Reflective Essay In English

Right supervision and adjustment brings out positive outcomes. Every teacher has different methods of teaching. And, the teacher who manages his/ her tasks genuinely they make their sounds successful learners and achievers. Writing is the primary element used in every course. Before taking the English course, I lacked the ability to write effectively. But, during this course I learned about the chief points needed to write effectively like :- time management skills, working on thesis statement, reading skills, writing skills. These points made writing interesting and easier than before. Time management is one of the important factor in writing course. During High school english class, I never focused on time management skills. But, In the …show more content…
I experienced ability of having poor reading skills before taking this course due to poor instructions, missing classroom content, and having to do the long readings in very less time. During this course I improved my reading skills by getting proper instructions, catching on classroom content (i.e. having classroom discussions about the content), using dictionary while reading and learning the difficult vocabulary words. The main factor that improved my reading skills was that our professor divided the long readings into small segments and enough time was given to read the material, for example:- the GNC Communication and Behavior reading was the longest reading but our professor divided into small segments and gave us enough time to read it. Moreover, rereading the material helps in better understanding and was helpful during the in class writing exams and blackboard discussion …show more content…
In the beginning of the course, our professor introduced us with an text called Politics and English language written by George Orwell. This text focused on the basic rules of writing English language which helped the students to eradicate the usage of the bad habits of modern english language and focused on improving the writing skills. The Anzaldua’s text “How to tame a Wild Tongue”, helped in developing free-style writing skill (i.e. being linguistic writer, finding one’s identity etc). Writing a research paper was one of the most difficult task but our professor made it easier by breaking down the process of writing the research paper. For example:- writing a outline, developing thesis statement, finding the secondary sources, writing the annotated bibliography, writing prospectus, writing rough draft, having peers to reflect on our rough draft, and writing the final draft. All these steps divided the writing into small parts and made it easier to write the research