Martin Davies is absolutely right that personal responses to posts should not go to the list, and I must offer my sincere apologies for this private exchange which I had intended to send to Peter Wilson personally. Part of the problem I think that may be the list is currently set so that when you hit 'reply', the reply goes to the list and not to the sender, which was not the case with the old EATAW list, when it was based in Copenhagen. I will check this with Florence Dujardin, the list manager, and see if it can be changed.
In the meantime, once again, my apologies.
John Harbord
>>> Martin Davies <[log in to unmask]> 8/2/10 23:24 >>>
I mean no disrespect, but I wonder if it is possible to purge the EATAW
list of this kind of personal thing? Separate lists perhaps? A moderated
list?
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-----Original Message-----
From: European Association for the Teaching of Academic Writing -
discussions [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Peter M Wilson
Sent: Tuesday, 9 February 2010 4:01 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Small world department RE: AWE - no, not a misprint!
Dear John
I have sitting on my desk a letter from David introducing you to me
which is approaching a (handwritten) reply. So it IS a small world! -
when read his, I thought back to my previous attempt to win publicity
through EATAW, and thought 'I know who this is!'
Thanks for getting in touch. I hope to meet you one day in York.
Although we live in Hull, my wife Stephanie did her sixth form in York,
where her father retired after a military career, and we often go to
visit her brother who live in the old family home.
I see that EATAW is now closer (at least through JISC) to the LDHEN -
where John Hilsdon once gave me a glowing testimonial ("this excellent
resource"). This sort of thing is very welcome, as I have been retired,
and am constantly (if in a lukewarm way) trying to find kindred spirits
to join in the enterprise and help it grow.
Peter
-----Original Message-----
From: European Association for the Teaching of Academic Writing -
discussions on behalf of John Harbord
Sent: Mon 08/02/2010 08:24
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: AWE - no, not a misprint!
Dear Peter,
Thanks for sharing this with the list. I really just wanted to write and
let you know we have a mutual fried in David Alexander. I was visiting
David and his family about 10 days ago, which I usually do on the rare
occasions I visit Britain, and in the course of the conversation he
mentioned the same resource you mentioned here and gave me a copy of
your card. Small world, eh?
All the best,
John
>>> Peter M Wilson <[log in to unmask]> 1/2/10 13:50 >>>
Thanks, Lisa, for the welcome to the new EATAW listserv, + invitation to
use.
Dear All,
Here is some shameless self-publicity, which I tried to circulate in a
previous incarnation of the site - alas, with no perceptible results.
It may do some good for our students/clients/whatever; and it is not
profit-making.
AWE (I have noted the coincidence, with EATAW and with AWESOME at Leeds,
and corresponded about it) is an on-line resource for students (and
teachers) who are struggling with the petty details of writing
acceptable Academic Writing in English. It is aimed at those studying
in Higher Education in Britain. It has currently had some 965000 hits,
and they are coming at a rate of over 2000 per day - so it can't be
entirely useless.
Its special points are:
1) It uses the power of ICT to organize and link material so that it is
much easier to use than a printed book;
2) It aims to give each piece of advice on one screen, so making it
easier to find a rapid answer to a question;
3) It uses wiki software (as in wikipedia), and so is comparatively
familiar to all;
4) Although it is a wiki, It is NOT a source "that anyone can edit" -
it is controlled by an English teacher (me), and thus is authoritative -
including such remarks as "this is a matter of taste", and "Here, the
langugae is changing. Choose the word that is most comfortable for your
subject."
To see what it is like, click on hull.ac.uk/awe Those of us who work
with individuals, and teachers who are amrking, may like to use the
ability to print off a page of advice (~ a single screen), e.g. on
apostrophes
(http://slb-ltsu.hull.ac.uk/awe/index.php?title=Apostrophe_%28possession
%29) or the spelling of 'where'
(http://slb-ltsu.hull.ac.uk/awe/index.php?title=Where_-_were): these can
ge handsed to a student in the office, or clipped to a feedback sheet.
I hope you find it useful. If anyone wants to join in editing AWE,
contact me at [log in to unmask] using AWE Application in the Subject
field.
Peter
Peter Wilson
quondam Academic Writing and Study Skills adviser
formerly of Study Advice Service
University of Hull
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