Writing Center Opportunities for Graduate Students
The Writing Center offers a range of support for all graduate students as well as specialized English language support to students whose first language is not English. Note that most programs will be delivered via Zoom, and additional programming may be added later in the semester.
Please share this information with your students and colleagues, and contact Dr. Gigi Taylor with questions or concerns.
Opportunities for All Grad Students:
Overview of Resources
See this page for an overview of graduate writing support, graduate-specific writing handouts, teaching support, and resources that graduate teaching assistants can share with their students.
Fall 2022 Welcome Workshop Series
This workshop series is designed to quickly orient students to their new context, offering strategies to help them engage in their graduate studies and their community more successfully. All workshops meet virtually Fridays, 11:15 a.m. to 12:05 p.m. Participants will receive the zoom link after registration.
- August 19: Participating in the American Classroom
- August 26: Reading Efficiency
- September 2: Four Habits of Successful Writers
- September 9: Southern English
Dissertation Boot Camps
Boot camp is a week-long opportunity for students currently writing dissertations to set writing goals, practice disciplined writing habits, learn new strategies, and connect with other dissertation writers. It’s offered several times per year and is intended to help graduate students make significant progress in their writing and their sense of community.
- Virtual boot camps: Sept. 19-23, Oct. 31-Nov. 4, Dec. 12-16
- In-person boot camp: Oct. 17-21
Intercultural Speaking Group
Speaking Group welcomes American and international participants from the campus and the community. Groups meet for an hour every week to discuss topics of culture, university life, or language learning strategies and resources. Our goal is to create a comfortable space to converse, to share cultural perspectives, and to build global relationships in our local community.
Fridays, 3:00 – 4:00 PM. Register here.
Location: Alternates between the FedEx Global Education Center and Zoom. Watch the schedule page for updates.
Opportunities for International Grad Students:
Facilitated Writing Groups
Ideal for students at any stage—from their first semester to their defense. Small groups of graduate students and scholars meet weekly to share drafts and receive feedback on any kind of writing: semester papers, dissertation chapters, journal article manuscripts, grant proposals, class blog posts, reading reflections, conference posters, etc. Groups can be disciplinary or multidisciplinary, and discussions are facilitated by specialists in academic writing and the English language. Open to degree-seeking UNC graduate students, postdoctoral scholars, faculty, and visiting students and scholars.
Schedules and locations are determined by participants’ availability. Register here.
Academic Writing for Graduate Students
This course will provide an introduction to the stylistic features of academic writing at the graduate level. It will focus on the important linguistic features and on common strategies for organizing information. Emphasis will be placed on students developing familiarity with the writing style of their own academic disciplines. Course text: Academic Writing for Graduate Students. Degree-seeking UNC graduate students and postdoctoral scholars have priority registration. Others will be placed on a waiting list until space is available.
Section 1 (Zoom): Thursdays, 12:30-1:45 p.m., September 1-September 29. Register.
Section 2 (Zoom): Wednesdays, 2:30-3:20 p.m., September 14-October 19. Register.
US English Pronunciation
This course will provide instruction on the phonetics of American English and will allow for ample practice time in pairs with English native speakers and in small groups. Lessons will focus on segmental units such as vowels and consonants as well as supra-segmental units including syllables, stress and pitch. Required text: Clear Speech: Pronunciation and Listening Comprehension in North American English (4th Edition). Degree-seeking UNC graduate students and postdoctoral scholars have priority registration. Others will be placed on a waiting list until space is available.
(Zoom) Fridays, 1:25-2:15 p.m., September 2-November 18. Register.
Presentation Practice & Feedback Sessions
Are you preparing for an important presentation? Schedule a 45-minute individual appointment to practice your presentation and get feedback on the slides and your presentation style. These appointments open now.
Thank you for sharing these opportunities with your students and scholars. Again, please contact me with any questions or concerns.
Sincerely,
Gigi Taylor
Gigi Taylor, Ph.D. (she, her)
Senior English Language and Coach Specialist
The Writing and Learning Center
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
English Language Support
Teaching International Students Remotely
Teaching Multilingual Students
Graduate Writing Resources
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