Review on english learning outcomes

From the English lessons that I had attended so far, I think that I had learnt a lot. I had learnt things such as the structure of a summary, reader response and problem & solution essay. In addition, I had also learnt the rules about the word form & the sentence structures and many others.

I think that I had improved on my essay structures as there are guidelines and proper structure formats to guide me along. In terms of language, I think that I had also improved a little because I am clearer about the rules of the word form and sentence structures after the lesson. As for the content, the essays were provided for the previous two assignments, so the information was easier to extract. However, there aren't any skills taught on how to extract the relevant information from the references. There are a lot of points and examples in one reference and how do we gauge the importance of the information as to which information to extract and which to not. This is very important so that only relevant points and elaboration is used because there is word counts limitation.

As for weaknesses, one of my weaknesses may be the limited vocabularies that I know. To improve it, I think I can read up on one vocabulary daily and remember it by heart. Furthermore, I think that I am very weak at the rules for the word form, verb form and tenses. I cannot remember the rules by heart and may not be able to apply them in the correct way. Thus, I think that I can improve it my first remembering the rules and then look at more examples to know how to apply them.

For the feedback on my summary, I had made all the corrections according to the comments given. Initially, I was not confident in correcting two of the changes but after I received my second draft, I am sure that I had made the right correction because I received good comments and grade. As compared to my first draft, definitely there were improvements made as seen from the positive comments given. In addition, I also find that the structure was better in the second draft.

As for the feedback on my reader response, I had made all the corrections according to the comments given. Similarly to my summary, I was not confident in two of the changes but after I received my second draft, I am sure that I had made the right correction because I received good comments and grade. My second draft was definitely better as the corrections were made correctly. However, there are still room for improvement in terms of the content and language according to the additional comments made on the second draft. Despite that, my actual grade was still what I expected for.

Overall, I think that I am at the average level in terms of my writing skills. There are still room for improvement. 

My Art Journey

After my secondary two streaming examination, I was posted to an art combination class due to my poor results. I had to attend art lessons for about two years and take art as an 'O' Level Examination subject. Initially, I thought that it would be a bad experience as I had low interest in art. Moreover, art was not my first choice that I wanted. 

However, after attending the art lessons for six hours weekly over two years, my interest for art grew. During the first year, I was exposed to a lot of art materials and books where I can explore on my own. I even had an opportunity to paint on one of the wall in my school. To me, art lessons were time for resting and relax. 

During the second year, when I was preparing for my ‘O’ level art examination, I met a temporary art teacher in my school. She was like a saviour to me and my interest for art grew deeper. She helped and taught me a lot in preparing for my examination. This is when I realised that for the past one year, I did not learn any art skills at all because it was all self-exposing without any guidance. 

I am not a artistic person but I was glad that I met that teacher and I did not give up my interest in art. Currently, I still do art work when I was bored and stressed up. From this experience, I learnt that if I have to teach someone in the future, I will definitely pass down all the skills that I know and guide the person properly along the way.