Communication: My Key to Success by Juan Diego Gonzalez https://padlet.com/juan1813g/y7093td3vh99uwet Created by Juan D. Gonzalez en-us 2022-12-01 19:37:20 UTC 2022-12-05 18:41:24 UTC hello@padlet.com Introduction juan1813g https://padlet.com/juan1813g/y7093td3vh99uwet/wish/2405676663 It is not a secret for anybody that I am a very shy person who used to always struggled to communicate properly with others. However, I have come a long way from there and learned how to convey my ideas to other people in different ways, such as speaking or writing. Participating in this English 1101 course has really helped me improve my interpersonal, communication, writing, and teamwork skills thanks to all the knowledge and peer interaction that took place during this course. As a student member of the Undergraduate Research Program and pursuing a career in the business area, the skills learned from this English 1101 course will be very useful for reaching my future career and academic goals. ]]> 2022-12-01 19:41:11 UTC https://padlet.com/juan1813g/y7093td3vh99uwet/wish/2405676663 Conclusion juan1813g https://padlet.com/juan1813g/y7093td3vh99uwet/wish/2405677380 As has been demonstrated, these activities helped me improve my interpersonal, communication, and writing skills to a whole new level. Both my Personal Narrative Essay and Joke Analysis Essay show how I could clearly convey my ideas to the reader, as well as show my growth and improvement in the writing area, which had always been difficult for me. The other classwork and materials show and represent perfectly the gradual improvement of my interpersonal and communication skills, as well as reflecting the improvement I have had in my teamwork skills. I also learned how to properly use the MLA style, as well as knowing when and how to make my essays sound professional or informal. As a student pursuing a career in the business area, these skills acquired during this class will definitely get me a lot of steps closer to achieving my academic and career goals. ]]> 2022-12-01 19:41:42 UTC https://padlet.com/juan1813g/y7093td3vh99uwet/wish/2405677380 Personal Narrative Essay juan1813g https://padlet.com/juan1813g/y7093td3vh99uwet/wish/2408324124 Finalizing Unit 1, we had to turn in the first major assignment which was the Personal Narrative Essay. This represented a major improvement of my writing and communication skills because in this essay I managed to effectively communicate my ideas in writing, as well starting to get used to MLA format.]]> 2022-12-04 23:08:26 UTC https://padlet.com/juan1813g/y7093td3vh99uwet/wish/2408324124 Joke Analysis Essay juan1813g https://padlet.com/juan1813g/y7093td3vh99uwet/wish/2408330174 At this point we reached the second major assignment of the class. For this assignment we had to write an analytic essay about a joke. I think this essay was my best work so far, and the one that improved my skills the most due to many reasons. First, because the mistakes I committed made me a better writer in general. Second because I managed to convey my main idea and underlying message of the joke in an effective way.]]> 2022-12-04 23:22:03 UTC https://padlet.com/juan1813g/y7093td3vh99uwet/wish/2408330174 Syllabus Mind Map Assignment juan1813g https://padlet.com/juan1813g/y7093td3vh99uwet/wish/2408487851 This assignment consisted of reflecting the contents of the class Syllabus as a mind map that could be better understood for anyone. This showed what would be the beginning of my improvement in conveying my ideas to other people because of how well this assignment came out for me, considering also that I am not the most artistic person nor of the kind that knows how to illustratively express their ideas.
 
]]> 2022-12-05 02:34:42 UTC https://padlet.com/juan1813g/y7093td3vh99uwet/wish/2408487851 Me Talk Pretty One Day juan1813g https://padlet.com/juan1813g/y7093td3vh99uwet/wish/2408488466 In this assignment, we had to identify the figurative language used in this story and, in groups, discuss which figurative language uses we could find and select 1 of each kind to discuss. This assignment represents how my interpersonal and oral communication skills got better because I had to discuss with my partners about this assignment and get to a common idea altogether. ]]> 2022-12-05 02:35:17 UTC https://padlet.com/juan1813g/y7093td3vh99uwet/wish/2408488466 It Kept Us Alive - Humor in the Holocaust juan1813g https://padlet.com/juan1813g/y7093td3vh99uwet/wish/2408492022 During this assignment and our trip to the museum, I learned a lot about seeing this from a different perspective, respecting other's point of view and properly communicating with others by paying more attention to the bigger context that is around every human interaction. This short period really improved my interpersonal and communication skills.]]> 2022-12-05 02:38:19 UTC https://padlet.com/juan1813g/y7093td3vh99uwet/wish/2408492022 General Narrative Structure Assignment juan1813g https://padlet.com/juan1813g/y7093td3vh99uwet/wish/2408492663 In this assignment we had to analyze a comedic clip and identify its narrative structure. This assignment helped me improve my teamwork skills because we had to complete this assignment in groups of 2. This assignment also improved my communication and interpersonal skills while discussing with my partner about the assignment.]]> 2022-12-05 02:38:48 UTC https://padlet.com/juan1813g/y7093td3vh99uwet/wish/2408492663 Padlet - Integrating Citations juan1813g https://padlet.com/juan1813g/y7093td3vh99uwet/wish/2408496432 In this Padlet assignment, we had to integrate citations correctly. This assignment helped me improve my teamwork and interpersonal skills because it was a group assignment in which we would work together to properly create in-text citations that would help us master the use of MLA format writing.]]> 2022-12-05 02:43:04 UTC https://padlet.com/juan1813g/y7093td3vh99uwet/wish/2408496432