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Listening and reading strategies Summary- Listening strategies-This website has a lot of information about listening strategies. It defines listening strategies as techniques or activities that help a reader understand what they are hearing. It also talks about Top-down strategies and Bottom-up strategies. It also mentions that metacognitive strategies help plan, monitor, and evaluate what is listened. Summary-Reading strategies- This website provides five strategies to improve the reading experience. These strategies can help read more effectively and gain confidence in reading. The strategies described are previewing, predicting, skimming, guessing from context and paraphrasing. This website also provides tips on how instructors can help teach when and how to use these important strategies. This website overall is full of tips to better listening and writing skills. How/why useful- This is a useful website because it fully explains the strategies used in listening and writing. It uses letters in bold to point out an important topic and italicizes important terms. It is fairly to quote from the information provided and best of all it provides a citation in APA style which you can easily copy and paste. How/why credible- This seems to be a professional website. It was made with the college or university teacher in mind. It provides many links to other teaching topics and provides a link bar to facilitate maneuvering throughout the website. Citation- National Capital Language Resource Center (NCLRC). (n.d.). The essentials of language teaching. Retrieved April 23, 2007 from http://nclrc.org/essentials.

Listening and reading strategies Summary- Listening strategies-This website has a lot of information about listening strategies. It defines listening strategies as techniques or activities that help a reader understand what they are hearing. It also talks about Top-down strategies and Bottom-up strategies. It also mentions that metacognitive strategies help plan, monitor, and evaluate what is listened. Summary-Reading strategies- This website provides five strategies to improve the reading experience. These strategies can help read more effectively and gain confidence in reading. The strategies described are previewing, predicting, skimming, guessing from context and paraphrasing. This website also provides tips on how instructors can help teach when and how to use these important strategies. This website overall is full of tips to better listening and writing skills. How/why useful- This is a useful website because it fully explains the strategies used in listening and writing. It uses letters in bold to point out an important topic and italicizes important terms. It is fairly to quote from the information provided and best of all it provides a citation in APA style which you can easily copy and paste. How/why credible- This seems to be a professional website. It was made with the college or university teacher in mind. It provides many links to other teaching topics and provides a link bar to facilitate maneuvering throughout the website. Citation- National Capital Language Resource Center (NCLRC). (n.d.). The essentials of language teaching. Retrieved April 23, 2007 from http://nclrc.org/essentials.

Summary: This site defines research strategy as a plan of action that gives direction to your efforts, enabling you to conduct research systematically rather than haphazardly. After the author defined research strategy, she went on to describe the steps involved with research strategy. A couple of the steps were to choose and define your topic and get background information. After each step she would explain it and give advice on the best way to do the step. The description of research strategy was extremely thorough, giving examples of each step and making the information clear and easy to read. How is it useful? This site gave a very good explanation of research strategy. Everything on the site was easy to find and clearly explained. The site touched every topic concerning research strategy and gave me an understanding on how to use it. Why is it useful? The organization of the site made it useful. I found the information I needed fast and now have a good understanding of research strategies. The amount of information this site contains also made it useful. Every topic concerning research strategy was explained in depth. How is it credible? The website has an .edu address meaning it's for education. A site intended for education must contain valid information. Why is it credible? The site was made by The University of North Carolina Asheville meaning it was written by a highly educated individual and intended for education. Citation: Ferguson Janet (2005). Developing a Library Research Strategy. Retrieved on November 7, 2009 from http://www.lib.unca.edu/library/lr/resstrat.html.

Proofreading Strategies Summary This website is about proofreading strategies. Everyone has their own way of proofreading but according to this website, there are some general guidelines or strategies to proofreading with more effectiveness. Some of these strategies are Taking a break, giving yourself enough time, Reading aloud, Role palying and getting others involved. On top of these strategies there are more individual strategies you can practice that would help. Some of these strategies are Finding out your common errors, Learning how to fix those errors, and choosing specifific strategies like the ones stated earlier. How/why useful This website is useful because it is easy to understand. It also provides links that strengthen the topic of the website. The information is well organized and uses lists. How/why credible This website is credible because it is a .edu website. It provides links that are related to the topic and has a Navigation toolbar to other topics related to writing. Citation Purdue OWL. (Last edited by Allen Brizee on May 5th 2009 ). The OWL at Purdue. In' Proofreading Your Writing. Retrieved November 7, 2009, from' http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/561/01.

