Things got changed when I came to Singapore. English became the primary language and most lessons were taught in English. I worked hard for a while. However, I was under the pressure of O level and I got many other subjects to worry about.Thus my focus was not fully in English. As for the last two years, I actually paid a lot of attention on General Paper, but on its content and not the language. Actually I realized that my grammar and my sentence structures had many mistakes but I thought good content could help me to make up. However, now I realize that I can never escape from the language as it is the platform of my ideas and without good platform my ideas could never be presented well.
Now I look back to my years of English learning, I think my biggest problem is that I never enjoyed essay writing and reading in English. I only write essays when it is absolutely necessary and I rarely read English articles other than school readings. Now being in this course, I hope I can do more English writing and reading as practice. By the end of this course, I hope I can use more proper English in essays and maybe find some interest in writing.
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Thank you, Zhenda, for your effort with this assignment. It qualifies as a clear and concise reflection, with some concrete details to illustrate your learning journey. What might make the content stronger is for you to be even more specific about some aspects of that learning journey. In which country did you initially study English? When did you come to Singapore? Why did you come?
ReplyDeleteMost of my other concerns are with your language. For this assignment, I'm being overzealous in my noting of issues:
1) So, English was actually not for communication purposes at that time and not may chances to use it as a actual language. > (sentence structure problem)
2) Things got changed ... > (collocation)
3) punctuation:
--- Thus my focus was not fully in English.
--- Actually I realized that my grammar and my sentence structures had many mistakes but I thought good content could help me to make up.
--- However, now I realize that I can never escape from the language as it is the platform of my ideas and without good platform my ideas could never be presented well.
4) However, I was under the pressure of O level and I got many other subjects to worry about. (verb tense error)
5) So, English was actually not for communication.... > (poorly used transition word)
6) some grammar rules and certain vocabularies > plurality?
7) a long time till now > incorrect phrasing
Even with such problems, your writing shows lots of promise. I'm glad you have a positive work attitude for this term.
p.s. Can you convert your blog into English?
Thank you, sir!
DeleteI'm totally agree to you on the point that interest plays a big role in learning, and especially on language. Hope you can have fun in this module.
ReplyDeleteI have the same feeling as you. GP is really tough and as a lazy student, I just let it go. Hope that we can improve together.
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