Join A&L’s Multilingual Learning Specialist Maria Thompson for 30-minute interactive lessons on key academic skills. The online series will be divided into five parts—reflect, record, read, respond, and review—and will focus on verbal participation throughout.
Wednesdays and Fridays at 10 AM, starting January 12.
Email uthompso@risd.edu to RSVP and get the Zoom link.
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Week 1, Jan 12 and 14
Reflecting on academic culture
The first week, we will focus on key features and expectations of academic culture. We will watch and discuss the video series Writing Across Borders and reflect on our first semester experiences at RISD. All participants will perform a self-assessment and set initial workshop goals.
Week 2, Jan 19 and 21
Recording and reducing lecture notes
This week, students learn how to record, organize and reconstruct efficient notes, and develop their ability to quickly detect key concepts. Students learn how to abbreviate and utilize nontraditional ways to record information, such as the Cornell and visual note-taking techniques.
Week 3, Jan 26 and 28
Responding with sources
This week prepares students to write using different methods of engaging with sources. Students will learn about annotated bibliographies, use Hypothesis software to complete a social annotation activity, and then write their own complete annotation on a source.
Week 4, Feb 2 and 4
Reviewing and expanding
This week we learn creative ways to review concepts with peers and seek further information. Students will learn effective ways to collaborate with others through structured activities and scheduled study sessions. We conclude the series by revisiting our goals and considering our intentions for the Spring semester.
Week 5, Feb 9 and 11
Reading with a critical eye
This week’s lessons are designed to teach students how to read scholarly writing with a critical eye for relevant details in the least amount of time. Students will learn what part of a text to visit first and how to quickly determine if it is significant to their research topic.