Academic Writing: Academic Writing, 2 cr

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 (both groups)

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