Reading and writing are inseparable. Reading is an important component for people to improve their writing skill. The more people read, the more improvement of writing they will achieve. For example, in childhood, parents always give their kids some books which include illustrations to read before the kids possess writing skills. Since these children read the books and appreciate the meanings of the words, they have the ability to write sentences little by little. Nonetheless, the improvement for the children in this stage is limited, because the materials they use are simple. However, when the children start going to schools, writing skills for the children are surprisingly boosted. The reason for the great improvement is because they have to read a lot of academic essays or journals. Therefore, to improve the writing skill whereby reading ”academic” essays or journals is an effective and efficient way.
Reading academic essays can help people writing in different ways. First of all, we can absorb various writing styles from reading different author’s articles. In America, some professors like to grade students based on their improvements. If a student writes her/his essays with the same writing style, s/he might not be able to obtain a good grade despite the student is good at using words. However, if another student, who is capable of writing in varied styles, uses simple words in the essays. This student will receive a superior grade than the student who always writes in the same style. Furthermore, reading academic essays also helps writers to build up their vocabularies. When students are assigned to write an academic essay, the vocabularies they are going to use in the essay has to be more specific. For instance, “good” and “bad” are too general, writers need to find other words which more precisely describe how good or bad the situation is. The last advantage of reading academic essays is to prevent colloquial language. This advantage somehow relates to the last perspective. Students will need to look up some more vocabularies while they are reading an academic essay, because academic essays compose of a bunch of words with precise meanings, and these words might not be spoken in people’s daily life, so they will feel unfamiliar with the words.
Reading really brings me to the next level of writing. When I was in the English Second Language program, one of the assignments was to use the new vocabularies I found from the reading materials to make an essay. I had to write an essay which consisted of these words so I utterly comprehended the meanings of these new words. If I could properly use these vocabularies in my essays, it meant I fully understood these vocabularies. This method really expedited my understanding of the words and made my essays more fluent.
In addition, I realized how reading could connect to writing when I was assigned to do a research paper. A research paper means I have to search for a lot of information and exploit the data into a paper. At the beginning, I merely had some brief ideas; hence, I went online to find some academic articles and news which supported and related to my topic. After I read these articles, I not only obtained some quotations, but also perceived how to start my research paper. Reading these articles helped me to combine my ideas, and also provided me some positive and negative perspectives about my topic. Additionally, it also provided me some ideas that I didn’t even think of. Counting on these reading materials, I received a good grade for my research paper. If I hadn’t read these articles, I would not have improved this much.
However, to read academic essays has some degree of disadvantages as well. If students peruse too many academic readings, it might make their daily speech sound too formal. Usually people speak in a causal way in their daily life, and causal speech is easier to be appreciated. Therefore, it is a bit queer to talk to friends or people around you in a formal way. Moreover, if writers are unable to digest the writing styles they capture from perusing different authors’ masterpieces and transfer authors’ styles into their own style; they maybe lose their own writing styles. Creativity is significantly important for college students when they are going to do a writing assignment. As a result, reading will not utterly help you on writing if you don’t have sufficient ability to digest it.
In sum, reading really has a strong connection with writing. People who want to be good writers, it will be essential for them to read a lot in order to improve their writing skill and knowledge. In my case, I really don’t like to read books or academic essays, I feel extremely bored when I read these materials. However, I realized how reading could expedite my writing improvement every time when I got my writing assignments back from professor. For now, even though I still dislike reading some academic materials, I will force myself to do it, because I found out that if I want to receive a good grade on writing or be an excellent writer, reading is something that is inevitable.
Dec 19, 2008
How difficult writing --- Bang, Hyung Soo
Writing is another way to express their thinking, emotion and opinion. Sometimes people prefer writing to express what they want to say as a substitute speaking even though speaking is easier to express than writing. All the writing forms have their own way such as from informal writing to formal writing. Informal writing does not need a mode such as a journal and a letter but formal writing has to need a mode such as an essay, a resume any report in a company. Lots of student does not want to write formal writing especially an essay which affect their grade. Especially, writing is difficult for international student because English is their second or third language and if they are not good in English, they usually translate more than one times in their brain. I also do like that when I write or speak something in English.
Actually, when I first came here, New York, I did not speak English so I could not eat anything for two days from first day in New York.
My first writing was an assignment when I went to language school in Manhattan. Of course, I have written essays when I was in university in Korea but it was my first writing in English, my assignment, may possibly first in my life. The topic was about who am I and I have spent three days for the writing even though It was simple and short writing. At that time, I had a lot of ideas for the writing but I did not know how to translate to English. I discovered my own way to write in English what it was firstly write down on a paper in Korean and then translate to English with dictionary. I had no idea how foolish that was. My language school teacher did not accept my writing and the reason was my writing was sounds little awkward. After that happened I started tutor and have changed writing way and style.
Actually, I do not like to write something. I prefer speaking to writing even though in Korean. Especially, academic writing is always killing me whenever I have an essay assignment. I know how important is in university. I never ever forget my first experience to write an essay in my life. I had any idea about an essay such as how to write an essay and what modes I should use for an essay. My first essay was 3 years ago in a private academy for the toefl in Manhattan. I had to write a short essay for an assignment and I wrote it informally and I thought it was going to be best of best in my class but my expectation was totally wrong. I did not understand what is wrong with my essay and I went to the teacher and asked why my essay was bad. The teacher said that I had to write based on a mode. I knew at that time how to write an essay and an essay should write based on introduction, body and conclusion. Also introduction should include what is going to be in body paragraph and body should include more than three sections of paragraph and last paragraph, conclusion, should rewrite the introduction with different letters.
I really wanted to write very well and I did my best to improve my writing skills. I decided to read books every day for my writing skills so I bought a novel, Sherlock Holmes, firstly but I totally did not understand what it was about. I disappointed that and I decided to start reading with easy books. I bought a book for children and I enjoyed reading with that. After read all the book, I always went to a book store to buy a book and I bought more difficult one than before I read such as step by step. I have also written journal every day for a year. At first time to write journal, it was difficult for me. I wanted to write a lot but I could not write all things what I wanted and used simple letters and sentences. At firstly, I pushed myself very hardly and suffered from an obsession. However those things gave me just lots of stress and were not helpful for me. These days, I still write journal every day.
I am sure I will never satisfy with my writing skills because greed gives me bigger and more greed. However, I am not going to stop to improve my writing skills. Even though I have tried very hardly, writing is still difficult and I feel overwhelmed by writing. Even if I am in writing coma, I will never forget and do my best.
Actually, when I first came here, New York, I did not speak English so I could not eat anything for two days from first day in New York.
My first writing was an assignment when I went to language school in Manhattan. Of course, I have written essays when I was in university in Korea but it was my first writing in English, my assignment, may possibly first in my life. The topic was about who am I and I have spent three days for the writing even though It was simple and short writing. At that time, I had a lot of ideas for the writing but I did not know how to translate to English. I discovered my own way to write in English what it was firstly write down on a paper in Korean and then translate to English with dictionary. I had no idea how foolish that was. My language school teacher did not accept my writing and the reason was my writing was sounds little awkward. After that happened I started tutor and have changed writing way and style.
Actually, I do not like to write something. I prefer speaking to writing even though in Korean. Especially, academic writing is always killing me whenever I have an essay assignment. I know how important is in university. I never ever forget my first experience to write an essay in my life. I had any idea about an essay such as how to write an essay and what modes I should use for an essay. My first essay was 3 years ago in a private academy for the toefl in Manhattan. I had to write a short essay for an assignment and I wrote it informally and I thought it was going to be best of best in my class but my expectation was totally wrong. I did not understand what is wrong with my essay and I went to the teacher and asked why my essay was bad. The teacher said that I had to write based on a mode. I knew at that time how to write an essay and an essay should write based on introduction, body and conclusion. Also introduction should include what is going to be in body paragraph and body should include more than three sections of paragraph and last paragraph, conclusion, should rewrite the introduction with different letters.
I really wanted to write very well and I did my best to improve my writing skills. I decided to read books every day for my writing skills so I bought a novel, Sherlock Holmes, firstly but I totally did not understand what it was about. I disappointed that and I decided to start reading with easy books. I bought a book for children and I enjoyed reading with that. After read all the book, I always went to a book store to buy a book and I bought more difficult one than before I read such as step by step. I have also written journal every day for a year. At first time to write journal, it was difficult for me. I wanted to write a lot but I could not write all things what I wanted and used simple letters and sentences. At firstly, I pushed myself very hardly and suffered from an obsession. However those things gave me just lots of stress and were not helpful for me. These days, I still write journal every day.
I am sure I will never satisfy with my writing skills because greed gives me bigger and more greed. However, I am not going to stop to improve my writing skills. Even though I have tried very hardly, writing is still difficult and I feel overwhelmed by writing. Even if I am in writing coma, I will never forget and do my best.
Dec 17, 2008
Writing is meaningful in our lives(XIAOJING WU)
We know the world through our eyes.
We read books and know deeper about world with our hearts.
We understand others more through their speaking and writing.
Language is powerful.
Writing is one of the ways that language presents.
For me, writing is the best way to express myself, even to communicate with others. When I am writing, it forces me calm down to unscramble my thoughts, and to find out the root of problems. Sometimes I feel confuse of some things or be angry with someone, through wiring some words, some simple words, I will find everything is not a big deal. Everything happens for reasons. If find the reasons, things will be much easier to accept. Unfortunately, yesterday an unhappy thing happened to me. I talked on the phone with my dad yesterday afternoon, in the hall ways, because my roommate was playing music. After I return room for 30 minutes, a piece of paper was pasted on my door. The paper is notice that post all is force required to be 24 hours quiet and some red words were written by hand.
“Wendy, the hall is required 24 hours quiet, so stop talk on your phone so loud in the hall ways. It is annoying.”
I felt so bad when read those words. I would rather the girls come and ask me to keep quiet when I was talking on the phone. Being written in words makes the problem become extremely serious for me, especially written in red words. In China, write one’s name in red means curse someone and ask him to die. Other things wrote in red words means very important. I feel depress and then just did some writing. This problem is really not some serious as I consider. In the U.S., there might not have the same superstition of red words. The girl might just want to express what her feeling was and make me to be attention to my voice volume. Even though, the bad feeling still exists, I can try to relieve myself.
In this case, writing is a good way to express one thought when they do not want to talk with people face to face, avoiding embarrassment. Were you ever in such a situation? You have some misunderstanding with your friends, have some argument with your boyfriend or girlfriend, have some words to tell your parents but too shy to do so? Then just try to write them something in a polite way to let them know what you are thinking about.
I like do my own writing and also read others’ writing. Writing can show us the world of the writers. Unlike speaking, writing words is through deep thinking and well organized. Different styles of writing represent different characters. We can get into several personal worlds through reading others’ writing. We can have various imaginations of others’ writing. It depends on the readers’ own experiences. People’s speaking cannot be kept for over thousands years and cannot be spread. Being written in books, one’s words can be translated into different languages and kept for years. We can still read what Shakespeare wrote but cannot hear what he said.
Since writing is meaningful in our lives, it is very important to have good writing ability. Being as an international student, improve my writing skills are necessary. Though I cannot write so well now, but is faster and smoothly than before. Writing needs time, improve writing need practice. I will keep working on English writing.
We read books and know deeper about world with our hearts.
We understand others more through their speaking and writing.
Language is powerful.
Writing is one of the ways that language presents.
For me, writing is the best way to express myself, even to communicate with others. When I am writing, it forces me calm down to unscramble my thoughts, and to find out the root of problems. Sometimes I feel confuse of some things or be angry with someone, through wiring some words, some simple words, I will find everything is not a big deal. Everything happens for reasons. If find the reasons, things will be much easier to accept. Unfortunately, yesterday an unhappy thing happened to me. I talked on the phone with my dad yesterday afternoon, in the hall ways, because my roommate was playing music. After I return room for 30 minutes, a piece of paper was pasted on my door. The paper is notice that post all is force required to be 24 hours quiet and some red words were written by hand.
“Wendy, the hall is required 24 hours quiet, so stop talk on your phone so loud in the hall ways. It is annoying.”
I felt so bad when read those words. I would rather the girls come and ask me to keep quiet when I was talking on the phone. Being written in words makes the problem become extremely serious for me, especially written in red words. In China, write one’s name in red means curse someone and ask him to die. Other things wrote in red words means very important. I feel depress and then just did some writing. This problem is really not some serious as I consider. In the U.S., there might not have the same superstition of red words. The girl might just want to express what her feeling was and make me to be attention to my voice volume. Even though, the bad feeling still exists, I can try to relieve myself.
In this case, writing is a good way to express one thought when they do not want to talk with people face to face, avoiding embarrassment. Were you ever in such a situation? You have some misunderstanding with your friends, have some argument with your boyfriend or girlfriend, have some words to tell your parents but too shy to do so? Then just try to write them something in a polite way to let them know what you are thinking about.
I like do my own writing and also read others’ writing. Writing can show us the world of the writers. Unlike speaking, writing words is through deep thinking and well organized. Different styles of writing represent different characters. We can get into several personal worlds through reading others’ writing. We can have various imaginations of others’ writing. It depends on the readers’ own experiences. People’s speaking cannot be kept for over thousands years and cannot be spread. Being written in books, one’s words can be translated into different languages and kept for years. We can still read what Shakespeare wrote but cannot hear what he said.
Since writing is meaningful in our lives, it is very important to have good writing ability. Being as an international student, improve my writing skills are necessary. Though I cannot write so well now, but is faster and smoothly than before. Writing needs time, improve writing need practice. I will keep working on English writing.
Younghee Jeong
Writing a diary
I did not like writing when I was young. Maybe I hated writing. Whenever I had to write something, I did not know what I started from and talked about even there was a given specific topic. Before I stated to write, I had to think about what I would write about and it always took a long time. I remember that I was writing in class and every student had to make a composition. By the way, I could not finish writing nevertheless we had enough time. I actually tried to write hard, but I felt that everything that I would talk about was mixed in my head and did not know how to express my thinking. Therefore, I did not get good grade and my teacher scolded me because I was the only person who could not finish the composition. That was why I hated writing and writing was the thing which is stressful thing for me.
