Say This, NOT That to Your Professor
36 Talking Tips for College Success
Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Education & Teaching, Student & Student Life
| Author: | Ellen Bremen | ISBN: | 9781516515561 |
| Publisher: | Cognella Press | Publication: | February 1, 2018 |
| Imprint: | Cognella Academic Publishing | Language: | English |
| Author: | Ellen Bremen |
| ISBN: | 9781516515561 |
| Publisher: | Cognella Press |
| Publication: | February 1, 2018 |
| Imprint: | Cognella Academic Publishing |
| Language: | English |
Say This, NOT That to Your Professor: 36 Talking Tips for College Success is dedicated to the student-professor relationship and to giving students the exact words they need to competently and confidently deal with challenging classroom situations. The text teaches readers to communicate professionally and gives insight into issues that play a critical role in their college experiences.Topics include communicating to overcome grade confusion, or to achieve a grade goal, appropriately challenging a professor in class, earning extra credit, and properly using social media and e-mail. The text also covers relationship-building with a professor, using office hours, and asking for a letter of recommendation. Finally, readers will learn self-advocacy strategies for challenging situations not typically discussed such as boring or easy classes, receiving timely feedback, and what to do when the whole class fails.Say This, NOT That to Your Professor gives students advice and talking points they can immediately apply to their classroom situation. Each chapter of this 2nd edition also features an industry professional's perspective detailing how the classroom situations might play out in the workplace. The book pairs with any college course, and is ideal for any course on college success, first-year experience programs, communication, English as a second language, and international orientation courses.
Say This, NOT That to Your Professor: 36 Talking Tips for College Success is dedicated to the student-professor relationship and to giving students the exact words they need to competently and confidently deal with challenging classroom situations. The text teaches readers to communicate professionally and gives insight into issues that play a critical role in their college experiences.Topics include communicating to overcome grade confusion, or to achieve a grade goal, appropriately challenging a professor in class, earning extra credit, and properly using social media and e-mail. The text also covers relationship-building with a professor, using office hours, and asking for a letter of recommendation. Finally, readers will learn self-advocacy strategies for challenging situations not typically discussed such as boring or easy classes, receiving timely feedback, and what to do when the whole class fails.Say This, NOT That to Your Professor gives students advice and talking points they can immediately apply to their classroom situation. Each chapter of this 2nd edition also features an industry professional's perspective detailing how the classroom situations might play out in the workplace. The book pairs with any college course, and is ideal for any course on college success, first-year experience programs, communication, English as a second language, and international orientation courses.
