English Learning Journey: Challenges and Successes in Writing

This reflective essay details a student's journey from being a non-English speaker to becoming a successful writer. The student recounts their struggles, including the challenges of their humble background and the perception of English as a luxury. They discuss their enrollment in an English language institute, which proved crucial to their development. The essay highlights overcoming issues with grammar, APA formatting, and word choice, guided by tutor feedback. The student emphasizes the importance of respecting their native tongue and the positive impact of the institute's teachings. While acknowledging ongoing challenges in translation, the student expresses optimism about future progress and continued success in their writing career. The essay incorporates the tutor's feedback and the module's subject matter to enhance the writing and learning experience.

Running head: REFLECTION ON ENGLISH LEARNING
REFLECTION ON ENGLISH LEARNING
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author Note

1REFLECTION ON ENGLISH LEARNING
English learning has been a challenge for me and now I am fluent in the language like a
native English speaker. The decision of being a writer and that too using English as a medium
has been advised to me against most of my close ones. However I had taken the risk and I am
today a successful writer, having a brand name and earning pretty much well through it. In this
particular piece of reflective writing I shall be penning down my journey as a non English
speaker to a successful writer meandering through the difficulties and challenges to the path of
success. This is supposed to be the thesis statement of this piece of writing. In this particular
piece of reflective writing I shall be writing about the struggles which I have faced in my journey
and also shall be providing a critical assessment of the course which I had taken in order to
realize my cherished dream of learning English and also becoming a writer bagging ample
amount of success.
There have been a lot of challenges which I have had to overcome in order to not just
become a writer using English as a medium, but also in the path of learning the language itself.
However there are challenges that remain to which I am looking forward to a solution for the
sake of creating benefits out of it and deconstructing it as a challenge (Macewan.ca, 2019). I
come from a very humble background, wherein we literally had to struggle to sustain ourselves
and belonging to a third world nation, English learning was seen as a luxury which only the rich
could afford. In fact the feeling among the people belonging to my nationality was that of
English being the sole prerogative of the rich class, and not of the ordinary people like us. We
have English medium schools in our nation but they were only meant for the rich ones who could
pay for the fees, naturally I never had the opportunity to go to such a school but that however did
not dampen my spirit to learn the language and rise up high in the social hierarchy.

2REFLECTION ON ENGLISH LEARNING
Hence I had taken resort to an English language institute that trained candidates to learn
the language and gain fluency. Had it not been the certificate from the institute, I would have
lagged behind in garnering the prospects of becoming a writer. The only challenge that remains
is that I have been unable to translate certain words in my native tongue to English and for which
I must take to translation studies more seriously ("Sentence Variety", 2019). According to the
feedback of my tutor Gratton C, I had faced problems were that of correct of choice in my
writing, and problem with tense and verb with regard to the grammar. I also had faced challenges
with regard to correct APA style referencing. However these challenges have been overcome by
guidance from my tutor ("Sentence Variety", 2019).
The best thing about the English learning process for me has been the institute which has
taught me that my respect for my native tongue is the first thing that I should nurture before
gaining expertise in English. I had taken that advice very seriously. I had implemented it due to
which I have become a successful writer today. I am hoping to excel in future as well. I have
learnt that if I take the advice of my tutor seriously, I can definitely succeed. I am thus hopeful
of reaching newer heights.

3REFLECTION ON ENGLISH LEARNING
References
Macewan.ca. (2019). Retrieved 23 September 2019, from
http://www.macewan.ca/contribute/groups/public/@web/@src/@wls/documents/
document/pfw_001500.pdf
Sentence Variety. (2019). Retrieved 23 September 2019, from
https://guidetogrammar.org/grammar/sentences.htm#sentence_types