Saroj Dhakal Dr. Poremski English 105 December 12, 2010 Culminating project: re lection essa!

English 105 "as a challenging an# a "on#er ul e$perience or me. %o#a!, & eel & ha'e impro'e# a lot in 'ocabular!, better spoken an# "ritten English than & ha# be ore starting this semester. (ack home in )epal our e#ucation "as onl! ocuse# te$tbooks, an# teachers themsel'es ha# poor English as the! came rom public schools. *ere, & ma#e a huge transition in m! learning process. Especiall!, & enjo!e# rea#ing articles rom Eres. %hese articles broa#ene# m! kno"le#ge as "ell as helpe# me in process o "riting as & learne# to accumulate e'i#ence an# e$amples rom it. +elating all the rea#ings an# *ousekeeping no'el to make connection "ith ,*ome- ga'e me the i#ea o anal!.ing. /ostl! our class"ork "as base# on group "ork. &t "as a learning process rom each other. 0e "ent to #i erent e'ents an# "rote responses on them. %his helpe# us to kno" "hat e$actl! the e'ent meant. 1or me the most #i icult "as the 1our 0omen Poet e'ent as & coul# not igure out "hat those poems "ere about e$cept the narrations ma#e b! those poets. /ost o our assignments "ere anal!sis essa!s so this helpe# me learn that & must "ork on claiming "hat "as m! 'ie"s about the topic. & also learne# about plagiarism so that "as reall! interesting "hich "as ne" to me. 0atching the mo'ie, Smoke Signals "as interesting because it ma#e me think about its message in #eep "a! rather than just getting entertainment as all people #o. & learne# ho" to anal!.e but & repeate#l! ma#e grammatical errors an# & coul# not make m! "riting clear as & lacke# 'ocabular!, "ell organi.e# sentence structure an# "ell #e'elope#

paragraphs. & "as con use# about ho" to use 2uotations in m! "riting. *o"e'er, all class"ork "as use ul to make me more con i#ent. Con erence "as a "a! to kno" onesel an# ha'e a relationship "ith the pro essor as "e got some time to kno" about our "eakness an# a#'ice to impro'e on our "ork. 3ike"ise, re'ising techni2ue "as "on#er ul to learn. &t helpe# me to make m! essa! in "ell organi.e# or#er. (ut & coul# not pro#uce better sentence structure an# goo# re'ision as & lacke# grammatical an# sentence structure kno"le#ge. & "as stuck "ith "hat & ha# "ritten. & ha# ne'er re'ise# m! "ork be ore an# & use# to submit m! "orks in han#"riting rather than t!ping. 4n# & ha'e a lo" t!ping spee# "hich le t me behin# in ollo"ing m! thoughts an# & coul# not "ork properl! about "hat & am "riting on. & belie'e, & still nee# some practice to ha'e goo# English. & #o not ha'e goo# gra#es in English as & eare# about the English but m! e$perience in this class helpe# me to #o better in other classes. *o"e'er, as language matters in e$plaining an# un#erstan#ing subject matter, this class has helpe# me to #o better in other classes paper. (ut most o the time "riting essa!s an# e'ent responses "as #i icult. & am here to learn more English an# ha'e better "riting skills so & "ill be looking or"ar# to take some other English classes an# "orking in the 0riting Center. )e$t semester & am taking Public Speaking course an# & belie'e it "ill help me to impro'e m! English. & "ill be "orking "ith 0riting Centre or this class. /oreo'er, "hile re'ising m! #ocumente# essa!, & checke# all m! class"ork sheets to get the i#ea about "hat "e #i# in class an# trie# to implement those skills. & "ent to 0riting Center to get urther i#ea about starting an# re'ising it, then & "orke# on correcting all comments to impro'e m! paper. & trie# to con#ense longer sentences to make it meaning ul an# make strong arguments. & use# S.1. han#book to correct citation.

& "oul# like to thank !ou 'er! much or pro'i#ing me "ith such "on#er ul kno"le#ge an# skills as "ell as inspiring me to impro'e. %his class "as reall! "on#er ul an# all the class"ork "e #i# ma#e me eel closer to m! classmates an# helpe# me a lot to impro'e. *o"e'er, because o m! poor language skill it le t me behin# class participation. Participating in some e'ents "ere interesting an# some "ere boring but & like# to go out an# e$perience some o the in ormation that "e #i# not concern oursel'es "ith in class #irectl!.