This course will give you practical tips and strategies for writing scientific articles in English. Designed as a two-day workshop, the main objective of this course is to learn to identify and produce the most important elements in English academic writing. The first day offers a series of exercises and points to ponder, whereas the second day offers the students an opportunity to apply these tips and strategies in an "Editing Clinic". During the second day, the students will be taught a ten-step editing process that they will apply to texts in class.
Sisältö
Day 1
9:15-9:45 Online sources: Scientific, clear, transparent 9:45-11:00 Drafting, Differences between Finnish and Anglo-American traditions 11:00-11:30 Components of a Scientific Article, The Sequence of Writing 11:30 Lunch 12:15 Problems, Transitions, Tenses 14:00 Coffee break 14:15 Old Information and New Information, Nouns and Verbs for Academic Writing 15:30 Self-editing 16:00 End of the day
Scientific Writing: The "Editing Clinic": Revising English Texts
Day 2
The students select a scientific text from their field and also bring in two to three pages of their own writing (5 copies of these pages). These texts will be evaluated in class.
9:15-10:30 Introduction to editing. Practice of editing on the "ideal" article in your field 10:30-10:40 Short break 10:40-11:30 Editing 11:30-12:10 Lunch (40 min.) 12:10-14:00 Editing groups 14:00-14:20 Coffee break (20 min.) 14:20-15:25 Editing Groups 15:25-16:00 Course Discussions (Questions and Answers) 16:00 End of the course