My Reflective Essay as a Writer, the Changes in My Attitude to Writing

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For the period I have been in this institution learning a new language has been challenging but it has been an interesting journey. Knowing that I can communicate fluently in English orally and in writing is innately satisfying and a worthy price for the thousands of hours I have put in learning the language.
My attitude towards learning English has also changed. At first, I felt that I was being forced to learn another culture which was hard and irrelevant to my future career prospects. However, looking back, I think it was important that I enrolled in ENGL 110 and ENGL 101 classes because they have had an immeasurable impact on my life. I think it is one of the best things that have ever happened to me. Learning to write in English has helped me to improve my appreciation for the language and its relevance to my life. I used to think that English is a complex language and initially I was studying it just to excel in the courses. However, as time went by, my perception of the language and the courses changed and I came to perceive them as my tickets to a new world of more opportunities. I began to realize that my understanding of the language would help me to be part of English speakers worldwide and I could also communicate with them easily and effectively. I now see it as a new way to break barriers against the people, cultures, and communities I can interact with and a ticket to new social circles, communities, cultures among other things.
My learning has come a long way, and it started with the basics such as proper sentence construction. Sentence construction is an important element in writing. I have learned to write better sentence structures and articulate my ideas coherently. I have come to understand how to identify common grammatical mistakes and how to avoid them. I can now construct various types of sentences easily and package my message in a clear and concise way. This has been important to me because I can now communicate with other people through writing and they can understand my message easily. Sometimes I go through my previous work such as the essays I handed in in my ENGL 110 class, and I cannot help but appreciate how my writing skills have improved. For example, in my ENGL 101 final assignment, I wrote this sentence, ‘We don’t worry about it will pollute the environment, because it is just trees, it is the environment.’ This is an incoherent sentence which is poorly structured and constructed. Though some of the mistakes are laughable now, I could not see them, and I appreciate the help of my instructors, classmates, and friends in helping me improve my writing....