Personal Reflective Essay

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My provoking attentiveness for English language arose when I selected it to pursue further at A-level, in which I have indulged within matters such as gender, acquisition and language change. Throughout the entirety of my education I have always reverted back to English, due to my constant urge to read from being young and unable to shake off the ambition of becoming a writer. However, I would ultimately love to pursue a career in public relations or teaching after accomplishing this degree as I see it as a relishing opportunity to extend my understanding of English.
In terms of my interest within the media I tend to regularly watch films, but do so in an analytical approach, as I have the tendency to comment on the actors and quality of language within films like Tarantino’s work. Furthermore, I
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Thereby I have been granted with transferable expertise in prioritization and multitasking, which I am likely to face in my migration to university. I acquired journalistic practice by writing for our sixth form magazine and gained a marketing job in which I am responsible for creating a school news booklet three times a year. This has let me restrict my writing to a particular style due to the target audience, with both formal and informal aspects involved where I had to connect with the readers – extenuating my relationships. By volunteering for events held by my local library, with an author’s visit and creative activities for the children I was able to help children, photograph events, socialise with the people involved and complete press releases which they displayed on their website and Facebook page. A writing club event involved two writers hosting a session where a group of us were able to explore ideas and different approaches to writing based on social media, as we had to create short story to fit a

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