My scholarly journey began once again about seven months ago when I enrolled in the Doctoral program offered by ACE University. This short span of time has left an everlasting impression on me as a writer. My experience during the introductory course has changed my perspective and I have come to realize that every individual has a unique way of writing and expressing thoughts and any scholarly writing is a crystal ball of one’s thoughts and reflection. According to Literary Devices, 2017, writing
Before this class, I was terrified of writing papers. In high school we did not write that much and when we did, we were expected to know how to do it. My teachers never went into as much depth and detail as we did in this class. Writing in general was one of my biggest challenges coming into this class. In class we had to write reflections about ourselves and our week in class. I would always struggle with these because I would never know what to write about or how to start it. However, I
really enjoyed writing and telling stories because it was something that I felt was a huge accomplishment. I came to the united states when I was four not knowing one word of english. Things changed when my first grade teacher noticed the effects that my linguistic incapability had on my schoolwork and on my self-esteem. This prompted him to invest time in understanding what hindered my ability to master the English language and ways to help me improve. After understanding my personal situation, Mr
first draft of my Project 1, I had a bit a difficulty understanding what the prompt was asking of me. I had to analyze my the entire page and have any idea of how I wanted to answer the question. From there I wanted to give a general definition of communicating and transition that idea to writing. I thought I did very well in setting up the entire essay, but after that first paragraph, I progressively started getting tired and kept adding grammatical mistakes to my paper. As a result, my ideas started
Back in my high school years, I had difficulty in writing. Even in Portuguese, my native language, it was very stressful when I have a writing assignment. As I saw myself as a logical person with zero creativity, the writing was not my favorite subject. My writing experience came from the last six months of learning English in the US when I was, finally, taught to write in a logical and organized way. Learning a structured approach focused on writing as a process, helped me to clarify my idea about
Back in my high school years, writing was my worst nightmare. Even in Portuguese, my native language, it was very stressful when I had a writing assignment. As I saw myself as a logical person with zero creativity, the writing was not my favorite subject. My writing experience came from the last six months of learning English in the US when I was, finally, taught to write in a logical and organized way. Learning a structured approach focused on writing as a process, helped me to clarify my idea about
Using critical self-reflection to improve and refine my study skills Using critical self-reflection to improve and refine my study skills Critical self-reflection refers to analysing one’s personal skills and qualities in depth. Critical self-reflection also involves being able to identify where one has strengths and weaknesses, as well as finding a solution on how to better ones self. In this essay I shall be writing about how critically reflecting on the study skills I possess
Self-reflection on my Writing and Learning Process I think self-reflection, or a careful cogitation of one’s personal work, is very important. It will help me think about my strengths and weaknesses in my writing skills and learning process, so that I can improve my weaknesses in the future and become a better writer. I believe, I have many strengths and many weaknesses that can be seen transparently through my drafts, revisions, and final essays, or writings, this semester. My overall strength includes
Writing proves daily to be a tool one can use in their own way to express themselves. Many teachers have their own approaches to teaching writing and not to say that they are not effective I just feel that if some people change their approach some of the problems I myself see can be changed by a change in the approach to teaching and assessing writing. Some issues I see are students not being exposed to different styles of writing, their writing assignments challenge their knowledge and remembrance
to resolve the what-about meaning of my life from past to present through discovery in my solitary journey on “Exulansis” through the lens of existentialism. Other than the theories like relfective practices, self-narrative research and autoethnography I use a narrative inquiry approach to track back the significant experiences in my life. Autoethnography is a qualitative research approach which informs my inquiry. Although there is not one precise definition to this evolving field, which has broadened