Technical Communication English course enhanced my professional communications and improved the way I present myself on all levels. The shared experience with teammates and Dr. Paterson reinforced many skills beside perfecting writing efficiency.
The following is some of the assignments that polished my skills through this course:
- Revised Definition Assignment
- Revised Peer Review of the Definition Assignment
- Revised Formal Report Proposal and Progress Report with Surveys
- Revised Proposal Memo
- Revised LinkedIn Best practices memo
- Revised Memo to Evan Crisp
- Revised Complaint letter and Response letter
- Revised Peer Review of a Formal Report
Revised Definition Assignment
This assignment discussed professional terms, I chose “Debridement” described in three types of definitions. The objective was to apply different types of definitions to the regular audience.
The link below has the full assignment details:
ENGL301- Revised Term Definitions-Shahd Khudher
Revised Peer Review of the Definition Assignment
The first exposure to “peer review” was interesting, not only that we had to pay attention to out tone, but also the whole process of reviewing and assessing all aspects of the paper taught us what to watch for when we write the next paper.
ENGL301-Revised Peer Review of Definitions
Revised Formal Report Proposal and Progress Report with Surveys
This unite’s assignment introduced some brainstorming and thinking of projects of interest to communities or workplace. It actually equipped us with a great skills, the research method of a report and how to present it and communicate it correctly.
The links below have the full assignments:
Formal report proposal: ENGL301-Revised Formal Report Proposal-Shahd Khudher
Progress report: ENGL301-Revised Progress Report-Shahd Khudher
Online survey: https://ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_e9dTRbZo5J5lrKK
Revised Proposal Memo
This assignment summarizes the report proposal to our professor. Clarity and detail is what I learnt to implement. The actual proposal was posted prior, but to notify the professor of what we had posted and giving brief idea was the objective.
The link below has the full assignment details:
ENGL301-Revised Proposal Memo-Shahd Khudher
Revised LinkedIn Best practices memo
Social media is becoming a part of the modern world communication, so employing it for professional purposes is inescapable. This assignment was to research how to best use LinkedIn platform for professional profiles.
The link below has the full assignment details:
ENGL301-LinkedIn practices-Shahd Khudher
Revised Memo to Evan Crisp
This was a very useful exercise to practice writing and maintaining the reader in mind, we used a (You Attitude) method. The example given was to help a student to register for UBC course and write to the professor in a proper and professional way.
The link below has the full assignment details:
ENGL301-Letter to Improve communication with You Attitude-Shahd Khudher
Revised Complaint letter and Response letter
An effective business communication starts with the correct way to convey the message and achieve the desired purpose. The exercise here was to write letters with bad news and how to respond to them.
The link below has the full assignment details:
ENGL301-Business Letters-Shahd Khudher
Revised Peer Review of a Formal Report
The final step in the Formal Report project was to provide peer review for the draft of the partner team member. To give a constructive and balanced feedback, keeping in mind to implement the “You Attitude”
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