagiarize other's work since it can be detected more effectively. Other than that, it can also increase students awareness about what is happening around them since there are more issues that they will read.

I really hope that my concerns for the sake of love for CL can be taken into consideration by the lecturers. It is an interesting subject, lets make it more interesting.