I think that my strengths and weaknesses when writing academic essays in English heavily depend on the task of an essay. What I mean is that writing a summary, as we had to in the first assignment, is much easier than to compare and contrast different opinions on a topic, which was the last assignment.
It was quite easy to summarise Sutherland's essay and it did not take long for me to do that. But when I was writing assignment 3 I had to compare and contrast the opinions of three people on texting. It took much longer since firstly I had to understand their point of view relating to the topic and secondly I had to find similarities and differences in their ideas. I also found it hard to pay attention to coherence when writing the essay and to connect all the ideas and thoughts of the authors. Moreover, it was quite difficult to structure the essay. I was not sure whether to start with a general summary of their opinions or with listing the differences of the authors' views.
That is why I really don't know which mark to expect..
That's interesting. I think a lot of students find it easier to structure a compare and contrast essay, although that's not to say that they always do so well.
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