1. Writing Workshop for Multilingual Speakers and Writers Matthew David Collins Pizzorno Adjunct Faculty Palomar College and ALCI: CSU San Marcos

3. Understand the difference between academic vs. colloquial vocabulary Apply this knowledge to the writing of concluding sentences and concluding paragraphs Upon finishing this workshop, you will be able to:

4. What does colloquial mean? What are some examples? What words would be more academic??

5. Good Let Way Work (noun) “ The students have a lot of work” Need People What are Common Basic words to avoid when writing a University-Level Paper? Think of more advanced (specific) words:

6. Places to Find More advanced words Microsoft Word (Shift+F7) Thesaurus.com 500 Commonly used academic words http://oald8.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.co m/academic/sublist01/?page=1

7. Let’s Practice These concepts…

8. Topic Sentence Topic Sentence Supporting Sentences Supporting Sentences Concluding Sentence Concluding Sentence What is the form of an academic paragraph?

9. I.Introduction Paragraph: (This is where your thesis statement should go.) II.Body Paragraph 1 III.Body Paragraph 2 IV.Body Paragraph 3 V.Concluding Paragraph

10. Let’s Practice These concepts…

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