Week Three! Enjoy My English~

Hello, is me again! Today, I will share about what I was learned in the third week of English Writing Skills class.

25 April 2017,(Tuesday) 09:00-11:00

2nd Chapter, Audience and purpose. For this chapter, as a reader, and as a writer, the first time you approach a text it is important to think about purpose and audience. We must know Why am I writing this?, Who am I writing this for?, What sort of writing will suit this purpose?, and last What style do I need to write in?. So this all can identify the audience and purpose of writing.

Audience:-

The definition of the audience is an author's is the particular group of readers or viewers that the writer is addressing. After that, we must consider our articles is standing at two main factors which are Who is it for? and What do you know about them? There have 4 types to addressing which are yourself, personal friend(s), person(s), and also remote audience.

After than that, I have learned to identify our audience with five ways which are age, group, language, income and status, and race and ethnicity. These are the way to define the term audience and to identify the audience.

Purpose:-

The definition of the purpose is an author's  purpose is his or her main reason for writing. So below is the four reasons of the purpose for writing which are DEEP.

D(to describe)

E(to entertain)

E(to explain)

P(to persuade)

Lastly, I have learned is Rhetorical Triangle. Three things that have the greatest impact on an argument:

-The writer

-The audience

-The context

Below is the graph of the Rhetorical Triangle.

We need focus on-

(Ethos)

Speaker/ Writer

(Pathos)

Audience/ Reader

(Logos)

Subject/ Topic 

The three points relate directly to the three classic appeals you should consider when communicating.

These are the way to define the term purpose and to identify the purpose.

That's all for the third week, what have I learned this week is "Am I writing to one person or more than one?" when as a writer or a reader we need to identify our target audience and also purpose of writing. However writing to who, we need to insure that what we done is right and people will believe your choice. I hope that next class can be more fun! And we learn more and together to my reader. Thanks, and see you soon.

Week Two? English can help me?

Hello, every reader! I am Edwin Yau, today is my first day to share study life at PORTMAN College in this blogger, also I write this blog is to sharing my personal feelings when I was learned in the second week of English Writing Skills class.

17 April 2017,(Monday) 11:00-1:00

First, the thing that I would like to share is learned and discussed from English Writing Skills in the lecture class. For the 1st chapter, What Is Writing Skill? Hmm... writing is important? Yes! Whatever you hate, dislike or whatever bad thing you must learn to improve your writing skills.(Now I still learning process...) When you chat or comment on Facebook, WhatsApp, and WeChat mostly you comment using English right? So keep it up learning and improve your writing skills! Back to the chapter, after the point next was Definition of writing, so the definition is to communicate specific information or ideas, utilizing the formats, language, and content relevant to workplace. If you need more detail you can google it and search.(crack a joke XD). Next, The ABC's of Writing which is A for Accessible, B for Basic and C for Clear. Furthermore, Process of Writing which is Pre-writing > Drafting > Revising > Editing > Publishing. This all process like now what I doing. More than, Principles of Writing which is a good writer must include 6+1 Writing Traits, it was ideas, organizations, voice, sentence fluency, word choice, conventions, and presentations. Last but not least, Categories of writing which is two categories one is poor writing and good writing. When you learned of this chapter you are:

• Able to define and understand the concept of writing

• Able to differentiate the types of writing

• Able to identify the process of writing

• Able to know the difference of a good writer and good writing

(Congrats to me XD)

19 April 2017,(Wednesday) 11:00-1:00

Next, English Writing Skills in tutorial class. we have a quiz for the chapter one. After the quiz, Our lecturer asked us to write a poem with the theme 'LOVE' and we form a group with four people. I love this section because it was so funny and our team me and my friend are going to show the action with the theme 'LOVE'. This two days I learned a lot writing skills and vocabulary, I hope next class will be more fun!