[ADVANCED ENGLISH WRITING] Literacy Narrative Reflection

During the half of this semester, my thinking about writing in English has significantly shifted. I used to do English assignments in Korean language first and than translate them in English which isn't really helpful for improving my English writing. This semester I started to think, write and do assignments in English, firsthand. Recently, I often find myself thinking or daydreaming in English while on my way to school on my bicycle. I used to get help from AI program, now I can write better essay about me in English than those most recently released, state-of-the-art AIs. By doing assignments on my own without the help of AIs, I could fully put my voice and my idea in my essays. I used to think writing in English is inefficient use of time and energy but, throughout this class, I learned that spending time thinking and writing in English about me without hurrying and without trying to finish it as fast as I can, has its own deep values.  And I kind of enjoyed it. 

 

What I like about writing is that I can stammer as much as want when writing. No one knows that I stammer by reading what I wrote. Since I stammer, I get very nervous when talking to people and I tend to avoid talking to people. I am also very introverted. There are people I been wanted to say hi to ,since the start of the semester but I'm not confident enough to do that, and half of the semester has already passed. In contrast, I don't need to worry about stammering when writing. I feel more free writing to the large readers than speaking to large audiences. I also learned about showing and emphasizing strong suits and good sides of me by utilizing writing communication method.

 

This class also gave me deeper understanding of learning a new language. Furthermore, This class made me to think about the relationship between me and my future plans and career path and English language. This class helped me to predict that I need at least 3 more years to improve my English just enough to get a job in overseas business and affairs job description. To improve my English writing, I would like to continue to participate in class and do assignments exactly the professor tells me to do.

 

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It makes me so happy you've weaned off of AI, to not go through Korean, but learned to trust yourself to think, write in English. This is wonderful! And I'm so glad you're learning to enjoy writing, its potential to communicate with readers with your best draft. These experiences and insights will certainly help you to grow and improve as a writer. I look forward to it!