The active voice is always more descriptive and gives much more information in any written communication. You may even choose to make it a required or supplemental text on your syllabus to help reinforce the use of the book across contexts, but this isn’t a requirement in any way.Īs the academic year progresses you can look for information and events aimed at supporting use of the book in the classroom including blog posts and workshops. It is the first piece of advice great writers learn. Instructors are encouraged to use the books in their classes too.
As the semester nears I will do my best to get these books out to the departments.
Kristin VanEyk.įinally, I am excited because I am able to provide a copy of the text to all instructors who want one thanks to the support of the Provost’s Office and the General Education Council. Again, the goal is to cultivate a habit of using the book.įourth, I am excited about this textbook because the most recent edition includes input from an Advisory Board for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion that includes our very own Dr. We’ll be coaching the writing tutors to model using the book to find answers even if they already know the answers themselves. This alignment will increase both the effectiveness of the writing center and the book itself. Third, I am excited that we will be able to train the tutors in the Klooster Center to use the book with the students who come to see them. In doing so, it’s my hope that students will learn the value of this book as a reference and use it to their advantage in other contexts. Moreso, it will be cultivating a habit of using the book to find their own answers to writing questions. Our primary goal in English 113 will not necessarily be memorization of this reference text, although we certainly aim to increase students’ knowledge of language and writing. Second, I am excited for what this effort can mean for developing our students’ knowledge, skills, attitudes, and habits regarding writing in their disciplines. The book also contains other helpful features like a Quick Start Menu for different types of assignments, a checklist of the Top Twenty Tips for Editing Your Academic Writing, and a Glossary of Usage so that students can get definitive answers on those vexing questions like when to use accept or except and all ready versus already. Its section on documentation conventions includes information on MLA style, APA style, Chicago Style, and CSE. The book covers a lot of ground-from writing processes to conducting research, to style, grammar, and mechanics. Bedford, 2020, 9781319393342.įirst, I am excited because it gives the Hope College community a touchstone text for learning about and discussing writing. OL757925W Page_number_confidence 94.48 Pages 346 Partner Innodata Ppi 300 Rcs_key 24143 Republisher_date 20200316171729 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 580 Scandate 20200310111635 Scanner Scanningcenter cebu Scribe3_search_catalog isbn Scribe3_search_id 9780312433093 Tts_version 3.Lunsford, Andrea. (Franklin Eugene) Boxid IA1792223 Camera Sony Alpha-A6300 (Control) Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier CSE Style - Glossary of Terms - Glossary of Usage - Index - Directory for Multilingual Writers - Revision SymbolsĪccess-restricted-item true Addeddate 13:01:38 Associated-names Horowitz, Franklin E. Drafting, Revising, and Editing - DOCUMENTATION - Ch. Integrating Sources and Avoiding Plagiarism - Ch. Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases - Ch. Appropriate, Precise Language - MULTILINGUAL WRITERS - Ch. Sentence Fragments - SENTENCE STYLE - Ch. Oral and Multimedia Presentations - SENTENCE GRAMMAR - Ch. Analyzing and Constructing Arguments - Ch. A student-friendly pocket guide to the essentials of writing and research, this is an ideal, inexpensive reference handbook for any course where writing is required
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