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Scientific and Academic Writing

Even for those who have attained a high level of written English, there are many small points of grammar and style that can confuse and hamper the non-native writer. We will focus on these and other language questions in a systematic manner, while building on your store of academic vocabulary and expressions. There are regular writing tasks to practice the skills learnt, with feedback following each exercise.

We will examine:

  • Appropriate levels of formality
  • Tips for writing productivity
  • Achieving a good ‘flow’ of ideas and expression
  • Accuracy in definition
  • Describing problems, solutions and outcomes
  • Presenting data and data commentary
  • Understanding the most common mistakes
  • Avoiding Plagiarism: Note-taking techniques

All of these writing skills will be examined in the context of a variety of types of writing: general-specific texts, problem-process-solution texts and data commentary texts. In this course, the option exists for the participants to spend the second half-day of the course in a writing workshop – examining and editing a short piece of their own writing (500–600 words – for example, an abstract or an extract from the introduction, a key passage or conclusion). This will require the participants to be sent a pre-course briefing during the week preceding the course.

Gehalten von

Mark Edwards

Anmeldung

Ja

Veranstaltungsart

Workshop

Sachgebiet

Allgemein
Digital Engineering Fakultät
Fakultät für Gesundheitswissenschaften
Humanwissenschaftliche Fakultät
Internationales
Juristische Fakultät
Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät
Philosophische Fakultät
Potsdam Graduate School
Veranstaltungen
Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Fakultät
Wissenschaftlicher Nachwuchs / Nachwuchsförderung

Universitäts-/ Fachbereich

Wissenschaftliche Einrichtungen

Termin

Beginn
06.11.2023, 09:00 Uhr
Ende
08.11.2023, 12:00 Uhr
3 Tage

Veranstalter

Potsdam Graduate School

Ort

Online-Veranstaltung


Lageplan

Kontakt

Patrick Stenzel
Am Kanal 47
14467 Potsdam

Telefon: 0331 977-452012