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Write like a scholar
Author: Queens SASS
Academic language is like a dialect; it’s a subset of English that is used for a specific purpose—academic speaking and writing—and understood by a specific audience—academics. All students, regardless of whether English is their first language, need to learn new academic vocabulary upon entering university.
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8 August 2022
Make your Emails Count: How to Write to your Instructors
Author: McGill Teaching and Learning Services
Guidelines for writing email to your instructors
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6 August 2022
RefWorks
Author: RefWorks
Good way to keep all your references organized. I’ve used this as a graduate student and found it super helpful to keep my references organized and tagged. Very easy to use!
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Purdue Writing Lab
Author: Purdue
This website offers resources including writing, grammar, and style guides.
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Academic literacy and plagiarism: Conversations with international graduate students and disciplinary professors
Author: Abasi, A. R., & Graves, B.
In this study we examine how university plagiarism policies interact with international graduate students’ academic writing in English as they develop identities as authors and students.
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Grammarly
Author: Grammarly
Grammarly checks over all your emails, essays, etc. for grammatical errors.
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8 August 2022
Otter
Author: Otter
Otter.ai is a software that develops transcriptions of lectures and meetings in real time.
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Academic Writing: Seven features of academic writing
Author: Sheldon Smith
A website with numerous self-study content for improving academic communications, specifically disciplinary writing. Easy to use/free/good for self-study/lots of checklists/link to external resources.
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6 August 2022
Google Scholar
Author: Google
Accessing free open access articles.
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8 August 2022
Patter Blog
Author: Pat Thomson
A blog about academic research and writing, which includes many relevant tips and resources. As a PhD student myself, I’ve used strategies from the blog on many occasions!
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