by Martin McFarlane When writing, it is important to keep in mind the people who will read your work. Depending on the situation, each reader…
Often, one of the hardest things about academic writing is deciding what to write about. Unless you are given a predetermined question by your instructor,…
by Jessica Messerer-Trosin Sentence Variety To keep your reader engaged and your writing interesting, it is important that you use a variety of sentence types. There…
Huge co-op success story! Carlee is a BSC Co-op student currently completing an 8-month work placement at TRIUMF in Vancouver. She realized that she wanted…
The following excerpt is from TRIUMF's website highlighting the work being done by co-op student Carlee Poleschuk. TRIUMF is Canada's national laboratory for particle and nuclear…
by Martin McFarlane The rough draft is one of the most labour-intensive aspects of writing. It is also an opportunity to write down all of…
5 Stages of Error Correction in ESL Writing Find the error. Then circle or underline it. Identify the type of error, e.g., a verb tense…
Our very own TRU Co-op Coordinator and Career Education Department Chair, Shawn Read, was elected President of the Canadian Association of Career Educators and Employers…
For native English speakers the use of articles is second nature. Unfortunately, for those learning the language, it can be a difficult concept to grasp.…
Many writers get confused about where to put the punctuation at the end of a quote. Does the period/comma come before the closing quotation mark…
Culture affects us in many different ways, some more apparent than others, and none quite as complex as in our own academic writing. Universities establish…
Clichés are phrases that either have a general meaning or have been used so frequently for so long that they have lost their original meaning. …
Tempting as it may be to say “I don’t need to pay much attention to my writing because my career won’t require me to write…
Each year TRU recognizes outstanding achievement of its faculty and staff with merit awards. As well those with 10 years or more of service are…
Have you ever become so engrossed in a book or story that you can almost smell what the character is smelling or feel what they…
You have most likely been using Microsoft Word for several years now and even though you feel fairly confident with your computer skills, there are…
Did you know that there is a raging debate going on in the literary community over commas? Believe it or not, commas can be controversial…
Many students are not exposed to academic or professional vocabulary outside of University life and therefore speak and write in a colloquial (conversational) style, which…
What am I writing about again? What am I trying to say? How many words do I need to finish? Every new writer asks themselves…
Grief is directly related to attachment and we all have an innate attachment to things and people all around us. From our family and friends…