Summary: This web page was created in order to educate college students on better ways to read. The site also discussed ways to obtain and remember the information better. The site gives advice like taking notes while you read and talking back to the text. The author also advises to sit up when you read, and read in area with good lighting. The list for the reading strategies is long; these are just a few examples from the text. How is it useful? The site gave a ton of strategies for reading. There was a lot of information on this site. The author explained the purpose for reading strategies. People learn in different ways, a list of strategies will help people find a strategy that works for them. Why is it useful? The site explained reading strategies very thoroughly. Everything on the site was well laid out and the information was well organized. This made finding the information quick and easy. How is it credible? At the top of the page the author noted that some of the information was from a lecture by Dr. Lee Haugen, a former reading specialist at the ISU Academic Skills Center. If the site was false, the author wouldn't have cited were they got information from. Why is it credible? The author of the site put a lot of time and effort into making this site. There is a lot of information present, I don't think someone would go through that much trouble and give false information. Citation: Dr. Kathleen King. Reading Strategies. Retrieved on November 7, 2009 from http://foremostpress.com/authors/articles/pov.html.

Summary: This site lists the strategies for listening. It is a clear, easy to read list. The page gave tips like maintaining eye contact, focus on key words and phrases and tune out other sounds and noises. The sites homepage also had links for more information on different strategies. How is it useful? This site provided a good source when looking for this type of information. The site was easy to read and I obtained the information quickly. If I were looking for other strategies this would be the site I would use. Why is it useful? The amount of information provided by the site was also useful. The site showed all of the different strategies for listening. The other links would also make this a useful site for teachers and students alike. How is it credible? The site has contact information to contact the author of the site. If the site was a fake, the author would not provide contact information. Why is it credible? The site provides so much information that it would be a waste of time if it contained false information. The site is a tool to help teachers and students, teaching them about different strategies and how to obtain information in different ways. The people who make these kinds of sites make them to help educate people. Citation: (1997). Welcome To Listening Strategies. Retrieved on November 7, 2009 from http://www.midtel.net/~natebg/listenin.htm

Prewriting Strategies Summary- This website has all the elements necessary to understand the prewriting process. It provides many useful links that define the all the steps that make up the prewriting process. The strategies that are provided in the website are unconscious strategies, conscious strategies, and strategies for productive reading and research. How/why useful- This website is very useful because everything is organized. It provides links for all the steps mentioned which then describe in much detail the topic that was selected. It doesn't just have a list of links; it gives a brief description of the topic to give you an idea about what the link will be talking about. How/why credible- This website is credible because it is a website for York University. It has many useful links and provides lots of graphic aids. It also provides a side bar that covers all of the information related to the prewriting process. Citation- York University. (March 10, 2009). http://www.yorku.ca/tutorial/prewriting/. In Pre-Writing Strategies. Retrieved November 1, 2009, from http://www.yorku.ca/tutorial/prewriting/.

Drafting Strategies Summary This website is about drafting strategies. I chose this website because it is short and just feels like it covers most of my questions. It is quick and straight forward. It has positive strategies as well as bad strategies. This is helpful because sometimes you don't know when you are doing these things. How/why helpful This website is helpful because it points out the simple, but important things. It is a quick reference for people that are watching how much time they have. (most people who are in a rush at the last minute!) How/why credible It is credible because it is a .edu website. I believe it is also a website for a college. Again, it is short and gets to the point. Citation Marie Boyko, Senior Instructor. (n.d.). Drafting: Best Strategies. In Drafting Strategies. Retrieved November 5, 2009, from http://www.colorado.edu/intphys/iphy1950/draft1950.html.

Revising Strategies Summary This website is targeted at teachers. This website can help teachers with ways on teaching some revising strategies. Revising strategies can aid a student when criticizing and improving another peers work. Some of these strategies can help form a checklist from which the reviser can check off. Overall the website is meant to give tips and guides on teaching these strategies to the students. How/why helpful This website is very helpful because it provides questions as headlines, which just makes it easy to find what you are looking for. It also gives a description of everything covered and most importantly it provides links to forms you can print. It has a list of the topics on top which are links, this helps when you are only looking for one thing. How/why credible This website is credible because it is a .edu website. This website is meant for teachers, because it specifies it and it gives tips on teaching. It also lets you create a profile so that you can access more information. Citation server contact: cwis-adm@ku.edu . (copyright 1999-2005). special connections. In Revising Strategies. Retrieved November 5, 2009, from http://www.specialconnections.ku.edu/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/specconn/main.php?cat=instruction&section=main&subsection=writing/revise.

