bussines letter

October 26, 2009

Professor P.F. Potvin
Comp 227
University Of Michigan-Dearborn
4901 Evergreen Road
Dearborn, MI, 48128


Dear Professor. Potvin


Thank you so much for your help in the first quarter of this class (Composition 227- Fall 2009). You are an excellent teacher and have inspired me to continue learning with an open and positive mind. I appreciate all your hardships of teaching. In fact, you deserve excellent recommendations from all your students.


I am going to write some notes about the materials and the subjects that we covered this semester. Also, I would like to shed lights on some issues and suggestions for future improvements, which may help the students to do better in this class.

First, you selected the right text for this class. The Longman Writer’s Companion is a good book; students will have beneficial use of this text. Even after they finish the class, they can use it as a reference for writing in the future. It gives guidance for the student and helps them to know how to improve their grade in an academic writing manner. I follow the same instructions in this book with another class’s papers and projects.

Second, I enjoyed group discussions to the fullest; it is very supportive. I love the way we discussed the subjects and the materials in class. Each student feels free to talk about his/her opinion and the other students listen to the discussion. Actually, I did not experience a large group discussion in other classes. I was feeling shy to speak in front of other students. But your strategy of picking a student to speak and analyze the subject in a critical way encouraged me to participate in the discussion. Now, I can do it easily without any barrier.

Last, I highly appreciated your strategy in correcting our essay. Peer review and teacher review helps me to correct my errors, improve my essay, correct my grammar, and change the instruction of my essay.


I like to recognize some issues that concerned me and I am sure I will find the right responses from your side. In addition, I will add some suggestion to improve the course in future:
· I have some doubt to address that I understood the requirements of writing and compiling comprehensive journals, I reviewed the syllabus but it did not help. My concern urged me to ask. Am I on the right track?

· I hope you talk about the portfolio. What do we have to do? How can we organize it?

· I suggest that we have access to read other students’ responses and entries on Blogger Dash board and on C-tool discussion board. In this way, students will learn from other people’s experiences. Also they will increase their awareness of writing and creativity.

· for the future; I recommend expanding the class time to two hours per session, because it has great benefits for the students


Of course, your experience in teaching exceeds by far my experience. But, I hope that you consider my mentioned notes and recommendations as little hints to add on your excellent method of presenting the materials and conducting the class.
Once again, thank you so much for your time, and patience.


Sincerely,



Raghida Choucair
6572 Colonial Street
Dearborn Heights, MI, 48127