TAP@GGS-Workshop: Academic Writing in English for Non-Native Speakers
A workshop from our Teaching Assistantship Programme series.
- https://www.uni-giessen.de/de/fbz/zentren/ggs/veranstaltungen/index_html/WiSe2022-23/academic-writing-in-english
- TAP@GGS-Workshop: Academic Writing in English for Non-Native Speakers
- 2022-11-15T12:00:00+01:00
- 2022-11-17T16:00:00+01:00
- A workshop from our Teaching Assistantship Programme series.
15.11.2022 12:00 bis 17.11.2022 16:00 (Europe/Berlin / UTC100)
Room 315, JLU Main Building, Ludwigstr. 23, 35390 Giessen (3rd floor)
Marcel Frentzel
Predocs, PhD candidates, and postdocs at the GGS who are non-native speakers of English.
| Instructor | Marija Spirkovska | |
| Dates |
November 15 & 17, 2022, 12.00 noon – 4.00 pm respectively |
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| Venue | Room 315, JLU Main Building, Ludwigstr. 23, 35390 Giessen (3rd floor) | |
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Max. number participants: |
12 |
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| Registration deadline: |
November 8, 2022 |
Objectives
- Effective use of specific vocabulary, syntax, and structuring through hands-on practice of writing they would typically be expected to undertake in their own research;
- Giving feedback and peer-review of theirs and their fellow researchers' work in a mutually supportive and non-judgemental environment;
- Learning proper paraphrasing, especially in order to avoid inadvertent academic plagiarism;
- Tackling repetitive issues and errors they run into while structuring various sections of articles, dissertations, or similar academic genres;
- Reflecting on their own writing and generating ideas of how they might improve it relative to their specific subject matter.
You can find more details in the syllabus "Academic Writing in English for Non-Native Speakers"