I have to recognize I was unconfident of myself the first days of class because my English was not good. Later, I felt encouraged by my instructor, who actually read my papers....The most outstanding thing I learned in this class is how to express my own opinion. It could sound obvious, but because I had to seat down and think, and organize my ideas in order for my papers to get a good grade, I have become a more reflective person. Due to the variety of situations about which we had to write, I developed a better understanding of how audience, discourse and the stance are related. This makes me think (as I said I'm more reflective) that if I had taken this class before I would have expressed my opinion differently in some professional situations, which probably would have helped me to keep my job.
A second important thing I learned in ENG 101 is how to write using an organized structure. The TS-CD-CD-CS structure has been challenged me since the very first assignment and I think I still need to work a little on it. But my experience showed me that it is an efficient way to organize ideas during the process of writing self-discovery, and establish my voice appropriate to a rhetorical context.
Finally, my almost hated MLA style, on which I still have to work as well. There are so many rules and specific ways to make citations that I normally spend more time doing the Works Cited page than the rest of the essay. This is one of the reasons why it takes me so much time to do my assignments.
As a conclusion, I have grown as a writer and as critical thinker. Thank you .
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