ESOL 30 Class Analysis

English Composition I has developed my style of writing and my skills analyzing and researching topics to write a piece about a topic. Throughout the course, I got better at analyzing articles and pieces to get the meaning of the topic. With that improved skill I was more able to use the information given from the text and install it into my essays, with proper citation if needed. Before taking the English Composition course, I was not one to organize my essays in an ordeal order to clearly state the point of the work. Now with taking the course, I have learned to organize my essays, examine research for a topic, and develop an essay with proper mechanics, and revising skills. In writing my personal, review, analytical, and cultural

When in the classroom learning is something that is like a seesaw. The ups and downs come with some classes more than others. The classes that I have found my most ups and downs are English, math, and science. When learning you can not just keep failing by not seeking help. These are the most challenging classes stem from one of these subjects, but there is always a way to make it through with these three steps; finding the situation, assessing it, and seeking help.

HSC 3550 is one of the most important upper division classes for the students of Health Science major. I learned a lot from this class like legal and ethical issues that come along with U.S health system. I was totally unaware of the many facts of our health system and now I have enough knowledge to talk about. I have started reading online news and blogs about our health system and its legal and ethical matters. Two-class presentation was very helpful as well, that helped me to master at least those two chapters for sure. Some of the instructions or I can say our prompts were very complicated and nuanced for our individual paper, it was hard to understand and no proper instructions were given from where to begin. Journals totally messed

I feel that I am a very smart student, or I would not have made it this far; and I already knew the definition of an essay; which is a piece of writing with a point or argument. Yet at the beginning of the semester I had never really given much thought to how many different types of essays there were, and I knew very little about the components that would make these sort of writings a success. However, during the semester I learned that an essay can be written from any perspective, yet it is most commonly written in the view of the first person, or third person. Likewise I knew that an essay is composed of an introductory, three bodies, and a conclusion, but there is so much more to an essay. For example the first paragraph of an essay's primary purpose is to introduce the thesis and

Wednesday, September 2, 2015 was our first SWK 305 class day. In order to break the ice between all of the students in class Professor Lori Spector had everyone go around introducing themselves, we had to say our names and a adjective describing us using the first letter of our name, I am Radiant Rose. I thought this icebreaker was creative because at the end of the class even if I haven’t remembered the persons name I did remember the adjective they used. The next activity was to get familiar with someone in your group and introduce him or her to the rest of the class. Being that my group was composed of a trio I assume we had a different experience than those who had a pair. This exercise helped me create connections with some of my peers,

Over the course of this semester, I have learned many things to improve my writing. Having taken the course before, this semester has been an excellent opportunity to expand on my existing knowledge. Although I had written many essays before, there is still much to be learned and improved. Two factors of writing that I had learned or improved on this semester were transitions/topic sentences and how to properly structure a conclusion paragraph.

In conclusion, we have learned a lot about diversities and different cultures in this English 1050 class, including all the different students that we learned about through the weekly discussions. I love to read the weekly post because everyone has different opinions that I can learn. I came from Asia and living in America, and I think in my life experience, I experienced a lot about the diversity and ethnicity issue. To change that and use Ethnicity to bring people together is the big issue nowadays. Might to find some common ground and realize we are all the same. At the very core of our being, we are people, and it is up to us to find ways we can unite and become stronger as a complete whole. Finally, thanks for everyone who fought with

Firstly, I did not know how to write an essay. I was lost when I read that I had to write a five-paragraph essay because I had never really written one. For example, when I had to write an essay I would write one paragraph. But now I know the difference between a paragraph and an essay and

An ELL student presents a challenge because they may require extra attention and instruction for basic tasks, therefore taking up important instruction time. Gottfried addresses this as well in his findings. In the study, he finds that teacher training is one of the most important things. However, years of experience have little to no impact on a teacher’s ability to teach ELL students; what did have an impact was extra formal training in English as a Second Language (ESL) courses. The more specialized training in ESL a teacher had, the better achievement and socioemotional skills both ELL and non-ELL students possessed, and this is good news for teachers. There are unlimited resources available out there for teachers to partake in to help bolster their understanding and success in teaching new things and students with different requirements. Gottfried also points out that when policy-makers, teachers, and administrators focus on how to improve classrooms without necessarily focusing primarily on academic achievement, then ELL and non-ELL students alike may have increased skills in many areas, including socioemotional. Therefore, any teacher overwhelmed with the task of teaching any student that requires special needs or attention can find resources and training to help them

The class, Libro 1105 by far is truly an eye opener and is extremely enjoyable. This week’s lesson was very interesting and I liked everything about it. I never knew how librarians put so much thought and care into their work. I never knew how organized and efficient libraries really were; I am use to going to the library and just walking around to find what I needed, not knowing there was a classification system to easily find materials in the public library. The classification system for public libraries are organized by a Dewey Decimal Number System, colleges and universities are organized by a Library of Congress System, government documents are organized by a U.S Superintendent of Department System, and lastly The National Library

And to think I could not write an academic essay or a summary before I attended this class. I have gained essential writing skills this semester. I’m familiar with writing process, my current writing assignments possess a proper academic structure and are correctly organized. I feel confident producing thesis statement, supporting points and developing paragraphs. What I need to improve is the vocabulary – again, like I mentioned before I’ll keep strengthening and broadening it by reading and writing after this course.

The first way this class will help me in the future is by preparing me to develop great organizational skills. The five paragraph format has not changed for writing an essay. This class has taught me the correct format in writing an essay. An essay will always need an introduction, thesis statement, body paragraphs, and a conclusion. I can use these skills that I have learned to help me keep any essays that I will write in the future organized. These organizational skills will really help me when I take English Compositon two. Not only has this class helped me develop organizational skills, but it has also helped learned to express my ideas in great detail.

A major area for development and improvement revolves around effective note taking and essay planning/writing. As a Higher Education student you will be required to plan and produce countless essays in relation to the course you are studying, and a key point of reference to help with this would come from “The Guide to Learning and Study Skills for Higher Education and at Work” who give the following advice and tips: ‘Identify the purpose of the essay and who the audience (reader) is and what is required for both – structure your work and develop your arguments/main points – proof read your work and improve language, spelling, punctuation, grammar and style – review what you did and use feedback to improve your essay writing for the future’ (Bingham, R. and Drew, S. 2012 The guide to learning and study skills: For higher Education and at work).

In the beginning of the course I had a pretty good mindset when it came to writing essays even though I still struggled here and there I found that writing hooks and my body paragraphs were my greatest strengths. First, I find body paragraphs easy to write because unlike writing my introductions not only did I have examples and information ready to help

English is a connective language and in order to be connected to the world it’s beneficial to learn it. I lived in Iran for 12 years and I rarely attended any classes, but I did have a few English classes at high school which it wasn’t that helpful and advanced. When I came to United States, I was struggling with grammar and I was a bit unconfident. After I applied for community college in downtown San Diego, my English has been improving and getting better each semester that goes by. The previous classes that I have taken in the City College, were really helpful for me and I think I am more confident in writing an essay also speaking English in the group of American speakers. In the first semester, I took ESOL 20,21,22 and 30, it wasn’t hard for me at all, but it was really helpful for me in order to improve my English structure. ESOL 40 has helped to me improve in writing essays, grammar skills and also getting closer to My main goal which is to reach the higher classes.