...Imagine a path on a steep slope, filled with twists and turns and numerous roadblocks; my journey learning how to write well was similar to this path. Because writing is my Achilles heel, it was difficult for me to endure the challenges I faced along the way and reach my destination. Despite struggling with writing throughout my life, I have learned some essential skills that have helped to alleviate some of this difficulty. Through the adversities I experienced within the classroom, I was able to improve my writing style. Hopefully, these skills will allow me to present my argument eloquently and will continue to develop in Writing 39C. During my freshman year, my English teacher provided the class with an outline that has become the foundation...
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...Nekeisha Bailey Unit 2 Assignment My goals as a writer are to improve my vocabulary and improve my writing skills. Writing might benefit me because it can help improve with my communication skills. One of my goals is to improve my vocabulary because if you use bigger words in your essay, when you’re ready for a job interview and use big words they will know your very educated. Writing might benefit me because it can help improve with my communication skills because the way you write is the same way you speak. As a writer I want to be able to elaborate more in my essays and gain more writing skills. These are two things I want to get out of this course. I want to elaborate more in my essays because I think I don’t put enough details in my essays. I also would like to elaborate more in my essays because it draws more attention to the audience. The steps I will take in order to reach my goals are, creating a thinking web, reading more, use bigger words in my essays and class discussions, or ask for someone’s advice on what I wrote. I would take these steps in order to reach my goals because they improve my writing skills and communication skills. In conclusion, my goals as a writer are to improve my vocabulary, and improve my writing skills. Writing might benefit me because it can help improve with my communication skills. When this course is over I want to be able to elaborate more in my essays and gain more writing...
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...Young Executive Summary This report analyzes and discusses my strengths and weaknesses with different communication strategies ranging from oral and written communication skills to observation and team communication skills. It is extremely important to have a strong set of communication skills in order to become the best administrator possible. Having a versatile assortment of different communication skills can give you the upper hand. The report includes what communication skills I have already been successful with and what skills I need to improve. I have found success with oral communication skills a long with image and confidence skills. I lack written communication skills and need to learn and improve my internal and external corporate communication techniques. Creating this report has allowed me to assess my different skill levels with different communication techniques allowing me to focus in on what I needed work on. I have created a plan that allows me to set a goal and a timeline to achieve competency in the communication skills I have struggled with. Communication skills are an important aspect of being a good leader and not everyone is born with this skillset. Many leaders have to continually improve their communication skills and work hard to develop such skills. There are many different types of communication skills for example oral, written, observation, team and even skills in dealing with your own feelings. In order to be a great leader...
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...Cory Joyce Mrs. Lapp, English 12 Preliminary Writing Assignment 31 August 2012 My writing skills have many positives and negatives, the positives would be I am good at research; I am also good at proofreading, revising, and editing. Even though my writing has some good quality to it, it also has some very bad areas that need major improvement in, such as hand writing, my hand writing has been bad ever sense I have been in school and it never seems to get better. Some other negative things about my writing skills are my introductions and conclusions, as well as my paragraphs with unity and coherence. My writing goals while being in English 12 this year is to become a better writer in all areas especially the ones that need major improvement. There are many writing skills that I have confidence that I am good at and that I show it in my writing, such as research, I always organize my research accordingly to how the essay is being written so I find what I need efficiently and then move on the next part of the essay, I also know how to incorporate research material into the topic well so it mixes and the reader doesn’t feel that I am talking about a completely different subject. Another thing I am also good at is proofreading, I can proofread any kind of written work that needs proofread and can find what needs changed. I also do well with revising and editing, after proofreading a piece of work I can revise and change or edit what was wrong or should have been changed...
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...Becoming a better a student Becoming empowered nurse with the necessary skills has always been my desire. I received my Associate Degree in Nursing, and my long term career goal is to continue on with the necessary steps to receive my Bachelor of Science in Nursing. The best way to achieve that goal is to become a better student. To become a better student, I must reach goals of practicing good time management, reduce stress, improve my writing skills, critical thinking and study skills. Once I have achieved these goals, I will be able to achieve the ultimate goal and to receive my degree of Bachelors of Science in Nursing. Time management and stress reduction “Demands for balancing classroom assignments, clinical practice, and personal life can be overwhelming for nursing students” (Pagana, 1994). I’m a working mother of four and things can get very hectic sometimes, leaving me feeling overwhelmed and stressed. So to get started I must learn how to manage my time and reduce my stress. The thing to know is that time management and stress management can go hand in hand. Time management and organization are essential tools to help with stress management. To get time management under control, the essential element is to plan. I will create daily, weekly and monthly check-off lists and start the night before reviewing what needs to be done on the next day. Making sure to take note of the tasks that need my immediate attention. “Checking off progress provides self-reinforcement...
