Reflection Paper

Throughout this fall semester in college, I have had one of the biggest learning experiences of my life. College not only gives me an education, but real world experience as well. It will teach you many things and I know I am not done learning yet. When I first started Montgomery College, I took with the AELP English classes before I started college English now. I felt moderately unprepared taking EN 101A because it is college English. Since English is my second language, I was afraid that I was not going to get through this course. However, thanks to Prof. Vilceus and friends who helped me to get through it. Taking ENG 101 A helped me to achieve many objectives such as to learn the steps of the writing process, to improve my grammar skills and to cite an outside source.

Before I registered for an ENGL 101A class, editing used to be one of my biggest challenges. I gradually started to develop the habit spending time editing my papers because it helped me to see my mistakes and improved my essay. To integrate all steps of a writing process, I needed clear comments from an instructor. In ENG 101 A, my professor helped me to know what my mistakes are and showed me how to fix them. In addition, the professors at the Writing Center helped me to catch my mistakes before I handed in my papers. It was difficult writing three to four page essay paper overnight. To write an organized essay, one needs to follow certain steps, such as pre-writing, outlining, drafting, revising and editing. In fact, I had learned the concept of writing process in American English Language Programs, but I never practically used this method of writing process before I registered an ENG101A