English 202C: Improving My Technical Communication Skills

The primary aim of English 1101 is to prepare the student to effectively communicate, and identify or create new knowledge in various spheres of life. English 1101 assisted me to have control over the writing conventions through extensive writing practice or reading, guided by evaluations and feedbacks from my course instructor. The course contains several topics namely; effective writing processes, rhetorical organizations methods, academic writing formats and styles, critical reading skills, researching, and citing the researched sources.

Reflecting on this course over this semester, there have been many lessons learned that will be valuable, as we enter the business world. Our first lesson was to learn to work together, as a team, to prepare a short memo, long memo, letter, and email for use in the business world. This is a lesson that will experience many times as we do our daily work. Punctuation and grammar are so important to present to the client and other organizations that we are professionals. It could mean the loss of a sale or acquiring new business. It’s like dressing for work; looking professional or unprofessional.

The transferable skills that I chose to demonstrate proficiency of for this Capstone Portfolio Project are Communication, Diversity and Teamwork, Critical Thinking, and Ethics and Professional Responsibility. I choose to look at the two assignments that a received the highest grade. The first paper was Persuasive Letter to persuade a member of congress to look into resources to help students in the classroom who are deaf or hard of hearing. If it was with American Sign Language or hearing aids or even training for teachers. It into Communication by if I introduction and purpose was clear. Stated the main argument used to persuade. I had to summarized point of view in conclusion paragraph and requested some sort of formal action and a meeting

The use of rhetorical elements in the e-portfolios makes it a visual argument. One of the elements used is ethos. Ethos is credibility, which also involves persuasion. Ethos is used to define the student’s information credibility. Many of the e-portfolios contain the courses that that the student has taken, where it took place and when they took the course. Also a lot of the e-portfolios have the students resume. A resume is a brief written account of personal, educational, and

As our goal with collateral was to make the most impact, it was important for us to understand our audience and their tastes. For instance, information on program pamphlets needed to contain appropriate information. Length was also a key control factor in all my work. Since our events are designed to be a light and fun experience, the vibe had to match the writing we produced. Hence, at least for us, less was more. In addition, the class that has added the most value to my experience has been Teamwork and Negotiations. There are so many aspects to cooperation one cannot fully learn through reading a textbook. Working for a semester on multiple projects with the focus of developing a strong team has been phenomenal in learning the soft skills required to be an effective follower and leader. Humans are complicated beings. There is rarely an isolated causal relationship. Knowing there is not just one factor but a combination has made me a better listener and improved my intuitiveness. Additionally, it has helped me stop stereotyping people. As a result, the coursework has equipped me with transferable skills required of any typical worker who is required to work well both independently and in

I consider my e-portfolio as a beneficial tool to get a job in the IT field: The second

Having completed English 291 at Southern Illinois University, I feel the course has helped me improve as a writer. This course covered a large range work on how to make one’s self a more professional writer. I desire that you appreciate my goal in increasing my skills in writing and communication in order for me to become a valued asset to your organization. This course has helped me learn things that will play an important impact on my skills as a writer.

I must admit that I have always looked at this type of course as being a complete waste of time. After taking the Learning Connections Inventory, I've discovered that I'm a Dynamic Learner according to the results of the questionnaire. It's totally shed some light on the how, what, when and why of my success and failures in my educational as well as personal and professional life.

Discuss how this course has affected you in your development as a student and explain how it has prepared you for academic success.

I definitely think that this course has improved my public speaking and professional presentation skills. During my first presentation I rarely made eye contact with the audience and would either

Whether I like it or not I been given the opportunity to talk to large crowds like a squadron or just a couple of people in the class. My problems have always been the same getting shy, anxiety, and even sweating. Learn to analyze the size of the audience, I want to be able to captivate my audience and overall I just need to find the confidence in myself to do it.

There are six topics about communication strategies that can improve my professional communication. The first is Team Dynamics. When I have team project after learn this topic, I need to share my opinion of work in my team and open-mind to other opinion in my team and vote the best solution for solve problem in my team. The second topic is Meeting Management. This topic is the way to solve the problem when my team has meeting. I plan the topic that we need to talk in team and set the schedule that what should we do in meeting. The third topic is Conflict Management. Team conflict is the biggest problem in team. We need to talk with reason and open-mind in team for reconcile with people who has conflict. We will find the best way to solve team

During the course of this semester; the variety of writing styles and essays assigned to me in my communication skills class encouraged the development of my writing skills, as well as provided me with more self-assurance in my abilities. My writing, research, and presentation abilities enhanced through practice, determination, and the understanding I gained during this course. With every single writing assignment, I learned new innovative approaches and skills, which enhanced my abilities to improve my thoughts logically, enabling me to write more clearly, and to organize my papers more effectively. At the beginning of this semester; despite the fact that I already knew the terminology MAP: message, audience, purpose; I never really

In this Technical Writing course, I have learned more about communication than I expected. Since I have been out of school for about seven years, I had no idea what to expect. When I thought of technical writing, I thought of grammar and punctuation but I figured there had to be more to it than that. The most important lesson I learned is that it is vital to know how to communicate in the workplace in order to get your point across to the intended audience.

In writing it’s important to have an understanding of what you’re trying to convey for your audience in addition to how you you will present your ideas. Effective communication extends beyond having well organized writing expressed in complete and coherent sentences. The style, tone and clarity of writing must also be considered, as they are constantly changing relative to the audience. Again, analyzing one’s audience and purpose is essential to successful writing. Appropriately, when choosing the most effective language, it is important to consider the document objective as well as the reader. In essence, this idea of effective use of language has been the overarching theme of this online English course. Each writing assignment