Week 1: What is Genre? Homework: Your Journal 1 Homework: Your journal 1

Today I'm taking my first step into BerkeleyX: ColWri2.2x Academic and Business Writing EDX's course.

Why I'm doing this? Because I'm learning to write, in english.

Somethimes it is not so easy for us, non-english speakers, to communicate properly in english. We make many mistakes, and to add we also make litterary mistakes.

But the deal is as follows: I will take the journey throught the journals in a joyful way, so english I will learn.

Having fun also, because as the more books I read -in english- the more I want to make a style for myself. which seems impossible, but dreams are just like that, they seem impossible.

So,

Week 1 Assignment

Think about the type of writing you do in your daily life, especially in English. Do you write for fun? For your job? For school?

In your journal this week:

• Write a paragraph about what type of writing you typically do.
• In another paragraph, write what you think about writing. Do you enjoy it? Dread it?
• Finally, write another paragraph about what area of writing you need to improve most. Do you want to be a better essay writer? A more creative writer? A good business writer?

Be creative! This is your journal, so please use these guidelines loosely. To complete your assignment:

• Share all or part of your journal entry in the discussion area here.
• Then, comment on at least two of your classmates' posts.
• Finally, check off the tasks that you completed.

This assignment was somehow difficult to begin because I just couldn't jump in, and became aware of the meaning of it -to my eyes that is to somehow break the ice or excessive shyness- a bit late in the hour. But in the time I got started I just couldn't stop: hence this blog (laughs). So, Week 1 Assignments work is as follows.

I usually don’t write really. But would like to develop two styles, one for personal use on political topics which I like to analyze as a hobby, and the other for business efficient and effective communication. 

I would enjoy very much to have a personal style. This seems very difficult for me, at my own sight, because I’m not used to write or think in style terms, but I think that is a worthy to put my signature on the very way I communicate myself.

That's it, by now.