Welcome!
My name is Amber Gordon and I am a junior at Longwood University majoring in communication sciences and disorders. I aspire to attend graduate school next year in order to achieve my dream of becoming a speech-language pathologist. I strive to take what I have learned from my undergraduate studies and apply them to life and my future occupation. My biggest goal is to help people in life, and as a speech-language pathologist, I can help people find their voice as I have found mine.
I currently work at the writing center at Longwood as a writing consultant and I love to work with people one-on-one. I am definitely a people-person and enjoy helping others with their writing. I have also been working at Chick-fil-A as a team member for three years, which has taught me that I love to be a team player and I love connecting with others as I work.
This particular e-portfolio will display the writing assignments that I have completed in my Professional Writing Course (ENGL 470) at Longwood. The work that will be displayed ranges from letters of correspondence to a comprehensive formal report. This content has given me a significant amount of knowledge about writing in a professional setting and has influenced the way I compose writing in professional contexts. This class has taught me what to be mindful of when writing, how to format documents, and how to work as a team when collaborating on projects. I have been able to accomplish all of the following course learning outcomes:
- Analyze and produce writing genres commonly found in the professional world (e.g. business, gov., media)
- Create professional documents that use plain English (clear, concise, and grammatically correct)
- Conduct research to create content for a variety of professional documents (memos, letters, reports, etc.)
- Create professional documents that use design – standard formats, layout, use of graphics, etc.
- Practice oral communication skills to present content effectively (enhanced with multimedia tools);
- Participate productively in collaborative projects
Click one each of the tabs above to see exactly which projects I was able to apply these course objectives to. Thank you for visiting!
