Hey everyone,

Welcome to my blog for the course Academic Writing! In my first blog entry I’m going to talk about my general English skills. I’ll start with a brief outline about my past experience and what I have done so far for improving my English.

After the years of compulsory school I went to a business school for 5 years where I also did my A-levels in English. After that I got a job, where unfortunately I hardly needed my English. That was too bad for me because the level acquired was gone within this period of time. When I started to study at university I had to practice a lot to get back to that level I have been once.

So, I decided to take part at a language course for one month in the UK and during my studies I participated at the ACT-Program at the JKU for the duration of 9 months. I came back in February this year and at the moment I feel quit confident in my daily usage of English. Currently, I’m attending two English courses and as my friends are from all over the world I’m writing E-mails every day. Nevertheless, writing academically still is time consuming for me, as I have to rethink and rephrase the sentences. What I want to improve in my written English is the mode of expression as well as the structure as I often have the feeling that parts always could be better. My main aspects that I would like to concentrate on during this semester are consistency and the right vocabulary usage. Additionally, I want to improve the usage of prepositions and the word order. I hope that I'll make noticeable progress and be able to hand-in a good paper.  

So, see you in class and I hope we can successfully support each other!

Caroline