Reflective Essay

   

  My ENGLCOM course leads me into a new level of learning the important stuffs about writing an effective essay. I can still remember our very first day here in this class; my block mate and I were late because of entering a wrong class. We have to hurry up so we can be able to catch up to our other block mates who are writing their essay. The topic was about our expectations for this course. Little did I know that this is the start of our writing activity.

     In the three months of my stay here in this course, I really learned new things when it comes to reading and writing. From the first day of our meeting where we wrote our expectations for this course up to the last day of our class. I know I am more competitive than before because of the new knowledge that was taught by our professor. I was exposed to different patterns in writing an essay. Before, I was just used to write essays without following any outline. But now, I know the right steps in order to achieve a better work.

     When I was in high school, we didn’t focus on Rhetorical Pattern. And now, we actually depend our whole work there so I must say that it is one of the most important lessons I have to keep in mind. It is not just for our ENGLCOM course but I can also use it to my other class especially when we’re making our thesis or dissertation and especially when I become an Educator. I know that someday, I would be able to share my understanding about these lessons. And with the help of our Grammar component, I really achieved my target goals for this course.

With the right application of my background about the lessons in grammar, I can produce a good literary work.

     While taking up this course, I was able to see my expectations to this subject and to the Professor too. I enjoyed all the meetings because I am not just learning academic stuffs but Dr. Borlongan also shared his experiences and expertise when it comes to this field. And aside from it, he always makes the class happy and alive with his jokes. In spite of all the brainstorming for the essays, I still managed to smile because of his very positive outlook in life.

     And as this term will come to an end, our ENGLCOM will also finish. But I will never forget all the learning I’ve got from this reading and writing class and the grammar class. I know that it will benefit me a lot in the near future. I admit that I’m still not that good when it comes to writing without errors. I still commit mistakes every now and then especially when it comes in grammar. But I have to promise that I will familiarize myself to the patterns and the grammar components so that it will not be shameful when I need to present my work.

     Instead of saying goodbye to this course, I would rather say till we meet again, because I know time will come that I will have to use it for the other subjects that I will take. And knowledge about these things is very important especially to my degree program. I’m happy and sad at the same time. Happy because I’ve learned new things that I can use and the experiences I gained through this course and sad because ENGLCOM is one of the interesting course for me. But I should go on with my studies now. I’m pretty sure that we’ll meet again, not in class but maybe in the teaching field.