Learning a new language is challenging, requiring a student to master four basic skills–listening, reading, speaking, and writing–from scratch. And it becomes even more challenging for ESL learners.

The art of writing, invented roughly 5,000 years ago, represents a blip in human history. It’s younger than agriculture, music, and construction. And as recently as the Revolutionary War, a majority ...

Claudia Alant, a fourth-year mechanical engineering student from Niskayuna, N.Y., has worked for the Writing Commons for five semesters. Since she was in high school, Alant has participated in ...

Two recent experiments highlight aspects of writing instruction that are rarely studied—or taught. Recent research suggests that secondary students can benefit significantly from learning how to ...

Have you ever wondered if there’s a way to make the daunting task of outlining your book or essay a bit easier? Imagine having a tool that not only helps you overcome creative blocks but also ...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has transformed various fields, including writing. As a writer, you can harness the power of AI to boost your productivity and refine your craft. However, it’s essential ...

Hope Albert had a bad habit of using run-on sentences in the papers she turned in for her college courses. But that problem, and others that hampered the Washington Township senior’s written ...

If you are a grammar warrior who flinches whenever you see the word 'your' misused across your social feeds and know when to use the words 'there,' their,' and 'they're,' you will want to tell all of ...

Among the so-called soft skills, writing skills hold outsize influence, because someone wrote everything that is read–and a lot of reading goes on in every businessperson’s day. Whether it is an ...

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