This weekend I took a class called Grant Writing. This was an elective class that I took for school credit. I got one credit!! This class taught me how to write grants so that maybe I can get money for an educational organization in Salinas. The organization helps women in the Salinas community learn how to speak EnglishMost of these women speak Spanish and they have a hard time finding work in the United States because they can not speak English. Now, these women are working in the fields of Salinasbut after this program they will be able to find office work or other higher paying jobs.
This class was very interesting because I learned a lot about how to write a grant, the information I have to include in a grant and how to find an organization who wants to give me a grant. I learned how to write a letter of intent, a needs statement, goals & objectives, and a budget. There were a lot of students in this class, approximately 30 students from different degree programs at MIIS. Usually I only take classes with other TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) students, but this course had T&I (Translation & Interpretation) students, IPS (International Policy Studies) students, MBA (Master’s of Business Administration) students, and TESOL students. It was fun to hear all my classmates’ opinions and ideas because everyone was from such a different background that they all had new and exciting ideas. The only bad part of this class was that it was also very long.I had class Friday night from 6-9pm, Saturday from 9am-4pm, and Sunday from 9am-1pm. I was very tired at the end of the workshop, but I think that I learned a lot.
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One of the skill in English is writing. It is not the most important part in English, but writing is a technique in English. Why?. Because when you want to reply a letter to your friend or apply for a job or e-mail to someone or you want to provide some information about the problem. You have to know how to write. Writing requires not only good grammar, but also good ideas for the readers who read your writing.
ReplyDeleteThe more I study the writing class, the more I feel I have some problems with my writing, that is why i need to improve it more and more. I want to attend some writing class like you have ever as you told in your posting. I hope in the future I can improve my writing.