English 420Y - Business Writing Online

After going through the table of contents, I find some interesting material for me from the Thomson Handbook. Since I am a foreign student having Spanish as a first language, Part 11, Grammar for Multilingual Writers, seems very interesting. It surprises me that this section is included in the book, and this is what I am most looking forward to in the class. I have not practiced writing papers in English in a long time, so I am motivated to get practice in order to improve my overall writing skills. What I expect to get the most out of this class is not only to practice and improve in my writing skills, but also the part of the class in which we are all required to do the job search activity. This is something I really value since I am starting my senior year en August, and I have to start to look for a job soon. A cover letter is something I am not used to doing, and to be honest, I've never done one before. I do have some experience in Memos and Resumes but I still think that with this class I could improve my writing in these fields. Reading through the reading "Writing for Business and the Workplace", I also find that we will be doing case analysis and white papers (which honestly I've never heard of before, looking forward to it as well) which thanks to the reading I got a broad idea of what they are. In my opinion, there is nothing like experience (in this case doing the papers yourself) in order to learn efficiently. Even though in some cases we may make mistakes while writing, if we never learn from them we will never be able to get better at it, and this is what I hope to get from this class.