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Preparing for, and Improving, College Composition and Reading
Despite advances in AI and other technologies, the core practice of excelling in college remains reading comprehension and essay writing. While these tools can act as a band-aid, they do not help students with foundational learning skills overall.
With five years of experience in teaching college composition, I am aware of the gaps between high school and college literacy with which many students enter. My course will focus on filling such gaps to improve prospective and current students' overall reading and writing skills to aid in textbook comprehension and essay writing for any class they may attend.
In attending my course, you will practice:
- 1:1 help with essay edits and writing
- Reading and critical engagement with excerpts from typical college material
- Short writing drills to improve overall writing towards a college level
- Line editing and peer review
With five years of experience in teaching college composition, I am aware of the gaps between high school and college literacy with which many students enter. My course will focus on filling such gaps to improve prospective and current students' overall reading and writing skills to aid in textbook comprehension and essay writing for any class they may attend.
In attending my course, you will practice:
- 1:1 help with essay edits and writing
- Reading and critical engagement with excerpts from typical college material
- Short writing drills to improve overall writing towards a college level
- Line editing and peer review
Extra information
No additional materials are requiredLocation
Online via webcam
General info
Age: | Teenagers (13-17 years old) Adults (18-64 years old) |
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Student level: | Beginner Intermediate Advanced |
Duration: | 45 minutes |
The class is taught in: | English |
About Me
- I am a PhD candidate of Comparative Literature at Binghamton University (SUNY) in New York where I have taught a range of topics from composition to various literary genres.- I think literacy is a complete package. Improving reading is improving writing is improving reading. So my teaching style involves hands on practice in both areas.
- I am a media studies and philosophy nerd who loves thinking about the impact of social media on our self-image
- I love music and have been playing guitar for over 20 years. I always love new listening recommendations!
- I am currently trying to learn Arabic (first MSA then Gulf dialect)
Education
- Cornell University Certification from School of Theory and Literary Criticism- Ongoing PhD in Comparative Literature at Binghamton University
- Master of Arts in Comparative Literature from Binghamton University
- BA in Humanities Literature
Experience / Qualifications
Instructor of records for over 5 years at Binghamton University; built and taught the listed courses below which earned students Gen Ed credits in both composition and literacy.- Social Media and the Conspiratorial Self-Informed
- Literature and Philosophy: Intensive Logic and the Arts
- Colonial Difference and Digital Psyches in an Ever Globalizing World
- Race and Gender in a Cybernetic Age
- Conceptions of Self in Time and Space
- Computer Games and Narrative
- Connections and Capture in US Identity
- Becoming Oneself
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