Reflection About Writing Experience

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I will introduce my writing experiences in two different views: the study processes of standard exams, such as TOEFL and SAT, and my native writing career. In the processing of preparing SAT writing exams, I faced several hardships which may not be solved well. Three years ago, I knew about the essay in English when I prepared my SAT writing exams which are definitely challenges for me at the very beginning. I tried to practice in regular way to write essays, which means that I wrote loads of examples supporting my views and then practiced so many times in using the same examples for multiple questions. However, I took part in the exams and did not get a satisfactory grade. After self-examination and the guideline of my tutor, I recognized …show more content…

In fact, I practiced more intellectually in the processing of preparing TOEFL exam. Specially Speaking, I analyzed the questions depending on not the examples I recite but interpretations that are more understandable and appropriate to my views. Lacking writing skills, relevant examples and the precise vocabulary for writing a convincing essay, I faced similar challenge that I cannot do well in limited time, as the first time I exercised for the exams based on English. For solving the problems, my writing teacher recommended me try to do some reading exercises before I write a whole essay. This way was really useful for me to enlarge the vocabulary and backlog writing materials, and I started to speed up my writing though I still can not pay attention to essay structures. In order to overcoming the chaotic structures in my essays, I persisted in reading more articles but they did not help me because of unselected readings. Concentrating on famous bookmaking, I used to believe that I can imitate these deliberate structures while they were not the suitable reading materials for me because I can not hold these flexible structures. I failed one more time. The real increase was appearing from reading more imitative articles which were written in a fixed structure with clearly explaining and my writings were amending by others. To be specific,

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