The fall semester syllabus states how English 110 “introduces students to writing as a conscious and developmental activity. Students learn to read, think and write in response to a variety of texts, to integrate their ideas with those of others, and to treat writing as a recursive process. Through this work with texts, students are exposed to a range of reading and writing techniques they can employ in other courses and are introduced to fundamental skills of information literacy. Students work individually and collaboratively, participate in peer review, and learn to take more responsibility for their writing development” (English 110 Fall Syllabus 2018). In this class I have learned how to properly read and annotate scholarly articles at an efficient pace. I have also learned to read efficiently, I now know to skim over given information such as citations and focus on relationships and more, opposed to trying to retain the information. In addition to this I have learned to no longer view articles as autonomous and reliable (to a certain extent). With that said, I have most importantly learned to disagree with certain aspects of authors works and potentially added to their concepts. And lastly, I also have strengthened my essay writing abilities by adding complexity and depth.
