Reflective Journal

1. Preparing for assessment.

Date	Week 3
Session title	Preparing for assessments
Content covered	Have enough knowledge on the university assessments before you start doing it.
Comments on readings/practice.	Making study plan and Managing time are the best method to have the peace of mind.
Most interesting points	Feeling organised when finish multiple assessments in the right time.
Most difficult points	Reading the academic articles and find the relative information that supports my topic, How to discuss more in depth.

· Introduction

The above session provided the best academic and coordination skills by explained the multiple essential tips of preparing properly for the assessments and considering the times determinant, which encouraged me to think and write professionally.

· Reflection Discussion on the study plan for assessments

As the English language is my second tongue, I have faced many difficulties with reading and writing academic articles. I found the above topic has a significant impact positively to prepare my assessments in advance, especially when it displays at the beginning of my first semester in the university. However, an ongoing experience on what I gained from this session has a huge impact on me. For instance, after this session, I organised a table that shows each type of the assessments separately, and each one has its basics and elements in its allotted box. As a result, while I’m doing my estimates, I refer to my table and find my structures ready, which helps me seize the time and be more skilled.

· Reflection Discussion on prepare well for my assessments.

As I'm in my first year at the university, I thought there was no need to have an entire assessments plan. Later on, I noticed that working on assessments without organising a plan affects the whole semester assessments, which might cause time conflict in the Assignments due date. I wasn't aware of how important it is the preparing and reading enough sources before start writing. However, Glancing and reading enough information can convert the assessment from stress work to exciting work, which will help set the scene and allow me to think critically and write academically. Based on the benefits that I acquired from the session, the critical thinking and in depth discussion in a particular topic will need to be supported by academic information from reading more articles and spend more time on this part of the work. After this session, I became able to organise my assessments, which allow me to have enough time to working on them and preventing some of the study stresses and cramming. Also, I have been able to take a period to refresh my mind and get my memory retention. However, there is no doubt that it encouraged me to provide the work in a prime manner. This experience will be beneficial in my subsequent semesters to develop my ability to be further organised in my study and aware of how to prepare before the assessments.

Conclusion

2. Referencing

Date	Week 5
Session title	Referencing
Content covered	How to reference, paraphrase, why and when.
Comments on readings/practice.	Away from the plagiarism, the referencing is to save my right and the right of other authors too.
Most interesting points	Paraphrasing and referencing some of the strong ideas and use it in my work. Can share my thought with no fear of the plagiarism.
Most difficult points	Avoiding plagiarism. Differentiate between the APA references and the other referencing styles.

· Introduction

This session explains the purpose of referencing and what plagiarism means, also how to reference and why. An important session like the above session has a significantly influential role in improving students' awareness of the copyright and the meaning of plagiarism.

· Reflection Discussion on the entire referencing session

While I am confident in what I have gained from the foundation course regarding references and paraphrase, rapid referencing correctly is a skill I hope to improve further as the professionally paraphrasing and referencing supports the assignment value incredibly. In addition, the ability to reference and paraphrase is an important skill that causes me to feel confident in reading/perusing any articles without fear of taking strong passages with avoiding plagiarism. When I studied this session and did my first assignment, it was challenging to follow structures that I recently learned. I felt that my work has become more reliable and robust than last year's work because I knew what to paraphrase and reference. Also, I had an idea of the differences between the elements of the reference styles, which allowed me to rephrase, referencing the concepts related to my topic professionally. However, upon seeing the feedback of my draft, I felt disheartened, but once I understand that and read the lecturer comments, I realised that mistakes were worthy additions to the deliverable, which support my knowledge of how the mistakes could happen in the references field and trying to avoid them in the subsequent assignments. It clarifies that the benefits and the effectiveness of this session led me to recognise some tips and tricks in paraphrasing Sufficiently concepts, ideas, and theories. Preserving the value publications given by the lecturer and writing some notes on what I have learned may be helpful for the long term in my study career.

Conclusion

1. What were your original motivations for going to University?

Self-education and learning new experiences are the first step to accustom my brain to be more aware. A perfect education precedes every successful plan, so if I want to achieve my goals successfully and have a prestigious job desired. I must educate myself and get my scientific Certificate obtained by studying my field of interest in the University. Moreover, Certificate is the first requirement to apply for a job which means it is relative to my practical life, which encourages me to reach what I planned enthusiastically.

2. What were your original motivations for studying your selected degree?

I have two main motivations that encourage me to study Tourism & Event. The first one because I am a person who grow up in a country that the tourism field was mostly neglected. The second motivation is that currently my country is imposing a project called 2030 vision which Is greatly focusing on the tourism industry and events. Therefore, I would like gaily to make my mark on developing my field of interest there as they are in the beginning of the project.

3. What is your preferred choice of career (or specific job) after graduating?

My preferred career choice is to work in the new Saudi tourism ministry to implement multiple projects that benefit the industry globally and of course my country. Specifically, I want to manage a huge Events projects that serving international tourism in my country.

4. Why is this your preferred career choice (or specific job)?

When I travelled to many places worldwide, I noticed that my country is not qualified enough in the Tourism and event industry. As a result, I aspire to improve the country in this field to be one of the best destinations internationally, As there are much priceless heritage and stunning places that are not known by the other.

5. Have you previous (or continuing) experience of working in the tourism or events industry? If, yes, what experience do you have? Were/are your experiences positive or negative?

My previous positive practical experience working in the events industry was working in Almashaaer Al Mugaddassah metro line in Makah City, which led me to experience how to communicate with others and manage a large number of people neatly and prevent crowding and the stampede between people.

6. What skills and knowledge do you feel you will need to possess when graduating to have a successful chance of pursuing your preferred career path or job?

Firstly, there is no doubt that the English language is one of the important skill that required for applying in any job, which might increase the chance to have my preferred career. Second the related experiences to my field that I skilled while I'm studying or before. Third, the enough and developed knowledge of the major that I learned is significantly influencing to have a chance to my preferred job.

7. What core topics do you feel will be most influential in developing the knowledge required for pursuing your preferred career path or your specific job?

I think the historical tourism and events topics are the most influence on me, which make me gained the knowledge in a broad perspective. I would be able to compare the previous and the present, which will lead me to conclude the overall industry and how it was working and how it is working now. As a result, in my career, I will be able to charcuteries the weakness and the strength of developing the tourism and event based on the ancient experiences.