When I was in middle school, my teacher gives us the task that we have to write a diary everyday. Though I was stressed as soon as I heard of it, she said that it was not relevant to a grade at all and she just wanted to talk with us. If I wrote a diary, I could receive her respond the next day. I thought that I really liked to get her respond. When I was worried or happy about something, I wrote those things in my diary and I could feel that she cared about my feeling. Actually, teacher was the person who I always had to polite, respect and could not treat and talk in comfort. However, after we talk to each other with diary, I felt that she became one of my friends. After then, I started to write a letter to her and could talk with her in diary. I felt that writing was the thing that I could express my thinking and feeling and was not a difficult thing at all. I realized that writing could be fun. The diary was a start that I could like writing and I still have it.
I still feel that writing is not easy, but I do not think that writing is not fun or boring. Though it still take a lot of time to write for me, I feel comfortable and sometimes feel excited that I could tell my opinion and view with writing at least during the time. When I am writing, I feel like that I am talking to my self and can talk about anything that I want to talk. Therefore, writing became the thing that I can express my thinking and feeling honestly. Maybe because of the diary, I could feel comfortable in writing. I still write a journal everyday and it is good for me because it makes me feel calm and to think and look back myself. Even when I write something else, I could write in comfort like I am writing journal.
I did not like writing when I was young. Maybe I hated writing. Whenever I had to write something, I did not know what I started from and talked about even there was a given specific topic. Before I stated to write, I had to think about what I would write about and it always took a long time. I remember that I was writing in class and every student had to make a composition. By the way, I could not finish writing nevertheless we had enough time. I actually tried to write hard, but I felt that everything that I would talk about was mixed in my head and did not know how to express my thinking. Therefore, I did not get good grade and my teacher scolded me because I was the only person who could not finish the composition. That was why I hated writing and writing was the thing which is stressful thing for me.
When I was in middle school, my teacher gives us the task that we have to write a diary everyday. Though I was stressed as soon as I heard of it, she said that it was not relevant to a grade at all and she just wanted to talk with us. If I wrote a diary, I could receive her respond the next day. I thought that I really liked to get her respond. When I was worried or happy about something, I wrote those things in my diary and I could feel that she cared about my feeling. Actually, teacher was the person who I always had to polite, respect and could not treat and talk in comfort. However, after we talk to each other with diary, I felt that she became one of my friends. After then, I started to write a letter to her and could talk with her in diary. I felt that writing was the thing that I could express my thinking and feeling and was not a difficult thing at all. I realized that writing could be fun. The diary was a start that I could like writing and I still have it.
I still feel that writing is not easy, but I do not think that writing is not fun or boring. Though it still take a lot of time to write for me, I feel comfortable and sometimes feel excited that I could tell my opinion and view with writing at least during the time. When I am writing, I feel like that I am talking to my self and can talk about anything that I want to talk. Therefore, writing became the thing that I can express my thinking and feeling honestly. Maybe because of the diary, I could feel comfortable in writing. I still write a journal everyday and it is good for me because it makes me feel calm and to think and look back myself. Even when I write something else, I could write in comfort like I am writing journal.
Soojin Park
Find your own style !
There is a variety of languages in the world and the languages have differentiated. Among a lot of languages, English is one of the most well-known languages. As much that English is really close to people. I have learning English until now from when I was young, but it is still complicated to me. Writing is my weaknesses point it because I didn’t have my own writing style now I think.
What is style and how do you acquire it? We all have a natural style. Style is simply the way in which you put words together when you are writing. It is a reflection of your speaking and thinking habits. Some people write in short staccato sentences, sometimes even without using verbs. I believe style can mirror your personality, e.g. serious, brusque, friendly, chatty... and so on. In some ways, people can write differently to the way they speak. I am not really talkative person but I try to use plenty of words in my writing! Good style is essential in any writing. You won't get published without good style. It means writing with clarity and precision. Writing is a craft which needs to be learned and practiced, so be self critical.
I want to discuss the topic that involved my work experiences. It is about this English 2 f course. There are a lot of things that I realized from this course. I am sure that I realized my writing style in this class. As you know, we wrote 3 essays until now.
At the beginning of class, I wrote the first essay about gender discrimination with visual-verbal. Through the first job, I was learning how I use the visual-verbal text in the essay. In addition, the first job makes me think more critically. Also, I used an example related the topic that is movie “Philadelphia,” I think it was really good idea to write first essay because I was possible to write more easily and I could more focus on the gender discrimination. I really can establish my style in this writing
Second job was that I wrote about gender expectation. I was able to writing with more confidence because I was also becoming more confident with my thinking skills. Through the second writing, I understood that a complicated interaction exists between perceptions and perspectives. I also used an example related the topic that is movie “Billy Eliot,” it was not until using movie case that I realized one of my favorite writing styles. I can enjoy the writing with my style for the first time.
Style is very individual; it is your own style and is yours alone- your unique personality "shining through." Style may be simple, formal, and even utilize slang, or be more complex with long sentences, sub-clauses and paragraphs; but it should never lose its essential clarity. The essence of good style, I believe, is simplicity.
I think that you can just find your "natural style" by writing as you Speak - as practice writing in your "natural style" breeds confidence. I hope this essay may be helpful to you in learning more about your own "natural style."
There is a variety of languages in the world and the languages have differentiated. Among a lot of languages, English is one of the most well-known languages. As much that English is really close to people. I have learning English until now from when I was young, but it is still complicated to me. Writing is my weaknesses point it because I didn’t have my own writing style now I think.
What is style and how do you acquire it? We all have a natural style. Style is simply the way in which you put words together when you are writing. It is a reflection of your speaking and thinking habits. Some people write in short staccato sentences, sometimes even without using verbs. I believe style can mirror your personality, e.g. serious, brusque, friendly, chatty... and so on. In some ways, people can write differently to the way they speak. I am not really talkative person but I try to use plenty of words in my writing! Good style is essential in any writing. You won't get published without good style. It means writing with clarity and precision. Writing is a craft which needs to be learned and practiced, so be self critical.
I want to discuss the topic that involved my work experiences. It is about this English 2 f course. There are a lot of things that I realized from this course. I am sure that I realized my writing style in this class. As you know, we wrote 3 essays until now.
At the beginning of class, I wrote the first essay about gender discrimination with visual-verbal. Through the first job, I was learning how I use the visual-verbal text in the essay. In addition, the first job makes me think more critically. Also, I used an example related the topic that is movie “Philadelphia,” I think it was really good idea to write first essay because I was possible to write more easily and I could more focus on the gender discrimination. I really can establish my style in this writing
Second job was that I wrote about gender expectation. I was able to writing with more confidence because I was also becoming more confident with my thinking skills. Through the second writing, I understood that a complicated interaction exists between perceptions and perspectives. I also used an example related the topic that is movie “Billy Eliot,” it was not until using movie case that I realized one of my favorite writing styles. I can enjoy the writing with my style for the first time.
Style is very individual; it is your own style and is yours alone- your unique personality "shining through." Style may be simple, formal, and even utilize slang, or be more complex with long sentences, sub-clauses and paragraphs; but it should never lose its essential clarity. The essence of good style, I believe, is simplicity.
I think that you can just find your "natural style" by writing as you Speak - as practice writing in your "natural style" breeds confidence. I hope this essay may be helpful to you in learning more about your own "natural style."
Seungho Lee
Seungho Lee
ENG 2F
Prof. Leslie Bai
17/12/08
The Writing of Marketing
When I had studied economics and business at university in Korea, I was belonging to a marketing society in the university. In the marketing society, I studied the marketing for survey, power-point, presentation, and some principals. Especially, the presentation inspired me because I need to make short and strong sentences in the presentation. Those sentences are also a kind of writing and those things are what I was good at.
Moreover, one of my professors always mentioned about several basic rules which the marketing writers should follow. I agreed with his thoughts strongly, so whenever I had a chance to write a marketing text or to present a presentation, I tried to do that. After few years later, I read the article about book’s review which is similar to my previous professor’s lecture.
At the first presentation, I wanted to make that audiences concentrated in my presentation. There are lots of materials in the marketing sentences such as headline, photos, and middle subject. However, the most important thing to persuade readers is the first sentence. So, I considered the first sentence as the most important thing in my presentation. If the audiences read the first sentence of the presentation, the presentation is more used to be successful.
Nevertheless, the only purpose of the first sentence is making audiences to read the next sentence. If the audiences read the first sentence of the presentation, their eyesight goes down to the next sentence. They want to know what the speaker wants to talking about. Therefore, speakers need to attract the audiences to read the next sentence. The professor of the marketing society taught that the more speakers follow this rule, the more successful result will occur. Hence, the speakers should attract the audiences from the first few sentences.
For the next, when I prepared the first presentation, I introduced many features of the product to the audiences. However, the audiences less concentrated on my presentation and they could not recognize about the product neither. Also my professor pointed out my problem and advised to introduce the features about three to four.
After that, I had to think about the stream of the presentation. Although each of the features is different, all of them are in a same concept of the product. Besides, I had to make the audiences to concentrate the whole presentation like slides. If there is not the same concept, the audiences may confuse about the product. So the features of the product should be unified in the concept. Also, the speaker of the presentation present to audiences about the concept in very brief but strong words.
Even though the concept is important thing in the presentation, the speaker should explain more about that to persuade audiences. I think the function of the product concept is only occur interests of audiences however, the concept cannot make the audiences to buy the product. Another important element to make audiences to buy the product is contents. And the contents can contain many kinds of information as the evidence. For instance, statistic research, table, and opinion of experts can be a part of the contents.
When I prepared the first presentation, I had several researches to fill the contents, and to make my audiences to buy the product. I went to the region near the big city and asked to people about marketing research of electronic products. Also, I visited the electronic engineering professor to get his opinion.
As I mentioned above, I experienced a lot about marketing presentation and writing from the marketing society in the university. I made lots of mistakes however, those mistakes made me to write and speak more effectively. Because the main purpose of the marketing presentation or writing is to persuade audiences to buy the product, the presentation has to be honest to audience but also attract them. Also, marketing presentation is not only the method to sell the product, but it can also build up the relationship between the marketer and consumer.
ENG 2F
Prof. Leslie Bai
17/12/08
The Writing of Marketing
When I had studied economics and business at university in Korea, I was belonging to a marketing society in the university. In the marketing society, I studied the marketing for survey, power-point, presentation, and some principals. Especially, the presentation inspired me because I need to make short and strong sentences in the presentation. Those sentences are also a kind of writing and those things are what I was good at.
Moreover, one of my professors always mentioned about several basic rules which the marketing writers should follow. I agreed with his thoughts strongly, so whenever I had a chance to write a marketing text or to present a presentation, I tried to do that. After few years later, I read the article about book’s review which is similar to my previous professor’s lecture.
At the first presentation, I wanted to make that audiences concentrated in my presentation. There are lots of materials in the marketing sentences such as headline, photos, and middle subject. However, the most important thing to persuade readers is the first sentence. So, I considered the first sentence as the most important thing in my presentation. If the audiences read the first sentence of the presentation, the presentation is more used to be successful.
Nevertheless, the only purpose of the first sentence is making audiences to read the next sentence. If the audiences read the first sentence of the presentation, their eyesight goes down to the next sentence. They want to know what the speaker wants to talking about. Therefore, speakers need to attract the audiences to read the next sentence. The professor of the marketing society taught that the more speakers follow this rule, the more successful result will occur. Hence, the speakers should attract the audiences from the first few sentences.
For the next, when I prepared the first presentation, I introduced many features of the product to the audiences. However, the audiences less concentrated on my presentation and they could not recognize about the product neither. Also my professor pointed out my problem and advised to introduce the features about three to four.
After that, I had to think about the stream of the presentation. Although each of the features is different, all of them are in a same concept of the product. Besides, I had to make the audiences to concentrate the whole presentation like slides. If there is not the same concept, the audiences may confuse about the product. So the features of the product should be unified in the concept. Also, the speaker of the presentation present to audiences about the concept in very brief but strong words.
Even though the concept is important thing in the presentation, the speaker should explain more about that to persuade audiences. I think the function of the product concept is only occur interests of audiences however, the concept cannot make the audiences to buy the product. Another important element to make audiences to buy the product is contents. And the contents can contain many kinds of information as the evidence. For instance, statistic research, table, and opinion of experts can be a part of the contents.
When I prepared the first presentation, I had several researches to fill the contents, and to make my audiences to buy the product. I went to the region near the big city and asked to people about marketing research of electronic products. Also, I visited the electronic engineering professor to get his opinion.
As I mentioned above, I experienced a lot about marketing presentation and writing from the marketing society in the university. I made lots of mistakes however, those mistakes made me to write and speak more effectively. Because the main purpose of the marketing presentation or writing is to persuade audiences to buy the product, the presentation has to be honest to audience but also attract them. Also, marketing presentation is not only the method to sell the product, but it can also build up the relationship between the marketer and consumer.
YunJu Chung
"Excellent wine generates enthusiasm. And whatever you do with enthusiasm is generally successfu." -Philippe De Rothschild-
Do you enjoy writing? Actually, I don't. I mean, I liked to write anything when I was in my country on my language. After coming here to NewYork, I hate to write because Im not good at writing and speaking in English. For me, It is very difficult one. When I was in primary school, every students have to write and learn how to write poem or short essay so we learned that things and I liked to write. When I was in middle school and high school then Im in university so writing is not just to enjoy. Writing is essential to mylife.
Since I came here, Im doing with enthusiasm to write even though it is not sufficient yet. I realized that when Im taking a Eng2F class I need to persevere in my efforts. I still feel that writing is not easy but I'm just trying and trying to write. When I'm writing writing is not so expressive as I think. Im going to make efforts it takes soem doing though.
Do you enjoy writing? Actually, I don't. I mean, I liked to write anything when I was in my country on my language. After coming here to NewYork, I hate to write because Im not good at writing and speaking in English. For me, It is very difficult one. When I was in primary school, every students have to write and learn how to write poem or short essay so we learned that things and I liked to write. When I was in middle school and high school then Im in university so writing is not just to enjoy. Writing is essential to mylife.
Since I came here, Im doing with enthusiasm to write even though it is not sufficient yet. I realized that when Im taking a Eng2F class I need to persevere in my efforts. I still feel that writing is not easy but I'm just trying and trying to write. When I'm writing writing is not so expressive as I think. Im going to make efforts it takes soem doing though.
Writing for me(Yingshan Hu)
What is writing? Writing is a method which creates thoughts into words by using symbols in your languagel to convey the meaning of what you are trying to say. Admittedly, Writing is very important in my life, as a student, writing is an important part and indispensable.
