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Writing at Wheaton

No Good Writers: Why Discourse Community Matters and What It Means for Our Writing

I got a 71% on my first paper in college.

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Book Reviews

gOoFy or SHOUTY: Exploring Online Language Conventions through ‘Because Internet’

If we’re being honest (and I hope we are), the internet plays a large role in our lives. I can confidently state this about you, the reader, because you’re reading this piece on the internet (✨wow✨)! More than ever, during this past year, it has become apparent just how reliant we are on the internet as students, academics, researchers, artists, writers, workers, and even friends. The internet is a source of entertainment, information, income, recreation, and expression—and we spend a lot of our online time reading text.

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Writing at Wheaton Writing Center

How Our ESL Specialists Support Writers

Writing academic papers in one’s first language can feel like a mammoth task. But many students in our campus community are learning, reading, and writing in English as a second or additional language. These students carry the same academic load while completing their assignments in a language that is not their first.