I remember before starting my course that I would always have problems with comprehending putting my thoughts on a paper and organizing them to make a point or even creating an essay according to the assignments given. The papers I wrote before attending this class were always boring and did not have a lot of examples to back up my point. Nevertheless, this class helped on enhancing this bad habit to write better papers. I feel I can write a paper now that supports my thesis and backs it up with examples as well as formatting and mentioning my sources.
I know that my ability and comprehension of writing and expressing ideas changed during the course of this semester. For example, before starting my English 02 class, I didnt know much about how to write an interesting question, and I did not comprehend the difference between a yes or no question and a great question. Asking or writing a good question is when you ask the audience who, what, when, where, why, and how. Starting with these words will make it a significant question since it asks for a specific detailed answer. For example, througho
ut the class, I created many questions, of which some were not good enough to be excellent questions, but that is the point, I need to learn from where I started to where I ended. I first started my journal response with Do you have any friends who are much older or younger than you? Is age important in a friendship? I picked this example because this is a yes and no question, the wrong thing about it is that people will just answer yes or no without explaining it. On the other hand, this other example shows how I improved throughout my course Face-to-face conversation leads to greater self-esteem and an improved ability to deal with others How does conversation help to have better self-esteem? Picking a quote from the book, Reclaiming conversation: The power of talk in a digital age by Sherry Turkle made the question more interesting because it is based off of that quote. It is specific and goes right to the point where it can be discussed by others. I also learned a lot from the times my classmates were grouped and talked over the questions some of us had, which brings me to the next point.