I am taking ESL 101 in Parkland college. It is more heavy load than the Research writing course I studied when I was junior in my college 8 years ago. The class teaches me different kinds of academic writing with the most basic structure. I may have written them when I studied Master of TESOL from University of Canberra from 2005 to 2007, but I have a little impressions about them until now...
The first week, 3 page opinion essays. I missed the discussion on the first day. Then the class discussed more about typing format, basic structure of an American essay and culture differences affecting how to write essays among international students. Then, the essay was due last Tuesday. Boom, no ideas, a lot of ideas to narrow down, my baby being sick, housework, and so on. I feel I was behind.
Next Tuesday is the due date for the second assignment- an article summary. Just in one page.
After 3 years staying home, totally devoted to housework and baby care, I had no ideas to write, if yes, I wrote in my mother tongue. Now, If I want to be prepared for back-to-school, I have to learn again, seriously.
I started this blog. I force myself to write English on this blog. Just tell myself to write more, and read much more. If you find grammar mistakes or silly sentences, please help me by telling me. This blog is a place I try to write naturally by trusting myself, as my teacher suggested, but I need help. Thanks a lot.
Hey, I found this very useful material for writing the summary. Just want to share with you.
First is VERBS used to report the information in the article. Sometimes I can't distinguish when to use "argue" and "reckon". Here is the explanation. Thanks to University of Adelaide. It has explanation about meanings, patterns and some examples to use in a summary.
Secondly, you can practice paraphrasing and summarizing on this website. It is so useful. I love websites having exercise for me to practice.
Just one class but I feel overwhelmed. Now, a course in Coursera is waiting for me.
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