Blog Post Requirements:
- Length: Any length, but please don't make it too short!
- Pictures, movies, music: Anything is okay. If you use other people's pictures, movies, or music, however, please give the owner's credits by copying and pasting his/her name, URL, etc. in your blog post. You are required to always write something by yourself for every blog post, so no music or movie only, please!
- Originality: Please write your own posts. Do not copy texts from anywhere! If you find something interesting or useful and would like to share it, give the original work's credits by copying and pasting the URL or title of book/magazine/etc. in your post. Then write your comments or explanations on why you would like other members to read or see it.- Suggested topics:
1. The Thai culture, tradition, holiday, or festival that I like/dislike and the reasons (This is actually required. Please write at least one post on this topic!)
2. The good things about a bad thing (like online games)
3. The bad things about a good thing (like chocolate)
4. A side people don't know about ..... (a person, an animal, an object, a place, food, etc.)
5. Five different ways to look at .... (a person, an animal, an object, a place, food, etc.)
- Font: Times New Roman 12
- Line spacing: Double-spaced
- File name: Nickname_Ex.y (E = Essay; x = essay number; y = draft number) (Please follow these instructions strictly, or it will be very hard for me to work with your documents!)
- Submitting drafts: Send each essay draft as an email attachment to ajkarn@live.com. Fill out the coversheet and include it in your file. (The coversheet can be downloaded here.)
- Using sources: For every essay, please base your writing on both your own ideas and one or more sources (magazines, articles, newspapers, books, online texts, etc.).
*Please make your assignment a "clean" draft every time you submit it to me. A "clean" draft is one that does not have any Track-changes trace of the changes you have made or my comments for your previous draft.
- Essay Details
Essay 1: Topic of your choice
Essay 2: Topic of your choice
Essay 3: Academic essay, summarizing and critiquing 1 translation research paper
Essay 4: Topic of your choice
Essay 5: Academic essay, summarizing and critiquing 2 translation research papers
Essay 6: Reflection essay, to be submitted with the portfolio
Course Readings:
Click here to go to EFL Writing for Life (course readings).
