Research paper reflection
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Research paper reflection
I decided to choose the first essay about face-to-face learning versus online because it was the one that was most familar to me. This is in terms of comprehension and clarity. In furtherance to this, I decided to pick the first essay because I was personally connected to the topic. Moreover, the topic was generally interesting to me since I was of the notion that online learning was better compared to face to face t learning. This is after I developed particular enthusiasm towards learning after the introduction of online learning. One of the challenges I experienced with the essay was the citations from my resources. Although my sources were scholarly articles, my intext was generally poor. Additionally, grammar errors in terms of structure and transitions were a challenge to me.
The audience is one for the most crucial factor all writers should remember even before starting writing. I forgot to consider who the audience was and used words like learners and trainers, which did not fit the college level students. I will correct these words to better terms like professors and students. I noticed that I was discussing my university experience instead of comparing and contrasting the online classes and face-to-face classes. I will change the words that make the essay appear more of my personal experience than a general essay describing the differences. I also noted from the comments that in the assignment, I was supposed to give four criteria, and in the thesis, I just gave three. I will modify my work to cover all four criteria.
Another problem I had was on clarity. There are paragraphs that I wrote that were not communicating anything, especially due to grammatical mistakes. For example, a sentence like “The students have to avail themselves of institutional premises to access academic resources” had a grammatical error such that it was not making any sense. I rewrote it to “For example, the students have to avail themselves at the institution’s premises to access academic resources.” Which is now communicating what I wanted to convey. In referencing
My work had several grammatical errors like using/including wrong articles and writing sentences that are not making sense. For example, I will change the part that reads, “In a nutshell, as ASOL a learner, face-to-face classes…”. in this error, the article “a” was not supposed to be used. I removed it in the revision. The sentence
I can say that my mindset has changed and evolved since compared to the beginning of the summer. I have developed some additional skills in my writing during the learning process. As required by Nace competencies, the skills that I have acquired all through summer are necessary for my long term and future career readiness. Critical thinking and problem-solving are pioneering skills i need to develop my character to a better professional in my English field.
I would have conducted better transitions if I was beginning the essay today. At first, I felt like I wasn’t starting the course due to the challenges I was experiencing in terms of language. Fortunately, courtesy of the course, I have more inspiration to write about things. Consequently, this will help me in the future to always look for inspiration to accomplish my goals and objectives. My advice to students who are beginning writing is to have courage, passion, and interest in writing, moreover they should focus and give the course ample time for studying. For future professors intending to teach the course, they should focus on providing advice and feedback to student prompt to their submission of the assignment for evaluation.