...Yunjie Zang ID:5346525 ENGL 101-93 A life changing event I've experienced a lot of events which had great impact on me since I was young, but speaking of a life changing event, the first thing that I came up with is my educational experience when I was in senior 2 in high school. First , let me tell you the education that I had back in my country.I had my primary school and high school education in the same school back in China, it is an International school , which means I had the chance to learn English , to be exposed to different culture and knowledge since i was young. This is very different from the general Chinese education system, which I will introduce it later on. I started learning English since Grade 1 in primary school, and had the opportunity to meet with different foreign teachers all over the world. Before letting you know how this life changing event affected me so significantly, i need to let you know how the educational system works in China. In China, students must complete a 6-year primary school and a 6-year high school in order to apply for universities. However, there will be a extremely crucial test- the college entry test, which can almost determine the path of your life. In a word, if you do a real good job on this test, it basically means you will have the chance to enter one of the best universities in China, and your future will be bright; But, if you don't get a nice grade, it means you have to work out your own way for your future, because...
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...writing them down. I did not think I learned very much from this class, yet I was expecting it to be very difficult for me. Because of my origin, my native language is not English. When I speak, my thoughts usually come to me in Amharic, my native language. It used to be so challenging for me to speak English because I would mix up the two languages, but because of all the writing exercises and assignments, we’d had to do this semester, I don’t struggle with that anymore. ENG 101 completely changed the way I see the English language and writing. The first class I took at Shelton State was Basic English. Taking that class significantly improved the way I spoke English, but it did not do a lot to help my writing skills. This semester I signed up for ENG 101 hoping to improve my reading and writing skills. When I started the class, my expectations were pretty high. I wanted all A’s and to be a great writer, but most of...
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...While many students were trying to decide on their future classes, a meeting was held in regards to Dual Credit English. Each student who considered taking the course attended the meeting. Teachers and previous students made the upcoming students aware of the requirements while taking Dual Credit English before anyone signed up for the course. Listening to them speak, I did not see those requirements to be a problem that I could not handle. However, I did see myself as an amateur writer that needed major improvement. I feel as if I have progressively advanced in my writing. Although, I have not perfected any of the different writing aspects; I have learned from Mrs. Menetre’s corrections especially on my use of second person. Over my English...
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...Marcellus Bowie English 102 Reflective Essay Reflection English 102 has brought a really great point to me in life that no matter what class you are in you have to think creative. In the entire course there was nothing but writing. I can honestly say English 102 has taught me to be a better researcher and a better writer. The writing for me was super hard in the beginning of the course. I have never seen myself as a writer I suffer from an extreme case of writer’s block which causes me to give up without giving a shot at the work. The extra help has made me feel as writing will never shy away from you in life so just write. The annotated references played a big role throughout the course this semester. The role annotated references had been the whole outline of this course without the annotated I had nothing to write about. First I struggled with the concept of the references I realized that there wasn’t a research paper without the references. The references were one of the most time consuming aspect of the paper. The research question had to have a connection towards the refernces The difficulty I encountered in English 102 came about from the grasping of the material, the details in the rubric, and the guide lines. The biggest thing I had a problem with was staying on topic, and giving too much of my personal opinion in my writing. The structure of the class is made to stay on top of your independence of the reading and writing. During the course of the class there...
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...English for Specific Purposes: Validity of Reading Strategies Larissa de Pinho Cavalcanti Universidade Federal de Pernambuco In Brazil, English for Specific Purposes was developed based on the need immediate linguistic knowledge for reading and understanding technical and academic texts – a purpose that remains until today. Indeed, several publications focus on the instrumental approach across different fields of knowledge, taking as its basis not only reading and its strategic competences but the learning of language structures that might contribute to an efficient reading process. On digital distance learning, the instrumental approach to ESP is yet predominant which can be explained by the novelty of the modality in the country in the sense that time to adjust to the possibilities virtual learning environments provide us with is still required. That is the context of our teaching for the Instituto Federal de Educação Ciência e Tecnologia Educação in their distance learning program. Our paper aims at discussing the relevance of reading and reading strategies according to students’ own opinions and the theoretical considerations of KLEIMAN (2013), SOLÉ (1998) on reading as a process; JUNIOR (1999), LEFFA (1996), CHAVES (2006), on ESP and reading. Keywords: distance learning; English language; reading strategies. ESP: history, features and Brazil Learning English as a second or foreign language has become a world-wide necessity. Whether living...
