Since the first day of this class, every aspect of this class has been a learning experience for me. As I have said before, my Senior English class was very thorough as far as teaching the basic rhetorical tools and the skills necessary to analysis a piece of writing, but coming to college, I lacked the skills needed to actually put those skills into practice in my own writing. My knowledge of revision and drafting was limited by my habits of only editing grammar or changing a few words to sound like I was academic or qualified. Even though a great deal of this course focused on the skills necessary to be an efficient and effective writer, the last portion of the course was very useful to the development of my skills as a writer. Through revision, I learned how to take unorganized jumble of ideas and claims and arrange them into a piece that makes a useful and compelling argument with a purpose in mind. I find it hard to admit it but I actually found that I enjoyed the satisfaction of revising my work and making it better. As a result of the thoroughness of this course in relation to the practice of writing about writing, I have learned a number of things that will be useful to me for the remainder of college and even beyond graduation. Through …show more content…
My biggest mistake that I discovered when revising was that I was too often just summarizing sources that fit my claim. To fix this, I had to think of how I would tie the different sources together with my personal opinions in order to develop a research argument that added to the conversation. I have already been able to use what I have learned about research in another class I have had this semester. My practice of adding my outlook rather than restating someone else’s has proved to be very important in every writing situation I have been in this
English 111 has been a great course so far. I have been learning new material that will help me to improve my comprehensive English skills, such as speaking, reading and writing. In this course, we have covered many topics that usually are not presented or introduced to students in younger agers. Sexual harassment is one of the sensitive topics that we have discussed in details. I personally did not fully know what is the true definition of sexual harassment and what form of actions or phrases that we could say that would considered to be forms of sexual harassments or harassments in general. During lectures, we have looked cases of sexual harassments and how we can educate ourselves and be aware of this issue that our communities facing. Student were assigned to draw their thoughts and what they have
One of the most important course objectives that I’ve grown accustomed to is the writing process itself. In the writing process, we are able to revise our writing where it is weak and earn a better grade than before. Since I took advantage of the revision process, not only was I able to improve my grade, but I was able to prevent the same mistakes from happening again in other writing assignments. From revisions alone, I’ve learned how to improve my writing skills and catch mistakes that I wouldn’t have seen
During this class, I developed in my rhetorical knowledge. I am now more capable of analyzing texts, understanding of audiences, purposes and contexts. I also have more variety in my writings. I learned how to use different words in context and how to formulate a better sentence. I developed my own ideas and opinions through writing about an outgoing conversation. I now understand how to analyze the writing of others, noting focus, arrangement, logical development, vocabulary, and style. I also developed the ability to use various sentence patterns and to edit for correctness, variety, and correct usage. We did this especially while we proofread our own and others drafts.
One ability that I wish I had room schedule-wise to enhance is refering to sources in MLA style. Through the course, I declined to look for assistance from my educator until week seven, one thing I lament doing. That could have mollified the apprehension and uncertainty I had about this course. Any inquiries I had could be cleared up as the course advanced. My articles through the resulting weeks have shown my quality and shortcomings. I don't have numerous qualities when it comes composing, yet despite everything I consider my most prominent quality in composing to be having the capacity to obviously comprehend the brief and answer it effectively, particularly with the logical expositions. I think this is simply in light of the fact that I invest a large portion of the rare energy close by just to consider the brief, for instance, when I was get ready for my explanatory investigation paper on globalization I altogether read both articles on globalization by both Kwame Anthony Appiah and Franklin Foer .A conspicuous battle I have as an essayist is association and moves. I have a tendency to bounce starting with one point then onto the next and some of the time undercover. I ought to have utilized more transitional words as a part of in the middle of sentences and sections to make my peruser comprehend the rationale of my paper. I have not had enough composition experience and the written work procedure is troublesome for me. I admit to the way that it takes me days to finish one task, yet it will be justified, despite all the trouble when I turn into a refined
When I knew that one of my classes would be a writing course I must admit it was reason for some concern. I recently finished my Bachelor’s degree and had to write many papers. Every word of every paper was a struggle. As I looked through this course I am certain it will be invaluable to meet my goals.
In modern day america we measure growth by one word, success. During my years as an english student, I never liked grammar. Nothing made me feel successful about my papers or my journal entries. This class is designed to encourage and develop skills as a reader, writer, and a thinker. Some students view this class as a college credit. When I first joined this class that is exactly what I thought. Never would I guess that an english course would help me in the ways that it has.