When I was in primary school, every student began to learn how to write short essay, but actually just wrote some sentences. Because we were pupils at that time, and began to learn writing. When I was in junior high school, senior high school and then I am in college, writing all along very important in my life. Different kinds of essay or paper we need to write, since I was a pupil to a college student, I must write more and more. From just write several simple sentences to now I must write several pages essay, I don’t how many essays and paper already I wrote. It looks like I have a lot of experience for writing, in fact, very student should the same, because we are student, writing is a very important part in our student life. Even though I have many writing experience, but I don’t think I am a good writer, especially when I am writing in English.
English as my second language, I hope to I can use English very well like my mother language – Chinese, no matter speaking or writing, but I must study more hard and then I can do that, I believe I try hard I can. Sometimes, I feel so confused when I writing in English. I try to express something in my mind, but I don’t how to express in English. If let me express in Chinese, I think I can do it easily, but in English, I usually spent long time to consider how to express what I think. On the other hand, vocabulary is an important reason make me feel confused when I writing in English. As a matter of fact, I don’t have enough vocabulary, and I know I depend on dictionary too much, if without dictionary, a lot of words I don’t know how to spell, even though I know which word, l know the meaning and how to speak, but I forget how to spell. I also know there are so many mistakes in my essay include grammar, phrasing, spelling, expression and so on.
I remember when I was still in ESL class; one day, teacher gave us a topic and told us hand in the perfect essay and no mistakes on Monday. So we must go to lab and let another teacher help us correct our essay. Because lab did not open on Friday afternoon, Saturday and Sunday, so I only go to there on Friday morning. And then, on Thursday, my friend and I wrote this essay all-night. Eventually we finished and after we slept a few hours, we went to lab on Friday morning to let teacher corrected our essay. That was my first time wrote essay all-night and that was also one kinds of my writing experience.
Actually, I like informal writing more than formal writing. I think most of people are the same as me. My favorite style of informal writing is blog posting. I like to write something especial in one day, note down something special happening and my feeling. For example, I will write something in my birthday, special holidays, and hang out with my friends. Anyway, I like to write anything I like and anything I think and my feeling.
But I don’t like academic writing. Academic writing is different from high school; it is harder and need more pages. Like research paper, I am not good at write that, so about research paper, I will feel confused about how to write that. I will want to write clearly, to have an interesting and arguable thesis, to construct paragraphs that are coherent and focused, but it is a litter bit hard for me. I am not good at logical writing and research paper often is a big project and need to write a lot of pages, I am so afraid about that. But academic writing is very important in college, so I must improve my writing skills. Even though I cannot write paper as well as America people, so I must spent more time to improve my writing skills. Do more reading and do more writing are very good ways to improve writing skills.
I think there is no shortcut in writing, faster way is by myself. Writing is very important for me, my life is cannot without writing and writing is necessary. At that time; I hope my writing can as well as America people. I will do my best in my writing, no matter what kinds of writing.
When I was in primary school, every student began to learn how to write short essay, but actually just wrote some sentences. Because we were pupils at that time, and began to learn writing. When I was in junior high school, senior high school and then I am in college, writing all along very important in my life. Different kinds of essay or paper we need to write, since I was a pupil to a college student, I must write more and more. From just write several simple sentences to now I must write several pages essay, I don’t how many essays and paper already I wrote. It looks like I have a lot of experience for writing, in fact, very student should the same, because we are student, writing is a very important part in our student life. Even though I have many writing experience, but I don’t think I am a good writer, especially when I am writing in English.
English as my second language, I hope to I can use English very well like my mother language – Chinese, no matter speaking or writing, but I must study more hard and then I can do that, I believe I try hard I can. Sometimes, I feel so confused when I writing in English. I try to express something in my mind, but I don’t how to express in English. If let me express in Chinese, I think I can do it easily, but in English, I usually spent long time to consider how to express what I think. On the other hand, vocabulary is an important reason make me feel confused when I writing in English. As a matter of fact, I don’t have enough vocabulary, and I know I depend on dictionary too much, if without dictionary, a lot of words I don’t know how to spell, even though I know which word, l know the meaning and how to speak, but I forget how to spell. I also know there are so many mistakes in my essay include grammar, phrasing, spelling, expression and so on.
I remember when I was still in ESL class; one day, teacher gave us a topic and told us hand in the perfect essay and no mistakes on Monday. So we must go to lab and let another teacher help us correct our essay. Because lab did not open on Friday afternoon, Saturday and Sunday, so I only go to there on Friday morning. And then, on Thursday, my friend and I wrote this essay all-night. Eventually we finished and after we slept a few hours, we went to lab on Friday morning to let teacher corrected our essay. That was my first time wrote essay all-night and that was also one kinds of my writing experience.
Actually, I like informal writing more than formal writing. I think most of people are the same as me. My favorite style of informal writing is blog posting. I like to write something especial in one day, note down something special happening and my feeling. For example, I will write something in my birthday, special holidays, and hang out with my friends. Anyway, I like to write anything I like and anything I think and my feeling.
But I don’t like academic writing. Academic writing is different from high school; it is harder and need more pages. Like research paper, I am not good at write that, so about research paper, I will feel confused about how to write that. I will want to write clearly, to have an interesting and arguable thesis, to construct paragraphs that are coherent and focused, but it is a litter bit hard for me. I am not good at logical writing and research paper often is a big project and need to write a lot of pages, I am so afraid about that. But academic writing is very important in college, so I must improve my writing skills. Even though I cannot write paper as well as America people, so I must spent more time to improve my writing skills. Do more reading and do more writing are very good ways to improve writing skills.
I think there is no shortcut in writing, faster way is by myself. Writing is very important for me, my life is cannot without writing and writing is necessary. At that time; I hope my writing can as well as America people. I will do my best in my writing, no matter what kinds of writing.
Soowan Park
The Easiest Way to Keep and Arrange Our Think.
Since human made language they try to write and keep our thinking. Even we have other way to keep our thinking, writing is still important and easiest way to keep out information. Almost everyone is writing something every day, even it isn’t a long writing like a essay or journal. Some time’s they memo something and try to remember, but the memo is impossible to keep their thinking perfectly. Memo is just one or two sentence, it helps to bring our memory. For the reason if we want to keep our thinking we write something like more wrong and complicate. Not only for keep have thinking but also writing given many good things for us.
Have you ever read childhood diary? If you have, you can probably understand what I mean. If we read what we write before, we can remember what we had thinking or doing at that time, but it is very hard to remember without anything. Memorize something for a long time is very hard. But if we write something it can be easier. Writing is not just writing a fact. Writing is the way we can keep our memory.
Another interesting thing about writing is writing can arrange our thinking, when we write. Before we write something, we think what we want to write. Sometimes we think about the topic about the writing. It can give many ideas and make possible to organize our thinking when we write something. Writing makes us thinking about the topic. When we write something, we are not just writing that. The writing makes topic more clearly and give time to understand about topic to us. Sometimes doing writing, we can find our solution or confidence about the topic.
To see this writing is not just write a fact to us. It is the way of thinking and way of remembering. Do the write, if you need idea about something. Writing always helps you. Keep do the writing, writing will keep your memory and think. Writing will always help you.
JinHyun Baek
Good Essay?
Essay is the representation of writer’s ideas and thoughts in a textual, and it should be arranged in strong structure as introduction, body, and conclusion because the arranged structure helps readers to understand easily that reason and intention of why writer wrote that. However, the structure is not only important thing, also the good words and fluent sentences are also very important parts of writing, and these are formed in the writing. Actually, good selection of word, which not too easy words, is the beginning of good writing because the good words form good sentence. Then the good sentence forms fluent paragraph. When these three things words, sentences, and paragraphs are arranged, good essay is created with introduction, body, and conclusion.
The introduction is usually used to be beginning of article, and it should be designed to attract the reader’s attention. It also gives writer’s idea of the article’s focus. When writers write the introduction, they usually begin with startling information and anecdote. The reason of using these is to grab readers’ attention, and to make readers feel interesting from the introduction. The startling information have to be fact and provable because if it is not fact, the article would be fiction not the essay. It can be a proper fact that obviously illustrates the point writer wishes to make. The anecdote is a short account of a particular incident or event of an interesting or amusing nature, often biographical. (Dictionary.com) When writer uses the anecdote, it should be short because it can make the introduction too long and boring, if it is too long. It also has to be related to the essay’s topic.
Thesis statement is the most important thing in the introduction, in my personal opinion, because it is a summary of the story of essay. It really affects readers to understand and expect what writer tries to say. The thesis statement usually comes at the end of the first paragraph, and it is one sentence in length. Therefore, if there is not a perfect thesis statement, the essay cannot be started.
Each body paragraph should explain, argue, or describe the topic with personal experience or data. The personal experience or data can support the writer’s main ideas, which it means the essay is written by fact information. However, when writer get some data from books or web-site, writer must put work-cited on the last page of the essay to not be plagiarism. If writer has two or three main ideas, the essay usually will include two or three body paragraph.
The last one is the conclusion, which comes at after the last body paragraph. I personally think the conclusion is the easiest step of writing essay because it just needs to sum up writer’s points and ideas. It also can help readers to clearly and strongly understand the essay’s summery, so the conclusion is better to have a few sentences.
Usually, when writers start to write essay, they choose firstly a topic and think about some ideas. Writers write the introduction with startling information and anecdote to grab readers’ attention. The body paragraphs are usually written by main ideas with supporting data and personal experience. When writers get data or information from book or web-site, they must put the work-cited because of the plagiarism. The conclusion is the last step of writing essay, which is summing up. Now you can make fluent structure in essay.
"Anecdote." Dictionary.com. 2006. 16 Dec. 2008
Importance of writing essays(SUNGJOON HONG)
I think writing is one of the important parts of learning English as an international student. Writing is another way to express how I think something that. Especially, for me, writing is more important than others. Frankly, I cannot express my own opinion and thinking very well. In other words, writing is another way to express my opinion instead of speaking. However, most people don’t like writing essays.
English including both of writing and speaking is difficult for me. I didn’t think writing is difficult for me in my country. However, my low English skill interrupt what I thought and I want to represent. Consequently, writing is very difficult for me. When I took ESL program, I wrote diary in English. That’s my whole writing but now, I don’t do that because it takes long time for me to write diary in order to write something I need to finding suitable vocabulary, expression, grammar and so on. So since I’ve started last spring semester, I could not assign the time to write essay. I think my major problems are expression. I don’t know what expression is correct in English. In addition, I cannot often understand some idioms. I cannot understand it exactly.
When I finished ESL program, I took ENG 1F class. First I confront with essay, I felt very nervous because I had to write ENG 1F essay which require more pages than ESL essays. It is too difficult for me. This semester, I take ENG 2F class. It is also not easy for me. Especially, research paper is very difficult for me. This paper requires seven or ten pages. I think research paper is the most difficult assignment out of other assignments in this semester.
In conclusion, in my case, first time, when I wrote essay, I felt very nervous and irritate. However, I took ENG 1F class and ENG 2F class almost over. Owing to ENG 1F and 2F class, I feel better than past and improve writing skills. I appreciate to professor. However, my wiring skills are still insufficient. I am going to study writing essays more and more.
English including both of writing and speaking is difficult for me. I didn’t think writing is difficult for me in my country. However, my low English skill interrupt what I thought and I want to represent. Consequently, writing is very difficult for me. When I took ESL program, I wrote diary in English. That’s my whole writing but now, I don’t do that because it takes long time for me to write diary in order to write something I need to finding suitable vocabulary, expression, grammar and so on. So since I’ve started last spring semester, I could not assign the time to write essay. I think my major problems are expression. I don’t know what expression is correct in English. In addition, I cannot often understand some idioms. I cannot understand it exactly.
When I finished ESL program, I took ENG 1F class. First I confront with essay, I felt very nervous because I had to write ENG 1F essay which require more pages than ESL essays. It is too difficult for me. This semester, I take ENG 2F class. It is also not easy for me. Especially, research paper is very difficult for me. This paper requires seven or ten pages. I think research paper is the most difficult assignment out of other assignments in this semester.
In conclusion, in my case, first time, when I wrote essay, I felt very nervous and irritate. However, I took ENG 1F class and ENG 2F class almost over. Owing to ENG 1F and 2F class, I feel better than past and improve writing skills. I appreciate to professor. However, my wiring skills are still insufficient. I am going to study writing essays more and more.
Min Kim
Unlike the rigid structure of high school life, universities present an opportunity for students to teach how to learn. When I try to think of the most important class I have ever taken, I tend to think of classes that had a lot of practical value. Some examples include a English class, a political science class, and History class. These classes have had practical applications writing. From this
perspective, perhaps the most important class I have ever taken was a typing class that I took when I was in high school. Although not everyone has writing talent or is interested in English, I think it is important for everyone to have some exposure to writing. Because of this, I think that writing should be part of the required curriculum in high schools.
First, at the time I had no idea that the class would be so useful. The class was offered as an elective, and I took it because I thought it would be easy. The teacher, whose from another country I still remember, she touch us how to write. And she was gentle but insistent in her instruction. By the end of the class, most students could write without dictionary.
Second, English enjoyment is something that comes naturally to most teenagers. And I also spend a large part of my spending time. I think that children who receive formal training in writing do better in English class. The parents of many wealthier children can afford to give their kids private writing lessons throughout childhood. But for less privileged youngsters, this is not the case. Their only change to receive the benefits of writing education will be through free classes in public schools. I usually appreciate my parents because I’m in the U.S and I’m studying. However, when I was in company, I rarely used to write. But, when I entered college in the U.S. I started to realize how useful the class had been.
In conclusion, since English has become more important in our daily lives, the writing skills I learned in high school have become invaluable. My ability to write quickly has made my life easier in so many ways. I have forgotten my teacher’s name, but when I write English, I often remember her.
perspective, perhaps the most important class I have ever taken was a typing class that I took when I was in high school. Although not everyone has writing talent or is interested in English, I think it is important for everyone to have some exposure to writing. Because of this, I think that writing should be part of the required curriculum in high schools.
First, at the time I had no idea that the class would be so useful. The class was offered as an elective, and I took it because I thought it would be easy. The teacher, whose from another country I still remember, she touch us how to write. And she was gentle but insistent in her instruction. By the end of the class, most students could write without dictionary.