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...Philosophy 112 General Education General education are classes that consist of English, History, Science, and Mathematics. Think about the main core of subjects you studied in high school; these are the courses that make-up most of the general education courses at most colleges and universities. No matter what major you pursue, you will have to take at least one or more of these classes in each of the major academic disciplines. Depending on the focus of the university you attend, you may also need to take courses in religion, culture, music or a foreign language. So the main question is should general education requirements be necessary to graduate college? I would have to say no for a variety of reasons. Most of these classes do not have anything to do with many of the majors students elect to study in college and are basically pointless. For some students, general education courses are extremely confusing as many require testing into classes or taking multiple pre-requisites before meeting specific requirements. Courses for general education classes also tend to be the hardest to get into as too many students vie for too few classes offered. Colleges on the other hand have plenty of reasons for requiring general education courses. One of them is that many students find that they love a certain field of study as a result of taking a required course. Second, required courses ensure that every college graduate has the same basic set of tools or skills necessary for their...
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...Name Institution Affiliation Date Reflection Essay Firstly, in the course of the semester, the discussions we had in class allowed us to talk about my thoughts and those of my cohorts. Simultaneously, the studies helped to shape my initial experiences into a more unpredictable comprehension of the content. As I added to my perusing attitudes and insight into what literature is about, I have developed the capacity to make necessary disclosures about anything that I write or even read. Secondly, the academic resources from my lecturers gave us the foundation information that we need to excel in writing, both on reading the class resource books, extensive lectures, and independent research. Likewise, they have assisted us to exhibit our thoughts in a contemplated and thoughtful analysis. On a frequent basis, they would instruct us on points that they have a particular enthusiasm for and have taken a shot at broadly. Their exploration and analysis can be considered as the foundation stage of our interest in writing. To start with, in the contemporary society, there is by all accounts a move towards auxiliary school subjects that have a solid connection to a tertiary course of study. Hence, a there are few parents and a few understudies who feel that the aspect of writing, particularly among high schools, college, and universities is of great importance. For instance, students who devote their time on just English Language alone, with its accentuation on perusing and composing abilities...
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...will be my fourth attempt at taking an English Composition course. While the previous three attempts were unsuccessful for various reasons none of those were because reading or speaking is difficult or challenging. Writing, however, has always been difficult for me. So, coming up with a narrative essay to describe a reading or writing task that I found challenging seems like a monumental task of which I could never complete. The fact that the essay is the first task of my latest attempt at English Composition should be evidence of its significance. I am a very direct and straightforward person. I have a tendency to speak honestly and openly without a lot of rhetoric or wordiness. I’ve been told by more than one person that I’m too blunt and I need to be more aware of others and their feelings. This openness has a tendency to show up in my writing as well. When I write, I get straight to the point. You can imagine then that when writing an essay that requires a certain amount of words, it is very difficult for someone like me. My first attempt at an English Composition course was when I went to college for the first time. I was eighteen, and just moved out on my own. I moved approximately two hours away, to attend Snow College, in Ephraim, UT. As I understood it, you graduate high school, go to college and graduate, and then get a great job. In order to graduate from college I had to take the general courses, which included English. I must have been delusional...
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...Figueroa-Chacon English: 100 November 05, 2013 General Education Should Be an Option for College students. There is a highly debated topic on whether or not students should be forced to take General Education classes at college. College is a time for exploring all options that lay ahead. General education classes are a great way for students to discover themselves and their passions, especially if students are unsure of what they want to do with the rest of their lives. However, a strong case can be made that college students by no means should be forced to take them, especially for those students who have already declared on a major. As we all know, college is already too expensive to be wasting money on classes with little to no interest in. As a result, it is a waste of time and a high risk for getting bad grades in those classes. Instead of throwing the money out of the window, general education classes should be an option for college students, not a requirement. One of the main reasons why college students should not be required to take general education classes is because of the cost of college. According to the “Public College Tuition Spikes”, the average tuition costs rose about 8.3% to an average of $5,189 in the 2011-2012 school years. In the previous academic year, students paid with an average of $4,793, which is just adding on to the thousands of the already overpriced tuition. While those students who still on that path on struggling to pay courses that are...
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...Graves James Reed English 1301 2 October 2015 Beneficial Millions of people around the world are sitting in college classes right now preparing for what is to come when they graduate. They, and you and I, will have to get a job and then enter the workforce with many other people who rely on each other to accomplish their jobs that are to be done. This is when we will appreciate those core classes that the college made us take. By taking the required core classes in college, you pay for your degree while getting extra education that can help you in the future. You can figure out if you have different interests before paying for a complete degree. Also, core classes can help you to understand and achieve more in your daily college classes to get your degree. Every day you have to use the skills of talking to people, and sometimes you even have to write to people. Having a job, you have to communicate with your co-workers, your boss, and maybe even outside sources. For example, if you were working on a construction site and you had to give instructions to your co-workers, you would want to be very informative and descriptive with what you needed them to do, or whatever you were supposed to build could come out completely wrong. Core classes in college such as speech and English can help you greatly in this department just as Sara Rajan talks about in her discussion over the core courses that can help you throughout life: For instance, public speaking courses offered at Stanford...
