Final Reflection

1.     Do you feel like your writing has improved this semester? Why or why not? In what ways has it improved? In what ways do you want to continue improving your writing?

I am sure that my writing has improved this semester. A few days ago, I checked my blog to see whether there were any mistakes such as errors of grammar and spelling in my essays. I read my essays carefully again in order of date. I was really shocked when I read the essay that I had posted at the beginning of this semester. It was really terrible! The thesis statement was not clear, and the content was not logical because supporting details were not strong enough to support the main idea. Simply speaking, the essay was in a mess. In fact, before I read it again, I had thought there was little change in my writing. However, I realized that my wring has improved a lot over this semester. Of course, there are still a lot of things that I need to improve. For example, I feel difficulty in writing a conclusion. Almost every time, I start the last paragraph with “in conclusion.” I know it is too conventional, but I cannot change because I don’t know other good expressions for conclusion. For these reasons, if I have a chance, I want to learn more about writing conclusion.

2.     Was this the first time you kept a blog? Did you enjoy blogging? Was blogging a helpful way to practice writing? Did you enjoy reading your classmates' blogs? Do you think you will continue blogging in the future?

In this semester, I made my own blog for the first time. Honestly speaking, at first, I did not much like blogging because I thought it would bother me for the semester. Also, I felt uncomfortable with that all members of the class could see my essay. Because my writing was bad, I did not want to show it. I was afraid of that. However, against my expectation, classmates provided me useful feedback on my posting. Even though it was negative feedback, they pleasantly advised me how to do better. Also, they gave me new ideas that I couldn’t think. Thanks to their help, I was able to improve my writing, and I gained confidence. Like them, I wrote comments on their essay to give useful feedback. I hoped that my feedback is helpful to them. For these reasons, now I think blogging is really good for me and everyone who want to improve their writing. So, I will keep writing posts in my blog.