Critical Reflection: Essay Writing (Final Final after editing)

Essay writing has never been an easy task for me. In the past, I had a phobia of writing essays, due to the mediocre results that I always received. Disappointed, I started questioning myself about the reasons, because even though my ideas and content were competent, my grades did not meet my expectations.

When the course began I was determined to find out what was really wrong with my essays. With the invaluable advice of my helpful instructor, I have learned about the appropriate grammar for essay writing, the usage of words, and how certain words might be inappropriate for academic purposes. In order to enhance our learning experiences and our interpersonal learning skills, he also introduced interactive teaching methods such as blogging. After going though the various lessons , I have realized that the organization structures of my essays were not always very well defined in the past. Thus, the conveying of my message to the reader was hindered. Through this course, I have learned to organize my essays so that my thoughts will flow coherently.

In the future, I will spend five minutes on essay planning before embarking on the essay.  In order to prevent myself from using inappropriate words, I will ask my friends to proofread my essay to make sure that the errors are minimized, and most importantly, ensure that the content is understandable. Additionally, to improve my language structure, I will read academic works and newspapers regularly.

Through numerous assignments , I have realized the two most important things that I have to improve on: organization and grammar. Although this course is too short for improvements to be seen in terms of essay writing, I believe that with the language tools that I have acquired, I will be able to improve my essay writing skills, which will benefit me greatly in my future course of work.