Research Strategies Summary This website is very helpful with research strategies. It talks about what research means. Research is about finding ideas and adding your own input. It is about finding information that helps you with your topic. It is important to get into focus and understand that there are strategies you can use for research. How/why helpful This website is very helpful because it describes how to effectively research to complete a term paper. It has everything organized and it is easy to navigate the site. How/why credible This website is credible because it is a .edu website. It has a lot of information and it provides graphs to better understand the material. It is also credible because it advises against copying and pasting. Citation Araby Greene. (Fall 1998, updated 22 April 2002). Library Research Strategy. In, Developing a Library Research Strategy. Retrieved November 5, 2009, from, http://bullpup.lib.unca.edu/library/lr/lr101/greene/res_strat.html.

I found this posting very interesting due to the fact that I needed a little direction in how to apply this particular tennent to the assignment that I am working on. For me it put it in simple terms that I could understand and showed me with various questions and examples how to use it in my work.

After I read this peice of work i was able to understand the concept of the rhetorical term "goal". With in the web site were multiple strategies i could use to interpret the term (goal). The website not only gave different strategies but it also broke those different strategies into a step by step format that made the reading easier and clearer to understand. Because this website is very well organized and provides detailed information i belevie that this site would be very useful. I believe that this website is creditable because it was written and published by a very well educated and highly qualified man named, Samuel G. Freedman. The information was also published at Columbia University where Sauel Freedman is a professor. therefore i think that the author of this material and where the material origanated from makes this URL very creditable. Goal: Strategies for analyzing the rhetorical situation (Spring 2005). Cornell University. Retreived November 13, 2009 from wrt.syr.edu/670/downloads/.../StrategiesforAnalyzingtheRh.doc

Editing Strategies Summary This website is about editing strategies. It says that a good way to edit a paper is by taking steps. It seems like a long process but it is also a very good way to do it and definitely seems worthwhile. The steps basically mean that you should start big and work yourself down to every detail. Some of the steps are Think about your targeted audience, Starting with sentences, Consider words, checking grammatical detail, and punctuation and spelling. How/why useful This website is very useful because it clearly states the process of editing. It also provides links that deviate to a specific step and define that step. It is very easy to navigate the website because of the links and it also has a sample paragraph that you can try the steps on so that you get a better understanding of the process. How/why credible This website is credible because it is a .edu website. It also provides clear definitions and has links available. Citation Kate Kiefer, Luann Barnes, Mike Palmquist. (Copyright © 1993-2009 ). Writing guides:' editing. In Editing Strategies. Retrieved November 7, 2009, from' http://writing.colostate.edu/guides/processes/editing/pop2a.cfm.

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Summary: Editing strategies is basically deals with everything else that you need to look at as far as sentence structure spelling typos grammar and basically how your paper is set up and how it was written How and why is this resource useful? It is useful in that it begins and tells you what editing is and then fallows it with what things to look at when you are editing. How and why is this resource credible? This site is credible in the since that its from a educational website and used by colleges for there curriculum. Citation: 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 The Write Place

Summary: This site described proofreading as the final step in the writing process. Proofreading was then broken down into five steps. Each step was a link that brought you to another page, and that page contained an in depth description of the step. The author gave a good hint to finding errors. She said that reading from right to left is a good way to find spelling errors. It allows your mind to read each word individually, and think about one word at a time. How is it useful? The site was in an easy to use format. All the links were clearly labeled and the information was easy to find. The accessibility of the information helped me find what I was looking for. Each link contained definitions and explanations helping to describe proofreading. Why was it useful? The site broke down proofreading and made it a simpler concept to understand. Learning something piece by piece is easier than all at once. After using the site I now have a clearer understanding on the proper way to use proofreading. How is it credible? The site is run by the Colorado State University, meaning it's for educational purposes. A website for educational purposes cannot contain false information. Why is it credible? The site has an .edu address meaning it is used for education. If the sight is intended for education the information must be accurate and up to date. Citation: Kiefer Kate (2009). Writing Guides: Proofreading Strategies. Retrieved on November 8, 2009 from http://writi.ng.colostate.edu/guides/processes/editing/pop2b.cfm

