The document is a writing assignment for students at the College of Languages and Translation at Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University. It instructs students to write an in-class essay at the beginning of the semester to demonstrate their current writing level. The essay will allow the teacher to identify strengths and areas for improvement. Students can then compare the beginning essay to their final assignment to see how much progress they made. The document provides several potential essay topics for students to choose from and allows one hour to complete the assignment.