In order to improve one's writing skill in English, a consistent reflection on one’s work is really important. In this essay, I would like to take my work in problem-solution essay on the topic of globalization as an example to evaluate my writing progression in English throughout this course.
At the beginning of this course, I did not have ideas about the appropriate process of academic writing. In other words, I used to write what came to my mind which led my ideas to be repeated and not well connected throughout the essay most of the time. Moreover, I was not aware of grammar errors, which sometimes would lead to the ambiguity of my statements. By comparing my problem-solution essay to my previous work, it shows that my writing skill has improved. This can be proved through several aspects, such as more complex sentences have been used; more substantial content has been developed and more coherent paragraphs have been organized. In order to achieve all these improvements, I have learnt several useful skills before starting to write my essays, such as planning, critical statement writing and the format of citations and references.
However, there are still some areas which need to be improved in my writing after I analyzed my article. One of the crucial problems is there were several points not well elaborated in the essay, such as some of the topic sentences and their respective supportive evidence appeared to be inconsistent. For example, while I wrote “another solution is to repackage cultural heritage in order to become more international” in one of the body paragraphs as the topic sentence, the following supportive evidence is showing the important role the governments should play in order to prevent cultural homogenization which shows the disconnection between them.
In order to overcome this kind of problem, I need to do some improvements in several aspects. Firstly, I will increase my readings in different areas in order to gain more vocabulary, and at the same time, I need to do more grammar exercises; this will help me to write fluently and grammatically in English. Secondly, I will do more research to gain more comprehensive knowledge about my topic before I start to write essays. By doing so, I will be able to know a large quantity of examples which may allow me to choose the most suitable one to support my statement in each paragraph. Thirdly, I will have more communication with my classmates and the lecturer. I can exchange my work with more classmates and discuss the essay topics with them, this will help me to collect different views from others and evaluating them will improve my ability of critical thinking.
In conclusion, the ability to write well in English is very important and helpful not only in my university study, but also in my future career. It is a continuous learning journey to be able to write well; hence, I should keep learning and upgrade my English with a positive attitude.
