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Dear Professor Kim,

By enrolling in this class, I hope to improve my communication skills for my future career. I, as well as a plethora of my peers, have certain strengths and struggles in professional aptitude skills. The purpose of this letter is to identify my strengths and weaknesses in professional oral and writing skills. With your assistance, my desire is to further develop my strengths and weaknesses. To attain a better understanding of the various communication skills, I would appreciate obtaining additional knowledge about business communication in the corporate environment.

My formal writing skill is a strength I can acknowledge, but also hope to enrich. When it comes to writing essays and formal letters, I do my best to take the time and effort to ensure grammar and structure of the proposition are pertinent. As for my writing skills, I consider myself to have attained decent professional writing skills in college. The area in professional writing I would like to improve in is the vocabulary usage and level of professionalism. Another current strength that I obtain is being comfortable interacting with others. On the other hand, I am very nervous faced with an environment where I have to talk in large groups. I always had difficulty with public speaking, even taking basic communication classes proved to be stressful for me. At any occasion in which I need to make a presentation, I start to let my fear and bad habits arise. My anxiety activates and accelerates to the extent where the audience can hear my voice tremble, along with talking at a fast and uncomfortable pace. I have also noticed my flawed body presentation, where I am not maintaining enough eye contact and not standing tall enough so my colleagues do not notice or care what I have to say. I would like to take from this class the courage to stand tall and speak in a proud manner. I also look forward to developing more of a professional speaking manner. In situations where I am nervous, I tend to speak informally, which essentially includes impulsively and repeatedly saying words such as, “like” and “um.” To acquire the skill on how to cease my impulsive word habits will help me talk with individuals on an appropriate professional level. Another weakness I recognize of mine is business etiquette, due to the lack of experience in formal business settings, either in an internship or office setting. By demonstrating to me the basic outline and rules of business etiquette, I will be well prepared for specific professional situations.

By assisting me on improving my business communication skills, I would become more confident in my professional interviews. Having improved in corporate communication skills, such as formal presentation posture, confidence in public speaking, and professional communication habits, will prove to be advantageous to me as I prepare for graduation and search for my future career in a formal business environment. Thank you for taking the time to read about my concerns on business communication.

Best regards,

Cedes Vo