Reflection of the writing and editing process

I have learned how to answer and structure an essay. Furthermore, place more emphasis on grammar during writing. I have improved the structure of my essay. My main problem for not able to score for essays was because I did not answer to the questions asked. And this is mostly due to the way I answer and structured my essay. For the first two weeks, we have been taught on how to correct our grammar. However, I felt that the pace of the lesson was too fast. I could not catch up with the lesson. But I have to give credit to our classmates for making the lessons interesting and informative. The presentations on the grammar were useful.  Since grammar is the foundation for English, I hope that Prof Cook will go through more grammar practices.

My weakness in English is grammar. I have weak foundation for English. As a result, I have been always making grammar mistakes in essays and during daily conversations. I would like to do more grammar practices to avoid making grammar mistakes in future and also to speak confidently in correct English. If time permits, I would like to learn different ways of ways of answering different essays.

I have corrected most of the mistakes pointed out by Prof Cook. There were some comments I understood but I did not know how to correct those mistakes. I think that both audio and written feedback were useful. I prefer to use both feedback at the same time to correct my mistakes. I hope that Prof Cook and other tutors will use audio and written feedback to comment on our essays in future, as I believe that is most effective way for me to learn from my mistakes and correct them.

The grades that I have been tasked to grade on were accurate. The scores I have obtained for my language, content and structure for Summary and Reader Response were closed to the grades I have predicted.

The Importance of Dialects in Volunteering Work

Doing volunteering work is one of my passions. My Co-Curriculum Activity during the two years in Junior College was Interact Club. Organizing events and participating in various volunteering works in Interact Club have made me grow and become more mature. I learn to be more sensitive and caring towards individuals. Because every action and word that we use are of equal importance in conveying ideas to the person you are communicating with.

I also found out that very few Singaporean teenagers are well-verse in dialects. The older generation prefers to communicate in dialects. Hence, language barrier becomes an issue when we are carrying out the volunteering work in old-folks home.  The reason that most teenagers in Singapore are unable to communicate in dialect is because they are not exposed to dialects. Nowadays, the main language use for communication in our daily lives is English. The older generation used to communicate in dialects and Malay. As a result, they are able to put what they have learned into practice and this strengthens their foundation in dialects. Thus, they are able to communicate in dialects fluently.

Furthermore, the MDA has banned the use of dialects in television shows. This further prevents the younger generation from reaching the older generation. Hence, I propose that MDA should allow a restricted amount of dialects in shows. This ensures that the younger generation would have been exposed to dialects. Schools will have to restrict students on the use of dialects in school to ensure there will not be much interference for the learning of English language and Mother Tongue.

Indeed, dialect should not be the focused in volunteering work. But, we cannot deny that the use of dialect is a more friendly way of reaching and touching the hearts of the older generation. This will bring younger and older generation together.