Reflection About English

father would use them to punish me. I slowly began to develop a negative mindset to English. I often thought, “If I’m reading, I must be in trouble”. Since I decided not to associate myself with English, my grades started to slip. As my grades dropped, my father’s reading assignments increased. I know he was only trying to help, but it was the root to all my problems. As I entered third grade, my views on English had not changed. My elementary school noticed that there was a decline in literacy so

English was and has been my weakest subject since I was introduced to it in Kindergarten, and until this day. I often understand concepts related to math and science, however, vocabulary, spelling, critical analysis, speaking, and reading are skills I find hard to master. In fact, some ideas seem to go through one ear, and out the other. I never understood English’s importance when I was a kid. Instead of exploring the different concepts, I thought that grammar, vocabulary, spelling, etc. were not

thesis in English. I have some difficulties as an English speaker, as a university student in U.S. because of three reasons. Firstly, I thought that there were many differences between writing in Japanese and writing in English for me. I could not understand why I could not write what I want to write in English, why I cannot find what I want to write in English. Secondly, I did not know the way to writing in English as I write in Japanese. Thirdly, I was not good at reading in English. I liked to

Reflection Upon arriving to this class, I was introduced to an unprecedented level of freedom. This was the first time in a long time, that I had the honest chance of writing the way I wanted to. During each peer edit it was apparent that people wanted to see me more in my writing, to see the person behind the mask. With each paper I revealed more of myself in my writing, delving more into my past and personality. However, I believe I truly took a risk with the research unit. We were given the chance

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

Every cycle for English, we have to write two different reflections relating to the topics we discuss in class. The reflections have to be on two different days, but they can be on any two days we want. I think the reason behind having us write the reflections about two different days makes us reflect on the cycle as a whole, rather than a singular, individual day. Also, having us write reflections about two different days could prevent procrastination, and therefore produces better work. I think

English 111 introduces students to critical thinking and the fundamentals of academic writing. This is a prerequisite English class for higher-level English education. By the end of this course a student will have gained a great deal of practice in the craft of writing. This essay will evaluate the English 111 textbooks, essays, self-reflections, the instructor, and what I personally learned. The English 111 textbook had effective sample essays and diagrams of outlines. The Successful College

paper in a format like reflection paper, because it is not that formal and through writing a reflection paper I can also think about how my writing improve or where I need to work more to improve. I want to write about my experience writing in sac state, like the all the paper I did before and how I finished my paper, and I remember there is some English department learning goals, I want to apply those to my writing, how I accomplished those goals in my writing. And maybe talk about the change of my writing

the monolingual situation. For instance, in the scene of debating, people may use a very different form of English than usual. Kyle Ritchie said that “the words, tone, and even speaking styles used by myself and fellow debaters was purely for the "performance"”. (reflection, May 1, 2017) This kind of choices of words and tone is aimed to be more “professional and knowledgeable” (reflection, May 1, 2017) Therefore, different ways of expression in various languages or even the same language can have

school. English and math have always been the most challenging for me. Taking English 110 multiple times now, has made it easier to adapt to the concepts. Completing the course of English 110 for my final time has given me a new mindset on English. I have developed as a writer over the course and was able to learn a few different strategies. The five student learning outcomes (SLO) are Rhetorical Situation and Genre, Writing as a Social Act, Writing as a Process, Grammar and Usage, and Reflection. These