Reflective Essay : Writing Skills

The writing process I have used over the course of the last twenty years has not changed or evolved very much at all. I have never been exposed to an in-depth course on how to write well. I have never enjoyed writing, and due to this lack of passion in writing, I have never sought to improve this critical skill. Keep in mind, this is a past paradigm that I hope to alter through development of better writing skills and habits. When I start to write, I do not spend any time reflecting on what I

I always thought that my writing skills were pretty good until I started this class. It has been thirteen years since I graduated high school and I quickly realized that I had a lot of “refreshing” to do as far as writing papers. I actually felt very discouraged when I took the grammar test and did not score very well. I knew that I had to dedicate myself and put a lot of effort into this class to really improve. The practice quizzes were a major help to refresh on everything I must have forgotten

My writing skill was very terrible when I started to study writing in the United States. I have studied English for almost 6 years in Japan, but it was only for listening, reading, and grammar part. I started from zero of English writing in the United States. The basic line was accustomed to writing, so free writing, which I didn't recognize that any rules and regulations of writing. I was eventually familiar with writing sentences, then I followed to write a specific topic with an introductory sentence

1. My writing skills have fluctuated throughout the semester. I feel, although, I have mastered leads and headline writing. Leads and headlines were the first writing skills we practiced and have continued to practice throughout the entire semester. The continuous practice of leads and headline writing throughout the semester, I feel confident in my ability to write concise, eye-catching leads and headlines. For writing assignment three I needed to provide a follow-up headline and corresponding lead

I immensely struggled when writing. Taking my scrambled thoughts and uncoordinated analysis and converting it into clean and understandable words on a page was arduous. I could not express my thoughts in proper academic format. I understood the importance of writing to every subject. It was essential that I learn to condense my ideas and feeling into coherent written word. After much debate, I decided that the best way to improve my writing skills was to take an advanced English course. While taking

a variety of writing skills that I have been able to apply to my essays. I have attained skills that have helped me write better argumentative essays, creative essays, and narrative essays. I have also overcome many of weaknesses this year, but I still have weaknesses that I need to work on in the 10th Grade. This year I have been able to strengthen many aspects of my writing. As time has passed by, I have learned many skills about writing argumentative essays. Some of the skills that I hadn't

was not the main language, I am in desperate need of improving my writing skills. I need improving on how I word and form my sentences carefully. What I usually do is that I extend my

importance of writing is to convey the writes thought and feelings. Another important aspect of writing is if the reader gained anything of value while reading the piece of literature. In order to relate to the reader, a writer must have dependable set of writing skills to engage the reader. During this course, I believe my writing skills have been improved upon. I have become more comfortable with my writing weaknesses and challenge myself more when writing. Many things that improved in my writing techniques

Throughout this semester, I feel that I have learned a lot about the subject and about my own writing skills as well. I feel that during in class discussions I am polite and cooperate by giving my input on discussion topics with my classmates. There may have been a few times where I have spoken out of turn, but I am sure it was not on purpose, but out of eagerness to speak out about the topic. Although sometimes my opinions about the discussions were not voiced, they were thought about carefully

After looking through the reading, I believe my writing is like Janet’s because I prefer being very explicit and “straight to the point” in my papers. Moreover, I tend to use facts from sources that I believe benefit my main idea and avoid responding to the author’s claims as well. I am afraid if I place my own opinions or explanations within a paper, that it would take away the focus of the topic. I think that I hold more of an information-transfer model of knowledge more than the constructivist