Improving Writing Skills

First created 06/07 J. Ramsay

last amended 6.7.11

This site is primarily a storage space for materials used in thinking writing technique modules. The main sister site, which contains a whole of host of material on writing and other academic activities such as making presentations, critical thinking and the like, is this one:   

Learning skills

  

Here is a site that deals with the problem of when and when not to use the definite article 'the'. NB it is an American site and uses American-English, so the vocabularly is incorrect, but the guidance is sound:

the use of 'the'

 

 

MSC Improving Thinking and Writing Skills Materials

Examinations

Unmarked msc exam answer1.doc

Unmarked msc exam answer 2.doc

 

Assignments

Unmarked masters micro assignment 1

Unmarked masters micro assignment 2


  Misc.

Common problems in the written work of students.doc


Discussion topics

Discussion Topic: Pay Inequality

Discussion Topic: Commodity Trading



 


 

Links to some of J. Ramsay's other sites:

   

 Critical Reasoning 

 Negotiating Skills

 

 Learning Skills