Postdocs: MIT writing and language resources

[Dana Bresee Keeth]

Dear MIT Postdocs,

In addition to the update below regarding the Writing and Communication 
Center, please note that a handout and link from the recent session 
Writing Resources and Advice for Postdocs are posted under that listing 
on http://web.mit.edu/mitpostdocs/seminars.html
Also, a link to The Mayfield Handbook of Technical and Scientific 
Writing along with other resources may be found on the Writing and 
Communication Center's website:
http://writing.mit.edu/wcc/links

In addition, the *Foreign Languages & Literature Resource Center (FLLRC) 
<http://fll.mit.edu/>* (located in 16-668) is closed for the summer, but 
will reopen this fall. It supports English as a second language and 
foreign language learning at MIT. Materials that can be used at the 
Center by all members of the MIT community include audio, video, and 
computer-based materials (see website for hours).

*MIT Language Conversation Exchange <http://web.mit.edu/lce>* is a way 
to meet someone new from a different part of campus, speak a language 
you're learning or wish to improve (including English) with a native 
speaker, and share your culture and interests while learning about 
someone else's.

Dana


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Subject: 	MIT Postdocs: writing consultations available by appointment
Date: 	Tue, 12 Jun 2012 09:02:50 -0400
From: 	Dana Bresee Keeth <bresee at MIT.EDU>
Reply-To: 	bresee at MIT.EDU
To: 	postdoc listserv <mit-postdocs at mit.edu>



*Dear MIT Postdocs,

We wanted to pass along information from the Writing and Communication 
Center about this very important resource. MIT postdocs are again able 
to use these services; please see the details below.

Regards,

Dana Bresee Keeth
Office of the Provost
*****

The Writing and Communication Center (12-132) offers free individual 
consultation about any writing difficulty, from questions about grammar 
to matters of style, including difficulties common to writers, such as 
overcoming writer's block, organizing papers, revising one's work, or 
presenting scientific and technical information. The Center's 
professional lecturers help with theses, articles and books for 
publication, conference presentations, teaching and research statements, 
CVs, applications, course papers, slides, and oral presentation skills 
(how to write a speech, how to use visual aids, how to conduct oneself 
when presenting scientific or nonscientific information). Clients may 
visit the Center during any stage of the writing process: prewriting, 
writing a first draft, revising, or editing. The Center is a teaching 
institution; it is not a proofreading service. The Center  aims to teach 
writing as a process, to clarify and promote techniques of good writing. 
The Center provides specialized help to those for whom English is a 
second language. All appointments are made online. Go to the Center's 
website **http://writing.mit.edu/wcc/appointments and follow the 
directions to schedule appointments.*


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