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GPSC482 - Grammar for Grad Students 1


Description

Do you want to improve your English? Are you looking for resources to help support your written and spoken grammar?

This Grammar workshop is one of two stand-alone grammar workshops open to all graduate students at Concordia University. This workshop gives participants a solid foundation needed to move toward producing polished papers, reports, and theses at an advanced level. The workshop aims to help face some of the most persistent challenges with  English grammar – namely, challenges related to articles, identifying the right verb tenses and the use of passive voice.

For more help with grammar, be sure to also register for English Grammar: prepositions, relative clauses, expletives, and modifiers. Note that neither of the two workshops is a prerequisite for the other.
 

Learning Objectives

By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:

1. Identify some of the most common English mistakes related to articles, verb tenses, modal verbs, subject-verb agreement and passive versus active voice.
2. Recognize and correct such grammar problems when they appear in texts.
3. Apply grammar-related specificities of English in their own writing.

The workshop will provide many concrete examples for each of the covered topics (i.e., articles, verb tense, modal verbs, subject-verb agreement, passive voice), and participants will get the chance to actively participate in multiple choice and fill-in-the-blank learning exercises throughout the workshop. Plus, extensive additional exercises will be provided to all participants for further practice and resources beyond the workshop.

Leaders Information

Maxine Iannuccilli is a doctoral candidate in psychology at Concordia University, leading SSHRC-funded research examining the development of gender stereotypes. Maxine is a SSHRC Storytellers Top 25 Finalist & Concordia University’s 2022 Three Minute Thesis competition (3MT) PhD Winner.