Critical reflection draft 2

Throughout the course of English for Academic, we have to come up with several drafts before submitting essay assignments. When I posted my drafts on my blog, my peers and tutor would give suggestions about how to improve my writings. At the same time, I have to give my peers advice on how they can further develop their essays. We have to read peers' writings very carefully to spot any mistakes in the essays. Some components we are looking out for in the essays are grammar, spelling, sentence structure and organisation. We also point out ideas that can be better conveyed to the readers. Our English proficiency hence plays a key role when we are giving feedback to peers' writings. For example, I have poor knowledge about grammar and I would miss several grammar mistakes while reviewing my peers' essays.
I was very embarrassed to leave comments for my peers initially. I felt that my English proficiency was not as good as them. However,  after receiving feedback from my peers and giving them suggestions, I felt more comfortable doing so. When my peers and tutor identified flaws in my writings, I learned from those mistakes and improved my writings. Also,  they gave me new insights about the topics of my essays such that I could include new ideas from different perspectives into my composition. On the other hand, I always refer back to my own writings when I spotted mistakes in my peers' drafts. This helps me to reinforce my learning.
Upon completion of this course, I look back to my previous writings and regret that I did not take up this course earlier. As a social science student, I always have tons of essay assignments. In the future semesters, I will probably find a few friends who are taking same modules as me to give feedback for each other's drafts like what we have done in this course. This will definitely help my friends and I to improve our writings and hopefully obtain better grades for our assignments.

Self Evaluation for Presentation

My presentation about sexting successfully attracted the audience's attention at the beginning. The language use was fluent and grammatically sound. My pronunciation was quite clear and I avoided using fillers. I was quite confident and comfortable while giving the presentation. My presentation was not too short and did not exceed the time limit.
My volume was loud enough that everyone in the room could hear me. The pace was not too fast that my peers could follow. I had a firm and fix stand while talking to the class. I made necessary eye contact and not too awkwardly staring at my peers.
I thought that the flow of the presentation is quite logic, the development of argument was not abrupt. However, due to too many sub points toward the end of the presentation, audience was confused. Also, I could incorporate the surveyed I did during the start of the presentation to my argument.
Overall, I am quite satisfied with my performance :)

Critical Reflection

Peers and tutor would give feedbacks when we posted our essay drafts on our blogs. Before we submit an essay assignment, we had to share our drafts on our blogs. Peers and tutor would leave comments on my drafts to advice for improvements. I have to give feedbacks to peers’ essay drafts as well.

We had to read our peers’ essays very carefully in order to spot any mistakes in the essays.Some elements we are looking out for in the essays are grammar, structure, spelling and organisation. We also point out if the authors’ ideas were not well conveyed. Our English proficiency plays a key role when we are giving feedback to our peers. For example, since my grammar was not excellent, I would missed several grammar mistakes when I review my peers’ drafts.

Initially, I was very embarrassed to leave comments for my peers because I felt that my English was not as good as them. However, after giving and receiving a few feedbacks, I get used to leaving comments. It is a good practice to give feedbacks to our peers as this spurs our own learning. While reading through peers’ essays, we actually reinforce our learning by identifying others’ mistakes. When I spotted a mistake in my peer’s composition, I would recall if I made the same mistake in my writing. I became more conscious of making common errors in my essays. On the other hand, my peers and tutor could always identify flaws in my drafts. I learned from those mistakes and improved my writings. Also, when others gave me feedbacks, I could gain new insights that I never thought of and include those ideas into my paper.

As a social science student, I always have tons of essay assignments. I will probably find a few friends who are taking same modules as me to give feedbacks on each other’s drafts like what we have done in English for Academic classes. This will helps my friends and I to improve our writings and hopefully achieve better grades for the assignments. 

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