How does it feel to write an academic writing for the very first time?

      

    Firstly, it is obvious that writing is something which calls for constant effort in the period of wrting. Some people consider this process as a pleasure or leisure pursuit while some believe that writing should be done for the porpuse of creating something worthy reading. My case is close to both of them. This term, we, as a class at college, stepped into academic writing with the assignment of Dr. Erdem Akbaş, a lecturer at Erciyes University. As a start, He thaught us some principles of academic writing so that our writing could sound academic. But, playing according to rules is sometimes harder than knowing the rules of a game, it is also true for academic writing. Although I have written a great many essays and paragraphs in English, I can admit that I had a bit difficulty in sounding academic. But, what is not hard at the beginning? So, I determinedly tried to show perseverance to be better every day. I can perceive that the more I show progress, the greater I feel. When it comes to my progress, I can say that "so far so good." Yet, I sometimes struggle, anyway. I am in search of writing the best I could. I'm writing about Community Language Learning, a language teaching approach developed by Charles Curran. I have written 2 paragraphs, which is supposed to make 5 paragraphs in the end. I'm on the process of writing the third paragraph now. I hope that I will be more proficient over time.