Formative work 1: September 26

• course 1: Grammar practice exercise 1

1. Interest level: It was quite interesting. It helped me see what were my biggest difficulties.
2. Difficulty level: It wasn't very hard, even though I didn't get a great score. It was a perfect degree of difficulty to discover what are the things I have to improve, as I said at number 1.
3. What you learned ( examples) : I learned that I have to use "my" in front of the verb taking, as it's considered a noun in this specific context. I also learned that I have to use the adjective " fewer" if I can count the objects. In general, I learned that I have a lot of trouble with punctuation and no trouble at all with verbs. I still have some improvements to make on my use of adjectives, adverbs and pronouns. I also have to review the basic rules for capitalization.
4. Score: I got 77%, which is not bad for someone who hasn't worked on her english skills for the past 2 years and a half. But, I do wish to have at least 80% by the end of my exercices.

RATING: 6/10

• course 2 : Grammar Skills 1: Using Punctuation in Sentences

1. Interest level : One of the things I liked less was that there were a lot of parts that had to be printed out to do the exercices. I don't think it was worth the trouble. The course was divided in five lessons and was very long to finish. Also, at the end of the lessons we don't get a score. In other words, I didn't officially finish the course.
2. Difficulty level : In general, it was much too easy for me. However, I did find it interesting to review some of the basic rules of punctuation. Still, I wouldn't recommend this particular course to anyone in this class.
3. What you learned ( examples) : I reviewed my capitalization rules, which was very useful. I also learned that a restrictive clause is not set off by commas, and a nonrestrictive clause is. I also realized that I am lacking the skills to use commas correctly in sentences. I will have to keep on working on that particular problem.
4. Score : As I said before, there isn't a score in this course; there are only numerous small exercices that are corrected right after you've finished them.

RATING: 3/10