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General Education

The Reading & Writing Lab helps individuals and small groups to understand the assigned readings and improve their written assignments.

  • Useful links and support materials are on the ILC website to enhance independent learning
  • Books and assigned reading texts are kept in the ILC user area for easy reference
  • Students can call 3943 8733 to make appointments to see a language expert
Independent learning in support of General Education
  1. Critical Reading and the Discussion of various texts are provided by the English and Chinese teams. The texts will be discussed in relation to particular questions based on assignments. Participants are expected to have a good general idea about the specific texts. Participants with language-related questions may raise them during the discussions.
  2. Writing consultations for individuals or on a small group basis are offered specifically for General Education students. Participants are encouraged to bring their outline plan, first draft; and in some cases, their second draft to the consultations for feedback and suggestions. Resources for self-study to improve academic writing will also be given. The special General Education writing consultations will be limited to no more than 5 consultations per student.
  3. General Education students are also encouraged to attend academic reading and writing workshops offered by the ILC throughout the year.

The ILC website also helps students by providing a wide range of resources for them to use during their own time to further develop their academic study skills.

 

In Dialogue with Humanity

The Social Contract / Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  1. The Social Contract vocabulary
  2. Review of sentence structure and punctuation
Symposium / Plato
  1. http://faculty.washington.edu/smcohen/320/cave.htm This website shares lecture notes, review notes and refers the readers to other related lectures.
  2. http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~loxias/oldindex.htm Reading guide to the republic and other classic works of the Greeks and Romans – includes games and quizzes!

In Dialogue with Nature

Inspirations

  • “Education consists mainly of what we have unlearned.”

    Mark Twain

  • “I am always ready to learn although I do not always like being taught.”

    Winston Churchill

  • “The purpose of learning is growth, and our minds, unlike our bodies, can continue growing as we continue to live.”

    Mortimer Adler

  • “Always walk through life as if you have something new to learn and you will.”

    Vernon Howard

  • “An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.”

    Benjamin Franklin

  • “Be observing constantly. Stay open minded. Be eager to learn and improve.”

    John Wooden

  • “Learning is not attained by chance. It must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence.”

    Abigail Adams

  • “Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young.”

    Henry Ford