February 2015 - April 2015
Below are almost all my contributions connected with writing:
This semester I had to write a lot of contributions for subjects as English online, Practical language, Anglo-Saxon Film Production so it's quite difficult to say why I chose to write all this articles - the answer is indeed simple. "I had to write them". Because there are really many articles, I don't want to choose only one of them to make a reflection, but I'd like to choose at least two of them and describe what was easy or difficult for me.
Reflection:
Report on music festival - I would like to start with this particular article, because I remember really very well that it has been the first article in my life I hated. I like writing a lot and I had to write something about a music festival, but I have never taken part in a music festival and that's why it was really very tough to think something up. Normally I need about an hour to write e.g. an essay, but this time I needed about six hours. I had to read some articles about music festivals on the internet and I also found out that I didn't have enough vocabulary for writing it. So I had to learn some new words and phrases as "an adjacent chateau park", "proper sanitary conditions", "the audience survay", "a demerit", "kerbs", "wheelchair access".
I also found out that it's very difficult for me to write an article where I have to follow some paragraphs (Introduction, Findings, Conclusion, Recommendation), because I prefer to write on my own and that's why essays are my cup of tea. I was really very angry during the writing of the report, because it was so boring. I couldn't express my feelings, my opinions and I had to observe the paragraphs and write about something which wasn't interesting at all. Maybe it would have been better if I could choose from more that only one topic. Anyway, finally I got 10 points from the report so I was satisfied with myself, but I need to say that I deserved every point, because I was subjected to cruel torture :-).
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Hindsight is 2020 - This is one of many contributions I had to write for "English online". I was almost over the moon when I saw the topic in our discussion group, because I was sure that it was going to be something for my apetite. I like topics which make me think deeply because during the process I can find out something new. It's always easy to write about something I like and in my opinion, it goes for every activity.
I'd like to say that the article was really useful for improving my English. I found out what "Hindsight is 2020" meant because I have never heard about that, but the most important thing was that I could improve my grammar skills. Writing the article I had to use conditional clauses which wasn't very difficult, but I had to use "Mixed conditionals" which was something new to me so I learnt them and then used them in the article. It's really great when I can write something I'm interested in and at the same time I could learn something new.
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Generally, I don't have problems with writing - the report was an exception. It's more comfortable and easier for me than e.g. speaking, because I have more time to think about grammar and proper vocabulary to use. Sometimes I have to use a dictionary to express my thoughts properly, but it's not a problem, because I can learn some new words or improve my passive vocabulary.
