The second semester is drawing to a close. We had many different courses, all interesting and useful in their own right, and among them was academic writing. I found this course in particular to be extremely valuable. It improved my writing, and I already had many opportunities where I could apply my newly gained knowledge. Without further ado, I'd like to look back on the many things I learned from academic writing classes.
One of the most important skills I was taught must be proper referencing. I realized the importance of correctly crediting the original source material thanks to our writing classes. It helped me make my research process more professional and improved the quality of my academic papers drastically. Plus, it made me more discerning in terms of sources that I choose for my works.
I also learned a lot about general details and considerations that go into writing an essay. Although some of them may sound basic and "common knowledge", I had zero idea about them before our academic writing course. The need for an average essay to be at least five paragraphs long in order for it to be more persuasive was something I didn't know about. Another thing I didn't know about is the importance of a thesis statement and what it should be like. I never gave much thought to how I write my essays, but thanks to our course, I learned about the organization of the writing process, the pre-writing stage especially; something as simple as writing two loose drafts really helps me to come up with new ideas if I don't have any and to get a better overview of what I want to write. I also learned to structure my essays properly, so as to develop the ideas better and make the essays easier to read. I became much more mindful of the four primary aspects of writing: content, organization, language and mechanics.
While my writing is far from perfect, and there was no way we could have covered all the intricacies that make up the writing process, considering the current predicament we find ourselves in, my writing is nothing like it used to be. I am really glad I was able to attend the academic writing course and improve my writing.
Thank you for working with us this year!
One of the most important skills I was taught must be proper referencing. I realized the importance of correctly crediting the original source material thanks to our writing classes. It helped me make my research process more professional and improved the quality of my academic papers drastically. Plus, it made me more discerning in terms of sources that I choose for my works.
I also learned a lot about general details and considerations that go into writing an essay. Although some of them may sound basic and "common knowledge", I had zero idea about them before our academic writing course. The need for an average essay to be at least five paragraphs long in order for it to be more persuasive was something I didn't know about. Another thing I didn't know about is the importance of a thesis statement and what it should be like. I never gave much thought to how I write my essays, but thanks to our course, I learned about the organization of the writing process, the pre-writing stage especially; something as simple as writing two loose drafts really helps me to come up with new ideas if I don't have any and to get a better overview of what I want to write. I also learned to structure my essays properly, so as to develop the ideas better and make the essays easier to read. I became much more mindful of the four primary aspects of writing: content, organization, language and mechanics.
While my writing is far from perfect, and there was no way we could have covered all the intricacies that make up the writing process, considering the current predicament we find ourselves in, my writing is nothing like it used to be. I am really glad I was able to attend the academic writing course and improve my writing.
Thank you for working with us this year!
