Week 2: ACCESSING THE WORKPLACE

FEATURED CILL WEBPAGE - EIW Assignment 1 Preparation Checklist

http://elc.polyu.edu.hk/CILL/eiw/Ass1Schedule.htm

Print out this page and use it as a checklist to help you to prepare for EIW Assignment 1. Tick the boxes [\/] when you have completed each activity.

1. TOP TWO Websites - Beginning Your Job Hunt

Just click on the links and off you go!

1 http://iteslj.org/quizzes/employ/resume.htm

This is one section of a website called ‘Pre-employment’ by Linda Blake Smith. Do the ‘resume’ quiz and try the other sections’ quizzes if you wish.

2. http://elc.polyu.edu.hk/CILL/eiw/default.htm

One of the best websites on the Internet is right here at the PolyU! Look through the wide variety of activities available to help you in preparing for the workplace.

2. Boost Your Writing Skills - with selected rules

Rule 1

To join two independent clauses, use a comma followed by a conjunction, a semicolon alone, or a semicolon followed by a sentence modifier.

Want to see the three example-sentences written with the above rule, click the above hyper-link.

Practise writing your letter of job application with the suggested rule.

The site is hosted by Junket Studies Tutoring -- a private tutoring service in northern New Jersey

http://www.junketstudies.com

Concordancing – Exercise 1