反思类作业reflection essay

反思作业写作指导 reflection essay writing instruction

从根本上说,写作反思类论文是一种很好地锻炼、提高你的批判性思维能力的有效方法。在写文章之前，你必须理解它是什么,你要反思什么,如果你不能明白这些，就只会弄乱你的想法,更糟的是,你很有可能不能写出什么实质性的、有价值、有意义的东西。因此，在写这类文章的时候，我们应该记住,反思类文章更像是一种期刊,对一些话题和热点问题记录下你的想法或你的感受。你所写的主题可能是关于一部电影,一本书,一个事件,或其他的任何东西。
 

在你写反思类文章之前，你最好问自己几个问题,比如:我觉得这个话题怎么样?它是怎样影响我的?如果它对我没有产生任何影响是什么原因呢?请注意,你所考虑的应该是所有你能想到的关于个人思维能力的问题。这是因为反思类论文要求你表达自己的见解。如果你能很好地回答自己所提出的问题的答案，就可以帮助你更好地写作反思类文章。当然，在提出问题的时候，不要限制自己的思维，可提问的问题有很多，不仅仅包括这三个问题。如果能够提出更多的问题，提出更多的要求，陈述更多的意见，就更有助于写出一篇有意义，有价值的文章。问题源于话题事实，答案集中于你自己所能提出的见解。
 

Basically, writing a reflection essay is a good exercise to sharpen your critical thinking skills. You have to understand what it is that you have to reflect on before proceeding with the essay, otherwise you will only lose track of your ideas or, worse, you will not be able to write anything that will make sense. Keep in mind that a reflection essay is more like a journal where you jot down your thoughts or how you feel about a certain topic. Your topic may be a film, a book, an event, or just about anything.
 

Before starting with your reflection essay, ask yourself a couple of questions, such as: how do I feel about this topic? How does it affect me, if it does at all? If it doesn't affect me, why? Notice that the questions are all personal. That is because a reflection essay asks you to express your insights. Knowing the answers to these personal questions can help you begin your reflection essay. Do not limit yourself to these three questions. Explore more that asks you to state your opinion. Leave out the facts first. Concentrate on your insights.
 

After having the answers to the personal questions stated above, list your answers. Thereafter, summarize them into a single sentence. This will be your main controlling idea or central thesis which will guide you throughout the rest of your reflection essay. With your thesis statement, identify the arguments or ideas that will support it. You may expand or write more about each supporting idea in a paragraph. Each of these paragraphs will then be the body of your essay. Try to include factual statements in these body paragraphs, such as what you have observed, so that your claims are well supported. Sufficient reference to facts is a good way of giving substance to your reflections.
 

After you have finished writing the body paragraphs of your reflection essay, return to your personal questions. This time, however, ask yourself as if you are trying to confirm what you have written: is this how I truly feel about this topic? Is this how it did affect me, if it did at all? If it didn't affect me, why? This is a matter of reaffirming your honesty in writing your reflection essay. You should only provide your truthful reflections, otherwise writing down the things that are far from what you truly felt defeats the very purpose of reflecting on the topic. Also, write down how and why you arrived at your insights. Be consistent and avoid one idea in one paragraph clashing with another idea in another paragraph.
 

In your reflection essay's conclusion, briefly restate your main insight or thesis. You may end with a question, asking how others might have thought about the same topic. You may also end with a challenge to your readers, such as asking them to reflect on the same topic and ask the same questions. At any rate, what is most important to remember is that a reflection essay is generally a personal assessment of a topic that may or may not affect you and others.