Communications and Writing Resources

Communications Skills

• Listening and Responding (pdf)

Writing Skills

• The Writing Process (pdf)
• Developing Academic Language and Style (pdf)
• Passive and Active Voices (pdf)
• How to Use Articles in English - the, a, an (pdf)
• The Thesis Statement (pdf)
• Cohesion and Coherence Between and Within Paragraphs (pdf)

Visual Design Skills

• Creating Strong Academic Posters (pdf)

Links to Other Resources

• C4W (University of Alberta Centre for Writers)
• MecE MEng Capstone Guidelines

Credits

This "resource cabinet" began as a project in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, funded by a Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research Doctoral Micro-Grant, and assembled under the direction of Research Communications Officer, Robyn Braun.

If you have suggestions for additional resources that we could add here, please send them to enggcomm@ualberta.ca