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English language is important especially in tertiary education where students are required to write the report, thesis and articles. Without being able to use the language correctly, the ideas in the report or thesis are hard to be expressed clearly. There are two difficulties I have writing in university class, namely informal writing style and unclear concluding sentence.

Firstly, my writing style is too casual and not academic. Every point or idea in the articles shall be strictly linked to the main idea and certain words like awesome and incredible shall be avoided in academic writing. Academic writing style is vital in the sense that every report and thesis we write in the tertiary level is professional and formal. In order to refine my writing into an academic one, reading newspaper such as The Straits Time is one of the viable and good ways.

Next, my concluding sentence is unclear and too short. It does not give a distinct stand. Concluding sentence is important because it is the last paragraph that gives the punch to the readers and to make our stand clear by summarizing what we have discussed earlier in the main body. Realizing this problem I face, the only way to rectify it would be learning from the mistakes and practicing to write quality concluding sentence after reading other authors’ articles.

In conclusion, without attending the class of EG1471, I would not have noticed my own mistakes and the underlying problems of my writing styles. EG1471 module is illuminating and I do learn a lot of writing skills from this module. Learning is a life-long journey and what we have learned in this module is the basis of University English. In order to truly master the essence of English language, it is necessary to take the initiative to self-study after accomplishing this module.