Individual Conference

Here's the schedule for the individual conference. Please mark the time on your diary. You have to show up ON TIME; otherwise, it will be considered as the absence of two classes. As mentioned in class, the classes on 23rd and 26th will be canceled.  4/21 (Wed) 4/23 (Fri) 4/26 (Mon) 2:00 1 Nhan 2:00...

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Presentation Schedule

4/28 (Wednesday) Xin Anqi Xianchen Bek 4/30 (Friday) Kecheng (Lucas) Nhan Qian (Brooke) Siqing (Wendy) Shuang 5/3 (Monday) Liang Han Ke Miguel Eunji 5/5 (Wednesday) Hainan (Jack) Jeong Ki Wanlan...

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Friday's task!

Hi all, The wonderful Spring Break is almost there, yay! :D Here's a task you're supposed to do before you enjoy the Spring Break. Please click on this, and rename the file name as soon as you get it. After you finish the task, please put the file to your essay3 folder in Dropbox. Enjoy, J...

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It's time to choose a topic!

Hi all, We have two essays left: an argumentative essay and a research paper. As I told you in class, I do not want anyone of you to get stuck in the end of the semester, so I would like you to choose a topic that you can recycle for your research paper....

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Argumentative essays (2)

In argumentative essays, the introductory paragraph should have a thesis statement that shows your opinion on the issue. If often mentions the opposing view first. E.g. Police departments say that the laws to control teenage gangs are necessary,...

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Argumentative essays (1)

An argumentative essay is built around a specific statement (or main premise) that is debatable within the field in which you are studying. In other words, your readers may agree or disagree with the statement. Your essay will need to support that statement...

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Free Grammar Tutoring

Greetings all, I write to let you know great information about FREE grammar tutoring. There will be three one-hour individual tutoring sessions during March and April. Tutors will be students in MATESL program or undergraduate students, whose native languages are English. Please leave comments if you're interested. :) Also, if you have any questions,...

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Friday's task!

Hello class, Here's today's task! Enj...

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Peer review session

Hi class, For today, we will have a peer review session in which you give feedback to your classmate's outline and get comments about yours at the same time. It's not scary at all as the picture above shows. :D Peer reviews are very helpful and constructive...

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Compare-and-contrast essays (2)

There are two ways to organize a comparison/contrast paragraph. One way is called block organization, and the other way is called point-by-point organization. 1. Block OrganizationIn block organization, you group all the similarities...

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Compare-and-contrast essays

( The picture is from http://www.spotthedifference.com/ ) Hi all, We've moved  onto a different topic about compare-and-contrast essays. Before we get started, take a look at the differences between comparison and contrast as follows:...

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