'Tony Stark Could Get That Job': Teaching Cover Letters through Fictional Characters
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| Title: | 'Tony Stark Could Get That Job': Teaching Cover Letters through Fictional Characters |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Kate Swartz |
| Source: | Communication Teacher. 2024 38(3):224-228. |
| Availability: | Routledge. Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 530 Walnut Street Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420; Tel: 215-625-8900; Fax: 215-207-0050; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 5 |
| Publication Date: | 2024 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Descriptive |
| Descriptors: | Writing Instruction, Business Communication, Organizational Communication, Letters (Correspondence), Learning Activities, Job Application, Descriptive Writing, Peer Evaluation, Role Playing, Fiction, Game Based Learning |
| DOI: | 10.1080/17404622.2024.2332707 |
| ISSN: | 1740-4622 1740-4630 |
| Abstract: | This activity offers students a way to engage in cover letter writing, familiarizing themselves with the style and content of these documents in a creative, fictional scenario. Students will both prepare letters and evaluate them, with options to vary the gamification of the activity included. During the debrief, students assess their experience and identify practices they can emulate in their own letter writing. Courses: Business Communication, Organizational Communication. Objectives: Students will learn how to write descriptively and precisely through the preparation of mock cover letters. Students will learn how to evaluate professional documents through peer critique. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2024 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1428924 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | This activity offers students a way to engage in cover letter writing, familiarizing themselves with the style and content of these documents in a creative, fictional scenario. Students will both prepare letters and evaluate them, with options to vary the gamification of the activity included. During the debrief, students assess their experience and identify practices they can emulate in their own letter writing. Courses: Business Communication, Organizational Communication. Objectives: Students will learn how to write descriptively and precisely through the preparation of mock cover letters. Students will learn how to evaluate professional documents through peer critique. |
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| ISSN: | 1740-4622 1740-4630 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/17404622.2024.2332707 |
