English Reflection

This semester started off a little rocky with the continuous switching of
teachers. I must say that I am very delighted that the class was not cancelled,
because that was my biggest fear. English has never been my favorite subject. I
have always loved writing, but I hated English for that fact that everything had to be
a certain style or format. WISE English gave me an opportunity to really be myself
with my writing. Of course the instructors helped me correct my mistakes, but they
did not fault me for being myself.
My class saw a lot of professors come in and out, trying to assist us in getting to
the point where the other WISE freshman were. Everyone did an outstanding job to
me; however then Dr. Kassorla came along and she was extraordinarily outstanding.
I enjoyed Dr. Kassorlas teaching techniques because she was genuine and very
helpful. She had a really strong and personable energy that seemed to consume the
class. Not only did she help us with English assignments, but she also helped us in
history. I had a really great first semester, and for the first time I felt really confident
in the class.
Linking history and English was a very good idea. Personally, neither subject
has been my best, so intertwining the two in order to give me a better
understanding made me elated. Both teachers had different teaching tactics, but
they both taught in a way that everyone understood. They helped us to make the
connection to the literary aspect of history and the historical aspect of English. This
was truly the first time that I have taken both history and English and left the
classes feeling so refreshed.
A surprising thing that I learned from English was studying skills. Dr. Kassorla
taught the class how to take proper notes and actually how to read and comprehend
a text. Of course knowing how to write a paper correctly in CMS is important, but I
found the study skills to be so much more important. Writing styles vary, but
mastering study skills is priceless. I am not the same writer that I was when the
semester began because I have opened up a lot more in my writing. This has been
one of the most productive semesters in my life.
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he name of Allah,Most Gracious,Most Merciful.
I feel very grateful to Allah because of him I completed this English Language
Proficiencys Short Course Work properly. Without the strengh provided him, of
course I despair and cannot performing this task better. I am a liar if I said that this
course work not giving me anythings. I dont wanna be a liar, because I want to be a
good muslim boy,a good student,and a good teacher soon as well.So, I have to
explain what did I get from this task sincerely from my heart.
This task is about English grammar including of types of sentences, parts of speech
and build of sentences. Without guidance from my beloved lecturer Puan Wan
Ziraiza, surely I would make the task very hard. She showed me and my friends
about these things from earlier. Then, after the task was given, she taught us how

to make it easily. Just make it in the table. Yes. So, I used what I have learnt before
and I put them into this task. From the article on environment that I took, I selected
and analyzed 10 sentences according to the 5 parts of speech. There are noun,
verb, adverb, adjective and finally pronoun. From this work, I can refresh my
knowledges regarding to the grammar and structure of my English sentences.
Second, I identified simple ,compound and complex sentences in the article. These
items are types of sentences. I am wanted to give two examples each. Here, I made
it very hard. I failed to analyze which one complex and compound sentences in the
article because for me both of the sentences is like similar. To solve the problem, I
was surfing internet to get the extra informations about the complex and compound
sentences. Then, I was able to made it better.
Next, I selected 3 verbs from the article. Then I was asked to construct 12 sentences
for each of the verb according to the sub tenses. Here also ,Puan Wan Ziraiza
showed us how to make it better. She asked me and friends to construct the table
and put the sentences on it. The sentences must be contain simple, compound,
complex, present, past, future tense, progressive, perfect tense and others. These
things is what are we have learnt in this semester.
As conclusion, I got read critically for meaning and understanding of a variety of
texts. Next, I was able to use correct and appropriate language structure in different
types of writing. Finally, I could assess my own language progress through this
reflection. Praises be to God.