Edited Critical Reflection

Essay writing has never been easy for me as I am generally weak in grammar and have limited vocabulary to write a relatively good essay. In addition, to be in a faculty where writing is heavily emphasis, it further forces me to build up my English foundation.

My weaknesses in essay writing are grammar and organization. I realized that the main difference between me and my classmates is the lacked of planning and organizing before writing an essay. As for me, I tended to write without thinking much and I often found myself stuck in the middle of the essay. My essays usually lacked a coherence flow. Besides, grammar is another major problem I am facing with. I am always disappointed with myself upon receiving assignments with red grammar markings. However, this motivates me to strive even harder as I know that I am already falling short of others. 

I am now more conscious when I write and I am adopting what the lecturer has taught me, which is to read my own essays a few days later and try to edit it again. I will also ask my friends to help look through my work and learn from them at the same time. I have already set a goal to read at least three newspaper articles each day and started to initiate conversation with my friends in English rather than Chinese. I sincerely hope that this could help strengthen my English and allow me to see improvement in my writing.

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