My Academic Writing Journey

Embracing into week 11, my English Academic Writing Module is coming to an end. To me, this module is more than useful and beneficial that what I have expected out of it. I was quite reluctant to take the module at first as I hold the wrong dogma that learning English should not be made on a mandatory basis, especially when we had entered tertiary education. It should be an involuntary process that we should do every day by reading and communicating with others.

However, I knew that I was wrong about this right from the first class. Learning English is a profound process in which I would need some professional guidance to master it. I made a lot of mistakes in essay writing, even in the most fundamental thing-the use of Articles, that I thought I have mastered it well. Attending to this English Academic Writing class is a marvellous platform for me to re-evaluate and revise my English proficiency.  

The context of the course is well-organized. The peer-review section prompted us to think critically and evaluate on others pieces rather than just follow everything blindly. We are encouraged to do more research and be alert to the latest issues that are happening around us. In addition, I have learned about the severity of the repercussions of plagiarism. Plagiarism is definitely an offense in academic writing. Due to the predicament of time constraint, we are bombarded with a great deal of extra resources via IVLE. As an English learner, the ball is in our court to take the initiative to access to all the resources.

Last but not least, the most appraisable thing about this module is the stress-free learning environment. I love the amiable ambience of my class, easy going classmate and approachable tutor. My tutor is not merely attentive to our doubts and questions in English module, but at the same thing also inspires us in the case of the loss of Lee Kuan Yew. She is generous in sharing her own personal experience and point of views with us which are really insightful to me.