This episode analyses the choice of learning what you love and the strategies to sustain this love. The choice is analysed by the 5 question whys to be more reasonable about our subject area. The strategies include (1) broad th

Persuasion and Presentation: Ethos, Logos, Pathos and 5 Ss

Jan 17th, 2021 13m 38s

This episode provides 2 approaches to increase your personal impact in speaking including (1) Aristotle’s 3 principles of persuasion (Ethos, Logos, Pathos)and (2) Christine Clapp’s 5 strategies in confidence public speaking (St

The unthought thoughts, the unwritten writing and the place where academic writing begins

Jan 17th, 2021 14m 36s

The first part of episode unpacks the where-do-I-begin question of writing or the universal writing drama which is somehow similar to the troubles accumulating our minds from the unexamined thoughts. The second part discusses t

Read like a writer and write like a reader

Jan 17th, 2021 12m 50s

This episode is about ways of reading and writing to utilise what we read in writing and what we write in reading. It also develops 9 thinking behaviours in reading and writing with corresponding questions and examples.