Step 1: Review the eight learning objectives for this writing course.
•Develop an understanding of the process approach to writing and use it to compose various writing assignments.
•Develop grammatical accuracy and stylistic variety.
•Develop an academic vocabulary and tone.
•Develop strategies and skills for reading and understanding academic texts.
•Learn to locate and synthesize appropriate academic sources.
•Gain a solid understanding of documentation practices within their specific disciplines.
•Become more familiar with American norms of academic honesty, specifically with how to avoid plagiarism and correctly use the documentation styles and practices of their fields.
•Become more independent language learners by developing the ability to revise and edit their own writing.
Step 2: Based on these above learning objectives, write 2-3 learning goals that you have for your writing this semester. Think about your own personal goals for your writing and align them with the learning objectives.
For example:
I don't have a large variety of academic vocabulary. I would like to learn and use more formal academic words in my writing.
I make mistakes in verb tense because in my native language we don't have verb tense. I would like to pay attention to the verb tense of the verbs I use when I write.
Step3: Explained the above written 2-3 goal with description and examples.