The U.S. government provides a plethora of resources and assistance for U.S. companies that want to begin exporting or expand exports. They have a new website which can be accessed

 The U.S. government provides a plethora of resources and assistance for U.S. companies that want to begin exporting or expand exports. They have a new website which can be accessed at https://new.export.gov

• Check out the Export.gov website at https://new.export.gov

• Copy and paste the link into a new browser window as you will need to retrieve an URL later.

• Click on the "The Export Process" button to reveal a drop down menu; select "Export Basics"

• Skim through the page, and then…

• Find a topic on the page that is of interest to you. 

Respond to the following:

1. Discuss two ways the Export.gov website assists businesses with exporting. (Response to #1 is to be a minimum of 2 paragraphs long with 3-6 sentences per paragraph in length.)

2. Identify the complete URL for information referenced from the Export.gov website.

3. What are your favorite signal phrases?

4. Which new ones do you plan to incorporate into your paper?

Additional resources related to signal phrases can be found at:

https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/02/

http://www.loyno.edu/wac/quotations-using-signal-phrases

http://www.capella.edu/interactivemedia/onlinewritingcenter/downloads/handoutSignalPhrases2009.pdf

Note the following:

The response to question #1 is to be a minimum of 2 paragraphs long with 3-6 sentences per paragraph in length. The response to 3-4 may be short answers or in paragraph format.