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...In the development of my assessment one essay writing, I found it is imperative to have a sound grasp of knowledge of formal writing style, using prestigious language, standard systemic rules and grammatical structure. Additionally, after completing part B table, I found that predominantly it was through a hands-on process that I was able to develop my understanding of the features of the systemic rules and grammatical structures of the language. After receiving feedback from different grammar checker websites, I have searched online tutorials and university library books that could help me to improve my knowledge about applying systemic rules and grammar of the language. Through my process of exploration in the development of my writing skills,...
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...With every passing school year the quality of my writing skills improve immensely over the course of the school year, and this year does not differ (4). As always, jumping back into the school year after the summer requires an adjustment period. Due to readjusting to school and the acquirement of higher level writing techniques over the year, the overall quality of my writing increased throughout the school year. Over the course of the school year, I have learned many new and valuable ways that help improve my writing skills (3). One of these skills I learned was the ability to now identify passive voice, which I have learned most consider as poor writing because it allows the verb to become the subject of the sentence. Being able to identify passive voice allows makes me monitor how I am writing my sentences, and be able to correct passive sentences when editing my papers (4). Another extremely important skill I picked up this year was the knowledge of “to be” verbs and how to eradicate them from my writing/ learn to write...
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...Task C Job: weekend cook Location: Southampton Position: Part time Working Hours: 16 Wage: £8.80 Link: https://www.compass-careers.co.uk/members/modules/job/detail.php?record=43794 Source: compass group Date access: 13/10/2014 Ideal Candidate Ideally, you will have NVQ Level 1/2 in food preparation and cooking or equivalent Proven experience as a Chef Basic Food Hygiene certificate The skills to produce great food Self-motivated and the ability to work in a pressurised environment Team player A 'Can-do' attitude Skill required for the job: Producing food to a high standard and on time: Be able to produce food that reaches a high standard as required and able to produce food right first time and meet the deadline. Working within a team to ensure deadline are met: Be able to working in a team to produce food that will reach to the high standard as required and ensure are met the deadline. Good Communication Skills: Having good communication skills is very important; it helps food production go through a lot quicker. By communicating around with your colleagues, you will make the workflow more effective and will avoid errors that will happen if there is a lack of communication between the colleagues. Ideally with experience in a busy Kitchen environment: Be able to work in a busy kitchen environment, with a fast pace. Required to have experiences of working in a busy restaurant or hotel. High standards...
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...semester of my freshman has been a very interested trip indeed. I have learned so much in the short amount of time that I have spent here at Georgia Southern University. I feel as if I have grown, not only as a student, but as a person as well. I have met many new people, made many new friends, and learned many new things. I have so much in my English class. I thought I knew everything there was to know about writing, but I was very wrong. However, I have now learned how to improve on my writing skills, how to write better grammatically correct sentences, and how to use better verb usage. When I came into this semester as a freshman I was very confident in the caliber of my writing. However, my ego was soon crushed shortly thereafter. Even though my writing skills had been very good amongst my fellow peers in high school, at the university level they were merely average. I had to do something quick to learn how improve on my writing skills. With the help of my teacher, I have made tremendous improvements and strides on my writing skills. I believe that I am writing the best papers that I have ever written in my life. I am avidly anticipating the beginning of next semester when I take English 1102, because I cannot wait to see my writing skills improve again. When writing, it is very important that your sentences are grammatically correct. Nothing can ruin a paper faster than a couple of incorrect grammatical errors. I was good about not making any grammatical errors in my papers...
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...Research “Social Media as a Tool to Improve Writing Skill” INTRODUCTION 1.1 Basic Consideration Social media is a websites and applications that enable users to create and share content like information, ideas, and personal messages or to participate in social networking. In this era, social media has dominate the lifetime of people. Start from student from junior high school until parents have their own account on social media. We are as a human have a desire to show our emotions through words. And by the social media we can communicate with the foreign people. It is impossible to use our language to communicate in that extra-large area of community. So that we have to write in English, as a world language that can be understand by that foreign people. It will be a self-improvement especially in writing skill, because we write many of words in English and it is repeatedly day by day. And from this phenomena it says that slowly a Social Media can improve our writing skill. Based on this consideration, then I am interested on analyzing mini research “Social Media as a Tool to Improve Writing Skill” 1.2 Research Questions 1. How social media can improve writing skill? 1.3 The Objective of Research In general, this mini research is done to show people opinion about social media as a self-improvement. In specific, this mini research done to explain how social media can be a tool to improve people on their writing skill. 1.4 Methodology The methodology...
