Academic Writing, 2 cr

Tampere University

Description
Completion options

Teaching periods

Course code

DPHS.230

Language of instruction

English

Academic years

2021–2022, 2022–2023, 2023–2024, 2024–2025

Level of study

Postgraduate studies

Grading scale

Pass-Fail

Persons responsible

Responsible teacher:

Kathleen Moore

Responsible organisation

Faculty of Social Sciences 100 %

Day 1

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 writing to other classmates and provide each other feedbacks in small peer editing teams. The students will learn to edit academic texts in English.

Learning outcomes

Further information

Studies that include this course

Completion option 1

Participation in teaching

Lectures (English)

20.11.2023 – 27.11.2023