To begin with, this English 101 course differed from the previous English courses I have taken by being less hostile, more informative, and all around more helpful. This course was much more relaxed, in the way that, students were not constantly looking over their shoulder terrified that the teacher might come up behind them and belittle everything they had written and throw it out. Dr. Bosse took the time to go over each type of writing we were about to encounter, giving us examples and explaining the examples to make sure each of us knew exactly what was expected and how we could accomplish it. If we had problems, there was no doubt, we could go to him for help and advice, whether it be in class or not. Dr. Bosse made sure that each of us
English 10 has been one bizarre adventure from formal writing, to poetry, and then to creative writing. In this course, I have learned that there’s room for improvement in everything I do. As a kid, I struggled with writing, as it was my second language, but this course has made me not dislike it as much anymore. Some of the strengths I have discovered is my planning and editing skills. I always plan ahead before I write so I know what I’m doing. My editing skills are also extremely strong because I often edit to a greater extent than needed. I know I have improved my vocabulary because as I edit I change the bland words in my essay. I still need to improve on my storytelling and my grammar. Sometimes I forget to insert commas and semicolons
Over the past few weeks, I have learned a great deal about the writing process. Applying different revision techniques to my own writing enabled me to learn more about myself as a writer. As I employed the writing process, I became intimately aware of the various steps involved, which both helped me to improve my own writing and enabled me to teach my students about developing their writing.
Entering English Composition I, was stressful knowing I have attempted twice failing. It was still like driving a car wearing a blindfold. Knowing I struggle with spelling and grammar, I am determined to accomplish this class due to my personal and professional growth depending on it. I started this English class because I needed the credit to have my two-year degree, not to become a journalist. I have never enjoyed English, I am not one to put my feelings on paper and do not enjoy the hours of dreading writing a long paper with a due date. I feel I am a detailed person that cannot make it sound correct on paper. Lacking confidence plays a major role in the writing process. Although my papers started a bit scattered,
In the past four years, I have written many papers for various classes, enjoying some and others having to choke out words to write down. In this memo I will describe my writing projects and how they made me become a better writer, and how they will continue to help develop me into a becoming a more prosperous writer.
When I signed up for this class (at the last minute, I should add, after dropping out of an economics class), I had no idea what to expect from a college-level creative writing course. I was excited to write creatively as a part of a group of like-minded people, but I wondered about the academic aspect of the class: what exactly would I learn about writing itself, and how would I learn it? Looking back now, I realize that through my interactions with the readings we did, my critique of others work, and the feedback I received on my own pieces, I have expanded my depth of knowledge on what is required to create great writing, and, perhaps most importantly, I have learned that great writing can take a variety of forms.
Being an enthusiast on deliberating and interpreting things, for the most writing has helped me acuminate my analysis skills. Usually, people have a tendency to focus on specific parts and my focus would be critical thinking. My main aim of this class was to learn new methods in consisting introduction and the main body of my essay including well-made and weak points. English writing is all about working on drafts at the very beginning. It has been my strength to scribble things about and then make a specific edition. It was always challenging on how to begin, but the class bolstered my thinking capability. I have learned to make arguments and logical thinking in an organized pattern. The topics learned in this class has made essential improvements in my writing. In other words, I can say that English writing skills has set up a platform for me and made a shape to my thinking abilities. As it is a second language, English writing is not an easy task, but with certain concentration and help I have learned that I have improved and sharpened my critical thinking and to be a good writer one has to have a critical thinker in them. Critical writing is considered to be a basic factor for mature writing. Most people have the ability to either agree or oppose on certain ideas of other people. In my view, the most important part of this kind of approach is the compare and contrast view. The writer should always have the
Until starting this class, I never realized the limited knowledge I had on writing. The four assigned reading pamphlets and tutorials, while not very long, have enlightened me. This eye opening is not large, measured on what is to come, but the overall experience is dramatic so far.
This class has made an immense contribution in my writing journey. Taking this course has brought me out of my comfort zone and made me immerse myself in a variety of essay topics I was not familiar with. This was all new territory for me, but I’ve managed to get through it and along the way I learned new techniques and writing styles. With the help of the Writing Hub, instructors and my peers I managed to grasp a great deal of information on ways to improve on my writing. They all helped me along the process of writing all three of the writing assignments.