[Grad-postdoc-assn] another UCAR ESL workshop
Paula Fisher
paulad at ucar.edu
Wed Apr 17 21:30:50 MDT 2013
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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