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...an introduction to Spanish I, general Psychology I, Public Speaking and Organic Chemistry I. Along with school, I was briefly working two jobs and volunteering twice a week. I decided only to keep one job because it was too hectic. My title for the job I kept is Student Success Leader, which is similar to a peer-counselor. With the other brief job, I was a tour guide for the CUNY-wide College Explorers program, which gives tours to middle school students, with the intent of having them go to college. I volunteer for South Bronx United, where I serve as a youth tutor to high school students. I was also offered an opportunity to work as a tutor for the math department at BCC, seeing how well I did on the placement exam and both my Calculus courses, I declined the offer because of all the tasks I was doing. Lastly, I was offered an opportunity by general chemistry II professor to do research with him. The research is on “the Determination of chemical composition in rainwater and snow in different locations at Bronx Community College of City University of New York (BCC).” In the end, I decided not to do the research as I was trying to make going to classes, working and volunteering along studying and doing homework all happen. I am also in a program called Academy for Transition to Health Professions (ATHP), which is an exclusive program that gives students with a strong academic potential to excel at the...
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...could not live without, I was able to use the checklist we filled out from the first week. As mentioned from my last journal entry, we are always building on the prior week’s material in order to help prepare us for the current week. Therefore, I was able to use the checklist as a guide to help with this week’s discussion assignment. In reflecting on how much technology has evolved over the years growing up, I learned that living without it would be difficult. However, learning about techno-stress was an interesting topic where we often rely on technology on a daily basis which causes our stress level to rise. As a result, we get too involved or “plugged-in” with technology that it can be over stimulating for us which can lead to dangerous situations. As much as technology has become so productive in our daily lives, I learned that taking a break from our computers and cell phones can be a good thing once in a while to decrease our stress levels. One aspect of week 4’s classroom resources that surprised me was the self-assessment quiz on the Math and English content. It’s a comprehension quiz to assess one’s ability’s to answer questions in...
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...Apollo templates for the new course Internal Information template 1. General information Course name: IELTS speaking and writing. This is a highly intensive course covering the two most difficult skills of speaking and writing that most students are not able to study by themselves and good guides are very essential and important. Many students are good at reading and listening skill and achieve over 7.0 IE mark but they have some difficulties with the other skills and have the need to improve just only the skills. That is the reason to decide to set up this course. We have made a survey (25 people) to find out the demand as well as the targeted customers of our course. Because IELTS is very important for most students at present, especially students planning to study abroad (60000 students in 2011), and English become more and more essential for many universities and companies, our course has a large potential. Out of 20 people taking part in our survey belongs to the age 15-22 and they also agree that a speaking and writing course is very helpful for them because they can’t learn by themselves skills as they are more difficult and they need the guide of teachers. All people did the survey help us collect some useful information about fee, the number of students of each class, the essential facility as well as the potential of the course to organize the course well and meet the customer’ demand. 2. Target customers and demands ...
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...DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH CONCEPT PAPER For Seminar Paper By JUVELLE S. CRISTOBAL MAT – ELA June 16, 2012 1st Semester, 2012-2013 A. Title B. Introduction * Rationale * Research Questions C. Review of Related Literature * Foreign References and Related Studies * Local Context and Related Studies D. Methodology * Respondents * Data Gathering Procedure * Research Design * Data Analysis E. Timetable for Research F. References TITLE A Syntactic and Comparative Analysis of Phrase Structure Rules Used in the Written Diagnostic and Term Composition of Freshmen Computer Secretarial Students in Bulacan Polytechnic College (Obando Campus) INTRODUCTION Rationale It is said that language learning is the product of formal instruction and it comprises a conscious process which results in conscious knowledge ‘about’ the language, for example knowledge of grammar rules. Although ‘language learning’ is considered less important than language acquisition, most of what is learned has been coming from the formal teaching in school. It is also said that the acquisition of grammatical structures follows a ‘natural order’ which is predictable. For a given language, some grammatical structures tend to be acquired early while others late. It can be derived that language learning could also be predictable and that grammatical structures are learned in an orderly manner controlled by the series of language teaching (particularly grammar teaching) courses embedded...
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...English 1310 is a course that is focused on grammar and writing. While it is a demanding course, it is possible to succeed. However, there are many factors that could cause a student to do poorly in English 1310. The student’s success in this class depends on himself. Many forms of irresponsibility would most definitely cause a student to do poorly in English 1310, such as failing to keep up with assignments, pay attention to details, and plan appropriately. A student may do poorly in English 1310 if he does not keep up with his assignments. Many professors give online work, such as quizzes and journal entries. While the quizzes are not heavily weighted, not taking them could be the difference between making an A and a B. The same goes for the journal entries. If a student does not keep up with his journal entries, it could cause him to do poorly. Most professors assign outside reading that is meant to be completed before coming to class. This reading is extremely beneficial, as it keeps students on track with what they are learning in class. Not doing this reading could also cause a student to do poorly in English 1310....
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