Communication is difficult.
Speaking, reading, and writing are a part of everyday life and we generally communicate with one another easily. In the classroom, however, it is important to utilized academic writing, to make sure that your points and positions are understood on a foundational level. Much like specialist languages adopted in other profession (law, medicine, etc.), academic writing is designed to convey agreed meaning about complex ideas or concepts within a community of scholarly experts and practitioners.
General Writing Guidelines
- Don't use no double negatives.
- Make each pronoun agree with their antecedents.
- Do not split two complete sentences with a comma, it’s called a comma splice.
- About them sentence fragments.
- When dangling, watch your participles.
- Verbs has got to agree with their subjects.
- Don't write run-on sentences they are hard to read.
- Don't use commas, which aren't necessary.
- Try to not ever split infinitives.
- Its important to use your apostrophe's correctly.
- Proofread your writing to see if you any words out.
- Correct speling is essential.
- Eschew ostentatious erudition.
- Avoid clichés like the plague.
Tutoring
At Texas State Technical College (TSTC), we care about student success. And to assist our students from the first semester to the last, we offer a variety of support with academic and technical subjects. In addition, the colleges offer computer and study labs to help provide a quiet place to study.
Tutorial services are directed toward student success. We offer opportunities to be partners in the learning environment, with on-going training for peer tutors and tutors with national peer tutoring certification.
For more information about tutoring, visit:
https://portal.tstc.edu/student/Student_Learning/Pages/Tutoring.aspx