Hello,
I am currently studying Chinese. I'd be interested in any advice people could give me with regard to making my Hanzi practice more productive.
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posted by Musashi Daryl
on Jan 19, 2013 -
11 answers
I'm tutoring a teen girl who loves Maya Angelou and writing her own poetry and I want to make her a book of poems to encourage/inspire her. What poems should I include?
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posted by grokfest
on Nov 7, 2012 -
21 answers
I need an alternative to Google Drive (formerly Google Docs) to use with my 5th grade students.
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posted by robverb
on Jul 29, 2012 -
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My employer is offering to help me train up to become a professional-calibre English-language medical writer. What resources are available to help me?
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posted by Shepherd
on Jun 11, 2012 -
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I'm a PhD student, and I'd like to do more academic networking over email. How does this work, and what should the emails sound like?
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posted by anonymous
on May 16, 2012 -
14 answers
Calling all academics and graduate students: Tell me about your workflow for turning a piles of notes and ideas into something that resembles a thesis or research arcticle!
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posted by snowysoul
on Mar 1, 2012 -
14 answers
Naming filter: Help me name a blog devoted to publishing great exercises, activities, and assignments by and for instructors of college composition and literature classes.
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posted by cymru_j
on Sep 6, 2011 -
12 answers
I’m an editorial assistant at a scientific publishing company, but I really want to be a science writer. How do I make it happen?
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posted by szweib
on Mar 20, 2011 -
6 answers
In what English movies or books would I most likely be exposed to new words? Any genre and time-period.
posted by keith0718
on Feb 3, 2011 -
34 answers
Should college students be reading essays about video games or should they be assigned John Stuart Mill? I'm looking for readings to pair with Gerald Graff's article "Hidden Intellectualism."
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posted by cymru_j
on Jul 21, 2010 -
8 answers
How do I do a good literature review for a research paper in philosophy? I have access to good resources, but I really want to make sure that I cover everything that's been written on the topic. How can I put myself at ease while making sure I don't miss a beat?
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posted by superiorchicken
on Jun 23, 2010 -
17 answers
Perhaps this is just a fantasy, but is there any application or online tool that could search through the references of an article I have saved as a PDF, in order to check whether I have those cited articles in my larger PDF library? It would be perfect if it would highlight, link, or somehow display cross-referenced relationships between all my articles. I am already familiar with many referencing/PDF organization software such as
Papers (Mekentosj),
Sente, and
Devonthink. I suppose what I have in mind is a similar tool, but with the additional power of something like ISI Indexes. I have a fairly large library (about 300 references that I'm actively using, and more than 2000 total) and I'm just trying to get some "big-picture" grasp of how all these sources relate to one another.
posted by samac
on Jun 20, 2010 -
5 answers
I Need to take and pass PRAXIS I asap. I looked at the sample questions on ETS website. My strongest area is math followed by reading. On the writing section, I feel I can do well on the essay as it seems natural to me but the technical terms used for grammar, etc, get me lost. So i am looking for advice to study all three parts, especially the technical English stuff. Should I buy the books from ETS? Are there better options? Thanks!
posted by lake59
on Feb 11, 2010 -
4 answers
Do you have any advice for teaching English comprehension, as well as reading and writing, to a fifteen year old Filipino street kid who's never been to school a day in his life?
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posted by ferdinandcc
on Dec 1, 2009 -
13 answers
Can you recommend a great professional writing certificate program?
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posted by jschu
on Jul 23, 2009 -
2 answers
How would you approach this college admissions essay prompt?
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posted by caroljean63
on Jun 9, 2009 -
19 answers
I'm at that point in my PhD where my experiment is (almost) up and running, so I have more free time to do other stuff. I've decided that writing a general introduction to my thesis will be less beneficial than trying to get a review article published.
How do I go about writing a review article, from the perspective of an unpublished graduate student?
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posted by doctor.dan
on May 16, 2009 -
12 answers
I will shortly be introducing a friend of mine to Second Life. She's an academic, and will be most interested in locations in SL that are related to the teaching of art (especially drawing and cartooning) and the teaching of writing. I would be most grateful for any suggestions anyone might have of locations we could visit.
posted by zainsubani
on Dec 10, 2008 -
1 answer
I'm looking for short stories/poems/creative non-fiction and the like about school, schooling, education, and/or learning to write/self-expression. Should be suitable for college freshpersons.
posted by Saxon Kane
on Aug 24, 2008 -
4 answers
Looking for interesting, not cheesy, ideas to get 8th-10th graders warmed up for an afternoon of writing and discussion.
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posted by lunalaguna
on Jul 13, 2008 -
10 answers
I am applying to grad school. The deadline is approaching. Where can I go to get my letter of intent (personal statement) read and critiqued?
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posted by iamkimiam
on Oct 24, 2007 -
16 answers
I've been out of work for a number of years, by choice, staying at home to raise my kids. I have a Bachelor's in Education with a minor in English from back in 19mumblemumbleyear, and even if it were up-to-date, my life has taken a different turn, and I don't feel that teaching is for me any more. With this kind of background, if I don't teach, I am pretty much, as one of my English teachers once put it, an "educated un-employable."
What further education do I need to be taken seriously as I re-enter the workforce?
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posted by misha
on May 19, 2007 -
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What activities can I suggest during a workshop on designing awesome creative writing assignments for overworked ESL teachers to use in class? (In Indonesia?) (With learners across many levels?) (For little/no money?) (Without Powerpoint?)
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posted by mdonley
on Jan 18, 2007 -
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I am looking for well regarded books/scholarly papers about writing. Most specifically in the areas of Nonfiction (the essay style of article writing) and Children's Fiction (for a young adult audience).
Any tips? Go as far and broad as you can. I'll be off to the British library tomorrow, so the sky is the limit.
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posted by 0bvious
on Jan 9, 2007 -
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I am an ESL teacher, and I have several types of classes; however, I have one problem, my handwriting looks as if I were a five year old scribbling with a crayon. So I am curious if anyone might have any suggestions on getting better at handwriting and printing for someone who doesn't have time to go to a course. Also, a second related question, are there any ideas for making conversation corrections? When my students are speaking, I write down various things that they are saying, and make various corrections, or simply offer alternatives, or local dialect. What are some of the most effective and useful ways to do this? If there are any people who have spent any time learning other languages, what ahs helped you most?
Thank you all in advance.
posted by Knigel
on Oct 24, 2006 -
12 answers
Pimp my freshman composition class: what essays would you put on the syllabus?
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posted by wheat
on Jul 27, 2006 -
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Blogging in the classroom. I've decided to set-up a blog for my students this semester. This will be the place for their response papers, writing exercises and a few other tidbits. It needs to have access for 5-10 members, a very easy set-up, free-to-near-free pricing (although I would pay or find the dollars to fund if it was warranted), and very clear posting/linking instructions for the students. Advice on selecting a blogging system needed.
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posted by fionab
on Aug 31, 2005 -
14 answers
Any advice for a new writing tutor?
posted by Doug
on Apr 14, 2005 -
19 answers
This month, I'm applying to Pharmacy school at UGA. The one "essay" goes: "In the space provided below, please provide a personal statement as to what skills, talents, or abilities you posses that will be helpful to you in our program."
Not looking for anyone to write my mini-essay, but anyone in the field of Pharmacy or admissions got any suggestions as to anything I could put on there to seperate my application from everyone else, or just pointers as to what kind of key words/phrases admissions poeple might be looking for?
posted by jmd82
on Jan 14, 2004 -
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