Academic Writing, 2 op

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.

More detailed course information will be given in Moodle environment.

Day 1 (both groups)

What is Academic English

Readability
Online sources
Paragraph writing in English
Formality & Register
Cohesion
Reporting
Peer editing

Day 2

Scientific Writing: The "Editing Clinic": Revising English Texts

The students send 2 pages as a sample of their (unpublished raw) writing to two other classmates.

Learning to edit academic texts in English

Editing day