Zielgruppe: Promovierende

Workshop-Sprache: Englisch

Workshop for doctoral students in English

Description:

Writing is an essential part of the successful researcher’s skillset. However, writing at the standard necessary to publish in peer-reviewed journals can be challenging.

This online workshop is for graduate students who wish to publish research articles in English. This course consists of six, 90-minute interactive, online teaching sessions covering the key aspects needed to write a good academic paper, plus an additional 30-minute question and answer session.

Text:

Participants should send the instructor a short text sample one week before the workshop. These samples will be the basis of the last session on day 2, editing your own texts.  In addition, participants may send a text sample following the workshop to the instructor for feedback.  

Aim:

The aim of this workshop is to improve the style and structure of participants’ English academic papers and increase confidence when writing research articles in English. 

Format:

6 x online teaching sessions that take place over two days from 9:00 until 15:00. There will be group work using the breakout function in Zoom, plus instructor-led sessions as well as an opportunity to ask questions.  
A detailed handout and workbook is also provided.  

Participants should: 

• Have a reasonable internet connection and have downloaded Zoom.
• Send the instructor a short sample of their own writing at least one week before the workshop.
• Have a sample paper from their field of research available as a PDF on day two of the workshop.  This should be something they have enjoyed reading or consider an example of a well-written paper.

Course Overview:

• Setting the scene with introductions and understanding audience, purpose, and what makes good academic writing
• Learning about the cultural differences in the writing and organisation of an English research paper
• Creating well-structured paragraphs and creating cohesion
• Writing sentences and identifying the common mistakes in academic writing
• Stance in academic text (hedges and boosters)
• Introducing a narrative into your text
• Focus on the introduction, including the structure of the introduction and positioning your research, writing abstracts
• Editing your text, concise writing, punctuation and useful resources

Lecturer: Theodore Best

Anmeldung bis zum 11.06.2024 / Applications until 11.06.2024: Online-Anmeldung

Die offizielle Anmeldebestätigung erfolgt eine Woche vor Beginn der Veranstaltung. Bei Teilnahme an dem gesamten Workshop erhalten Sie 1,50 ECTS. /

The official confirmation of registration will be sent one week before the workshop starts. If you participate in the entire workshop, you will receive 1.50 ECTS.