Our Personal Statements workshops focus on the Personal Statement (or Statement of Purpose) as a genre of writing. Graduate schools, fellowships, grants, and other competitive programs often require each applicant to submit a short essay about her history and goals. These essays are sometimes written in response to very specific questions; sometimes, they're written in response to a generic prompt. In both cases, a good personal statement carefully balances its author's history and aspirations.
These two hour workshops will arm students with the knowledge to craft an effective personal statement for a variety of applications – from graduate school to study abroad programs. The first hour will feature a lecture on the general genre conventions of the personal statement. The second will offer hands on assistance with an experienced tutor with a draft the student brings in.
If you would like to register for any of these workshops, please follow this link: http://lib.uconn.edu/instruction/workshop/ Seats are limited to the first 20 students. Don’t delay!
This two-hour workshop will complement the typical guidance for ESL students by focusing more sharply on one element of writing—grammar. L1 Chinese, Korean, and Japanese student writers, among others, tend to make various grammatical errors while developing their English writing skills. Further, most persistent grammar mistakes occur in the domains of agreement, articles, and relative clauses. In this workshop, basic differences between English and other languages in these areas are discussed, each followed by some practical suggestions on how writers could tackle those issues to reduce the enduring errors and improve their English writing skills. Although all ESL students are welcome to attend the workshop, the above errors are typically made by L1 speakers of East Asian languages, Chinese, Korean, Japanese, and Vietnamese. Register at http://www.lib.uconn.edu/instruction/workshop/
This two-hour workshop will complement the typical guidance for ESL students by focusing more sharply on one element of writing—composition. Topics will include writing a well-organized essay with a clear thesis, constructing well-developed paragraphs, and using supporting evidence. We will also discuss differences between English and other languages regarding plagiarism, paraphrasing, and citations. All ESL students are welcome to attend the workshop. Register at http://www.lib.uconn.edu/instruction/workshop/
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