Critical Analysis, English homework help

Question 01

It is not doubted that author of article “”Me Talk Pretty One Day” is aimed to point out the difficulties faced by a student to acquire the working fluency in a foreign language even after some exposure to it. Throughout the article, the author’s goal remains consistent and he makes the use of different situations to express that how he was offended and humiliated by his teacher for his limited foreign vocabulary. Such circumstances made him feel disheartened and he stopped to talk even outside of his classrooms. He stuck in the feelings of terror and disappointment. He became pessimistic that no one is going to make it. In fact the situations change throughout the article however, author’s goal remains consistent.

Question 02

• To express that how he was offended and humiliated by his teacher for his limited foreign vocabulary.
• Such circumstances made him feel disheartened and he stopped to talk even outside of his classrooms.
• He stuck in the feelings of terror and disappointment.
• He became pessimistic that no one is going to make it.

Question 03

The article mainly focuses on those people who tried to learn the foreign language. There are several lessons which the people can learn from this article. The article also targets those people who are harassed and humiliated in the name of education. Additionally, author consistently receives tormenting from his instructor. Apparently it disappoints him but does not stop him to achieve his life goals. That’s why, the article has lesson for those individuals who are tormented that it does not trouble them and stop them to achieve their aims in life.

Question 04

The goal of this essay is to support the author’s claim regarding the difficulties in learning the foreign language. The difficulties to learn a foreign language cannot be ignored. It is time taking task and the behavior of instructor also matters a lot. In class, an instructor is the person who can understand the learning drawbacks of individual and help him/her to overcome those drawbacks. Instructor should find the cause for student’s low performance instead of humiliating him/her. Learning a foreign language is not an easy job on all levels and it should be understood by the instructor.

Question 05

My support from the claim originates from two things: Author’s arguments and my own experience. Learning the foreign language is a hard and time taking job. Author’s argument that we all left class foolishly believing that the worst was over shows the difficulty he faced in learning the foreign language. Similarly, Author’s argument that it is like to spend time in the presence of a wild animal shows the importance of instructor’s behavior to the foreign students. Moreover, I have personal experience of learning the foreign language and I know that how much is it tough to translate things in a language which is completely unknown to you.

Question 06

Feedback is important to know the drawbacks and incorporate the further improvement for better performance of written essays. In current case, I can improve my essay after getting feedback from my instructor as well as fellow students. The criticism (both positive and negative) will help me to identify the strong and weak points of my essay. Definitely, it would be an opportunity to strengthen my essay through adding more points and making it clear to audience. This feedback can be integrated to final project through rectification of identified mistakes after evaluation.

Question 07

Each revision strategy has its benefits and drawbacks. However I would choose peer evaluation as most effective revision strategy in informing me while writing this essay. I would prefer this strategy because a third party is involved to evaluate the essay and identify the possible mistakes. Furthermore, suggestions also come in peer evaluation for the rectification of identified mistakes and further improvement. it is a quick process to identify mistakes and making the essay outstanding.

Teacher Remarks:

You did a good job on this rough draft. When you are planning your revisions, here are some things I would like you to think about. I would like the introductory overview to be much, much more specific. Name the author, and provide the title of the article he wrote. Then explain who the author is, what he is doing, and what he learned from that experience (in that order). Your claim is fine. In your revision, though, the claim should appear at the end of the introductory paragraph — that is, your overview of Sedaris should culminate in your thesis statement.

I had trouble following the information in the body of the paper. That information seems to be presented randomly. Work on constructing clear and meaningful transitions between topics so that the paper flows and the reader can see how your ideas are connected to one another and your thesis statement. When you revise the paper, I would like you to organize each body paragraph according to the TEA formula we will study this week. Make sure each paragraph has a TOPIC, EVIDENCE from the text illustrating that topic, and your own ANALYSIS of that evidence explaining how it illustrates the topic. You have those three elements now, but they appear in separate paragraphs.