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New Student Resources Page Offers Help with Academic and Professional Writing

October 8, 2019

A newly launched student resources page aims to provide AUCA students with support for both their academic and their professional writing. The project is an initiative of the Writing and Academic Resources Center (WARC), which also provides free peer tutoring services, and was executed jointly with Ekaterina Kombarova, AUCA Website Director. 

One of the aims of the project was to provide students with guidelines for the many different kinds of writing work they are likely to be asked to complete during their four years at AUCA. Accordingly, the Writing Genres section includes instructions for research papers, literature reviews, annotated bibliographies, and other common assignment types.

In addition, as many students (particularly first years) struggle with how to organize an essay, the resources page also includes a breakdown of how to structure a proper essay and what the job of each part is.

The Writing in the Disciplines section includes guidance tailored to every one of AUCA’s majors. IBL students might visit the site for insights on how to craft a solid bench memo, while social science students can find guides to qualitative and quantitative research methods.

The site also includes a number of resources related to citation, paraphrasing, and working with sources, part of a broader effort to raise awareness of academic integrity and discourage plagiarism at the university.

The professional writing section, meanwhile, offers help with everything from formatting your CV to writing a formal email.

“This has been a long time coming,” says Mariya Antonova, director of the WARC. “We’re delighted to see the university and specific programs taking writing seriously and elevating it to its proper place as the cornerstone of liberal arts education. Our hope is that this resource will facilitate this process and serve all members of the AUCA learning and teaching community.”

For more information, visit https://auca.kg/en/warcstresources/ or email warc@auca.kg.

This article was originally published on the AUCA homepage. The original article can be found here.

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