During the 12 weeks of English lessons, I have been improving my overall English performance. Before starting the lessons, I was so nervous because I knew it course mainly focused on writing skills. Writing is the weakest part of me among the four domains, namely reading, writing, listening and speaking. When I studied in the secondary school, I usually scored low marks or even failed in my essays. Therefore, I was so scared that I would face the same situation that in the secondary school. However
the german language intervers strongly with my English today. My german fellow would call my style of speaking “Denglish“ whic stand for the mixure between Deutsch(German) and English, leeting english and german pronounciations intervere with eachother. I came to the University Twente already knowing that I wanted my English to be academic; I therefore chose a english study with improving my lanuages as one of my major reasons. Going through the English program has taught me so much more than stuff
Unfortunately this is my second time taking English 101. I was not happy at all about failing because I really did try, but I believe it was for the best. I have learned way more and actually enjoyed writing while in this class. My first year taking the course was very difficult. Partly because I came from a high school that did not do the things college requires. In high school I was asked to write summaries. I was never asked to read an article or book and analyze it the way college professors
Kenneth Tighe ENC1101 Professor Odoi 23 April 2015 Reflective Analysis Back when I was in high school, several years ago, I was never too into anything that had to do with school. I always felt this way, especially when it came to English. It always seemed too complicated and boring to me. I wish I had thought different back then because it would have helped me an immense amount now. I have always struggled with English and now starting school again, around 8 years after I graduated high school
The 19th century in Western literature is one of the most significant and interesting periods of all. Many of the modern literary tendencies have derived from this formative era.Nineteenth-century literature is characterized by the Romantic movement and by the strong nationalism which was formed by French Revolution and American revolution in 18th century.Romantic movement developed as a rection to scientific and rational attitude of 18C..It was a shift from age of decorum,reason and order to Romantic
Nathaniel Shoemaker English, 1020 Composition Professor, Brandi Homan 19 November 2014 Reflective Cover Letter In the critical framework we were asked to apply an abstract concept to a familiar object (cultural text) and coming up with a new way to see that familiar thing. This concept was to be made from an idea present in Mark Matousek’s book “Ethical Wisdom”. A cultural text is an object written or otherwise, that reveals information about a culture. the cultural text had to be capable of being
Many of the authors studied in Canadian classrooms are primarily white, English Canadian. This is a problem as it is not reflective of Canada's modern multicultural society. As Robertson Davies stated, "Canada is not going to have a national literature in the mode of those European lands where a long history has bound the people together, and where a
Reflective Cover Letter Throughout the first months of the course I have to been able to learn a variety of techniques as a writer that has helped me tremendously in my essays and other classes. I’ve learned to analyze readings and identify different techniques authors use to persuade the reader as well as how to write an essay on how the author uses these in the article. In writing rhetorical analysis I have learned to summarize rhetorically analysis and lastly respond to the articles I read in
we scored each section of the marking criteria grid , it can guild us step by step what we have learnt in this module and reflected any misunderstanding before. Gibbs’ model of reflection: In this module , it shows us a few of reflective cycles. In the following essay , I have chosen Gibbs’(1998)model of reflection . This model includes the following: description, feelings, evaluation, analysis, action plan and conclusion. Description: On day 3, lecturer gave us an assignment from a previous
English Reflective Essay Amy Conradie 11PK 22 August 2017 War is an antiquated pursuance of power amongst an elitist group of people in positions of authority. It comes at huge expense to the rest of civilization. Countries go to war with one another in the name of gaining resources and territory, and over ideological and religious differences. I have discovered that there are four main aspects associated with war: The turpitude of those in control, the condition of the family members