2007年10月31日 星期三

How to write a better paper

Basically, I think peer-editing is very important. In the past, I was afraid of letting my classmates read my writing because I felt embarrassed. And in my opinion, my composition work was just given in teacher to have a correction. However, in the English composition class in college, the teacher usually requests us to share our papers with our classmates. At first, I always worry that my poor writing will let others have a reading difficulty. But I really like this way because we can not only share the different opinions with each other and produce more interesting idea, but also help each other to notice and correct some grammatical details. So through this way we can learn not only how to write but also how to read. How to make a useful comment is based on you have correct concepts about writing.

And I think a better writing should be revised many times. And to tell the truth, this part will become an annoying point finally particularly you have to rearrange your paper or think out more detail idea. But I think revision can make you notice and learn what you never know or pay much attention to. It is just like you check your test paper before you submit it during any examination, or you will discover some errors enough make you angry. So I think though nobody can read your writing before you give it in your teacher, you should read it carefully over and over again.

These two ways I seldom use in the past, but now I agree with their value. So now if my classmates or roommates are free, I will request them to read my writing no matter in Chinese or in English. And I also learn to accept others’ suggestion and comment

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M.Y. 提到...

Thanks for sharing your experiences of peer editing and revising. Do those freshmen share similar or diverse experiences about process writing?

In addition to your experiences, what did you learn from the assigned reading? What suggestions do you make for freshman?