My improvement in writing skills

Writing is the way by which a person can express his thoughts to others. At university the language plays an important role in every student’s life, and every student is expected to have good writing skills to be on par with the university’s standard. A good command over English writing skills are important for making thesis and other report writings.

The main writing difficulty that I have faced in the university is in the organisation of a report or an essay. This has been a major issue for me since secondary school. It was noticed that most of the essays I wrote in the past had a poor introduction, an inappropriate body and conclusion. Even in the writing assignment 1, my conclusion was not at all related with the main topics. However, learning the EG1471 module has helped me in getting accustomed to writing and has learnt new concepts like idea generation, outlining and writing different drafts before I write and publish the main essay. This different process involved in writing essay has also helped in noticing the common errors that I make while writing essay.

Another major issue is the grammar mistakes that I make in the essays. Although the common grammar errors are easy to understand and avoid, there are some grey areas in the English language where I continuously made mistakes upon. These errors in writing made the readers unclear of the idea that I have tried to express. But being a part of the university and the good practice in writing assignments as well as other blogs has helped to gain a good control over the use of words and to rectify the common errors that I used to make. Many grammar exercises were done in classes and out of them. This regular practice has helped to understand the common errors that I make in English and helped to be aware of the mistakes while I write essays.

While taking the English module, I have read many articles by renowned authors and understood how information regarding engineering practices was presented in their works. My writing skills were improved and I have become confident in the work I do while writing in English. Moreover, I will continue to work on sharpening my use of English language, since it is the only language that is regarded as a global language.