Summary: This site is a tool for teachers, teaching them that students need to learn pre-writing in order to develop good writing habits. The author says that the pre-writing stage is when the student should think and develop their ideas about a topic. The pre-writing stage has no right or wrong answer. The author of the site explained pre-writing strategies in detail. Stating that it is one of the more important writing steps, that it needs to be cemented before students can go on learning how to write. Pre-writing is the time for students to explore topics by brainstorming, talking, drawing and reading. How is it useful? The site explained pre-writing and gave examples on how to teach it. I now have a clear understanding of pre-writing and know it is useful. The author wrote that pre-writing is a fundamental basic of the writing process, that all other writing skills build off of this one. Why is it useful? The author of this article gave examples on how to teach pre-writing to students. The author said to ask the students an open ended question like what is your favorite thing about snow? There is no right or wrong answer to this question, but there are many answers. The use of this example helped me understand pre-writing and how it is used. How is it credible? The site is contains many articles for use in the classroom. A site like this could not maintain a reputation with teachers if it contained false information. Why is it credible? The article is on a site made for teachers. Teachers make the article and then share it with other teachers. Citation: Despirt Debbie (2007). Teach The Prewriting Stage. Retrieved on November 7, 2009 from http://teachers-subject-guides.suite101.com/article.cfm/prewriting_stage.

Summary: This page describes peer review as students commenting on students writing. The author said that this one of the most beneficial activities you can do in the writing process. The rest of page described different peer review activities you can use in the classroom. Each one is a link taking you to page that describes the activity and gives examples of things to do and not to do in a peer review. How is it useful? The site defined peer review and then described how to use it in many different ways. In each example there was an extensive amount of information to describe the activity. There was also a large amount of activities, giving many different views on peer review. Why is it useful? The amount of examples the site gave made it useful for describing peer review. Each activity also performed a different action in peer review. One activity could be reading aloud and sharing information, while another could be challenging your peer's views. This gave me a clear understanding of the concept peer review. How is it credible? The author of this site provided his name and contact information at the top of page. Why is it credible? The page provides a link to e-mail the creator of the site. The site is an online teaching tool for home school teachers. There is zero chance that an online teaching tool would have false information in it. Citation: Carbone Nick. Strategies for Teaching with Online Tools: Peer Review. Retrieved on November 7, 2009 from http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/technotes/workshops/peerview.htm

Summary: This site defines drafting as a late stage in the writing process. It also says that when you're ready to start drafting you should have finished gathering information and have completed an exercise in prewriting. This site also describes things you will need in your draft and things you will not need. It then goes on to describe what each paragraph should look like, describing opening paragraph and a closing paragraph. Then it goes on to give tips about paragraph length and verbs that should not be used like "to be"; the author said to keep your voice active, not passive. How is it useful? The site described every step of drafting, being this thorough made it a useful. Every point about drafting was discussed and explained in depth. Why is it useful? The large amount of information made this article useful. Also the information is very well organized and has a nice layout. It took seconds to find what I was looking for, and there was a lot of information to find. How is it credible? This information is from a site that specializes in strategies and study guides. At the end of the page the author left his name and the date that the article was published. Why is it credible? This site had a lot of information about other topics as well. The seven stages of the writing process were described, each one going into extreme detail. This shows that people have a lot time and energy into making this site as accurate possible. Citation: Landsberger Joe (2000). Seven Stages of Writing Assignments. Retrieved on November 7, 2009 from http://www.studygs.net/writing/roughdrafts.htm.

Summary: The site I found was written by a college student. He showed the steps he takes when editing a paper and thought it might be useful to share the information. Editing is one of the most tedious jobs in the writing process. The author explained that the first step of the editing process is to take a break. He said to give it at least a day, to let your mind fully cool down from writing the paper. He then said that editing should be done sentence by sentence, saying each one aloud to make sure it sounds right. The site was in paragraph form making the information a little more time consuming to find. How is it useful? The student described the steps in a way that made it to easy to understand and remember. Editing is a long process that should be done by more than one person, and should be done in a quiet static free area. The site helped me gain a better understanding on how to do editing and get the most out of it. Why is it useful? The information is extremely easy to read and digest what the author is saying. One of the points he gave was to keep a thesaurus handy. If you're reading a paragraph and it sounds like you keep repeating the same word over and over again, you could use a thesaurus and make it sound fresh. This was a very useful tip in the editing process. How is it credible? The site has a lot of information for educational purposes. Each article has a space for feedback and the article I used had no negative feedback. This was just a college student trying to help other students. Why is it credible? If the article contained false information it would have been removed from the site by now, the posting is over three years old. It has also had over three hundred thousand views, if there was false information someone would have said something by now. Citation: Rein Daniel (2006). Tips and Strategies for Editing a Research Paper. Retrieved on November 8, 2009 from http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/95133/tips_and_strategies_for_editing