Second, English enjoyment is something that comes naturally to most teenagers. And I also spend a large part of my spending time. I think that children who receive formal training in writing do better in English class. The parents of many wealthier children can afford to give their kids private writing lessons throughout childhood. But for less privileged youngsters, this is not the case. Their only change to receive the benefits of writing education will be through free classes in public schools. I usually appreciate my parents because I’m in the U.S and I’m studying. However, when I was in company, I rarely used to write. But, when I entered college in the U.S. I started to realize how useful the class had been.
In conclusion, since English has become more important in our daily lives, the writing skills I learned in high school have become invaluable. My ability to write quickly has made my life easier in so many ways. I have forgotten my teacher’s name, but when I write English, I often remember her.
Dec 16, 2008
Never stop Training:Writing (Jake yoon)
Since April 2007, I have been studying the many aspects of the English language. The main focus, however, was writing. I learned how to write an essay when I was in middle school and high school in Korea, however, the education of English in Korea did not force students to practice their writing skills. Memorizing grammar and paragraph structures are the best ways to earn a good grade in Korea. After I had the chance to study in the United States, I realized that writing itself is very important: more than I thought. Therefore, I practiced hard and I earned a good grade in my previous English class. In addition, my final English class is nearing the end and I am confident that I have high marks in this class.
As I did not practice how to write a well structured essay, I was placed in the beginning class for writing when I first arrived in Minnesota. The reason why I left Korea to live for five months in Minnesota, is due to the fact that I had to study English. At that time, I felt desperate and eager to get in the higher class. Even though I was placed in an average English class in Korea, I had to start from the beginning in the United States. Nevertheless, I was in the beginner class, I started even harder than higher class students. Once I entered the beginner’s class, I felt a sense of regret. I regretted to have not studied as hard as I should have when I was in Korea. It was a blow to my ego to know that I had to start all the way at the bottom when my goal was to reach for the top. I was desperate to leave the beginner’s class and therefore, studied night and day to earn my rightful spot in the highest class. I entered the room with a heavy backpack slung on my shoulders. Feeling the weight of it left me feeling even more disheartened. I looked around the room to see ten seated students in front of me. As it was their first day of class, I could sense their anxiousness as they shyly greeted one another. They were highly anticipating their first day here in class, and seeing that eagerness, I began to think otherwise. There was no need for me to feel disappointed with myself. Instead, I needed what they had: enthusiasm. It was from that moment on that I decided to turn my negative perception on entering this beginner’s class, and work twice as hard as anyone around me to achieve my goal.
It was the summer of 2007, three months after I entered the beginner’s class, that I reached my goal and entered the higher English class. Two months later, I graduated with the higher English class. As I have successfully finished the four stages of E.S.L, I realized my writing skills cannot be improved all of a sudden: you have to be patient. There are steps involved in order to be an accomplished writer. Improving my writing skills was hard for me. Struggling every night with an essay and finding every definition of words with dictionary was a daily routine. I remember having my dictionary with me every day and took it everywhere I went. It was the equivalent of my cell phone. Every day I trained myself to be a better writer by just simply writing. As Walter Wellesley said, “There’s nothing to write. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and open a vein” (Walter Wellesley “Red” Smith). I would sit down in front of my computer and wrote of every thought that entered my mind. They could have been fragments, incomplete sentences, or even incomplete thoughts, I still typed it out. Every single night when I was struggling with my essays, this quote gave me a power to write a good essay. I have nothing to write but all I have to do is sit down in front of computer and open a vein.
Once I became a college student, there were two options for writing an essay: one is to get a good grade, the other one is try to be a good writer. Of course, it is better to have both choices but it was hard for me to do both since I am taking more than one English class. As I am an international student, writing an English essay that is 5 or 6 pages long was not easy for me. Nevertheless, I have learned Korean for twenty years and it is still hard for me to write a plausible Korean essay. Therefore, for a student who has only studied in the United States for one and a half years hard to write well structured essay.
Writing classes are necessary for international students and also Americans. There is no perfect writer, but there are good writers. It means that there is no limit to learn how to write well. As I have taken English 1F and currently taking English 2F, I realize that even if I finish this class, I have to practice writing as hard as I did before. This class gave me the direction on how to write well, and to prepare me for my other classes. Writing classes in college gave me another reason as to why I have to practice writing. When I was in Minnesota studying English, one of the reasons why I practiced hard in writing was to get into the higher writing class. However, now as I am a college student, writing for me means more than just a class or a grade. I need good writing skills to work in the United States after I graduate from college.
When I look back at the beginning of my college life, my writing skills have changed tremendously. I take pride in my works and I am confident when I speak and write in English. I have come a long way from the beginning of my writing career. If I hadn’t embraced my imperfections and my disadvantage in English, I wouldn’t have had the will to push forward. Sri Chinmoy, an Indian poet who studied in New York:
“If I cannot forgive myself for all the blunders
That I have made over the years,
Then how can I proceed?
How can I ever dream perfection-dreams?
Move, I must, forward.
Fly, I must, upward.
Dive, I must, inward,
To be once more
What I truly am
And shall forever remain.”
“There is nothing to write. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and open a vein.” Flickr.
March 29, 2008. December 14, 2008
< http://flickr.com/photos/thenocturnalwench/2371201713/in/set-72157594371204530/>
“If I cannot forgive myself.” PoetSeers.
December 14, 2008
As I did not practice how to write a well structured essay, I was placed in the beginning class for writing when I first arrived in Minnesota. The reason why I left Korea to live for five months in Minnesota, is due to the fact that I had to study English. At that time, I felt desperate and eager to get in the higher class. Even though I was placed in an average English class in Korea, I had to start from the beginning in the United States. Nevertheless, I was in the beginner class, I started even harder than higher class students. Once I entered the beginner’s class, I felt a sense of regret. I regretted to have not studied as hard as I should have when I was in Korea. It was a blow to my ego to know that I had to start all the way at the bottom when my goal was to reach for the top. I was desperate to leave the beginner’s class and therefore, studied night and day to earn my rightful spot in the highest class. I entered the room with a heavy backpack slung on my shoulders. Feeling the weight of it left me feeling even more disheartened. I looked around the room to see ten seated students in front of me. As it was their first day of class, I could sense their anxiousness as they shyly greeted one another. They were highly anticipating their first day here in class, and seeing that eagerness, I began to think otherwise. There was no need for me to feel disappointed with myself. Instead, I needed what they had: enthusiasm. It was from that moment on that I decided to turn my negative perception on entering this beginner’s class, and work twice as hard as anyone around me to achieve my goal.
It was the summer of 2007, three months after I entered the beginner’s class, that I reached my goal and entered the higher English class. Two months later, I graduated with the higher English class. As I have successfully finished the four stages of E.S.L, I realized my writing skills cannot be improved all of a sudden: you have to be patient. There are steps involved in order to be an accomplished writer. Improving my writing skills was hard for me. Struggling every night with an essay and finding every definition of words with dictionary was a daily routine. I remember having my dictionary with me every day and took it everywhere I went. It was the equivalent of my cell phone. Every day I trained myself to be a better writer by just simply writing. As Walter Wellesley said, “There’s nothing to write. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and open a vein” (Walter Wellesley “Red” Smith). I would sit down in front of my computer and wrote of every thought that entered my mind. They could have been fragments, incomplete sentences, or even incomplete thoughts, I still typed it out. Every single night when I was struggling with my essays, this quote gave me a power to write a good essay. I have nothing to write but all I have to do is sit down in front of computer and open a vein.
Once I became a college student, there were two options for writing an essay: one is to get a good grade, the other one is try to be a good writer. Of course, it is better to have both choices but it was hard for me to do both since I am taking more than one English class. As I am an international student, writing an English essay that is 5 or 6 pages long was not easy for me. Nevertheless, I have learned Korean for twenty years and it is still hard for me to write a plausible Korean essay. Therefore, for a student who has only studied in the United States for one and a half years hard to write well structured essay.
Writing classes are necessary for international students and also Americans. There is no perfect writer, but there are good writers. It means that there is no limit to learn how to write well. As I have taken English 1F and currently taking English 2F, I realize that even if I finish this class, I have to practice writing as hard as I did before. This class gave me the direction on how to write well, and to prepare me for my other classes. Writing classes in college gave me another reason as to why I have to practice writing. When I was in Minnesota studying English, one of the reasons why I practiced hard in writing was to get into the higher writing class. However, now as I am a college student, writing for me means more than just a class or a grade. I need good writing skills to work in the United States after I graduate from college.
When I look back at the beginning of my college life, my writing skills have changed tremendously. I take pride in my works and I am confident when I speak and write in English. I have come a long way from the beginning of my writing career. If I hadn’t embraced my imperfections and my disadvantage in English, I wouldn’t have had the will to push forward. Sri Chinmoy, an Indian poet who studied in New York:
“If I cannot forgive myself for all the blunders
That I have made over the years,
Then how can I proceed?
How can I ever dream perfection-dreams?
Move, I must, forward.
Fly, I must, upward.
Dive, I must, inward,
To be once more
What I truly am
And shall forever remain.”
“There is nothing to write. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and open a vein.” Flickr.
March 29, 2008. December 14, 2008
< http://flickr.com/photos/thenocturnalwench/2371201713/in/set-72157594371204530/>
“If I cannot forgive myself.” PoetSeers.
December 14, 2008
Final essay :Writing is your whole life - heekyung cho.
Writing is your whole life.
“I live to write, and wrote to live.”
-Samuel Rogers. English poet and wit. B.1763-1855.
Most people think the writing is a kind of language parts. I think also the writing is a most common language parts. When people write something, they will entirely to find out what they thinking, what they looking at what they see and what it means. Moreover, what they want and what they fear. Therefore, the writing is included our thoughts and our identity. Writing is making sense of life. People work their whole life and perhaps they have made sense of one small area through writing. Don Delillo who is American novelist born in New York City said that writing is a form of personal freedom. It frees us from the mass identity we see in the making all around us. In the end, writers will write not to be outlaw heros of some underculture but mainly to save themselves, to survive as individuals. Writing can also make person’s identity. Writing is similar with exploration. When people start writing, they start from nothing and after then learn as they go.
When I was young, I went to English academy. On that time, the white American teacher thought me English. He thought me speaking first. After then, he thought me writing. My first writing assignment is English diary on every day. That is terrible assignment for me, because I am worried about whole of my grammar skills and writing skills. After all, I could not write my first assignment. I just write “today is a great day.” That is my first English diary’s whole sentences. My teacher was really disappointment about my first assignment and he say something to me. He says “this is first step of your writing. If you want to study abroad in United States, you have to write a lot of paper about specific statements. Therefore, you must improve your writing skills for your future.” On that time, I did not understand why he said that to me. Moreover, I could not believe his saying, because I had not dream about study abroad in United States later on that time. However, after 10 years later the dream becomes real! I came in United States for studying! After I started studying in United States, I am really believed the teacher’s saying about writing.
I am really like talking with friend using English. However I hate writing. The writing is really hard part to me, because English is my second language and the grammar is not perfect. Therefore, when I was taking my first class about art history, professor gave to me a research paper about art history. On that time, I am not sure about what is research paper and I did not know how write research paper. I have nothing about research paper. I cried 3 days, because the research paper is really hard things to me. One day, I think about why I hate the writing and why I am afraid about writing all times. After all, I got the answer about that question by myself. The answer was talking or speaking is not required a perfect grammar. However, the writing is required a perfect grammar especially research paper. That’s why I am afraid about writing. I think many international students are afraid about writing, because the grammar skills or organize essay method is hard to them. Therefore, many people do not like writing about anything.
I was taking English 2-F class on this semester. This semester is my fourth semester in this university. So, before this semester whole of my papers have many mistakes. However, after taking this class, my English writing skills are improved a lot. During this class, I wrote 15 pages research paper that can be engaged to me a lot. After I wrote research paper, my frightened feeling about writing is decrease. So, I am really thanks about solve my problem through this class.
In conclusion, when we write something, the best important things are rid of frightened feeling about our grammar problem or writing skills, which the grammar is correct or not. Before check the grammar on paper, we have to try to find out our thinking and feeling. That is first things when we write something on paper. Writing about our thinking and feeling is best important things when we write. Moreover, whole kind of writing contains our thoughts. Therefore, the writing is same as our life.
“I live to write, and wrote to live.”
-Samuel Rogers. English poet and wit. B.1763-1855.
Most people think the writing is a kind of language parts. I think also the writing is a most common language parts. When people write something, they will entirely to find out what they thinking, what they looking at what they see and what it means. Moreover, what they want and what they fear. Therefore, the writing is included our thoughts and our identity. Writing is making sense of life. People work their whole life and perhaps they have made sense of one small area through writing. Don Delillo who is American novelist born in New York City said that writing is a form of personal freedom. It frees us from the mass identity we see in the making all around us. In the end, writers will write not to be outlaw heros of some underculture but mainly to save themselves, to survive as individuals. Writing can also make person’s identity. Writing is similar with exploration. When people start writing, they start from nothing and after then learn as they go.
When I was young, I went to English academy. On that time, the white American teacher thought me English. He thought me speaking first. After then, he thought me writing. My first writing assignment is English diary on every day. That is terrible assignment for me, because I am worried about whole of my grammar skills and writing skills. After all, I could not write my first assignment. I just write “today is a great day.” That is my first English diary’s whole sentences. My teacher was really disappointment about my first assignment and he say something to me. He says “this is first step of your writing. If you want to study abroad in United States, you have to write a lot of paper about specific statements. Therefore, you must improve your writing skills for your future.” On that time, I did not understand why he said that to me. Moreover, I could not believe his saying, because I had not dream about study abroad in United States later on that time. However, after 10 years later the dream becomes real! I came in United States for studying! After I started studying in United States, I am really believed the teacher’s saying about writing.
I am really like talking with friend using English. However I hate writing. The writing is really hard part to me, because English is my second language and the grammar is not perfect. Therefore, when I was taking my first class about art history, professor gave to me a research paper about art history. On that time, I am not sure about what is research paper and I did not know how write research paper. I have nothing about research paper. I cried 3 days, because the research paper is really hard things to me. One day, I think about why I hate the writing and why I am afraid about writing all times. After all, I got the answer about that question by myself. The answer was talking or speaking is not required a perfect grammar. However, the writing is required a perfect grammar especially research paper. That’s why I am afraid about writing. I think many international students are afraid about writing, because the grammar skills or organize essay method is hard to them. Therefore, many people do not like writing about anything.
I was taking English 2-F class on this semester. This semester is my fourth semester in this university. So, before this semester whole of my papers have many mistakes. However, after taking this class, my English writing skills are improved a lot. During this class, I wrote 15 pages research paper that can be engaged to me a lot. After I wrote research paper, my frightened feeling about writing is decrease. So, I am really thanks about solve my problem through this class.
In conclusion, when we write something, the best important things are rid of frightened feeling about our grammar problem or writing skills, which the grammar is correct or not. Before check the grammar on paper, we have to try to find out our thinking and feeling. That is first things when we write something on paper. Writing about our thinking and feeling is best important things when we write. Moreover, whole kind of writing contains our thoughts. Therefore, the writing is same as our life.
Random thoughts about writing class (Shuhui Wang)
Time flies, I have been studied in American for one-year. As an international student, language problem may be the biggest block to me. I need listening skills to understand what teachers say in the class; I need speaking skills to let people know what I mean and I also need writing skills to do my homework or communicate with people online and so on. For those skills I take the writing class for one year. Looking back my one years’ study, I feel I have a lot to say, I want say what I got from that class and what kinds of problem I met during the writing class.
The first thing I got from my writing class is reading skill.
I feel that reading is a basic of writing, may be this is why we take a lot of reading practice during the writing class.
Well, I did not pay much attention on reading first because I thought I study all my courses in English, I practice my reading skill every day. I just remember that teacher taught us that did not writ your own country’s language as a note on your textbook otherwise you cannot improve your reading skills. That true, tell the truth, I did not like to follow this at the beginning, and I felt it was so tired to look the dictionary again and again for the same words when I was reading the articles. Why not just writing the meaning of the vocabulary one the book? So I only need to search the dictionary one time. Whatever, since writing the vocabulary’s meaning in own language is bad for my reading skills, I should avoid to do that. So during the past one year, when I met the new words, I will avoid to taking Chinese notes, I would rather searching the dictionary again and again. One day, when I was reading my psychology textbook, I suddenly realize that I can know the majority of the words in the chapter, at least I do not use dictionary as much as last semester! I am glad that my reading skills have been improved. Now it is easier to understand articles than before, so I beginning to enjoy the content of every article I read. I like to learn new things so I like to read science articles. I will be glad if teacher supply more science articles during class.
There is another reason that I am glad that my reading skill has been improved. I feel it is much more convince for me to communicate with local people by written words. Take my psychology class for example. My psychology professor is a good professor, she does not even use textbook in her class, because she has all the knowledge in her mind. She can teach us knowledge in her own word with many vivid cases. I can feel my classmates ---- the American students like her class very much. Because her class is interesting and not as boring as those teachers who just read power points in the class. But as the only foreign students in her class, I miss power points very much. At least, I can read power points during the class instead of trying my best to understand what my psychology teacher says just now! So I appreciate the reading skills I have been improved in my English class. With the reading skills I can read the psychology textbook easily by myself --- self-study at home.
The second thing I got from writing class is “Critical Thinking”. I feel that “Critical Thinking” is the most impressive phrase I learned from my writing class.
I remember at the beginning of this course, teacher told us “the course focuses more explicitly on critical thinking” which shows the weightiness of critical thinking.
This word sounds familiar but actually it is very abstract. At first, I am confusing about “what is critical thinking?” and “how to use critical thinking?” I won’t say that I have already totally understood “critical thinking”, I can only say, now I before I begin to write my articles, I will remind myself to using critical thinking. I will try to make my point more clearly, more comprehensive and let my thinking more logical. When I am reading other people’s articles, I will think about his or her points---can I agree with them? Even this point is comes from authority, it should be queried. All these are what I learned from “critical thinking”.
The third think I benefit from writing class is I know the importance of outline.
Well, I have been taught to write an outline before the main body. I knew it from primary school, but I rarely writing an outline. But during this writing class I found my teacher pay more attention on the logical of an essay. If I write in my old way---- started from main body, I probably lose myself in my own essay. Take my first Eng 1 F essay for example. I remembered teacher want us to compare our culture and the western culture. At first, I did not want to write the outline, I want to write the main body directly. But when I write to 4 or 5 pages, I lost. I could not sure whether or not I mentioned this point before. Finally, I gave up and I decided to write the outline first. Then I began to think what is the content of my country’s culture and what is included in American culture and so on. When I finished my outline, I felt I had already finished the half of the essay; the rest thing is to put details in my “sketch”.
Writing class teaches me a lot meanwhile he also gives me some 困惑。
When I was a primary student, I am afraid of writing long page essay, so do most of my classmates. Whenever I got the writing class’s syllabus, I will first check that how many essays we should write this semester and how many pages we every essay is needed for every essay. I believe most of my classmates and I prefer the short term essay, such as free writing, informal writing and so on.
But recently I found that some short term essay is not as easy as we thought. One of my friends which is taking news class this semester. At first, I really jealousy her because her teach require only 250 words in every essay. It is so great! Only 250 words! But things are quite different as I thought; her teacher let her use no more than 250 words to deeply express significance news. If she writes more than 250 words, the teacher will reduce her grads. This is why I often saw her try beat to cutting her essay. When I was afraid about the no less than 10 pages’ researcher paper, my friend also worried about write too many words.
10 pages essay is not a easy thing but when I need more details to extend my essay, I can use Internet; I can read books and I can interview some friends. But when I can only use 250 words in my essay, I may have no idea how to do it. Because it is hard to make a choice between two points that I think have the same importance. So I must know which point is more meaningful for this news. I think it is harder than search the internet to extend the essay.
Well the above is my random thought about my one-year writing class. Although I am in the end of the writing class, the knowledge I got from it will company me for a long time.
The first thing I got from my writing class is reading skill.
I feel that reading is a basic of writing, may be this is why we take a lot of reading practice during the writing class.
Well, I did not pay much attention on reading first because I thought I study all my courses in English, I practice my reading skill every day. I just remember that teacher taught us that did not writ your own country’s language as a note on your textbook otherwise you cannot improve your reading skills. That true, tell the truth, I did not like to follow this at the beginning, and I felt it was so tired to look the dictionary again and again for the same words when I was reading the articles. Why not just writing the meaning of the vocabulary one the book? So I only need to search the dictionary one time. Whatever, since writing the vocabulary’s meaning in own language is bad for my reading skills, I should avoid to do that. So during the past one year, when I met the new words, I will avoid to taking Chinese notes, I would rather searching the dictionary again and again. One day, when I was reading my psychology textbook, I suddenly realize that I can know the majority of the words in the chapter, at least I do not use dictionary as much as last semester! I am glad that my reading skills have been improved. Now it is easier to understand articles than before, so I beginning to enjoy the content of every article I read. I like to learn new things so I like to read science articles. I will be glad if teacher supply more science articles during class.
There is another reason that I am glad that my reading skill has been improved. I feel it is much more convince for me to communicate with local people by written words. Take my psychology class for example. My psychology professor is a good professor, she does not even use textbook in her class, because she has all the knowledge in her mind. She can teach us knowledge in her own word with many vivid cases. I can feel my classmates ---- the American students like her class very much. Because her class is interesting and not as boring as those teachers who just read power points in the class. But as the only foreign students in her class, I miss power points very much. At least, I can read power points during the class instead of trying my best to understand what my psychology teacher says just now! So I appreciate the reading skills I have been improved in my English class. With the reading skills I can read the psychology textbook easily by myself --- self-study at home.
The second thing I got from writing class is “Critical Thinking”. I feel that “Critical Thinking” is the most impressive phrase I learned from my writing class.
I remember at the beginning of this course, teacher told us “the course focuses more explicitly on critical thinking” which shows the weightiness of critical thinking.
This word sounds familiar but actually it is very abstract. At first, I am confusing about “what is critical thinking?” and “how to use critical thinking?” I won’t say that I have already totally understood “critical thinking”, I can only say, now I before I begin to write my articles, I will remind myself to using critical thinking. I will try to make my point more clearly, more comprehensive and let my thinking more logical. When I am reading other people’s articles, I will think about his or her points---can I agree with them? Even this point is comes from authority, it should be queried. All these are what I learned from “critical thinking”.
The third think I benefit from writing class is I know the importance of outline.
Well, I have been taught to write an outline before the main body. I knew it from primary school, but I rarely writing an outline. But during this writing class I found my teacher pay more attention on the logical of an essay. If I write in my old way---- started from main body, I probably lose myself in my own essay. Take my first Eng 1 F essay for example. I remembered teacher want us to compare our culture and the western culture. At first, I did not want to write the outline, I want to write the main body directly. But when I write to 4 or 5 pages, I lost. I could not sure whether or not I mentioned this point before. Finally, I gave up and I decided to write the outline first. Then I began to think what is the content of my country’s culture and what is included in American culture and so on. When I finished my outline, I felt I had already finished the half of the essay; the rest thing is to put details in my “sketch”.
Writing class teaches me a lot meanwhile he also gives me some 困惑。
When I was a primary student, I am afraid of writing long page essay, so do most of my classmates. Whenever I got the writing class’s syllabus, I will first check that how many essays we should write this semester and how many pages we every essay is needed for every essay. I believe most of my classmates and I prefer the short term essay, such as free writing, informal writing and so on.
But recently I found that some short term essay is not as easy as we thought. One of my friends which is taking news class this semester. At first, I really jealousy her because her teach require only 250 words in every essay. It is so great! Only 250 words! But things are quite different as I thought; her teacher let her use no more than 250 words to deeply express significance news. If she writes more than 250 words, the teacher will reduce her grads. This is why I often saw her try beat to cutting her essay. When I was afraid about the no less than 10 pages’ researcher paper, my friend also worried about write too many words.
10 pages essay is not a easy thing but when I need more details to extend my essay, I can use Internet; I can read books and I can interview some friends. But when I can only use 250 words in my essay, I may have no idea how to do it. Because it is hard to make a choice between two points that I think have the same importance. So I must know which point is more meaningful for this news. I think it is harder than search the internet to extend the essay.
Well the above is my random thought about my one-year writing class. Although I am in the end of the writing class, the knowledge I got from it will company me for a long time.
Hard works, Writing (Yeajeong Lee)
For me, writing is very difficult one. Actually, I like to study math and science thing, so history and some literature department subject are hard to study to me, because there is no right or wrong answers; however, math and science have very clear answers for each problem, and it makes me interesting and exciting. No one think that writing has answer. Actually, it does not. Writing is a way to express your thought on your paper. No one can say this writing is wrong or right. Maybe, this result made me very complicated. Like math and science, if I know the right answer, even if I did wrong, I will do it to get the right answer, so there is a lot of way to get the right answer like formulae. I also believe that writing also have a lot of way to express my opinion, but it just has my thought and no clear answers. My professor also told me everyone’s thought is right. Every time, I should have strong opinion for my writing subject and write for my thought for long paper, so, how this writing can be easy to me for every time.
Truly, the most difficult thing is, I do not know that how to start my writing. I feel so hard to start it. If I have to start my writing assignment, always cursor was just twinkling on my laptop. There were no words, sentence and etc. Sometimes, I did spend so many times to start it like 1 or 2 hours and sometimes, more than this. Every time, I did put some words or question and then, removed again and again. I knew that I should have a good and clear introduction, it will easy to write next paragraph down. Another thing is that I always think that what makes this essay more interesting for the beginning, because my professor always told us start you’re writing with some interesting idea. I could not write just some general idea for beginning, I needed to write some specific thing which can make people’s interest and it should show my strong opinion for this essay like what I will write and my thought about this subject. I need to show my clear opinion for writing. In fact, still now, I feel little bit afraid how to start it, however, I believe that I feel better than the beginning of this semester, because I did put a lot of efforts to make my writing more interesting and think a lot for the introduction of each writing.
Before do your writing, you should think and search for some materials. These processes make me so stressful. When I took the English 1F class during last semester, spring 2008, I did not feel really hard to search for some materials for my writing, so I did not need to spend a lot of time to search it, because there were not too hard subjects for paper assignment. In this semester, however, English 2F class, it needs so many works to do it. My professor gave us more specific subjects; so, I have to find many articles by using Internet, library books, newspaper and etc. It took a lot of time and was hard to find some contents that I want to use for my writing, so, the beginning of this semester; I did not use a lot of articles for my first writing, because of this difficulty. On the other hand, when I did work on my third paper which was the research paper, I put and used a lot of materials. I feel little bit comfortable to find and use it. When I filled out the bibliography, I could see how I find a lot of materials and did use it for just one paper. I was so surprised, because I remember the first time; even I found some articles, I did not know that how to use this quote for my writing. At that time, my professor wrote some comments down on my first draft, “this quote is not suitable for this paragraph.” Now, I feel free from this difficulty. I think I am still not perfect to use some quotes for my writing, but I see my development from the first time. This development makes me to have encouraged doing writing work.
I strongly believe that writing is very important, because we can express our thought easily and I know that I will have a lot of writing work for my major classes. In fact, still nowadays, I do not like to do some writing works. As I mentioned that writing do not have a right or wrong answer and hard to figure out what I am going to write. Last time, I show my first writing and research paper to my friends and he told me my writing skill is really developed a lot from the beginning. When I heard from my friends, I felt so delightful even I know that I am not still perfect. For the first time, I felt so hard to write like 3 or 4 pages for one paper, but now, I feel that 3 or 4 pages are nothing. There is so much differentiation between first time and now. I believe that if I enjoy writing works, it can be easier to do it, but, every time, before do my writing, I always felt that writing is hard and so stressful to me. This behave made me to have more difficulty, so, I will try to think that writing is interesting thing, because I can express my opinion in this paper and others writing also can make me to know their thought for one subjects. I believe that this behave will bring more development out to me for my writing skills.
Truly, the most difficult thing is, I do not know that how to start my writing. I feel so hard to start it. If I have to start my writing assignment, always cursor was just twinkling on my laptop. There were no words, sentence and etc. Sometimes, I did spend so many times to start it like 1 or 2 hours and sometimes, more than this. Every time, I did put some words or question and then, removed again and again. I knew that I should have a good and clear introduction, it will easy to write next paragraph down. Another thing is that I always think that what makes this essay more interesting for the beginning, because my professor always told us start you’re writing with some interesting idea. I could not write just some general idea for beginning, I needed to write some specific thing which can make people’s interest and it should show my strong opinion for this essay like what I will write and my thought about this subject. I need to show my clear opinion for writing. In fact, still now, I feel little bit afraid how to start it, however, I believe that I feel better than the beginning of this semester, because I did put a lot of efforts to make my writing more interesting and think a lot for the introduction of each writing.
Before do your writing, you should think and search for some materials. These processes make me so stressful. When I took the English 1F class during last semester, spring 2008, I did not feel really hard to search for some materials for my writing, so I did not need to spend a lot of time to search it, because there were not too hard subjects for paper assignment. In this semester, however, English 2F class, it needs so many works to do it. My professor gave us more specific subjects; so, I have to find many articles by using Internet, library books, newspaper and etc. It took a lot of time and was hard to find some contents that I want to use for my writing, so, the beginning of this semester; I did not use a lot of articles for my first writing, because of this difficulty. On the other hand, when I did work on my third paper which was the research paper, I put and used a lot of materials. I feel little bit comfortable to find and use it. When I filled out the bibliography, I could see how I find a lot of materials and did use it for just one paper. I was so surprised, because I remember the first time; even I found some articles, I did not know that how to use this quote for my writing. At that time, my professor wrote some comments down on my first draft, “this quote is not suitable for this paragraph.” Now, I feel free from this difficulty. I think I am still not perfect to use some quotes for my writing, but I see my development from the first time. This development makes me to have encouraged doing writing work.
I strongly believe that writing is very important, because we can express our thought easily and I know that I will have a lot of writing work for my major classes. In fact, still nowadays, I do not like to do some writing works. As I mentioned that writing do not have a right or wrong answer and hard to figure out what I am going to write. Last time, I show my first writing and research paper to my friends and he told me my writing skill is really developed a lot from the beginning. When I heard from my friends, I felt so delightful even I know that I am not still perfect. For the first time, I felt so hard to write like 3 or 4 pages for one paper, but now, I feel that 3 or 4 pages are nothing. There is so much differentiation between first time and now. I believe that if I enjoy writing works, it can be easier to do it, but, every time, before do my writing, I always felt that writing is hard and so stressful to me. This behave made me to have more difficulty, so, I will try to think that writing is interesting thing, because I can express my opinion in this paper and others writing also can make me to know their thought for one subjects. I believe that this behave will bring more development out to me for my writing skills.
The Final Essay: What I Have Learned in English Courses 1F and 2F (Seungbae LEE)
I have learned the skill to write an essay and research paper, furthermore, how to write a references and formatting bibliography etc. for 8 months by taking English 1F and 2F. Also, I have posted several blogs while I’m taking English 2F course. It is surprising that I have written many essays research paper and my opinions in English. Also, I’m very satisfied that my professor praised me of my English grammar and structure of essays improved.
Actually, since I took English 1F course, I was annoyed with writing essays. That’s because I had to write it in English, and my English skill was not good. Also, I have not written many essays even in Korean language, and I hated to write. My linguistic ability of even Korean was also bad; for example, it took too much time for me to read any articles and understand what it means. Whenever writing assignments (Essay, Research paper etc.) were given to me, I really hated to do that, because first of all brainstorming and choosing topic was very hard. When I started to write, I was very worried about how to start with the introduction. After that, furthermore, adjusting to the structure (introduction, main contents, and conclusion) and correcting grammar mistakes really make me annoyed.
Even though I didn’t like to write an essay, there were several skills I have learned. The biggest one is making an outline. Since I take English 1F, I always started an essay with the outline. When I was taking ESL course before English 1F, there were some Essay assignments, but I didn’t format the outline of any essays. The outline was very helpful to get contents and idea which do not deviate from the topic of the paragraph. Due to the outline, my several essays were well organized and graded A- which is my best score of all essay scores.
Second one I learned is bibliography. Bibliography protects us from committing plagiarism. First time, in English 1F, I didn’t know what the plagiarism and bibliography mean and how to make bibliography. Whenever I wrote an essay, I committed plagiarism many times. I used some ideas from the internet, and didn’t make any quotation mark and the research source. Also, I didn’t illustrate any graph or photo material in my essays. When I’m in English 2F course, however, I used a lot of graphs and photos and more ideas in my essays, of course, formatting bibliography.
It is the creative idea that I never forgot during writing an essay or blogs. The creative idea is essential for expressing our own characteristic opinion. Also, the professor considers it very important and it can have the great effect on the score of essay. The professor praised me of the second way for the corporal punishment in essay #2. However, it was very difficult for me to make the creative idea. Creative idea should be very characteristic and the one about which any other people didn’t think.
To get more creative writing for the other subjects, I should read many articles, summarize them and write my opinion about the articles briefly. For example, if I have read the articles about prohibiting capital punishment, I will have to write pros or cons and logical reason and then, take a solution of which I think. Then, it can help me practice writing in English and express my own characteristic opinion.
Though I finish English 1F and 2F, there will be so much writing works in the other subjects for the next semester. Still, I should make my writing skill more improved for carrying out any other writing work. Although writing is very annoying, it is very important for our future. Most tasks we take in our society are writing, for example, students have to finish the most of their assignments by writing an essay. For the present, it should occupy the most of my life.
Actually, since I took English 1F course, I was annoyed with writing essays. That’s because I had to write it in English, and my English skill was not good. Also, I have not written many essays even in Korean language, and I hated to write. My linguistic ability of even Korean was also bad; for example, it took too much time for me to read any articles and understand what it means. Whenever writing assignments (Essay, Research paper etc.) were given to me, I really hated to do that, because first of all brainstorming and choosing topic was very hard. When I started to write, I was very worried about how to start with the introduction. After that, furthermore, adjusting to the structure (introduction, main contents, and conclusion) and correcting grammar mistakes really make me annoyed.
Even though I didn’t like to write an essay, there were several skills I have learned. The biggest one is making an outline. Since I take English 1F, I always started an essay with the outline. When I was taking ESL course before English 1F, there were some Essay assignments, but I didn’t format the outline of any essays. The outline was very helpful to get contents and idea which do not deviate from the topic of the paragraph. Due to the outline, my several essays were well organized and graded A- which is my best score of all essay scores.
Second one I learned is bibliography. Bibliography protects us from committing plagiarism. First time, in English 1F, I didn’t know what the plagiarism and bibliography mean and how to make bibliography. Whenever I wrote an essay, I committed plagiarism many times. I used some ideas from the internet, and didn’t make any quotation mark and the research source. Also, I didn’t illustrate any graph or photo material in my essays. When I’m in English 2F course, however, I used a lot of graphs and photos and more ideas in my essays, of course, formatting bibliography.
It is the creative idea that I never forgot during writing an essay or blogs. The creative idea is essential for expressing our own characteristic opinion. Also, the professor considers it very important and it can have the great effect on the score of essay. The professor praised me of the second way for the corporal punishment in essay #2. However, it was very difficult for me to make the creative idea. Creative idea should be very characteristic and the one about which any other people didn’t think.
To get more creative writing for the other subjects, I should read many articles, summarize them and write my opinion about the articles briefly. For example, if I have read the articles about prohibiting capital punishment, I will have to write pros or cons and logical reason and then, take a solution of which I think. Then, it can help me practice writing in English and express my own characteristic opinion.
Though I finish English 1F and 2F, there will be so much writing works in the other subjects for the next semester. Still, I should make my writing skill more improved for carrying out any other writing work. Although writing is very annoying, it is very important for our future. Most tasks we take in our society are writing, for example, students have to finish the most of their assignments by writing an essay. For the present, it should occupy the most of my life.
Dec 15, 2008
Friends are expected to be loyal (xiaojing wu)
"It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend"
by William Blake
A friend is who much more close to you than an enemy. Friends are the people who you trust but enemies not. Friend are the people who you think that know you well, but enemies not. Friends are the people who you think are unique and important to you. Enemies are the people that you conflict with, you never expect they will be good to you, but friends not. A friend does some bad things on you that will be different to believe, because you never think of it, and then it is difficult to forgive. That is really unbelievable.Friends are expect to be loyal.
by William Blake
A friend is who much more close to you than an enemy. Friends are the people who you trust but enemies not. Friend are the people who you think that know you well, but enemies not. Friends are the people who you think are unique and important to you. Enemies are the people that you conflict with, you never expect they will be good to you, but friends not. A friend does some bad things on you that will be different to believe, because you never think of it, and then it is difficult to forgive. That is really unbelievable.Friends are expect to be loyal.
Condifence gain from success( xiaojing wu)
"You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing which you think you cannot do" by Eleanor Roosevelt
You can feel a great sense of achievability when you reach the top of the mountain. We are face to different people and situation every day. If we keep fail in one place, our depression will be expanded in seconds. It’s because the failure remind us our weakness continuously and then we will deny ourselves unavoidably. Similarly, we prevail the fear and prove our abilities, and we will gain confidence. Once we finish or achieve success from the thing which we think we cannot do, we will suddenly find out that we are capable. We are much more powerful than we thought.
You can feel a great sense of achievability when you reach the top of the mountain. We are face to different people and situation every day. If we keep fail in one place, our depression will be expanded in seconds. It’s because the failure remind us our weakness continuously and then we will deny ourselves unavoidably. Similarly, we prevail the fear and prove our abilities, and we will gain confidence. Once we finish or achieve success from the thing which we think we cannot do, we will suddenly find out that we are capable. We are much more powerful than we thought.
The Final:Writing is a Mixed Piece of Music-Quincy Shen
For me, writing is a kind of mixed music. The prelude is always soft, slow and concise, as forewords in writings. The body of writings combines many pieces of complex, undulate and explicit music, such as light music, country music, rock music and soul music. In the body part, you can insert the climax part, and reduplicate it, or just put it into the ending. Some pieces of music have the same endings as their preludes; listeners would feel relaxing and mitigating after deeply throb from the culminating point. Melodies, sounds and tones may change a lot, but the purpose will never change.
Why I say it is a piece of music? Not a whole? Because I can never know what the exactly number of words I would write into my writings. The prerequisite is that, I really want to write, instead of pooling words together in order to reach the goal. Unfortunately, this harmful tendency happened several times when I completely have no inspirations about what I should write, and have no or just a little interested on the topics which were given and were required for promoting our higher writing techniques and skills. Therefore, in the process of writing, I was annoying and tired; but then, especially when I finished it, I felt happiness of achievement.
For international students who have learnt ESL and English 1F, English 2F was extremely a big step. To be honest, it was the first time I wrote a full, formal research paper; I was totally crumble down at that moment, and innocent hoped not to suffer it again, not only because the restricted universal topic. However, the main point is, I need to spend a lot of time on it, to search and read a lot; besides, I had no idea and no orientation. The reason caused my low grades in writing parts was the limitations of English words and experiences. Lots of grammar mistakes and many inappropriate words negatively influenced my writings; nevertheless, English 2F was a godsend chance that definitely provided some useful and necessary skills for my further working and learning in modern society. There is no doubt that companies and enterprises prefer to employ people who are confidence, patient, creative, and with good reasoning and have clear thoughts. All of above advantages can be promoted by learning and practice.
It was hard to write an acceptable article. It was also hard to create a perfect music that can be accepted by different kinds of people who have different tastes. Every article required in English 2F class has limitations of English words, grammars, numbers of words, articles and formal styles; they restricted my originally plentiful imaginations. Besides, other impacts such as the clamorous environments, other assignments and depressed emotions will cause negative influences on the quantities of writings. Thereby self-control and self-maturity are quite important for people who want to write a good article. If you want to represent an idea, be sure to stand neutral, and to use those ideas which have been proved and been accepted. Not everyone can easily be a significant individuality, to rage in the world full of controversies and competitions, and finally success.
After have recognized so many styles of writing, I preferred fiction. I even never wrote fictions in my writing classes, just because I prefer the relaxing and enjoyment produced from imagination. Journal writing is not so hard, it helps me to remember things happened and things I need to do in the future. Blog posting improves my abilities to read, to understand and punctual. Essay is the most common writing I did, and it let me know how to use correct grammars. Research paper teaches me the most, besides the skills I learnt from other styles, it also teaches me the formal format, the clear presentation and the proper way to decide and support ideas. Argumentation practices my thoughts’ flexibilities and diversifications. Unexpectedly, there still have some abilities I might need to learnt, such as using proper way to translate ancient writings into accurate English words, or other formal forms of writings. However, I have already learnt all the possible skills and important things I need so far from classes.
Writing is a specific art since it has several styles; and it is a science as you would use different techniques and skills. By far, my purpose was to be a good writer, as the emotion was sublimated, and the patience was trained; the necessary things needed to be a good writer were still concealed from me. In other words, things like to write a lot, to read a lot, and to be specific are all necessary to be a good writer; we knew them did not mean we could achieve. Otherwise, besides the talent, based on experiences from good writers, expending vocabulary; using good grammar; planning and being well-informed are all necessary things to be a good writer. And the most important thing international student should concentrate on is to practice.
My hearts vibrated to the charming piece of music’s stirring melodies; a good writing should like this, which can penetrate into my spirit, and can leave deep impressions on us. More than one year’s learning and practicing, I paid a lot, but I received more. Maybe I will not learn such kind of English classes again; anyway, things I learnt will be frequently used in my further studying. Thereby, what is the following unfinished melody of this mixed piece of music? Just leave it to me, because there is no ending for writing.
Dec 14, 2008
writing is very important to me(Jiaqi.Huang)
How time flies! It is the time to end of this semester, also is the end of my freshman year. This is my final essay of my English course, also is my final essay in my freshman year. After one year study, my writing is improving. I think writing is very important to me. It not only is a tool of study, but also is an expression of myself.
Writing is a good way to express what I thought. Blog posting is my favor way to express my feeling and idea through the internet. Before I came to America to study, I have a blog written by Chinese. I like posting the comment after I saw an interesting movie, the feeling after I met someone, the strange idea of I did the daydream etc. Posted everything what I want freely. Blog posting is a kind of writing which is most interesting. You don’t have care how long you wrote or whether it has grammar mistakes. Sometimes you will see comments leave by other bloggers. Those comments are more truly than people talk face to face because you will be more honest without seeing people’s countenance. Sometimes, you can make friends with the blogger who have the same topic or ideas with you.
Writing diary is a good way to record my life. I started to write my diary from ten years ago. I think diary is a good way to record my diary life. You might think photograph also is the easier to record life. But one day when you look at an old picture, you might remember what was happening when you took this snapshoot, you probably forgot the feeling of that moment. The only way you won’t forget the feeling is write it down. As a girl, I have a lot of secret that I don’t want to tell anyone, I will write in my diary instead of keep them in my heart. Even after twenty years, I had already feel despair of my life, I believe I will find my hope by reading the diary which I wrote when I was young.
Writing is the safest way to express things to other. We always face to some bad situations to make our speaking more mistakes. Such as when we said something without thinking, we may easy to say something wrong and can’t take it back, because we had already said it out. Or when we say something in formal occasion, we will make many mistakes if feel shy or nervous. Bur you can correct your writing many times before you show it to others. That’s why writing is safest way to express way to express things. I am the kind of person easy to get nervous, so I prefer to write down what I what to say on paper. Also, I prefer to write E-mail than video chat when I contact with my friends. I think writing is the best way to express my meaning.
Writing is good way to improve my English. When I am wiring, especial in formal writing, I have to consider the words and grammars which I chose whether correct. In the process of I was choosing the word in the article, I will learn more vocabularies. I will check my grammar after I finished every essay. Every time I check the essay, just like one more time practices. I believe the more I practice, the fewer mistakes I got.
Writing is an important skill in college. Most academic course required to writing some papers. If you want to get a good grade in your course, at least you should good at writing paper. Of course writing is not the only thing you should do well when you want to get good grade, but it must be one of the important parts.
After this essay, my essay will be graded as any other native students’ in future. All my academic writing will be graded by my idea, my knowledge about the course, not the grammar mistake any more. If I want someone correct my essay’s mistake, I have to go to writing center. Compare I just been America, my writing had already improved a big step. But actually how far is the gap between mine and theirs? I think I still have a long way to go. Anyway, writing is very important to me. I like writing. Writing will be part of my life, I will always like it no matter in Chinese or English.
Writing is a good way to express what I thought. Blog posting is my favor way to express my feeling and idea through the internet. Before I came to America to study, I have a blog written by Chinese. I like posting the comment after I saw an interesting movie, the feeling after I met someone, the strange idea of I did the daydream etc. Posted everything what I want freely. Blog posting is a kind of writing which is most interesting. You don’t have care how long you wrote or whether it has grammar mistakes. Sometimes you will see comments leave by other bloggers. Those comments are more truly than people talk face to face because you will be more honest without seeing people’s countenance. Sometimes, you can make friends with the blogger who have the same topic or ideas with you.
Writing diary is a good way to record my life. I started to write my diary from ten years ago. I think diary is a good way to record my diary life. You might think photograph also is the easier to record life. But one day when you look at an old picture, you might remember what was happening when you took this snapshoot, you probably forgot the feeling of that moment. The only way you won’t forget the feeling is write it down. As a girl, I have a lot of secret that I don’t want to tell anyone, I will write in my diary instead of keep them in my heart. Even after twenty years, I had already feel despair of my life, I believe I will find my hope by reading the diary which I wrote when I was young.
Writing is the safest way to express things to other. We always face to some bad situations to make our speaking more mistakes. Such as when we said something without thinking, we may easy to say something wrong and can’t take it back, because we had already said it out. Or when we say something in formal occasion, we will make many mistakes if feel shy or nervous. Bur you can correct your writing many times before you show it to others. That’s why writing is safest way to express way to express things. I am the kind of person easy to get nervous, so I prefer to write down what I what to say on paper. Also, I prefer to write E-mail than video chat when I contact with my friends. I think writing is the best way to express my meaning.
Writing is good way to improve my English. When I am wiring, especial in formal writing, I have to consider the words and grammars which I chose whether correct. In the process of I was choosing the word in the article, I will learn more vocabularies. I will check my grammar after I finished every essay. Every time I check the essay, just like one more time practices. I believe the more I practice, the fewer mistakes I got.
Writing is an important skill in college. Most academic course required to writing some papers. If you want to get a good grade in your course, at least you should good at writing paper. Of course writing is not the only thing you should do well when you want to get good grade, but it must be one of the important parts.
After this essay, my essay will be graded as any other native students’ in future. All my academic writing will be graded by my idea, my knowledge about the course, not the grammar mistake any more. If I want someone correct my essay’s mistake, I have to go to writing center. Compare I just been America, my writing had already improved a big step. But actually how far is the gap between mine and theirs? I think I still have a long way to go. Anyway, writing is very important to me. I like writing. Writing will be part of my life, I will always like it no matter in Chinese or English.
be honest to yourself (Jiaqi Huang )
if you think you can't, you are right.
somtimes when i think i think i cannot do something, someone will encourage me and said: try it, even you fail, at least you tried it. sometimes i think if i know i can't do it , why i should waste time to try. sometime "try" may make things succeed, but sometimes may not. some people may think you don't "try" because you are lazy. for this reason, someone will try do something which they actually thought they cannot do it. i think what their behavior are lost themselve. so, be honest to yourself, if you think you can't ,you are right.
somtimes when i think i think i cannot do something, someone will encourage me and said: try it, even you fail, at least you tried it. sometimes i think if i know i can't do it , why i should waste time to try. sometime "try" may make things succeed, but sometimes may not. some people may think you don't "try" because you are lazy. for this reason, someone will try do something which they actually thought they cannot do it. i think what their behavior are lost themselve. so, be honest to yourself, if you think you can't ,you are right.
don't feel shy to say you can't (Jiaqi Huang)
if you think you can, you can. if you think you can't , you are right.
i am agree with that sentence. most of time if you think you can, you have confidence to do something, you can make it. But sometimes we have to believe the last sentence. if you think you can't, means sometime you know you don't have ability to finish something, and you said it our, you are wrong. the wrong side is if you think you can't doing something but you hide it as secret. if you don't ask other people and study about that, you will never know how to make it. so, if you think you can't , you are right.
i am agree with that sentence. most of time if you think you can, you have confidence to do something, you can make it. But sometimes we have to believe the last sentence. if you think you can't, means sometime you know you don't have ability to finish something, and you said it our, you are wrong. the wrong side is if you think you can't doing something but you hide it as secret. if you don't ask other people and study about that, you will never know how to make it. so, if you think you can't , you are right.
hurt a lot (Jiaqi Huang)
I am absobutely positively know that i am not sure whether i still love you.
i remember that day professor bai said that sentence in the class. Then she asked students how do they think about the sentence. The whole sentence sounds not make sense. He is absobutely positively knew something, but the thing is he doesn't sure something. if someone say that to me, i think i will get mad of that. if you don't sure whether you still love someone, how can you say it out? why you don't say it out wait until you sure about that? sometimes speaker just try to express their own feeling and neglected the listener's feeling. they don't know what they said may hurt the listener a lot.
i remember that day professor bai said that sentence in the class. Then she asked students how do they think about the sentence. The whole sentence sounds not make sense. He is absobutely positively knew something, but the thing is he doesn't sure something. if someone say that to me, i think i will get mad of that. if you don't sure whether you still love someone, how can you say it out? why you don't say it out wait until you sure about that? sometimes speaker just try to express their own feeling and neglected the listener's feeling. they don't know what they said may hurt the listener a lot.
Fear of the “Blank Page”(Svetlana)
Familiar feeling when you have mass of ideas and projects in your head. It seems like those ideas flying in the air, but when you sit down to express your thoughts, and you see blank, white, like snow, sheet of paper you get very queer feeling of fear… What is it? Fear of the “blank page”? Sometimes I can sit for hours with clean page lying in front of me, especially, when volume of my written work has to be impressive.
Usually I got that feeling because I have too many ideas and none of them have a clear structure. It seems that all I have in my head is a mess. To struggle such a problem, I start write all of these ideas down, and then clean them up by adding new and eliminating ones which are not suitable to my thesis. By doing it I clarify outline of my future “masterpiece” :))))
Usually I got that feeling because I have too many ideas and none of them have a clear structure. It seems that all I have in my head is a mess. To struggle such a problem, I start write all of these ideas down, and then clean them up by adding new and eliminating ones which are not suitable to my thesis. By doing it I clarify outline of my future “masterpiece” :))))
pursuit of my possession
we should try to step back from our compulsive need for more of everything and get in touch with the basic valus that are the real point of our lives.
It’s still right that some people may pursue possession from materials. Although some people think that pursuit possession is a bad life style, it let people lose the self-value. In my point of way, different people have different sell-value in terms like spirit and material. Personally speaking, I grow up in a perfect family and I have never experienced any difficulties and barriers, that’s why sometimes I can’t understand people who pursue the material possessions seriously. To me, happiness is the possession that I want to pursue in my life, no matter what kind of goal and achievement that I want to reach is to find happiness. In real world, it’s inevitable that people may meet some satisfaction and difficulties in life. What I am insisting on is to standing on my own side and position. Don’t have to care about eyesight from others. No matter what kind of consequence we will have. I will not feel regretful about what I have done.
against yourself xiaoshu zhu
Time flies, this semester almost finish, from people around me and myself, l realize that the most foe is not others, it's people themselves. In people’s heart, there is a small space that is not open for others, sometimes people could hide it very well, but sometimes they even cannot realize they have such private place. However, people’s behavior and thought could let out what and where the small secret place is. The shape and location of the small place are different, so people have different characters, like some people are shy to express their true feelings; some people have no sense of responsibilities to do anything, some people are timid and some people are over confident. These different cases show the different pots in people’s heart. To improve people themselves, people should know themselves and find what is your problem is, and then they find ways to against that. If people take effort on that, people will be successful.
(Younghee Jeong)
"You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing which you think you cannot do" by Eleanor Roosevelt
I believe that we can do anything if we have confidence on everything. it is not hard, but not that easy I think.
I believe that we can do anything if we have confidence on everything. it is not hard, but not that easy I think.
(Younghee Jeong)
"It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend"
by William Blake
I agree with the sentence. As much as someone believe another person and give love, it would be hard to forgive him when the trust is broken. If belief is destroyed once, it is hard to build it again I think.
by William Blake
I agree with the sentence. As much as someone believe another person and give love, it would be hard to forgive him when the trust is broken. If belief is destroyed once, it is hard to build it again I think.
Burn After Reading(Yongfei Gu)
About whether the movie is good or not that is always in dispute.
I saw this movie in this summer vacation in the AMC cinema in Manhattan. Actually, I was not so understand the core of the movie,not the English language. Even quite a lot of Americans cannot understand it very well, since it is a kind of complicated. The total style of American black humor. Someone think this is awesome and a pretty funny movie, however somebody believe that is quite boring. Brad Pitt and George Clooney are the two attractive for audiences.
Challenge (SOO JIN PARK)
Accept challenges, so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory.
-George S. Patton
As you know, it is difficult to accept challenge. When we have a sense of brave, we can enjoy the new challenge for the first time. Just try with fearless. Challenges are what make life interesting. Overcoming them is what makes life having an important effect.
-George S. Patton
As you know, it is difficult to accept challenge. When we have a sense of brave, we can enjoy the new challenge for the first time. Just try with fearless. Challenges are what make life interesting. Overcoming them is what makes life having an important effect.
(Younghee Jeong)
"First you are young; then you are middle-aged; then you are old; then you are wonderful"
Age was a matter of concern. because I was afraid that I would be old, but I am not afraid of thinking about that. (maybe sometimes I am still afraid) I am thinking about that everybody would be old and age is just number and is not important thing at all. it is more important how I make my life. I just hope that I would be wonderful when I am older, and want to try to make myself wonderful.
Age was a matter of concern. because I was afraid that I would be old, but I am not afraid of thinking about that. (maybe sometimes I am still afraid) I am thinking about that everybody would be old and age is just number and is not important thing at all. it is more important how I make my life. I just hope that I would be wonderful when I am older, and want to try to make myself wonderful.
body language xiaoshu zhu
we always ignore a way of expression,that is body language
Body language is one of the ways to communicate with others. It can be considered common things that everyone can do that and any others can understand. In this semester, I learned many kinds of languages, like double language and black language. For body language, people from different countries have different ways to express that. Western people use body language more than Asian people. Body language could also help people express their meaning more clear. Sometimes I couldn’t understand what the American people say, but I can guess the most from their body language. Body language is the way of humor; some girls are appeal to some boys because they have attractive body language. In our daily lives, body language is very important, if people know that how to use it, that's very helpful.
Body language is one of the ways to communicate with others. It can be considered common things that everyone can do that and any others can understand. In this semester, I learned many kinds of languages, like double language and black language. For body language, people from different countries have different ways to express that. Western people use body language more than Asian people. Body language could also help people express their meaning more clear. Sometimes I couldn’t understand what the American people say, but I can guess the most from their body language. Body language is the way of humor; some girls are appeal to some boys because they have attractive body language. In our daily lives, body language is very important, if people know that how to use it, that's very helpful.
when you faced sadness (SOO JIN PARK)
Trials give you strength, sorrows give understanding and wisdom.
- Chuck T. Falcon
We have to have a positive view in our life. Sometimes we can face the problem. At that time, we are able to overcome with hope and optimistic mind. We have to remember the dilemma is always temporary.
- Chuck T. Falcon
We have to have a positive view in our life. Sometimes we can face the problem. At that time, we are able to overcome with hope and optimistic mind. We have to remember the dilemma is always temporary.
New York Cares(Yongfei Gu)
This is an ad about the New York Cares.The first time I saw this kind of ad from the Entertainment magazine. Weather is chilly and the Statue of Liberty is crouching in a snowy and windy day. Then, the words next to her represent what that mean. Donate your gently used coats to others who need them.
New York Cares was founded by a group of friends who wanted to take action against the serious social issues facing our city. Their goal was to meet pressing community needs by mobilizing caring New Yorkers in volunteer service.
Each year, New York Cares brings vital volunteer support to more than 990 nonprofit agencies, public schools, and other deserving organizations throughout the five boroughs. Their program staff work with each organization to identify their most pressing needs, create projects where volunteers can make a meaningful difference, and then recruit and deploy teams of volunteers to help meet those needs. The great majority of these projects typically would not exist if it weren't for New York Cares.
The final essay: No gains without pains (Yongfei Gu)
This is the final essay in my English 2F class and also the final essay in my freshmen year in C.W Post.
Because it is an informal writing, that means I can write anything I want in this essay.
First of all, I want to say thank you to Professor Bai. You are a really nice teacher that’s why I chose your courses from English 1F to English 2F. Though these two courses, I’ve accomplished my basic academic writings and I will try to go much further in my academic years.
The language is the root of writing, it is the method of human communication, either spoken or written, consisting of the use of words in a structured and conventional way. Usually, we start to learn language since we were born, which is called our native language. The native language is the easiest language for people to learn, because we grew up in that language circumstances. People around us are keeping communication with that kind of language, like parents, and we use the language to obtain knowledge from schools in our own countries. Consequently, which language are you good at that is depended on which language circumstances are you usually in.
