Do you guys know how many meanings 'dude' has? See the following video! Enjoy...
Friday, February 26, 2010
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Friday's task
Hi all,
A cause-and-effect essay is one of most common academic writing patterns that you'll be dealing with in college, and in this essay, it is significant to focus on the relationships between cause(s) and effect(s). Please remember three different types for cause-and-effect essays that I mentioned in class: (1) a single cause and multiple effects,...
Monday, February 22, 2010
Cause-and-effect essays
CAUSE AND EFFECT ESSAY (Copyright @ 2006 Bogazici University SFL)
Definition: In this kind of essay, the aim is to explain the causes (reasons) or the effects (results) of an event or situation. e.g. Causes of air pollution...
Friday, February 19, 2010
Recommended reading lists
One student asked me to recommend some books to improve writing skills, and there are three book that came across my mind: (1) The Elements of Style (by William Strunk Jr and E.B White), (2) Simon and Schuster Handbook for Writers (by Lynn Troyka and...
How to avoid plagiarism?
Hi class,
Today we're going to talk about the importance of academic integrity and how to avoid plagiarism. To avoid plagiarism, use the following three ways: quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing. (*Details for how to quote, paragraph, and summarize...
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
International Mother Language Day
Hi all,
Sunday February 21st is International Mother Language Day, as decided by the U.N. This is taking form here at UIUC as a campus-wide event that entails a poster board being passed around to various buildings here at campus. Students can use this board to express themselves in their mother tongue, with the board ultimately becoming...
How to use a comma?
One student asked me when to use a comma and when to exclude a comma, so I introduce a link that has detailed information about using commas. Hope it helps. Here's the link:
Click on here!
...
Run-on & Comma splices mistakes
Identifying Independent and Dependent ClausesWhen you want to use commas and semicolons in sentences and when you are concerned about whether a sentence is or is not a fragment, a good way to start is to be able to recognize dependent...
Friday, February 12, 2010
Tips for formatting in MS word program
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mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;
mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;
...
Writing concluding paragrpahs
Hi class,
For today, we will talk about how to wrap up a paper in an effective way. Compared to introductions and body paragraphs, it is bit of simple to write a conclusion as long as you keep some guidelines. In class, we'll look at several tips...
Writing body paragraphs
Hi class,
We talked about body paragraphs last class, and how we make body paragraphs effective. As I said in class, body paragraphs support your main idea, which is expressed in a thesis statement. Also, each body paragraph has a topic sentence, supporting...
Monday, February 8, 2010
An introductory paragraph
Hi all,
Today, we talked about an introductory paragraph and a thesis statement. As I mentioned in class, an introduction (1) gives a direction of what you're going to talk about, and (2) it plays an eye catcher's role.
First, to show readers a direction...
Saturday, February 6, 2010
Journal topics
Hi all,
Hope you're enjoying this sunny Saturday morning (a bit of cold though). We have two upcoming assignments: a journal and an essay. It would be smarter if you're done with the journal first not to get stuck in the hectic schedule.
For the...
Friday, February 5, 2010
Helpful tips for introductions
Hi class,
Everybody wants to give a good first impression when they meet a new person. The same holds true for written introductions. Whatever topics you write about, whatever genres you deal with, make sure that introductions will be giving a first...
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Alternative topic for the first essay
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Monday, February 1, 2010
Pre-writing Strategies
Hi all, Last Friday we talked about the writing process. The term, writing process, would not seem to be familiar to you. But, yes! There is a process when you write. Even though you do not recognize every single step you make, there exist several steps...
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