Reflection 4: Mini Research Proposal

Assalamualaikum and greetings dear readers,

We hope this post reaches you in the best of health. As we all agree, in order to gain a deeper understanding on the purpose of life, we need to contemplate upon the deeds that we have done so we can move forward as better human beings.

“Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.” ― Soren Kierkegaard

Reflecting upon our previous assignment, we find that it was tough and encouraging at the same time and this is probably because of the topic that we had chosen which involved Corpus Linguistics. With the time constriction, we managed to come up with a proposal which made us realise that we are gifted with the capability to accomplish many great things if we put our heart to it. It made us feel more grateful of the faculty of thinking and reason which Allah has endowed us with, alhamdulillah. The assignment made us more critical and creative as it required us to come up with an idea which is relatively new.

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As the assignment was challenging for us, it might have been nearly impossible to get it done individually. This is because it involved new discoveries in the field and there were many dimensions which we had to take into consideration while completing it. From this, we learn the importance of cooperation as a team where everyone had contributed in every step towards finalising the proposal. We could feel that this also encourages dialogue and enhances our communication skills which is also another endowment given by Allah to mankind.

Apart from that, we could apprehend that everything is made easy with the invention of computers. This assignment may not have been completed within the given period of time if we were to do it manually. We came to realise that we have grown accustomed to the usage of computers and hence, making it a lot more important in the 21st century.Thus, we thank Allah for this great invention which will hopefully continue to serve us more in the future so we can accomplish greater things.

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We would also like to point out the power of language which we realise to be a superbly great gift given to mankind. As language is the manifestation of the human mind, having the ability to master it (especially to us, English majors) is just fascinating and delighting. Again, we thank Allah for this and may we all be given hidayah to use all that Allah has given us for greater things which will benefit the ummah.

Source: http://www.quickstarthomeschool.com/2011/03/what-is-language-arts/

With warm regards,
WW.