Blogging Assignment #8

 I think my academic skills of researching, reading, writing and discussion in English had improved in ELP. Firstly, researching and getting information from databases such as ProQuest and Lexis Nexis were new thing that I have learned. Although I was familiar with MLA style format since I was in high school, I did not know about databases and they were very useful in writing my essays. Secondly, through this term I think my writing skills improved, even though I still make grammatical mistakes. I learned the importance of writing outline, which made my idea and structure of my essay clearly. Thirdly, through reading ELP reader, I studies new ideas from experts in various stages. I realized there are many perspectives that we could think about one thing. Finally, I was familiar with discussing in English but I think my discussion skills had improved with discussing academic topics.