English studies

Several years ago, as an undergraduate double major student in English education and Literature in English, I wondered why women writings seem to be an overlooked subject. Out of curiosity, a long term research into women’s experience, culture, and society explored through the lens of postcolonial, feminist, social and cultural theories was born. Through this research I have learned that oppressive cultural aspect of gender relationships, especially between women is something that is being…

the way me and my family live. I study, work, and make choices just to have a better social life. Like me people who challenge themselves to work and study will end up with a very bad social life especially those like I, who are english as second language students because of our English…

I am writing you a letter to tell about my theory of writing and how I believe it has impacted my writing skills throughout my college education. Before I was enrolled in your English class, an Introduction to Writing Studies, I was unsure of my ability as a writer. I mentioned throughout my childhood I did not have a stable home environment, my family was forced to move, numerous times due to financial reasons. During these years I constantly changed school systems, the curriculum varied…

your major while others are classes are more advanced than in high school. While English is a class everyone in high school has taken, college level English 102 has taught me new way to write, different types of writing and a way to strengthen my words. For my final task in task I’d like to take a look at how my English skills have grown as well as improvements I could’ve made over the semester A major part of my English 102 course is online activities like connect work and blogging. Online work…

With the study tips that were provided to me I noticed that I use and realized that I get the best results from applying guided imagery in efforts of visualizing concepts in my mind. Another tip that helps me as it may sound kind of crazy is, imagining myself standing…

During the ESL 103 class I was able to absorb in different English segments, these sections are writing, speech, listening and reading. It wasn’t English writing only. This Class definitely helped me to improve my English skills, in contrast other English classes that I already took, this class was the one that has helped me the most. Even though I still have to practice my skills in order to get better. At the beginning of learning English I had problems writing, I was so confused with the…

order to keep my happiness stable throughout the week, I can incorporate fun activities like playing sports with my friends to counter more stressful things like studying for tests. Finally, the study habits discussed by Dr. Duke and Dr. Markman, can easily be integrated in my life. By utilizing their study suggestions, not only can I learn more effectively, but I can also perform well in class. By dissecting ways to take advantage of our minds, the speakers definitely helped me better…

creativity, Creativity leads to thinking, Thinking provides knowledge, Knowledge makes you great.” Being a human, we keep learning to find new things in this world, to grow up, and to help us become better. When we sacrifice our time, money, and efforts to study, we always receive valuable education. The more we devote to learn, the more we get knowledge. This is the reason why I am attending to my school to seek the knowledge in this world. Specially, in this semester, through Education class,…

English 1303 was filled with many activities consisting of the writer 's toolbox, vocabulary logs, different rhetorical essays, timed writings, presentations, and, much more. I vividly remember the assignment that was introduced to us as the “cookie rubric.” Our assignment was to create a rubric based off the characteristics, texture, appearance, taste, and smell of cookie. It was honestly one of the most constructive assignments I have done, due to the fact that I had to be so precise with each…

passive. But the way I solve it is I joining to as much as English club as I can so I can regain my inspiration in learning. It will make me find more fun in learning by playing games with the members and communicate so I can get better in speaking. I can work with them to practice my pronunciation. Moreover, I can work part time as some restaurants that required to speaking English therefore I could develop my knowledge and find more fun in study. About the interaction between my professors and…