[Grad-postdoc-assn] Fwd: A writing workshop for the UCAR ESL staff

[Paula Fisher]

Hi all,

This looks like a great opportunity for some of you.

Paula


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Subject: 	A writing workshop for the UCAR ESL staff
Date: 	Tue, 26 Mar 2013 17:09:06 -0600
From: 	Jielun Sun <jsun at ucar.edu>
To: 	Paula Fisher <paulad at ucar.edu>



Hi, Paula,
   Please spread the following information around to your ASP staff. 
Thanks.
  Jielun
*


*

*UCAR ESL Writing Workshop*


*_Improving Your Writing_*

*__*

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, 11 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.

In this interactive workshop, we will analyze some sample writings from 
the NCAR ESL staff by focusing on the clarity of sentences. Meanwhile, 
we will touch on the subjects on the top of the interested topics from 
previous surveys of NCAR ESL staff, such as the correct usage of 
prepositions, articles, verb tenses, frequently misused words, and tips 
on the key words that indicate the temporal, spatial or logical 
relationship of its object to the rest of a sentence.

Please send us a short (2 paragraphs to one page) sample of your writing 
(unedited, mistakes and all) by Monday, April 8, so we can use real-life 
examples from the group for analysis and teaching. Even if you can't 
send us a writing sample, please come anyway.Please contact either of us 
before the class if you have questions or requests. We look forward to 
working with you.

To make sure that we have a proper room 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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