Essay writing has always been a part of my academic journey.
In an essay, ideas presented are based on a main topic and are supported by
evidence. In the process of essay writing, I learnt to improve on my English
and ways to develop my points. The skills of writing a good essay are
especially important in my faculty, the Faculty of Arts and Social Science, as
I am often required to write essays.
At the start of the course, I was unfamiliar with the
structure of an academic essay and how to develop a point sufficiently; my
usage of tenses was also weak. With the help provided in the course, I was
exposed to the correct usage of English, and I learnt to avoid mistakes in my
writing by reading repeatedly to check for errors and approaching my friends
for peer review. Although my writing is still not perfect, I am making fewer
mistakes now as compared to at the start of the course. The course has allowed
me to learn the correct usage of tenses, such as summarizing and paraphrasing
sentences, and these skills have helped me in the process of essay writing. I
can further improve on my essay writing skills by familiarizing myself with the
notes in the course through memorizing the correct usage, and remembering it.
This can allow me to reduce my errors in essay writing. I can also read more
widely to be exposed to writings of others, and learnt through analyzing their
ways of writing and usage of English.
In conclusion, this course has allowed me to improve on
English and my writing skills through lessons such as learning of tenses,
summarizing and paraphrasing. I can further improve by memorizing the usage of
English and reading more academic writings in the future.
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