Using the example of a basic skills English class, Dr. Juan Buriel teaches students how to prepare for an essay final exam. He reviews how to approach the in-class writing assignment and gives recommendations on how best to manage study time.

Video Duration = 00:21:09

Dr. Juan Buriel
Associate Professor of English at College of the Canyons

• Dr. Buriel has a PhD in Comparative Literature from UC, Irvine and shares his expertise as a basic skills English instructor .
• Ford Foundation Fellow
• National Research Council of the National Academies
  

Do you find yourself...

• Staring at an empty page?
• Stalled on completing a report?

The following may help:

1. How to Overcome Writer's Block
2. VLL Unit 5: Reading to Answer Questions