Before entering in university, it has been a long time for me to write an academic essay. The latest academic essay before studying ES1102 was during Qualifying English Test (QET) which gave me a great shock as the essay was too challenging to construct, making me understand the limited knowledge of English that I had.
In the course of study in ES1102, I learnt the research skill, paraphrase, essay structure, academic vocabulary and APA referencing style through the task given on the problem-solution essay of globalisation. Research skill results a more in-depth content; paraphrase helps to prevent the plagiarism; essay structure allows presenting the ideas in a logical manner; academic vocabulary gives a proper vocabulary usage of specific discipline; and APA referencing style provides the guide of acknowledging the source of information. These different aspects have transferred exasperating writing process to a simpler one.
However, the improvement is only to certain extent as we were mostly taught the skills of composing an essay in this course. In order to construct a more comprehensive essay, further reading such as newspaper and journal is necessary to increase the knowledge and familiarise with different sentence structures of expressing the ideas. Furthermore, practicing of writing essays in various disciplines is also important to improve the standard of English consistently.
In conclusion, learning English is a long-term process. ES1102 only guided the fundamentals of English. How to master English still depends on individual’s effort after stepping out from this course.
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