Throughout the entire course of English 101, I have had a surprising amount of successes. My writing overall has become significantly better; even to the point where my parents and others have seen a noticeable changes and complimented me. This says a lot about the opportunities and development you can receive from taking this course if you take it serious. Prior to this course I have always struggled to understand the contexts and learning processes associated with english. All of the brief lessons
Reflection In this semester, I succeeded in finishing several assignments and some in-class writing. During the writing process, I learned a lot about these different kinds of writing formats and realized my own weakness. As for the four essays that I wrote: summary and response paper, rhetorical analysis, argumentative essay and reflection essay, I’d like to introduce my past English learning experience first, then discuss each assignment individually and express my feelings and reflection. When
The Use of Computer in English Language Learning It was Wednesday, 8 October 2014 at 12.30 PM, we gave the questionnaires about the use of computer in English language learning to five women and five men whose ages between 18 to 21 years old. The questionnaires were given to the respondents while they were in the student hall, Sanata Dharma University. It took a short time about 5 minutes for them to answer all the questions. They didn’t ask anything regarding to the questionnaires distribution
When I registered for English 111, I held the personal belief that the whole process of proper writing restrained and suppressed the cleverness and inventiveness of story-telling. I pondered the question, “Is it possible for me to write a proper essay that can satisfy my inner story-teller and fulfill all the requirements of a college level paper. Immediately, my unease was addressed with our class’s opening assignment a reflection essay that requested me to write about what I thought were the weaknesses
tongue teaching has the benefits to enhance effectiveness of acquisition of knowledge and create positive effects on student’s leaning, others are less optimistic and are concerned about the worsening of English proficiency and possible obstacle of post-secondary studies and employment. This essay examines some of the advantages and disadvantages of the mother tongue teaching. One argument in favour of mother tongue education is that teaching and learning could be more effective. In general, most
Awaking the English tyranny Imagine living in eighteenth century England. Imagine the English-Irish division. Imagine being an English citizen living in that era, all rich and bombastic. Life couldn’t be better for you; almost everything was glorious and you were leading a wealthy life. Then rip that image out of your mind! You are now a poor dehumanized undermined Irish. Life couldn’t be tougher, your country is being imprisoned by inferior forces.You can’t provide for yourself or your
citing facts, and brainstorming ideas was very intense in this class. Reading various arguments debating the topic I want to write on, was very challenging and time consuming. In this reflection essay I want to show how researching process was vital on changing my writing style. Also, what I’ve learned in English 105 class after a great summer semester with lots of material to learn from. Researching was drastically important, making every paper I made heavily based on research. Research is in fact
REFLECTION ON TEAM WORK I am grateful that Ms. Anderton arranged us to create a team in Academic Writing class to work together and fill each other strengths and weaknesses. Referring to my personal SWOT analysis in writing skills, I realized that I had a lot of areas to be improved. My team consists of Alvin, Michelle, and me. On September 22nd, 2016, we gathered together at Alvin’s place, Echtenstein 138 to make a team plan for term 1. Seeing each other’s SWOT analysis, we decided to focus more
Reflection As a student enrolled in English 5A for almost 5 months, I have steadily acquired knowledge of the basic elements of an academic paper along with the amount of depth that these elements can add to one’s paper. Practices such as, identifying the conversation, which was the basis of our first academic essay, summarizing another’s views, the topic of our second essay, and entering the conversation, which was an accumulation of all the techniques the class and I had gained and the topic of
Transitioning from a teacher to a teacher trainer: a memoir/reflection My experience as an English Language Learner in high school was not wonderful; my teachers would teach the English language in the native language (Nepali). I wished my teacher taught English in English. After a solid six years of language learning, I was able to tell my name in English. Because of my passion in English Language Teaching, I decided to study English literature and language after high school. I started teaching