Earlier in this semester, I didn’t know how to write essays or things to explain in lots of words. I didn’t know how to write in 600 words or more than that because I didn’t know a lot of vocabulary words. But by the time I started learning new vocabulary words. Beginning of this semester I didn’t know what I will be going to do in this class. But when I started doing work, I started watching videos that helped me to write the essay, I learned some new words. I had no idea what I will do or how I will do this class when I started. My aim was to pass my classes. In this semester I really tried to improve my listening, reading, and writing skills. My writing part improved a little bit if I compare from starting to now. Especially I become serious about time management. Most people waste their time on the phone now days. I’m trying to avoid the phone. I feel like I wasted lots of my time on the phone now trying not to do that. Time is so valuable. No one can get the time that they wasted on something that was not worth it. So life is short and don’t waste time.
Reflection is deceptive, imagine trying to summarize , how you made it through a semester during a global crisis ; crazy right ? Life is master teacher and we are constantly learning everyday. The purpose of refection, is to help you rediscover something you might have missed, or to even learn from the experience. Reflection allows you (me) the writer, to make sense of a relation between the writing and the writer, and how the material can be shaped differently. In a way, it is kind of like an analysis. It helps you develop your skills and review effectiveness.If you were to read my first essay compared to my last, you will realize that I never knew how to properly start off an essay or formulate my paragraphs properly.At the beginning of the semester , I had on idea target audience have such an importance in your writing.Throughout the semester, I have learned how to properly reach my audience through various genres of writing.Decisions made in my assignments about my content and design , were always done after I gather my thoughts collectively. I sit through a reflective process after every piece I write, and ask myself a series of questions, “ does this make sense ?, how is my audience going to react to this ? , will they understand the message I am portraying?Notable lessons I have learned, that will stick with me for the rest of my life, is proofreading. I consider all my assignments a stepping stone, because writing is something that is always improving, it can be flipped , tossed , burned and it still essential to create a master piece. So, they are all my favorites, why ? because I gained new skills, while writing and rewriting.
At the beginning of the semester, I had very low English reading and writing skills, but I have learned a great deal since then as time went on. Going step by step under my teacher’s guidance, I learned the whole process of academic research. Now I understand the different genres. I learned how to read, summarize material, and get the main points. These are some of the steps that are important in doing research. This semester has helped me think more in English and less in my native language when communicating my thoughts and ideas orally or putting them into writing. In addition to my English composition one class, I also take an introduction to psychology class. The skills that I got in English class became invaluable in my psychology class. During my homework assignments in psychology, I had to read many articles, and I could now understand the topic much better and to answer all the questions in the assignments more efficiently. I plan to continue my college education, and I have reason to believe that all that knowledge that I got during this semester in our class will help me in my future courses. I do not consider myself a prolific English writer by any stretch of the imagination. Still, I would like to say that this semester has added a lot to the level of my English reading and writing comprehension skills.
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