This workshop forms the second part of the course "Academic Writing" and focuses on issues of language and style that become relevant while drafting and revising any piece of academic writing.
We will look at how sentences should be constructed and connected to each other – both to give your texts an academic and professional form and to make them appealing and effective for your readers.
This second part continues and concludes the work of the first part, but can also be taken independently if you did not attend the first part.
Topics of Part 2:
- Developing and explaining your ideas and data effectively;
- Integrating literature and data critically into one's writing;
- Applying the stylistic conventions of academic writing;
- Expressing yourself both confidently and carefully;
- Writing clear and unambiguous sentences in English;
- Avoiding wordiness in order to produce concise sentences;
- Packaging information through effective syntactical and rhetorical choices;
- Employing nouns to express meaning precisely;
- Avoiding typical (non-native-speaker) grammatical mistakes and pitfalls;
- Connecting sentences and linking ideas to make a text flow well.
This second part of the workshop is more practice-oriented as it focuses on how to polish one's texts. In particular, you will get the opportunity to receive (peer and expert) feedback on one of your pieces of academic writing. For this reason, it is advisable (though not mandatory) to have attended the first part of the workshop (or a similar course) or to have some experience with academic writing already.
NOTE: You will receive further information on how to submit a writing sample of yours (preferably, an introduction to a paper, proposal, or dissertation and/or an abstract) in due time before the beginning of the course.
Registration Deadline: 05.04.2024
Instructor: Frank Lauterbach
Date & Time:
26.04.2024 | 9 AM – 5 PM
27.04.2024 | 9 AM – 5 PM
Course language: English
Module: This workshop can be credited in the BRS Qualification Programme Module "Writing and Publishing"
Conditions of participation
This workshop is primarily aimed towards doctoral candidates of the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar. Participation in this workshop is subject to a participation fee. For doctoral candidates of the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, this is a fee of 30,00 €. Please note the applicable conditions of participation according to the Terms of Usage for Qualification Courses at the Bauhaus Research School. We will inform you about the payment modalities by e-mail after you have registered for the course here in the portal.
Depending on capacity, Master students of the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar can also participate in this qualification course. Participation is also subject to a participation fee. You will be placed on the waiting list and if a slot becomes available we shall contact you. If you are interested, please contact the Bauhaus Research School directly in advance by e-mail to research-school@uni-weimar.de. |
