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English 111 Reflective Essay

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As a new immigrant, I took the accuplacer test and went straight to 111 English level. So, English 111 course became my first college English class. It seems like a great achievement for a French speaker. Nonetheless, this performance linked to significant challenges. Even though I am a fighter and an optimist, I was frightened about my academic achievement for this semester. The problems became bigger when I took my first practice test on sentence structure (fragments and run-ons) and got a D. I was frightened and felt that I will have to drop the class. However, I decided not to give up. I started working hard and had a V+ on the next test. This positive grade energized me until now. During this semester, I have much homework and practices which allow me to identify some strengths, weaknesses, and gave me lots of skills for my English 112 class and the future. …show more content…

I had excellent grades for all of them. Before writing a major essay, we discussed related texts and had argumentative practices in class to be familiar with the assignments. Each major essay differs from writing instructions. For instance, the Explaining a Concept involved MLA style and work cited, whereas, on the other essays, we just acknowledged our sources to avoid plagiarism. In writing these essays, I demonstrated real capacities in following the research paper writing process, developing and supporting my ideas, integrating correctly others ideas in my work. Besides, the writing English class helps me improving my vocabulary and improving my style. Based on that, I think the Explaining a concept essay was my strongest one because it contained any grammar errors with a good organization and coherent supporting

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