Writing novel has been my hobby since I was in ninth grade. I would spend both day and night plotting and creating stories. By seeing my enthusiasm for writing, a teacher recommended me to write for my high school magazine. This opportunity brought me to another level; I discovered myself as someone who loves to leave a short message or advice for my article readers. Moreover, I was also taught how to write different types of essays in my own language, as a Cambodian who uses English as her second language. Based on my experiences, I can say that I have multiple writing identities that include being an imaginative writer, influential writer and multi-lingual writer. Long before the time that I considered novel writing as my hobby,
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Our educational system is quite similar to the American and the British as we were taught how to write various types of essays in our literature lesson. The most important essay structures that we needed to learn throughout our high school years were explanatory, discussion, and comparative essays. However, the structure itself was completely different even though these might sound similar to the writing structures in the American and British Curriculum. For an illustration, in the body paragraph, it required me to memorize our historical events, to know about our society and importantly to remember both the characters’ names and the timeline in our literature lessons to use that knowledge and understanding as supporting examples. If we did not remember those three important elements, we would not be able to interpret the topic clearly and this would have downgraded our points immediately because our instructors thought that we did not follow the prompts or the structures. So I always remembered the historical timeline, gave attention to what was happening around my society or me and remembered each piece of literature storyline including the characters. However, I find writing in English (or the American curriculum) is easier because there are so many ways to approach to each prompt and we still can write the essays correctly. Also, we are not required to memorize those elements, and we can insert a wide range of concrete examples that relate to our quotidian life or simple facts. These two distinct cultures have built up my confidence in writing because of how my language’s composition compliment English’s by giving me access to a variety of concrete examples. For instance, by writing my own language’s essay, I obtain a lot of information on the history, society, and literature for my supporting examples in the body paragraph. This information can benefit me while writing
Our educational system is quite similar to the American and the British as we were taught how to write various types of essays in our literature lesson. The most important essay structures that we needed to learn throughout our high school years were explanatory, discussion, and comparative essays. However, the structure itself was completely different even though these might sound similar to the writing structures in the American and British Curriculum. For an illustration, in the body paragraph, it required me to memorize our historical events, to know about our society and importantly to remember both the characters’ names and the timeline in our literature lessons to use that knowledge and understanding as supporting examples. If we did not remember those three important elements, we would not be able to interpret the topic clearly and this would have downgraded our points immediately because our instructors thought that we did not follow the prompts or the structures. So I always remembered the historical timeline, gave attention to what was happening around my society or me and remembered each piece of literature storyline including the characters. However, I find writing in English (or the American curriculum) is easier because there are so many ways to approach to each prompt and we still can write the essays correctly. Also, we are not required to memorize those elements, and we can insert a wide range of concrete examples that relate to our quotidian life or simple facts. These two distinct cultures have built up my confidence in writing because of how my language’s composition compliment English’s by giving me access to a variety of concrete examples. For instance, by writing my own language’s essay, I obtain a lot of information on the history, society, and literature for my supporting examples in the body paragraph. This information can benefit me while writing