Through ENGLCOM, I have learned a lot about academic writing, which not only improved my writing skills, but also changed my perspective on writing. Before taking this course, writing for me has always been hard work. I also find myself unsatisfied with my writing which is why I always hated doing it. Learning that I was required to take ENGLCOM, I immediately told myself that I was going to have a hard time in this course. However, as I went through this course, slowly I learned to like it. All the knowledge I have picked up from this has definitely helped me improve and be more confident in my writing. With all the techniques and teaching that was provided in this class, I learned that with a good organization of ideas to guide me and the presence of a thesis statement, which I lacked before taking up this course, writing was not hard as I thought.
In writing my extended definition essay and argumentative essay, I had a difficult time in expounding on the topic of the mentioned essays. Often times, I found myself being redundant in my writing. Some sentences were just being paraphrased and repeatedly written. For this reason, the process of writing my essays always took a long time. Being the perfectionist I am, I always tried my best to rid my essays of errors. As a result, I always ended up sleeping past midnight. On the bright side, comparing my entry essay with my exit essay, I am happy to say that I have made some improvements. Looking at my entry essay, I noticed how scattered my ideas were in the paper and how I was being redundant, repeating the same idea over and over again. As opposed to my entry essay, a thesis statement was present in my exit essay and the ideas were very well organized. In both essay, I also noticed that I have made some improvements in writing formally.
Based on the said improvements, I can say that I have achieved the objectives in ENGLCOM. I was able to enhance my writing skills and also develop my creative thinking skills. I was also able to change my views on writing and learn to like it. (Perhaps, in the future, I'll learn to love it.) Due to my increasing interest on writing, I promised myself to improve more and more on my writing. All of these new found knowledge and interest is all thanks to ENGLCOM.
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