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...WRITER At the beginning of my English 111 class, I was unsure of my writing skills for college, thus English 111, which is a writing class, was intimidating to me. I had been out of school for over thirty years, and my memory of my writing in high school is not so clear. So at the beginning of the year, Dr. Kennedy asked us what we wanted to get of our class this semester. It was not hard for me to say I wanted to improve my writing skills. The skills I learned in English helped me improve my writing in other classes as well. Learning how to take notes with the double entry journal and Kia styles were a big help in my psychology and art history classes. Accordingly, the MEAL plan was a big help with getting...
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...ZHEN HU GEC00000A3 VU21323 Develop and document a learning plan and portfolio Unit Assessment Task 1 1. I want to run a nail shop. 2. I love to be beautiful. 3. I can paint my nail. 4. I have to work in nail shop. 5. I have to take nail beauty course. 6. I use the following sites: www.baidu.com 7. This course will take a years time. 8. They run this course in Melbourne CBD. 9. Certificate lll in EAL -> Certificate lV in EAL -> work in nail shop -> take nail beauty course -> run a nail shop Task 2 10. I beginning to understand how to reed a whole book ✔️ I beginning to understand how to read instructions ✔️ I beginning to understand how to read the questions on my assessment tasks✔️ I beginning to understand how to read a TV guide✔️ I...
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...the semester my writing has dramatically improved since my first day here at St. Edwards University. Throughout the semester I gained better writing habits and tactics, but I also obtained further knowledge on how to create well organized and formal academic papers. The main thing I've learned from this course is how to improve my writing process as a whole using correct grammar and punctuation, and creating better sentence transitions. My weakness as an incoming freshman was the ability to find my voice as a writer and develop a point of view so that I could expand on the things I wanted to say in my writing. I could create all these ideas for my paper, but as soon as I began to write, I would get stuck leading my paper into this big mess with no general direction. As a result, my paper would lose communication between the reader and myself. My paper would make sense to me, but as a reader, he/she might have misinterpreted the main point of my paper. On the other hand, my strengths in writing before August consisted of good organization skills to set up good ideas and thesis statements. I could create a good argumentative thesis statement to ensure some type of structure for my paper. During the first week of the semester, my goal was to see improvement with my skills as a writer and critical thinker. As the year progressed, getting my colleagues and professor’s advice about the mistakes I was making in my papers influenced me on how to improve my writing skills and process...
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...Academic Success The end is near to my first class at the University of Phoenix. As I continue on with my education, I would like to have great academic success. Academic success can be achieved by being aware of one’s goals, the writing process and the importance of critical thinking skills. By knowing these things, I believe my academic success will be achievable. Goals Setting goals in life is the key to my success. I feel that without goals the task you do in life has little to no purpose. “A goal is whatever an individual is striving to accomplish in their life”(Alispahić, n.d., p. 197). There is a lot I would like to achieve in life; that is why setting goals makes so much sense. Also having goals works as a motivator and encourages me to have a commitment. The bigger the goal the more fulfillment I will have in accomplishing them. (Alispahić, n.d.). My educational goals are that I finish my bachelor's degree with a GPA of 3.0 or above. After that, I would like to move on and obtain a master's degree. Also, I plan to stop procrastinating when it comes to my homework and studying. Procrastination is something I have struggled with and realize it will not help me to achieve academic success. Some career goals would be to find a closer job while I am finishing my bachelor's degree. When I get that degree, the aim is to get a job in my field and gain experience while I am getting my masters. Once my master's degree is obtained, I will get a CPA...
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...Year Writing Essay Throughout my life, writing has always been a skill necessary for me to excel in many of my classes. Whether it was for research papers, or short journal assignments, writing was always a key component in order to achieve the best grade possible for my classes. Ever since I stepped foot into Elementary school, my skills as a writer have been average or slightly above average at best. My writing style is basic and I usually follow somewhat of a similar formula for most of my papers. My weak points as a writer would be my creativity and vocabulary. I also wish to improve my ability to draw the reader in during my introduction paragraphs. I always seem to take ages to write my introduction paragraph for my papers, and this causes me to spend a lot of time on my essays. My strong points as a writer would be my structure and my ability to get my message across to the reader. I am confident in my writing in the sense that I can get the job done, but know that my writing could be heavily improved. There are three instances in my life that made me realize my skills as a writer. The first would be my English tutor, who guided me at the beginning of middle school. She laid down the formula and gave me the skills in order to ace all of my basic middle school papers. The second would be the realization that my writing was not good as I thought it was after my first couple of papers in High School, and finally the last instance, which was my college essay. My mother...
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