Critical Reflection- Final

During my polytechnic days, even though I attended academic writing modules and had many essay writing assignments, there was not much emphasis placed on grammar and language. Hence, there are still many areas of improvement for my English writing.

Personally, I feel that this module is very useful as it helps to enhance our writing skills which are essential in our academic course. There are two tutorial sessions every week and this provided us with intensive training to improve our writing skills. During the first week of lesson, I recalled writing a short paragraph about my English language journey. I recalled making the mistake of writing ’26 alphabets’ instead of ’26 letters’. Now, I know that the alphabet consists of the 26 letters.  Apart from this, I feel that I have improved in terms of my grammar competency. For example, I had learned the difference between the words “will” and “would”. In the past, I used to think that there is no difference between the two words and have the tendency to use them interchangeably. However, after attending ES1102, I am able to use the words in the appropriate context. In addition, I have learned the importance of using linking words in the essay. The problem solving assignment is a great practice for us to apply the knowledge that we have learned in class. This includes research on relevant articles, planning, draft writing, and with the feedback from Professor and classmates, we can further improve on our essays.

This module has also encouraged me to be more aware of my writing as compared to previously. Moreover, the class activities, peer reviewing, various assignments (summary writing, reader response, and problem solving essay), and online grammar exercises had helped me to enhance my English learning journey. Through the mistakes that I have made in the various tasks, I am able to learn from them and try to prevent myself from making similar mistakes in the future. There are some areas which I feel that I can improve on, such as minimizing grammatical errors in my writing assignments and avoiding repeating words. Also, I have the tendency to spend a lot of time on reading an article, thus it is important for me to explore and practice the reading strategies introduced in this course.

In conclusion, the course had helped me to acquire skills and knowledge needed to research on articles and enabled me to have a better understanding of the essay writing process. I believe that with more practice, I will be able to remember and apply what has been taught and this will definitely assist me to perform better in future writing assignments.