What I Learned: Course Analysis

By asking myself "What have I learned in this course" many different things come to mind. Since the start of this course we have discussed a variety of different things and had so many different objectives to accomplish each week throughout this fifteen week course that it is hard to pinpoint which is the most important.
As far as fulfilling all the objectives that we had to fulfill from this course, which were listed in the syllabus, I think that I have been able to fulfill most if not all the objectives. I have been able to fulfill and accomplish these many different objectives through my use of both my analytical and critical reading skills when reading the different texts, along with understanding the time periods each of the texts were written in as the time played a huge role when trying to interpret what the author is trying to say. Another way I had accomplished these learning objectives was taking by advantage of the additional resources we were provided with, along with having the input …show more content…
Through completing this course, I now understand that when it comes to analytical reading it is important to first sort of understand the type of book you are reading, whether it is a play, novel, expository piece of literature, etc. Once you understand the type of book you are reading then it is easy to start picking things apart and looking more at the structure of the book and how it is put together. As far as critical reading I learned that it is something that is very important when reading certain things because this strategy helps the reader to obtain and remember knowledge, such as what message the author is trying to get across to their audience. Critical reading also helped me to widen my range of questions to ask throughout the text by asking myself things such as "does this make sense?" or "does the author provide us with a compelling