Reading Aloud

During conferences, reading my paper aloud was a great learning tool! When writing a paper, you tend to not write exactly what is in your head.  If you are listening to music or talking, you may write one of those words instead of finishing a sentence correctly.  It was a great indicator of how other people would read my paper and how it would sound to them.  It was a great tool to discover run-ons, and to see if the paper flowed smoothly.  Reading it out loud, helps to make sure the paper flows as you would like it. 

 I definitely benefitted from this exercise.  It allowed me to figure out if the diction was a good fit for my paper.  It also allowed me to make sure my paper had a focus with an appropriate flow.  I also thought it was a fitting exercise because it allowed me to see if I used words too often or incorrectly. 

I also benefitted from it by hearing other peoples' papers.  It was good to hear what they had to say, what type of writers they were, and to hear how they interpretted the prompt.  It also a great exercise having everyone critique all the papers in the conference in order to think about writing from a different stand point.

XOXO, College Girl