A little drop in confidence and a couple extra study goals to be added in the list. I was quite surprised when i finished within the given time, 3 hours.
Mind if i share a fact? English was the third language i spoke and learned, therefore, I wasn't too strong on this subject. I've always wanted to become better at it because i enjoyed writing, but after taking this AP diagnostic test, I feel like... I'll have a lot to do this coming year.
Section 1 of the diagnostic test wasn't horrible, which also means that it definitely was not a breeze. Although i did think the excerpt from Pride and Prejudice and Preface of Modern American Poetry was a lot easier. No, let me rephrase that, those two were the ones I genuinely comprehended/ understood-- sounds about right.
For the two poems, it helped me to realize my weakness; I have to increase my proficiency on paraphrasing poetry.The fact that I was struggling with vocabulary in a context was a disappointment. You know, you can't really proceed when you don't know what they're saying, right? Well, that was it; It was hard to push myself through the reading when I did not completely understand it.
Hmm... Section 2... the start of it was a mess. In my defense, i apparently didn't know what the direction was asking me to do and secondly, it takes a while to wake my brain up from 2 months of writing-free, essay-free. That really can't be an excuse though... Another thing I must improve on is looking for other literary aspects other than the ones i'm adapted to: imagery, tone, character and plot or point of view-- i'm overly using these. I was able to spot a lot of these throughout the essays and stories but ya know, nothing else...
Overall, I'm still glad i took this test. As i advance through more vocabulary, i'm sincerely hoping that I improve throughout the school year and that I don't see another score like this for a while. (:
Okay, don't get too worried--these questions are designed to be VERY HARD. A "good" score might be much lower than you're used to seeing! And not only don't I "mind" you sharing the fact that English is your third language, I'm glad to know this. It's really helpful to know what a student's language history is!
ReplyDeleteHey Gloria! This blog post was really good because there were a lot of details and examples in it, like when you said you liked the excerpt from Pride and Prejudice and thought it was easier. You have a really good informal voice for these blogs, like when you said the start of section 2 was "sort of a mess". I agree, it was. :)
ReplyDeleteHi Gloria!
ReplyDeleteI completely agree with you. When I firat took thia test I sat there like, "That was awful. I thought I had a pretty good grasp on this subject- apparently not though!" I can't even imagine English being a third language and having to take this test. All of you examples are really well thought out and inncorporated as in all of your blogs. I love your closing paragraph and how optimistic you are! I hope you do continue to grow in your understanding of the english language. Good luck!