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By Alexandra Patzak, SLC Graduate Learning Facilitator & PhD Candidate in Educational Psychology
Your assignment is due next week.
It’s totally okay to put it off for a while... Right?
In this blog post, Alex takes a close look at procrastination and how it can stop you from accomplishing your goals and result in unnecessary stress.
Globe and Mail reporter Diane Jermyn wrote a report on November 1st 2018 titled "Seven tips to help you deal with academic pressures."
In gathering her tips, she turned to the experts including the SLC's own Learning Services Coordinators, Ruth Silverman and Dal Sohal.
Wishing you more treats than tricks as we get to the end of mid-term season!
And remember, grammar saves lives.
By Dr. Amanda Goldrick-Jones, SLC Writing Services Coordinator
In Part 2 of Myths and truths, Amanda offers a definition of grammar that you may not have considered before. She then goes on to dispel three grammar myths and offer one grammar truth.
If you missed Part 1, read it now.
By Dr. Amanda Goldrick-Jones, SLC Writing Services Coordinator
In Part 1 of Myths and truths, Amanda explains that there are probably fewer grammar "rules" than many of us assume. Then, she takes apart four common myths about grammar.
If you want a challenge, try taking the quiz before reading these posts. See how well you can distinguish grammar rules from grammar myths.
Read Part 2 of Myths and truths coming up in one week!
This post features an interview between Mariam, a Writing and Learning Peer with the Student Learning Commons, and Ghezal, a student in Criminology and Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies and an SLC client.
In this interview, Ghezal talks about her tips for busy students and shares her perspective on using the Student Learning Commons as an academic resource.
By Dal Sohal, MA, SLC Learning Services Coordinator
Attending a professor or TA’s office hours is probably one of the most underutilized success strategies at university. Many students are aware that office hours exist but don’t fully understand how visiting their professors and/or TAs during office hours can help to improve their academic results.
In this post, Dal explains how to get the most of office hours, and gives you five pro-tips to help you start off the fall 2018 term on the right foot!
By Dr. Amanda Goldrick-Jones, SLC Writing Services Coordinator
Are you a grammar geek? Do you want to become one? Do you just want to learn more about English grammar?
Welcome to Grammar Camp! Grammar myths will be busted, grammar truths will be shared, and grammar knowledge will be quizzed.
By Dr. Julia Lane, SLC Writing Services Associate
Different disciplines, different expectations, different end goals, different challenges and opportunities. What do we actually share in common?
By Daniel Chang
PhD candidate and SLC Writing Consultant Daniel Chang writes about his experience being an EAL student for the past 10 years. In this post he questions the image of EAL students as "broken students" and reinforces the idea that language issues are experienced by everyone.
