Evaluation of English Writing Class

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When we talk about English 1110, everyone actually knows the main part of the course is writing. The goal of this class is to improve structural, style of writing, thoughts and performances of students. During this semester, the curriculum includes essays and topics from many different aspects of different issues which are useful to me. From this class, I had the opportunity to improve my writing skills. For example, before writing a paper, I always have outline, strategies, arranging and modifying as well as finding ideas to improve my writing style in a better way. Before taking English 1101, I just wrote essay with what I think of that time and did not care whether my essay is understandable or not; however, i have been improved for the past three months. When I see a title, I start to write down all ideas and also create an outline and order of all documents in a reasonable manner. In addition, all response papers that I have done during this semester I started to have different way of thinking by listening my friend's arguments, feedbacks or comments, agreements or disagreements. Those group activities from friends were helpful because I started to recognize what are right and wrong things in my essay. From there, I have my own personal opinions and defend my arguments. As a writer, my greatest strength is to layout the essay as introduction, body and conclusion and especially thesis. In EAP, I was taught carefully in this regard, the construction of introduction, a thesis is the main factor because it is the main point of the essay. However, arranging ideas and put them into sentences are not my strong. For example, in the essay, there were a lot of ideas and arguments that I collected and I put them randomly in paragraph... ... middle of paper ... ...nto songs. We hear those songs and feel about it in different ways depending on each individual person. The articles also have the same reaction. In order to deeply understand the content of any paragraphs, poems etc., I have to judge partially parts based on the information and knowledge that the author give me. Capacity to judge is very powerful, although it can also make mistakes (poor judgment skills!). During this semester, I have improved my skills to predict better than before, so I feel more confident to judge the significance of Pollan’s arguments in Omnivore’s Dilemma. Therefore, the judgment is a thinking skill which is important in my life and future. In my personal opinion , if we acknowledge all the information carefully , although the matter cannot be adequate to ground reasons, but capacity to judge and optimism can help me get success in the future .

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