Post 2: Students' Guidebook

Dear All,

we started discussing last time what kinds of experiences the students around the world have while studying. You had a chance to get acquainted with one of the Students' Guidebooks.

Now, I'm inviting you to work on the section of a similar guidebook but written by the students for the students.

You have made some suggestions about the content of your section, so let's spend some time drafting it and then I'll introduce you to a piece of software using which we can create an electronic version of your guidebook

Task 2 (13.02.2019): The global student

Dear All,

I'm sorry for not sharing the task I created for you on time. Hope you haven't lost interest in this task and are ready to proceed with it.

Here is the explanation of what you should do to create your Guidebook for the students who are planning to study at or have already enrolled in one of the programs at the university.

<<Today we're going to discuss what students' life around the world is like and then create a guide for the students from other parts of the world coming to study at our university.

It'd be great if as part of this task you could interview a student from another department about what his/her life at the university is like and what kind of experiences s/he has had, both good and not quite.

In the end I'm hoping that we'll be able to create this guide that your peers will be able to use to make their life easier.

In the thread below please share a summary of your discussion of the qus in Ex 1>>: this is what we did in class last week (February 13)

And here is a Task for today:
Go to the University of East Anglia Students' Guidebook:

https://www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/east-anglia/

Look through the list of sections (if you haven't done so already) to get some idea about its contents so that you could use some of them when creating your own guidebook. Also, pay attention to how the sections are structured and use this structure in your guidebook.

After you have chosen a section of the guidebook, read it and share the following information with us in the thread:

1. What did you know about the topic the section of the guidebook you have chosen is devoted to?
2. What would you like to learn about from it?
3. What else would you like to learn about the topic the section you have read is devoted to?

To prepare your guidebook you should decide on the order of the sections and coordinate publishing your sections so that they would be organised in a logical order. You can use the order of the Guidebook we had a look at or arrange it in a different order that would match the logic of your guidebook

PS: This is the first task we did in class last week: Look at the pictures and share your ideas about the questions in Task 1 about different styles of learning and teaching. I've decided to keep it here because you have published your answers in the thread.

Semester 2: Task 1 (13.02.2018)

Dear All.

welcome back to the course of Academic Writing! I hope you had a good holiday and are ready to get back to work.

First, discuss with each other what things you wrote in English during the semester break and for what purpose. Did you communicate with your peers on social media? Did you write smth else? Talk with one of your peers and share what you will have learned with us in the thread