Dear peers and tutors:

During the course of the semester in English for Specific Puposes (ESP) lessons, I have been able to acquire a vast amount of knowledge and skills. In fact, I have experienced many different feelings on course work. I have often felt overwhelmed with assignments, worried that I did something incorrect, or even stressed thinking I would not finish the assigments on time. Above all, I now feel that I have learned to adapt a better sense of organization to my learning habits. 

           I started this first semester ESP class with both strengths and weaknesses. I was strong in the fundamentals of writing: logic and grammar. I have always written well-organized essays, and that held true for this class. However, despite this strength, during the term, I struggled to narrow and define the various aspects of Research Papers writing.

     Throughout this semester I have had the opportunity to develop my skills in the writing process that includes drafting, individual writing consultations, generation of ideas, collaborative work as well as peer papers evaluation. Overall, my writing skills have improved dramatically, thanks to many hours spent writing, revising, polishing, and when I was not writing,  reflecting upon topics. It is in this mode in which these valuable achievements have become true.

In this portfolio all those pieces of academic writing I have done throughout the present semester have been included, namely, all the tasks, mid-term tests, proposal as well as blog entries. 

Yours sincerely,

                                        Maria Fernanda Walter