My Writing Journey

This course has been essential in developing my writing skills. When starting the course, I was excited about learning new things that I could use to improve my writing skills. However, I have encountered various challenges that may have slowed my progress toward becoming a good writer. My main challenge was writing the essays in English. I am an international student from Brazil, so I had to use a translator to help me write my essays from Portuguese to English. My second challenge was time management. I spent a lot of time on my essays because I had to proofread them after translating them to ensure that my ideas were presented the way I wanted. Nonetheless, these challenges have been essential in my writing progress. For example, proofreading the essays helped me improve my English by enabling me to learn new words and phrases. The course also helped me develop my critical thinking skills because the essays required thinking critically to present a reasonable argument. However, my writing progress has not yet met my expectations and desires because I still need to learn how to develop a good analytical essay.

Although I have a general idea of what a good analytical essay should contain, I do not have the analytical skills required to create an essay that meets the standards of a good analytical essay. Throughout the course, I relied on the assignment instructions to develop a good essay and the online guidelines for writing an analytical essay. For instance, my main focus was ensuring that my essay had an introduction containing a hook, a discussion topic, and a thesis statement. However, developing a thesis statement was difficult, and I relied on essay samples to understand what a thesis statement should entail. I also ensured that all paragraphs in the body section had a topic and a closing sentence. I concluded my essays with a conclusion summarizing the main ideas discussed in the body section. Although these are the basic characteristics of a good analytical essay, my essays are not yet to the standard of an excellent analytical essay because I had a challenge applying critical thinking and communicating clearly in English.

The main analytical skills I should develop to become a good writer are logical reasoning, communication and critical thinking. I need to learn how to apply critical thinking and logical reasoning when writing an essay. I also need to learn how to gather relevant information to support my arguments when writing an essay and how to evaluate it effectively. I also need to learn English so that I can stop using a translator when writing my essays and be able to clearly communicate my point when writing an essay. Accordingly, I can use my interaction with others to improve my English and take a short English course to supplement what I learned when studying English for four years after moving to the United States. In addition, learning logical reasoning will require regular practice by writing argumentative essays and analyzing case studies. I look forward to assessing these skills’ development after two months to determine my progress.

In conclusion, this course has been a great experience for me; the assignments have been essential in helping me advance my English by helping me learn new phrases and terms. However, it has not been an easy journey for me because I do not have English proficiency, and I managed to complete all essays in Portuguese and translate them into English. The course has also made me realize my weaknesses, including a lack of basic analytical skills such as logical reasoning, critical thinking, and communication. I am looking forward to improving these skills through practice. The course has also motivated me to improve my English and to express my ideas clearly in English without using a translator. Improving my English proficiency is crucial because I will have to complete more assignments in English in school and work reports. I will use the essays completed in this course and the reading materials as a foundation for improving my English. Reading them will help me understand sentence construction and maintain a proper flow of ideas in my essays. Overall, my focus will be on improving logical reasoning, communication and critical thinking.

My two favourite readings:

My two least favourite readings:

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ENC 1102 Final Reflective Essay
Essay Requirements and Directions: 700 words minimum/reflective writing in
your own words. This will be a four-paragraph essay.
1. Provide an introduction which leads to your thesis, two body paragraphs, and
a concluding paragraph.

My Writing Journey

2. Point of View: First-person voice is acceptable. Do not use the second person,
“you”.
3. In the reflective essay, you need to consider and reflect on all the writing
you have done for this course:
Discussion Boards and Essays
4. Look at all of your writings in this course, particularly the processes and
methods you used to create, draft, and revise your essays. Analyze your
learning process. Do not simply summarize your semester.
5. In this essay, you will reflect upon all of your writing techniques, learning
processes, and analytical skills.
6. This essay is your opportunity to think about, discover and describe your
own writing process, the finished product, and your progress as a writer so
far during the course.
7. What have you learned about your analytical writing?
8. No citations will be required.
9. Essay heading will still be required (see syllabus).
10. Consider the following questions as you begin to think about your essay:
? What do you still need to learn about writing?
? What new approaches to writing have you discovered?
? Describe your progress through one writing assignment (name which one).
What steps do you normally take? What steps will you continue to use
outside of this course?
? Of course, you do not have to answer all these questions in this essay. Focus
on any one or two of the questions.
***10% of this essay grade:
At the bottom of your writing, list your two favourite readings (specific short story,
play, or poem) and two of your least favourite. You do not need to explain your
choices. This section does not count in the overall word count.
Favourite:
Least favorite: