In this final reflection, please discuss specifically how your understanding of academic discourse has developed over the course of the semester. You might think about addressing several of the questions below. You will want to use evidence from your writing assignments to support your discussions.
How would you have described yourself as a writer and your writing processes at the beginning of the semester? How have your writing processes changed over the course of the semester?
What lessons did you learn about “writing as a process”? What writing experiences this semester were beneficial (or not) to you as a writer?
What are the areas for growth that can be identified and measured in your writing? What strategies did you learn about developing your ideas with support and attribution?
What challenges did you experience when considering your audience and purpose? What were your strategies for reading, reflecting, and responding to the course’s texts?
How have your experiences in this course helped you become a more responsible and ethical writer, researcher, and student?
What lessons did you learn that you’ll take with you from this class about using edited American English in academic essays?
What skills have you gained or improved upon as a reader, writer, and collaborator? For your concluding paragraph, please outline the marketable skills that you acquired in your first-year composition course.
You might think about addressing several of the questions below. What job would you like to have in the future? What are your professional aspirations?
What are three important factors for selecting your future career? What have you learned from the 4 core competencies? How have they enhanced your future employment opportunities?
Looking at the syllabi for this class and others you’re taking at NCTC, what marketable skills are you acquiring that would help you as you move toward your chosen career?
What skills have you acquired for your selected future vocation? If you need help locating employability skills, check out this resource: https://cte.ed.gov/initiatives/employability-skills-frameworkLinks to an external site..
Specifically, explore the Framework and Employability Skills Checklist.
Based on the skills you need to acquire for your chosen career and your skills from your classes, what holes do you perceive in your skillset? What is your plan of action to amend these inadequacies? A well-developed reflection would be no less than 250 words.
