From: Jennifer Luu
To: Sara Nussle
Subject: English 301 Writing Team Invitation
Date: January 23, 2017

Hi Sara,

I am writing in response to your letter of application and I invite you to form a professional writing team.

Your professional experience as a Junior Analyst under Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada would greatly benefit  team members. Your position demonstrates strength in clear and concise writing. This skill is highly valuable in technical writing, and I welcome your expertise. In turn, I would assist you in strengthening your grammar and logical organization. Finally, our shared learning philosophy would enable us to thrive together because of our unique experiences.

I invite you to review my letter of application below. If you are interested, please send me an email at jenniferluu9@gmail.com. Thank you for your time.

Regards,

Jennifer Luu

Enclosure – Jennifer Luu – Letter of Application

From: Jennifer Luu
To: Alina Aref’yeva
Subject: English 301 Writing Team Invitation
Date: January 23, 2017

Hi Alina,

I am writing in response to your letter of application and I invite you to form a professional writing team.

Your diverse writing experiences would be an asset to the writing team. The science and arts courses you completed demonstrate valuable skills, namely concision and critical thinking. You also exhibit strong audience awareness, in seamless switching between academic and creative writing. Your knowledge would help members develop audience-appropriate and concise writing. In turn, I would offer my expertise in logical organization and tone as a past marketing co-op assistant. Finally, your commitment to group success is one with I strongly agree. Our mutual collaboration would allow us to thrive during this course.

I invite you to review my letter of application below. If you are interested, please send me an email at jenniferluu9@gmail.com. Thank you for your time.

Regards,

Jennifer Luu

Enclosure – Jennifer Luu – Letter of Application

From: Jennifer Luu
To: Christy Grenon
Subject: English 301 Writing Team Invitation
Date: January 20, 2017

Hi Christy,

I am writing in response to your letter of application and I invite you to form a professional writing team.

I am impressed by your extensive writing experience. In writing and editing research papers, you demonstrate strong critical thinking and grammatical precision. These skills are valuable, as they help establish clear and concise communication. I would appreciate your expertise in these areas. Having worked as a marketing co-op assistant, I would offer my skills in logical organization and audience-appropriate tone.

I invite you to review my application below. If you are interested, please send me an email at jenniferluu9@gmail.com. Thank you for your time.

Regards,

Jennifer Luu

Enclosure – Jennifer Luu – Letter of Application

MEMORANDUM

To:            Erika Paterson, Sessional Lecturer

From:       Jennifer Luu

Date:        January 18, 2017

Subject:    Submission of Letter of Application

As per English 301 Unit 1:2 assignment guidelines, I have prepared a letter of application for prospective writing team members on my blog. You will find a summary of its contents and a copy below.

The letter of application includes

• My writing experience from past co-op placements and courses

• My writing strengths and weaknesses

• My learning philosophy

Please review the letter of application as necessary. If you require more information, please let let me know. I look forward to your response.

Enclosure: Letter of application (JenniferLuu-LetterofApplication)

January 15, 2017

789 Oak Boulevard

Vancouver, BC

English 301: Technical Writing

University of British Columbia

2329 West Mall

Vancouver BC

Dear classmates:

My name is Jennifer Luu. I seek to be a member of your professional writing team, as indicated on the English 301 course website. I am a fourth-year undergraduate in Biology, and intend to pursue a career either in science policy or science communication. To meet the demands of either career, I am taking English 301 to refine concise writing. I will outline relevant writing experiences, writing skills and work habits, and learning philosophy to aid your decision.

My writing experiences come from co-op work placements and coursework. As a Marketing Co-op Assistant for a biotechnology company, I wrote product and educational material for the company website. This required special attention to technical detail, grammar, and concision. I did the same in editing others’ material. I wrote regular technical laboratory reports for my laboratory courses. In such reports, I summarized key research findings and experimental rationale.

I have developed writing skills and work habits during my education. My writing strengths include attention to detail, logical organization, and tone. However, I would like to improve my concision and grammar. I am an involved student on-campus, and manage my time efficiently to finish assignments. My weakness is that I can fixate on small details, which occasionally delays coursework.

I believe that learning is meant to be engaging and collaborative. In this course, we can improve our writing as regular participants in assignments and other projects. Group work will bring together our respective strengths and help mitigate our difficulties.

Thank you for reviewing my application. You may contact me at jenniferluu9@gmail.com. I look forward to hearing from you and becoming your fellow team member.

Regards,

Jennifer Luu

JenniferLuu-LetterofApplication

Hi there, and welcome to my blog for the ENGL 301 course, Technical Writing!

This course is designed for students to gain experience in writing for business, professional, and technical audiences. As students, we will have many opportunities to practice and refine our skills in writing for these audiences. This will be done independently and collaboratively under the guidance of our course instructor. Key assignments for us to develop such skills will be in the creation of a formal report, an online portfolio or Web Folio, and a LinkedIn application package.  We will also have smaller assignments for practice, such as emails, memos, and peer reviews. At the end of the course, we will have refined our writing and self-editing skills to become confident communicators.

Our course is divided into four units:

1) Principles of technical and business writing, where we will learn and concepts relevant to the mentioned categories – these include audience, tone, clarity, and presentation.

2) Report proposal design, where we will collaborate with other students to design a report proposal for our formal report. We will also begin developing a resume as a part of ongoing assignment.

3) Report draft and resume development, where we will continue working on our formal report and begin building a job application package.

4) Report finalization and social networking strategies, where we will finish our formal report and practice social network strategies. We will also complete our job application package.

By the end of this course, I hope learn a variety of skills. I specifically wish to refine my ability to communicate effectively to different audiences, design an effective resume for potential employers, and develop social networking strategies to help in my career development.