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Multilingualism

Podcasts: The New Literacy Frontier

I am probably behind the curve with my recent peaked interest in podcasts, but I am always behind the curve. So what’s new? I recently started listening…

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Writing about Writing

The “Established” Discourse of Historians

For one of my assignments during winter quarter, I was to write a blog-post that discussed my relationship with the discourse of historical writing. Within this prompt,…

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Writing about Writing

Space Aesthetic and Writer Growth

I am quite proud of the design of my room. It reflects some of my best qualities. When reading this, you might be thinking, “Man oh man!…

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Peer Writing Tutoring

Being a Peer When there is an Age Gap: Part 1

To be frank, I did not go into the Thesis and Dissertation Conference with confidence that I could teach Doctorate students much about anything. Second graders often…

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Writing about Writing

One of my Favorite Novels is “Filthy and Trashy”

Under the bag is one of my favorite novels. It is filled with courage and growth while also exploring the realities of injustice and social standing. However,…

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Peer Writing Tutoring Writing about Writing

The Most Productive Procrastination

Procrastination is a vice for many people, myself included. My personal favorite procrastination style is mindlessly gazing at Pinterest. Upon recent reflection, I have come to realize…

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Writing about Writing

The Writers’ Declaration of Motivation

Whenever spring quarter comes around, I start to get the “All or Nothing” mentality with writing.  I tend to use multiple excuses to procrastinate writing including: 1.…

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Writing about Writing

Writing and Democracy: Encouraging Participation as Peer Tutors

The UCWbL mission statement says that writing is a component to participation in democracy. However, I recently became curious as to whether or not participation among young…

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New Media

Multi-Media Writing: to use or avoid?

Tutors at the UCWbL understand the importance of having an appealing portfolio. The art of crafting a portfolio is reader based. We must question “How do we…