NEW - Academic Writing in English - Online

TitleTimeRoomTeacher
Academic Writing - Online05.05.2022 16:00 - 18:00 (Thu)onlineDr. Luita Dean Spangler
Academic Writing - Online12.05.2022 16:00 - 18:00 (Thu)onlineDr. Luita Dean Spangler
Academic Writing - Online02.06.2022 16:00 - 18:00 (Thu)onlineDr. Luita Dean Spangler
Academic Writing - Online16.06.2022 16:00 - 18:00 (Thu)onlineDr. Luita Dean Spangler
Academic Writing - Online30.06.2022 16:00 - 18:00 (Thu)onlineDr. Luita Dean Spangler
Academic Writing - Online14.07.2022 16:00 - 18:00 (Thu)onlineDr. Luita Dean Spangler
Academic Writing - Online21.07.2022 16:00 - 18:00 (Thu)onlineDr. Luita Dean Spangler
Academic Writing - Online28.07.2022 16:00 - 18:00 (Thu)onlineDr. Luita Dean Spangler

 

Before booking a workshop, please make sure that you can attend for the entire duration and save the dates. When participants do not show up or cancel on a very short notice, other interested parties are denied a chance to participate.

Participation

For doctoral candidates in all disciplines.

Objectives

This course is designed for doctoral researchers writing their dissertations in English who intend to publish in English-language academic journals. Participants will become acquainted with the requirements and conventions of academic English, including academic vocabulary, register and structures, abstract composition, and metadiscourse. The minimum level of English required is B2+/C1 according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.

Content

Information sheets and academic writing examples, accompanied by lecture clarification, exercises, student-generated texts and discussion.

Weekly in-class writing, text presentation and critique, lecture, goal-directed exercises. Discussion of and response to student-generated texts will be included. The two-hour course will meet online for nine weeks.

Course Capacity: 
12
Course Language: 
English
Work Units: 
16
Budget Points: 
16
PDF template: 
BUA (en)
Instructor: 
Dr. Luita Dean Spangler