[Grad-postdoc-assn] another UCAR ESL workshop

[Paula Fisher]

Hi all,

Another great opportunity that some of you will not want to miss.

Paula




*UCAR ESL Writing Workshop*


*_Improving Your Writing(Part II)_*

Dr. Laurie Albright * (_laurie.a.albright at gmail.com_, 303 499-1854)

and

Dr. Theresa Noland * (_tknoland at comcast.net_, 303 499-5966)

"Finish Your Damn Dissertation"

10:00-11:30am, 18 April 2013, FL2, Room 1003

High quality writing is an indication of clear thinking and attention to 
detail. Readers make judgments about the entirety of the written work 
based on simple mistakes or sloppy writing, perhaps unfairly. For this 
reason, it's critical that all submitted writing be of the highest caliber.

A second session will be based on suggestions from the participants in 
the first session. The topics such as "how to write a paper," "how to 
use the 'mini' words such as a, an, and the," and "How will I ever get 
these d**n prepositions figured out?" will be addressed. The importance 
of clarity, conciseness, completeness, correctness, and courtesy (or 
tone) will be discussed again.

It is not necessary to have attended the first workshop in order to 
attend the second one. Please send the presenters a short (2 paragraphs 
to one page) sample of your writing (unedited, mistakes and all) by 
Tuesday, April 16, so they can use real-life examples from the group for 
analysis and teaching. Even if you can't send them a writing sample, 
please come anyway.Please contact either presenter before the class if 
you have questions or requests.

To make sure that there are enough handouts for all participants, please 
email Jielun Sun (jsun at ucar.edu <mailto:jsun at ucar.edu>) if you plan to 
participate in this workshop.

* The presenters have edited the written work of Ph.D. students, 
professional scientists, university professors, and high-level 
politicians.Projects have included grant proposals of over a million 
dollars, Ph.D. theses, not-for-profit annual reports, and articles 
published in professional journals in areas including atmospheric 
science, computer science, nursing, health communication, unlicensed 
health care workers, music analysis, and biology.Theresa is a retired 
K-12 and university educator and Laurie is a retired law school 
administrator who has helped hundreds of law students prepare successful 
proposals and employment documents.Together they have helped dozens of 
writers become "Successful Writers" through their company, "Finish Your 
Damn Dissertation."

Sir Winston Churchill:  "Ending a sentence with a preposition is 
something up with which I will not put."

-- 
Jielun Sun
Mesoscale and Microscale Meteorology (MMM) Division
NCAR Earth System Laboratory (NESL)
National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)
P.O. Box 3000
Boulder, Colorado 80307-3000, USA
303-497-8994
jsun at ucar.edu
http://www.mmm.ucar.edu/people/jsun/

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