Through ES1102, I have become more confident in writing essays. I have gained skills in writing academically, especially in the area of formality. At the start of the course, I faced difficulties in this aspect because I love to blog and thus was accustomed to writing in a more personal way. Thankfully, I have eventually become more attuned to writing my essays formally. I learnt which words are formal or informal through course activities and essays. For instance, I realized that words like “stuff” and “a lot of” are inappropriate in academic essays.
On the other hand, I need to be more developed in my academic vocabulary because I only know a limited body of words. For example, I repeated the usage of the phrase “media globalization” in my previous essay.
However, vocabulary is a necessary skill for me to paraphrase what I cite from external sources whenever I write essays. I intend to achieve proficiency by reading journal articles or other academic writing more widely, and by practicing to write essays for my other modules. This will allow me to learn through mistakes based on feedback from my tutors.
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ReplyDeleteBecause you intend to do this, what tense should be used here:
ReplyDeleteThis allows me to learn through mistakes and to amend them
Also, with regard to content, how will you amend the mistakes? Surely if you have the knowledge you won't make them in the first place.
Well written, though which two words in the final paragraph need to be uncountable
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