{"id":2133,"date":"2022-03-07T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-07T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.urz.uni-halle.de\/ingra\/?p=2133"},"modified":"2022-04-19T16:43:47","modified_gmt":"2022-04-19T14:43:47","slug":"english-academic-writing-the-ground-rules-of-writing-well-april-21-22-and-25-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.urz.uni-halle.de\/ingra\/2022\/03\/english-academic-writing-the-ground-rules-of-writing-well-april-21-22-and-25-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"English Academic Writing: The Ground Rules of Writing Well (April 21, 22 and 25, 2022)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This workshop addresses junior scholars from the social sciences, economics, and the 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 will be held on three days (two days in person; a half day online, during which you will receive individual feedback). It 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.&nbsp;<\/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> April 21, 2022, 10:00 \u2013 17:30&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>10:00\u201311:30&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>11:30\u201311:45&nbsp;&nbsp;Break<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>11:45\u201313:14 Typical features of English academic texts and guidelines of English academic writing&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>13:15\u201314:15&nbsp;&nbsp;Lunch break<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>14:15\u201317:30 Typical features&nbsp;<em>&amp;<\/em>&nbsp;guidelines continued; exercise<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>April 22, 2021, 10:00 \u2013 16:30<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>10:00\u201311:30 Typical features of English scientific texts and guidelines for text composition; reading exercise based on texts brought to class.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>11:00\u201311:15&nbsp;&nbsp;Break<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>11:15\u201313:15 Selected grammar issues; presentation of techniques for developing one&#8217;s writing skills; presentation of useful reference books and other resources and tools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>13:15\u201314:15&nbsp;&nbsp;Lunch break<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>14:15\u201316:30 Continuation of presentation of useful reference books and other resources and aids. Recap of important points to remember; text correction exercise; discussion of corrections. Addressing open questions from participants. Explanation of the homework: writing an English text from one&#8217;s own work context, taking into account what has been learned<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>April 25, 2022, 10:00 \u2013 14:00<\/strong>&nbsp;| ONLINE<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>10:00\u201311:00 Discussion and correction of the self-written texts. Parallel: individual feedback on the pre-submitted texts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>11:00\u201311:10&nbsp;&nbsp;Break<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>11:10\u201312:10 Continuation discussion and correction of the self-written texts. Parallel: individual feedback on the pre-submitted texts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>12:10-13:10 Dealing with remaining questions of the participants. Feedback session.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<span id=\"Terms_and_Applications\"><h3>Terms and Applications<\/h3><\/span>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Date:\u00a0April 21, 22 and 25, 2022<\/li><li>Time: 10:00-17:00<\/li><li>Group size: maximal 10<\/li><li>Location: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.openstreetmap.org\/?mlat=51.49646&amp;mlon=11.93548#map=19\/51.49646\/11.93548\" target=\"_blank\">Von-Seckendorff-Platz 1<\/a>, <ul><li>SR: 5.10 (roof level) on April 21, 2022<\/li><li>SR: 0.03 (ground floor) on April 22, 2022<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Workshop language: English<\/li><li>Format: offline (VSP1) and online workshop<\/li><li>Applications\u00a0are considered in\u00a0chronological order\u00a0of receipt.\u00a0You get information.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<span id=\"Registration_closed\"><h3>Registration closed<\/h3><\/span>\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>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sociotrans.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.sociotrans.com<\/a><\/p>\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 workshop addresses junior scholars from the social sciences, economics, and the 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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