Course Reflection

702 Words3 Pages

For the past couple of months I have been trying to fathom what has caused the drastic changes that have occurred in my academic experience here at University. Now that I have almost finished one of my courses, Critical Reading and Writing in the Disciplines (FOUND 1019), I realize the tremendous impact it had on my academic development within the short span of about seven months. This course is a foundation course for attaining of a 1st degree in accounting that I am currently pursuing as such passing this course is mandatory. This has course provided in depth knowledge of how students like me can interact more effectively and meaningfully to the reading and writing and as a result be more proficient in other courses and otherwise. Some of the high learning points for me was discovering how to utilize the language correctly and appropriately in communicating orally or in written form, critically analyze a piece of literature and conduct a proper credible research. By interacting with FOUND 1019 I have been able to effectively use the English language in communicating both orally and written. This I have observed mostly in my report and letters produced at work. At work I realize that my I am now able to identify more easily …show more content…

Often times now I find by myself scrutinizing the content of the newspaper, a simple advertisement placed on a light pole on the roadside or the label on the food I eating. As read I ask the questions, who in particular is this speaking to? Why is that tone used? Why was that register used? It is almost habitual to ask these questions as I read. I discover now that I would have a clearer understanding and interpretation of what is read than the average reader and this give me confidence. With this approach I realize that more and more I am cultured to read certain literature and ignore

Open Document