{"id":1453,"date":"2021-03-09T07:56:40","date_gmt":"2021-03-09T06:56:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.urz.uni-halle.de\/ingra\/?p=1453"},"modified":"2021-04-15T08:07:17","modified_gmt":"2021-04-15T06:07:17","slug":"english-academic-writing-the-ground-rules-of-writing-well-april-27-30-2021-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.urz.uni-halle.de\/ingra\/2021\/03\/english-academic-writing-the-ground-rules-of-writing-well-april-27-30-2021-online\/","title":{"rendered":"English Academic Writing: The Ground Rules of Writing Well (April 27-30, 2021 | online)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This online workshop addresses&nbsp;junior and senior scholars from the social sciences and humanities who have good command of the English language, seek to improve their English writing skills, and strive to make their academic papers more idiomatic. The workshop seeks to create an awareness of the typical patterns of non-idiomatic writing to which non-native authors writing in English \u2013 and especially German-speaking academics \u2013 are prone and equip the participants with strategies to avoid these pitfalls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The workshop comprises 3 half-day sessions and will be conducted in English by two trainers who have a professional background in the social sciences and many years of experience in teaching English academic writing and in translating and editing academic texts by German-speaking scholars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<span id=\"Intended_Learning_Outcomes\"><h3>Intended Learning Outcomes<\/h3><\/span>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>You will be aware of some of the important characteristics of the English language that will help improve your writing.<\/li><li>You will be conscious of some of the pitfalls that especially German speakers are vulnerable to when writing in English and be familiar with strategies to avoid them.<\/li><li>You will be able to use this knowledge to develop a more fluent and lively style of writing.<\/li><li>You will be familiar with a wide range of resources, aids, and strategies to help you improve your writing.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<span id=\"Requirements\"><h3>Requirements<\/h3><\/span>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Proficiency in English (at least B2-level).&nbsp;<\/li><li>You will have the opportunity to hand in a one-page writing sample prior to the workshop; the trainers will review this sample and give you individual feedback.<\/li><li>We kindly ask you to have a text by a native speaker of English available that you find very well written; we will use this text for an exercise.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<span id=\"Target_Audience\"><h3>Target Audience<\/h3><\/span>\n\n\n\n<p>Doctoral students and postdocs in Humanities and Social Sciences<\/p>\n\n\n\n<span id=\"Schedule\"><h3>Schedule<\/h3><\/span>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tuesday, April 27, 2021,10:00 &#8211; 15:30<\/strong>&nbsp;|&nbsp;ONLINE<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>10:00\u201311:00&nbsp;&nbsp;Introduction of workshop, trainers, and participants; introduction to the character of the English language; introduction to general aspects of the culture of English academic writing<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>11:00\u201311:10&nbsp;&nbsp;Break<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>11:10\u201312:10 Typical features of English academic texts and guidelines of English academic writing&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>12:10\u201313:00&nbsp;&nbsp;Lunch break<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>13:00\u201314:00 Typical features <span class=\"amp\">&amp;<\/span> guidelines continued; exercise<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>14:00-14:10 Break<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>14:10-15:30 Typical features <span class=\"amp\">&amp;<\/span> guidelines continued; exercise<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Wednesday, April 28, 2021, 10:00 &#8211; 15:30<\/strong>&nbsp;|&nbsp;ONLINE<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>10:00\u201311:00 Typical features <span class=\"amp\">&amp;<\/span> guidelines continued<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>11:00\u201311:10&nbsp;&nbsp;Break<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>11:10\u201312:10 Typical features <span class=\"amp\">&amp;<\/span> guidelines continued; exercise&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>12:10\u201313:00&nbsp;&nbsp;Lunch break<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>13:00\u201314:00 Grammar <span class=\"amp\">&amp;<\/span> punctuation issues; introduction to print and online aids to help yourself<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>14:00\u201314:10 Break<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>14:10\u201315:10\/15:30 Introduction to print <span class=\"amp\">&amp;<\/span> online aids continued; strategies of advancing and refining your writing skills<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Thursday, April 29, 2021<\/strong> | OFFLINE<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No session; individual writing exercise based on newly acquired knowledge<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Friday, April 30, 2021, 10:00 &#8211; 15:30<\/strong>&nbsp;| ONLINE<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>10:00\u201311:00 Editing exercise and discussion of results<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>11:00\u201311:10&nbsp;&nbsp;Break<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>11:10\u201312:10 Group discussion of newly written text samples (the products of Thursday\u2019s individual writing exercise)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In parallel, each participant will meet individually online with one of the trainers to discuss the individual writing samples handed in prior to the workshop<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>12:10\u201313:00&nbsp;&nbsp;Lunch break<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>13:00\u201314:00 Group discussion <span class=\"amp\">&amp;<\/span> individual sessions continued<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>14:00\u201314:10 Break<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>14:10\u201315:10\/15:30 Group discussion <span class=\"amp\">&amp;<\/span> individual sessions continued; feedback round<\/p>\n\n\n\n<span id=\"Terms_and_Applications\"><h3>Terms and Applications<\/h3><\/span>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Date:&nbsp;April 27-28 and 30, 2021<\/li><li>Time: 1:00pm-5:00pm<\/li><li>Group size: maximal 10<\/li><li>Workshop language: English<\/li><li>Format: online workshop<\/li><li>Applications&nbsp;are considered in&nbsp;chronological order&nbsp;of receipt.&nbsp;You get information.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<span id=\"Lecturer\"><h3>Lecturer<\/h3><\/span>\n\n\n\n<p>Stephan Elkins and Andrea T\u00f6njes,&nbsp;<em>SocioTrans<\/em>, www.sociotrans.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n<span id=\"Registration_closed\"><h3>Registration\/ closed<\/h3><\/span>\n\n\n\n<span id=\"Funding\"><h3>Funding<\/h3><\/span>\n\n\n\n<p>This workshop has been realised with financial support from Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This online workshop addresses&nbsp;junior and senior scholars from the social sciences and humanities who have good command of the English language, seek to improve their English writing skills, and strive to make their academic papers more idiomatic. 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