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Composition and writing resources
Updated on Oct 10, 18
Created on Jul 10, 08
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Paul Beaufait's List: Writing
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Oct 10, 18
"Here, you will find the best of DIY MFA’s writing resources: We give you the tools you need – including prompts, writing exercises and inspirational articles – to complete your writing projects and boost your creativity so you’re never short of new ideas" (¶3, 2018.10.11).
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Aug 04, 17
In this article, Spearie (2017) outlined a "process to familiarize students with the conventions of literature reviews, to help them analyze their own research to find the appropriate organizational style, and finally to enable them to write their own literature reviews" (¶2, 2017.08.04). The article and appendices are available as a PDF.
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Spearie, Jen. (2017). Teaching literature reviews to EAP students. <i>TESOL Connections</i> (August 2017). http://newsmanager.commpartners.com/tesolc/issues/2017-08-01/2.html -
May 02, 16
"The National Writing Project focuses the knowledge, expertise, and leadership of our nation's educators on sustained efforts to improve writing and learning for all learners" (Our Mission, ¶1, 2016.05.02).
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Mar 31, 15
Explanations and examples of in-text citations
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Nov 10, 14
For a writing class with initial enrollment in the tens of thousands, as well as for a class with enrollment in the teens, Sokolik advocated "approaching writing as a method of inquiry, discovery and expression" (Acitve Learning, ¶1), and said she had identical goals, namely for students "to write well, to engage with ideas in meaningful ways and to write in a way to attract a wider audience" (Active Learning, ¶4).
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Perfecting English grammar can be a long process; this fact should not prevent students from diving into writing, regardless of their level of grammatical proficiency. Requiring students to focus constantly on grammar, and not on writing, is like requiring the novice home cook to focus constantly on knife skills, never allowing him or her to cook a meal.
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Nov 07, 14
The Readings: Academic Writing section of this resource page includes over half a dozen books with links to Amazon.com listings of them.
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Sep 12, 14
"The PhraseBook helps you build advanced language competence and writing ability in English. Rather than concentrating on rules and exceptions as many books, the PhraseBook focuses on writing, providing the tools for you to write in your subject" (A tool for building advanced language competence and writing ability, ¶1, 2014.09.12).
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Sep 08, 14
"Grammar Choices is a different kind of grammar book: It is written for graduate students, including MBA, master’s, and doctoral candidates, as well as postdoctoral researchers and faculty" (Descriptions, ¶2, 2014.09.08).
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Aug 27, 14
In this post, Campbell (2014.08.02) follows-up on <a href="http://proswrite.com/2013/04/01/the-genre-of-research-articles/">The genre of research articles</a> (2012.04.01) with explanations and illustrations of essential elements of such articles.
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Aug 27, 14
Great tips about using art for critical thinking and writing prompts
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Jul 14, 14
In this post, Burns introduced "a wonderful [28 min.] video that presents a very clear outline of how to write an article that can get published in a magazine like Voices or TESOL Connections" (¶1, 2014.07.14).
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Jul 14, 14
"The posting below looks at creating a summer plan to be more productive in your academic writing. It is by Kerry Ann Rockquemore*, PhD, President and CEO of the National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity" (Folks, ¶1, 2014.07.14).
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Jun 30, 14
This page at the College Writing Center at Potsdam, the State University of New York, has links to numerous writing handouts. For example, there's a handout illustrating the use and misuse of apostrophes and commas, and another explaining and illustrating the use of transitions.
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Jun 30, 14
This page at the College Writing Center at Potsdam, the State University of New York, has links to numerous writing websites. For example, there's link to the Purdue OWL resource page for students and teachers of English as a second language.
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Jun 30, 14
This presentation covered:
Changes in the 6th Edition
General Manuscript Instructions
Common grammar/punctuation mistakes
References IN text
Quotations in text
Reference List
Bias in language
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Jun 13, 14
"TypingWeb is a free online typing tutor & keyboarding tutorial for typists of all skill levels. TypingWeb includes entertaining typing games, typing tests, and free official typing certification" (deck, 2014.06.13).
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Jun 11, 14
This page introduces four guides for student writers: a Research Guide, a Writing Guide, a Citation Guide, and a Topics Guide.
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Jun 10, 14
This UNSW Academic Support page is one in a series of short pages defining and exemplifying reflective writing. Topics include:
What is reflective writing?
How do I write reflectively?
Examples of reflective writing
The page entitled "How do I write reflectively?" lists resources for learning about mind-mapping. -
Jun 02, 14
The guidelines, model citations, and formatting tips in this section of EasyBib resources cover a range of reference types from books to websites:
Fundamentals
How to format an APA works cited list
Quick Guide
Parenthetical Citations
Web Rules
Bible
Blog
Book
Chapter
Database
Dictionary
Encyclopedia
Film / Online
Interview
Journal
Lecture
Magazine
Musical Recording
Newspaper
Photo / Digital Image
Report
Thesis/Dissertation
TV/Radio Broadcast
Website
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