Evidence for eyes and ears: teaching sentence style online
When re-designing workshops for online delivery, I try to exploit the auditory and visual potential of the platform to enhance what I’m communicating.
Using Zoom to encourage peer learning
Use your Zoom workshops to create space for dialogue, for sharing experiences, and for building relationships with others facing the same challenges.
Writing a journal article: bouncing back from rejection
if you or one of your students or colleagues has faced rejection, help them harness their intrinsic motivation to bounce back.
Keeping up the energy
Learning and teaching online isn’t just about moving a face-to-face workshop to Zoom.
Working with your word limit
Cherise Saywell When coaching students nervous about the blank page, I’ve often used the word limit as a technique for getting started. A big project, such as a PhD thesis, is less intimidating once you break it down. For example,…
Writing a paper? Be aware of your reader
Anne Wilson When I ask researchers how they read journal articles, most say they read the title, abstract and possibly the first sentence or two. Then they skip to whatever has drawn them to the topic. It might be the…
Parts of speech – the pictorial way
Here's an enjoyable way to learn how the different parts of speech affect your writing style.
Who is the protagonist?
Deciding who is the protagonist helps you tell your story with greatest impact.
Reading aloud for a sense of distance
When you read aloud to somebody else, you put yourself in their shoes.
Reflection as a writing tool
It’s not difficult or time-consuming to build reflection into your writing practice, but it is enormously beneficial.
