Thursday, November 7, 2013

Week 11- Critical Reflection

Topic:Essay Writing (and/or Essay Research and/or The Next Stage of My Learning)

English for academic purposes module has helped me greatly, particularly in my problem-solution essay writing skills. This consists of organization skills, referencing skills, vocabulary and grammar skills.
Before this module, I was not fully knowledgeable in essay writing. I did not know how to plan and structure my essay. Citation was a vital aspect of the essay, which I needed help in acknowledging the research source that I had. Limited vocabulary, tenses, and subject-verb agreement were another problem that I faced.
From this module, I have learned to organize my essay. Firstly, I am required to discuss the main problem in the introduction, and have a thesis statement of my stand. Secondly, I am required to discuss the problem in each paragraph, provide solutions that have been implemented to counter the problem,  with the aid of research, as well as include my own opinion of what can be further done to solve the problem. Lastly, the conclusion requires a reiteration of the points, as well as leaving a prompt for readers to think over. Also, I have learned referencing via the APA-referencing guide. Lastly, I have learned how to check my tenses, subject verb agreements, proper word forms to use appropriately, as well as new words.
In future, I can further improve myself by reading more articles for content, research more on meanings of unfamiliar words for my vocabulary, as well as practice more by doing more essays. This same concept applies to my major, whereby practicing more helps me to improve and understand the concept which I am learning.
As the saying goes, knowledge is power! In conclusion, knowledge is an ever-improving skill, and there is much that I can do to constantly improve it.

2 comments:

  1. Content
    Simply writing more is not enough. What happens after you have written? How much will you write? What will you write about? etc
    Organization
    You can't have two 'Lastly' so please edit this.
    Language
    See below:
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    ...as well as includeWF my own opinion of what can be further done to solve the problem. Lastly, the conclusion requires a reiteration of the points, as well as leaving a prompt for readers to think over. Also, I have learned referencing via the APA-referencing guide. Lastly, I have learned how to check my tenses, subject verb agreements, proper word forms to use appropriately, as well as new words.
    In future, I can further improve /myselfRED/ by reading more articles for content, research more on meanings of unfamiliar words for my vocabulary, as well as practice more by doingWW more essays.

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  2. Oops sorry I missed these:
    ...researchWF more on meanings of unfamiliar words for my vocabulary, as well as practiceWF ...

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