For the
past 9 weeks, I have gain knowledge of the different writing skills needed for
the different type of essay. For example, the key steps of extracting main
points to form a summary and also the correct way of citation. Comparing from
my previous English standard, I felt that I have improved in be able in taking
out the important points as well as better grammar. From future lesson, I would
like to learn more type of essay structure that I may need to use in my 4 years
of education in National University of Singapore. Although I mentioned that I
have better grammar, but I must not be too complacent and be proactive so as to
learn more. To improve my grammar, there are also the 15 grammar exercises to
be completed on IVLE.
The
feedback given by my teacher, Dr Misty is clear and direct. It allowed me to
know which area I have gone wrong. However, there are some changes that I did
not make as I did not know the correct way to approach the error. I am quite
confident in making changes as Dr Misty have shown us our predecessors’ work
for us to pinpoint the mistakes. Through these exercises, it allowed us to have
an opportunity to learn through mistakes. I did better than expected for my
summary but my reader response was worse than I estimated. I guess I have not
truly understood some points of the reader response. I will not say that my
English have improved tremendously but they have definitely helped my
significantly.
