Getting feedback for your writing
Asking for feedback for your writing sounds great. But how do you do it? How do you know what helps and what doesn't?
In Common: The SLC blog
The Student Learning Commons blog is your online writing and learning community
The difference between Conversational and Academic English
Words are just words. Or are they? Writing & Learning Peer Angelica Y. writes about the differences between conversational and academic English and gives us some tips for improving our everyday conversations.
How they raised Their GPAs
SLC Learning Services Coordinator Ruth Silverman shares notes from the recent session "How I Raised My GPA." The event was wildly popular and invited current students to listen to their peers' stories about raising their GPAs. Stay tuned for the next iteration of this event, coming soon!
Got Assignments? Get the Assignment Calculator!
It's that time of semester when assignment deadlines can start to feel like they are piling up on you. And, it can be especially hard to get down to work when the sun is shining!
Let the assignment calculator help you to break down your assignments into manageable steps. That's just good project management!
Six Word Stories -- new semester edition
The six word story initiative invites members of the SFU community to celebrate their "excellent mistakes."
In these six word stories, SFU students share their procrastination-related mistakes and words of wisdom to help you get your summer semester off to a productive and healthy start.
So many reasons to read these winning papers!
I know you’ve been waiting with bated breath for this … Volume 2 of the SLC Undergraduate Writing Contest Open Journal is finally available! But why should you read them, really?
Read on and Learning Services Coordinator Ruth Silverman will give you plenty of reasons why!