As an international student in an English country, we ought to communicate with others use the official language of the country. Though English is just a second language for us, we have to use it in the academic activities and the daily life. We try to alter our language habits, however we still always feel in defect of vocabularies, especially in the academic fields. For instance, we can go to supermarkets and ask things which we need, but we may not describe the definition of some professional words in our major course by using our own words. Therefore, presentations in the classes become the optimum way for practice the language and the courage of giving speeches in front of the public. In the processes of learning English, we make efforts everyday, listening to the lectures, taking notes and doing the assignment. Nevertheless, writing paper is quite a long and painful task for most of international students. We often complain about it and said, “That’s impossible for me to reach such a tremendous number of pages even using my own language. That’s totally such a nightmare. ” Generally, we would take several hours even a whole night to finish a paper, although which is not so perfect or full of mistakes in our professors’ eyes. At least, we’ve tried our best to do it. I still remember the first time I wrote my first essay in the English 1F class. Because of lacking of practices, I used roughly 6 or 8 hours to finish it though it was only 4-5pages. At that time, I had nothing in my mind just an empty blank; and only at that time, I realized that English is not so easy to improve, I met the bottlenecks. Enlarging my vocabularies is the first thing I should do and I then I begin to notice the new words I’ve met everyday. Thus, I finished the first research paper in English 1F. I’ve admitted, that is an unforgettable experience in my life; combining painful and happiness. The process is really suffering, but the result is quite satisfactory in my mind. No matter what kind of grade I’ve got, at least, that is my own product by using my wisdom; that’s the initial thing which I want to emphase. Fortunately, after accomplishing so many papers, 15-page-paper means no big deal and 3 or 4 page essay means nothing. I think that’s the good news for me and always the professors, since I can produce something not only in larger quantities, but also in better qualities.
In addition, that’s not so easy for a nonnative speaker to understand a language as well as a native speaker, because there are so many obstacles. However, I always believe that proverb,” No gains without pains”.
Because it is an informal writing, that means I can write anything I want in this essay.
First of all, I want to say thank you to Professor Bai. You are a really nice teacher that’s why I chose your courses from English 1F to English 2F. Though these two courses, I’ve accomplished my basic academic writings and I will try to go much further in my academic years.
The language is the root of writing, it is the method of human communication, either spoken or written, consisting of the use of words in a structured and conventional way. Usually, we start to learn language since we were born, which is called our native language. The native language is the easiest language for people to learn, because we grew up in that language circumstances. People around us are keeping communication with that kind of language, like parents, and we use the language to obtain knowledge from schools in our own countries. Consequently, which language are you good at that is depended on which language circumstances are you usually in.
As an international student in an English country, we ought to communicate with others use the official language of the country. Though English is just a second language for us, we have to use it in the academic activities and the daily life. We try to alter our language habits, however we still always feel in defect of vocabularies, especially in the academic fields. For instance, we can go to supermarkets and ask things which we need, but we may not describe the definition of some professional words in our major course by using our own words. Therefore, presentations in the classes become the optimum way for practice the language and the courage of giving speeches in front of the public. In the processes of learning English, we make efforts everyday, listening to the lectures, taking notes and doing the assignment. Nevertheless, writing paper is quite a long and painful task for most of international students. We often complain about it and said, “That’s impossible for me to reach such a tremendous number of pages even using my own language. That’s totally such a nightmare. ” Generally, we would take several hours even a whole night to finish a paper, although which is not so perfect or full of mistakes in our professors’ eyes. At least, we’ve tried our best to do it. I still remember the first time I wrote my first essay in the English 1F class. Because of lacking of practices, I used roughly 6 or 8 hours to finish it though it was only 4-5pages. At that time, I had nothing in my mind just an empty blank; and only at that time, I realized that English is not so easy to improve, I met the bottlenecks. Enlarging my vocabularies is the first thing I should do and I then I begin to notice the new words I’ve met everyday. Thus, I finished the first research paper in English 1F. I’ve admitted, that is an unforgettable experience in my life; combining painful and happiness. The process is really suffering, but the result is quite satisfactory in my mind. No matter what kind of grade I’ve got, at least, that is my own product by using my wisdom; that’s the initial thing which I want to emphase. Fortunately, after accomplishing so many papers, 15-page-paper means no big deal and 3 or 4 page essay means nothing. I think that’s the good news for me and always the professors, since I can produce something not only in larger quantities, but also in better qualities.
In addition, that’s not so easy for a nonnative speaker to understand a language as well as a native speaker, because there are so many obstacles. However, I always believe that proverb,” No gains without pains”.
opportunity (SOO JIN PARK)
If your ship doesn't come in, swim out to it.
- Jonathan Winters
It is hard to wait for coming opportunities. Besides, we are not able to predict that the opportunity is effective to us in a good way. Some people believe their destinies but there is more important thing that they can control their destinies or not. If the chance does not coming, you just try to make it.
- Jonathan Winters
It is hard to wait for coming opportunities. Besides, we are not able to predict that the opportunity is effective to us in a good way. Some people believe their destinies but there is more important thing that they can control their destinies or not. If the chance does not coming, you just try to make it.
Quality rather than Quantity (Seungbae LEE)
"If I've learned anything about language, it's that the clinche "quality, not quantity" definitely applies."
------ from "The Power of Language" by Jessie Lange
I think language is quality not quantity. That's because talking a lot cannot give correct information. Just telling short and clear main point can give correct information to other listeners. In essay, also the quality is needed rather than quantity. For example, although I write anything I want to talk about, if I didn't write any thesis statement and didn't make any conclusion, readers can't find out the topic and what I want to tell them. When I was in ESL course, I submitted an essay which has 4 pages, but, the teacher said she needed 1 page essay which has clear conclusion and thesis statement. Quality should be prior to quantity.
------ from "The Power of Language" by Jessie Lange
I think language is quality not quantity. That's because talking a lot cannot give correct information. Just telling short and clear main point can give correct information to other listeners. In essay, also the quality is needed rather than quantity. For example, although I write anything I want to talk about, if I didn't write any thesis statement and didn't make any conclusion, readers can't find out the topic and what I want to tell them. When I was in ESL course, I submitted an essay which has 4 pages, but, the teacher said she needed 1 page essay which has clear conclusion and thesis statement. Quality should be prior to quantity.
What i did this semester? (Avish)
My major is business administration. In this major, there are many different courses I have to learn. In my third semester at Long Island University C.W.Post, I took five courses. English 2F is one of the courses of these five. In this course assignment are given regularly to all students. All assignments are of writing essays and the research paper. To write those essays and research paper, all students need to search relative articles to the topic and to read read and read, to fill out the numbers of sheets of paper in Microsoft word. In this semester I wrote two essays of 6 to 8 pages and one research paper of 12 pages. Whatever I did in this class, I had never done before in my life. I had written many essays, but none of them, is not longer than 3 or 4 pages. After working on all the essays this semester, I learned many things.
On the very first day of the class, when the professor Dr. leslie bai gave the class index paper and explained that all students will need to write two, 5 pages long essays and one, 8 pages long research paper, I was gone mad and I was thinking that how I will write this many long papers. Trust me I had never written this much long papers before. In the beginning of this semester I was thinking that it’s going to be very difficult for me and I will not pass this class. I was really got too much tension because besides writing those essays, students were also needed to post their blogs on internet every week, after reading given articles. I was thinking “how am I gonna write number of sheets of paper in this semester.” At that time I was Zero in my mind to write and read papers.
After 1 week, first big assignment to write essay of 6 pages was given. The requirement of that essay was also to use visual text in the essay, which I had not even seen before. When I started to work on that essay, I open Microsoft word new BLANK page to fill it out with HUNDRED of words. At that time, the first problem strokes that “HOW TO START THE ESSAY AND WHAT TO WRITE???” I was not getting any idea to put in the paper and I got confused. So I open internet explorer and search for the materials related to my essay’s topic and read different articles for the whole day and at night I started to write essay, but still it was difficult for me to begin the essay. For that essay to get good beginning I changed first paragraph more than three times. I took more than five days to finish that essay and however I fill out 7 pages. I worked hard on the first essay and after I finished first essay, trust me I was feeling very happy that I did it. I worked hard on first essay, so I was hoping that I will get “A” grade. But when result came I was got “B” grade. At that time I was little bit disappointed with my grade, not with professor’s grading. I was feeling that I did less afford and so I got “B” grade. However I encourage myself by thinking that there are two more essay and I will get “A” in both essay.
When second essay assigned to write, I was quite confident for that essay. I was again stroked with the same problem, that “HOW TO START THE ESSAY AND WHAT TO WRITE???” But this time, I manage it in good way and I give a good beginning to my essay. After I got comments on my first essay, I knew all my mistakes that I should not commit in second essay and I did it. For the second essay I worked hard on reading and organizing the ideas in proper way. As I worked hard for second essay, it showed up in my essay’s grades and I got “A-“. I was hoping “A” grade but I just got 1 step back of “A”.
Later on, the final research paper was assigned to all students. We were working step wise for the research paper, as the professor teach us. Because this was the first time all students were going to write research paper. I was quite nervous for this task. But this time I knew more about writing skill and as well as I was confident. All students prepare for research paper step wise, as the professor inform. So everyone prepared their outline before they start writing research paper. Because of outline it became very easy for me to start research paper and also to organize the research paper. The only problem I got for the research paper was to find the related information and to read it and understand it. However even I didn’t got more problem, I work very hard on research paper. I spend continuous 3 day without getting out of home to make my research paper perfect. Plus, I spend more time to find articles, preparing outlines, surveying, etc. When I finished the research paper, I realized that, in the beginning of semester I was thinking that I will not learn anything in English 2F class and I was thinking to switch it. However, I didn’t switch it and continued. But, after I wrote 2 BIG essays and FIRST research paper of my life, I feel that I was wrong. I would never learn all those things which I learn this semester, if I would have switched English 2F class. Let’s go back to research paper, after I worked hard on research paper and submitted; when the result came I was got “A” grade.
While working on two essays and a research paper, I learned many things like:
• How to prepare outline.
• How to use visual text (Images) in the essay.
• How to implement other’s articles ideas in own writing.
• How to prepare bibliography.
• Improved vocabulary.
• Improved reading skills.
• Became capable to write more than 10 pages.
• Came to know about library’s databases and learn how to use it.
• Learn about North Asian people.
• How to write sentences in essays. (How to join two sentences and how and where to write supportive statements.)
• After working on 2 essays about differences of culture and religions, came to know about many things, which are happening and existed before around me.
• Learn a lot about a marital life of a man and a woman, after writing research paper that might become useful to me in future.
Besides all this, I came to know about the competition in which I can take part, hoping to win, because that competition includes international student as competitor, whom I can compared my English skills. This competition gives a chance to the students to prove their writings. Lastly I have received many skills and guidance to improve my writing, which is going to be very useful, not only in completion of my major but also in my professional life.
(Younghee Jeong)
"The only person who never makes mistakes is the person who never does anything"
by Denis Weitly
Nevertheless there was any mistakes that I wanted to make, I have made a lot of mistakes. I've also heard that mistake is the one from which we learn. However, when I start to do something new, I always feel afraid first about I could make a mistake. whenever I feel that way, I think that "the only person who never makes mistakes is the person who never does anything and mistake" so I don't have to be afraid at all.
by Denis Weitly
Nevertheless there was any mistakes that I wanted to make, I have made a lot of mistakes. I've also heard that mistake is the one from which we learn. However, when I start to do something new, I always feel afraid first about I could make a mistake. whenever I feel that way, I think that "the only person who never makes mistakes is the person who never does anything and mistake" so I don't have to be afraid at all.
A friend in need is a friend indeed(Yongfei Gu)
"A friend in need is a friend indeed."This is an English proverb which means 'someone who needs your help becomes friendly in order to obtain it',however,most people understand it to mean, 'someone who helps you when you are in need is a true friend'.Actually, I always thought,'someone who helps you when you are in need is a true friend' is the true meaning.
I found the origin of the proverb from the Internet as follow.
A version of this proverb was known by the 3rd century BC. Quintus Ennius wrote: 'Amicu certus in re incerta cernitur'. This translates from the Latin as 'a sure friend is known when in difficulty'.
The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations lists it as existing in English from the 11th century. The earliest version I can find is from Caxton's Sonnes of Aymon, 1489:
"It is sayd, that at the nede the frende is knowen."
The morality play Everyman also contains similar lines. The play's date is uncertain and scholars place it as 'late 15th century', which could be before Caxton's work:
Fellowship: Sir, I say as I will do in deed.
Everyman: Then be you a good friend at need.
Obviously,those are totally two different meanings. One is positive and another is negative. But why we usually mistake it as a positive one? In my opinion, when people meet a new vocabulary or a new proverb, they usually try to understand it and learn it by using them own sense;they barely consider its usage.For instance, when I learn a new vocabulary, I will try to use it in every where and even in following daily communications. Indeed, that is an optimum way to practise the language;however,sometimes I use it in a wrong way. Like the proverb above, I know the true meaning until I find the reference of it.
In addition, when we use a proverb, we must know the true meaning and the usage of it without using own sense to judge the language.
I found the origin of the proverb from the Internet as follow.
A version of this proverb was known by the 3rd century BC. Quintus Ennius wrote: 'Amicu certus in re incerta cernitur'. This translates from the Latin as 'a sure friend is known when in difficulty'.
The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations lists it as existing in English from the 11th century. The earliest version I can find is from Caxton's Sonnes of Aymon, 1489:
"It is sayd, that at the nede the frende is knowen."
The morality play Everyman also contains similar lines. The play's date is uncertain and scholars place it as 'late 15th century', which could be before Caxton's work:
Fellowship: Sir, I say as I will do in deed.
Everyman: Then be you a good friend at need.
Obviously,those are totally two different meanings. One is positive and another is negative. But why we usually mistake it as a positive one? In my opinion, when people meet a new vocabulary or a new proverb, they usually try to understand it and learn it by using them own sense;they barely consider its usage.For instance, when I learn a new vocabulary, I will try to use it in every where and even in following daily communications. Indeed, that is an optimum way to practise the language;however,sometimes I use it in a wrong way. Like the proverb above, I know the true meaning until I find the reference of it.
In addition, when we use a proverb, we must know the true meaning and the usage of it without using own sense to judge the language.
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