Self-Assessment Reflection 

English 301 is a very challenging course for me, and each unit is equally challenging. After spending 12 weeks of training, I see myself change from knowing nothing about professional writing to self-editing my past works.

I enjoyed writing peer reviews for my teammates very much and see what suggestions my teammates offered me. I appreciate their continuous encouragement and assistance throughout the course, they put their time and energy in helping me to become a better writer. I also learned a great deal about my own works when I writing peer reviews for my team members. I usually combine their suggestions with what I learned from reviewing their works while revising. This is extremely helpful when making improvements to my assignments, it makes me understand the value of peer-reviewing.

One of my favorite assignments in this course is the “YOU Attitude” assignment. In my other classes, I always receive instructors’ comments like “ avoiding passive tone”. However, I never truly understand how. The handout in “YOU Attitude” assignment instructions, as well as the instructor’s blog helped me to understand what kind of sentences have a passive tone.

One of the most challenging assignments in this course is the Final Report. Although I have written business proposals and business plans for other courses before, what I learned in this final report is formatting. Moreover, it is rare for students to have the opportunity to come up with their topic, a topic of their interests. I am grateful that I can get this chance and write about something I truly care about. Furthermore, this Final Report also trained my interview and survey skills. From the instructor’s blog, I learned about the interview/survey ethics, which is another thing that I am unfamiliar with.

What I wish I could improve more is grammar in my works. Although I tried to be grammarly correct as much as possible, I am still unable to write papers like native students. Luckily, my teammates always check my grammar and try to explain which of my sentences are Grammarly incorrect then assist me when rewriting.

I never imaged that I will learn so much from this course. In my previous writing classes, I learned to write academically, but not professionally.  Now it looks like a wise choice to pick this class when I am in year three. One more year from graduating, and I will carry the skills I learned in this course with me as I continue in my career.