A NARRATIVE ESSAY - Working part-time as a seller at KL Souvenir

PRE-WRITING

“To effectively communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceive the world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication with others."

Meaning of the quotes:

•        There are a lot of ways that we can use to make an effective communication with other people even if we are from different country.

What?

•         I was working as a part-time seller at a souvenir shop.

Who?

•              Myself.

Where?

•           KL Souvenirs.

When?

•           During a semester break

How?

•           I learn how to communicate effectively with tourists from different countries that visit to the shop.

DRAFTING

It was a bright June and I chose to working part-time as a seller at KL Souvenirs during my semester break. The reason why I chose to work here because I notice that nowadays, it’s very hard for some of us to communicate effectively especially with people that comes from different countries.

Last Friday, I working alone as my partner, Julia is unable to come to work. While doing some chores, I saw a foreighner walk in to my shop. I then give them a greet by saying “Good morning, Sir. May I help you with anything?”. He then say that he was confused to chose which souvenirs should he buy for his wife. I suggest him a gift that tourists normally will choose since buying from that shop. By here, I realize how important it is to making sure that two-way communication is work effectively. I got so many experiences while working here. I learned how to communicate politely when dealing with customers and it’s very important to show a positive appearance while talking to them.

During my time working here, I practised my self to use nonverbal communication with people that are not using English as their languages. For example, during my first time working here, I need to communicate with foreigners that comes from Africa. I saw him having problems while chosing souvenirs. So I greet him “Yes, Sir. Do you need my opinion in making choices?”. He then look at me awkwardly and shaking his head as “No” and he used his hand to told me that he can’t speak English. I understand and start helping his out by using signals and face expressions. From there, I noticed that to effectively communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceive the world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication with others. So it’s important to solved problems especially when its come to communication.

I have very much fun working here but need to went to my university back as my semester brake is about to end. I will share this experience working as a souvenir seller to my friend when I saw them in a next semester.

REVISION

It was a bright june and I chose to working (work) part-time as a seller at KL Souvenirs during my semester break. The reason why I chose to work here because I notice (noticed) that nowadays, it’s very hard for some of us to communicate effectively especially with people that comes from different countries.

Last Friday, I working (worked) alone as my partner, Julia is (was) unable to come to work. While doing some chores, I saw a foreighner walk in to my shop. I then give (gave) them a greet by saying “Good morning, Sir. May I help you with anything?”. He then say (said) that he was confused to chose (choose) which souvenirs should he buy (bought) for his wife. I suggest (suggested) him a gift that tourists normally will choose since buying from that shop. By here, I realize how important it is to making (make) sure that two-way communication is work (working) effectively. I got so many experiences while working here. I learned how to communicate politely when dealing with customers and it’s very important to show a positive appearance while talking to them.

During my time working here, I practised (practiced) my self (myself) to use nonverbal communication with people that are not using English as their languages. For example, during my first time working here, I need to communicate with foreigners that comes from Africa. I saw him having problems while chosing (choosing) souvenirs. So I greet (greeted) him “Yes, Sir. Do you need my opinion in making choices?”. He then look (looked) at me awkwardly and shaking his head as “No” and he used his hand to told (tell) me that he can’t speak English. I understand and start helping his (him) out by using signals and face expressions. From there, I noticed that to effectively communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceive the world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication with others. So it’s important to solved (solve) problems especially when its come (it comes) to communication.

I have (had) very much fun working here but need to went (go) to my university back as my semester brake is about to end. I will share this experience working as a souvenir seller to my friend when I saw (see) them in a next semester.

EDITING

It was a bright june (June) and I chose to working (work) part-time as a seller at KL Souvenirs during my semester break. The reason why I chose to work here because I notice (noticed) that nowadays, it’s very hard for some of us to communicate effectively especially with people that comes from different countries.

Last Friday, I working (worked) alone as my partner, Julia is (was) unable to come to work. While doing some chores, I saw a foreighner (foreigner) walk in to (into) my shop. I then give (gave) them a greet by saying “Good morning, Sir. May I help you with anything?”. He then say (said) that he was confused to chose (choose) which souvenirs should he buy (bought) for his wife. I suggest (suggested) him a gift that tourists normally will choose since (when) buying from that (this) shop. By here, I realize how important it is to making (make) sure that two-way communication is work (working) effectively. I got so many experiences while working here. I learned how to communicate politely when dealing with customers and it’s very important to show a positive appearance while talking to them.

During my time working here, I practised (practiced) my self (myself) to use nonverbal communication with people that are not using English as their languages. For example, during my first time working here, I need to communicate with foreigners that comes from Africa. I saw him having problems while chosing (choosing) souvenirs. So I greet (greeted) him “Yes, Sir. Do you need my opinion in making choices?”. He then look (looked) at me awkwardly (weirdly) and shaking his head as “No” and he used his hand to told (tell) me that he can’t speak English. I understand and start helping his (him) out by using signals and face expressions. From there, I noticed that to effectively communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceive the world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication with others. So it’s important to solved (solve) problems especially when its come (it comes) to communication.

I have (had) very (so) much fun working here but need to went (go) to my university back as my semester brake (break) is about to end. I will share this experience working as a souvenir seller to my friend when I saw (see) them in a next semester.

PUBLISHING

It was a bright June and I chose to work part-time as a seller at KL Souvenirs during my semester break. The reason why I chose to work here because I noticed that nowadays, it’s very hard for some of us to communicate effectively especially with people that comes from different countries.

Last Friday, I worked alone as my partner, Julia was unable to come to work. While doing some chores, I saw a foreigner walk into my shop. I then gave them a greet by saying “Good morning, Sir. May I help you with anything?”. He then said that he was confused to choose which souvenirs should he bought for his wife. I suggested him a gift that tourists normally will choose when buying from this shop. By here, I realize how important it is to make sure that two-way communication is working effectively. I got so many experiences while working here. I learned how to communicate politely when dealing with customers and it’s very important to show a positive appearance while talking to them.

During my time working here, I practiced myself to use nonverbal communication with people that are not using English as their languages. For example, during my first time working here, I need to communicate with foreigners that comes from Africa. I saw him having problems while choosing souvenirs. So I greeted him “Yes, Sir. Do you need my opinion in making choices?”. He then looked at me weirdly and shaking his head as “No” and he used his hand to tell me that he can’t speak English. I understand and started helping him out by using signals and face expressions. From there, I noticed that to effectively communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceive the world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication with others. So it’s important to solve problems especially when it comes to communication.

I had so much fun working here but need to go to my university back as my semester break is about to end. I will share this experience working as a souvenir seller to my friend when I see them in a next semester.