Advanced Reading, Writing, and Grammar

Reflective Essay

As I learned English at the first time, I thought parts – reading, listening, writing and speaking – were separated, because I studied it separately in the middle and high school. This idea was changed, however. As I learn in this country, I realize that all the parts are related to each other. When I study English with coordinating the sectors, My English is improved. Although all the segments contribute to develop my English, I can get more benefits from practicing writing. So, I would like to state how these parts are related and to focus on writing.  

When I wrote draft at the beginning of the term, I used limited vocabulary and made many grammatical errors. Also, the speed of reading was not fast and I was slow of comprehension. To solve these problems, I adapted APPLE skill which I learned in the class to reading text. To using it was a little hard at the start. But, as I practiced more and more, I found it useful to develop my reading and writing skills.

Firstly, to be used to APPLE, I needed to read texts as many as I could. In this process, I learned many vocabulary and useful expressions which could be used in writing. So, using what I learned, I write better than before. Secondly, the speed of reading and degree of comprehension were improved through read a lot of texts.

For these two reasons, I benefited from APPLE skill. In addition, my speaking was also improved at the same time. In my opinion, the reason of this is that I have to think in English when I write and this process is similar to speaking. So if writing skill is developed, speaking is improved at the same time. Therefore, it is obvious that all the parts as I mentioned before are related each other. So, when I learn English, I need to link the sectors to develop it more quickly and appropriately.   

 Ha Yun