Academic Writing in English
Part 1
980031 TS 2019W
Vortragende der Germanistik:
8 and 22 January and 3 February 2020, 13:00-17:00
Berggasse 7, 1090 Vienna (SR 1, ground floor on 8 January and SR2, 2nd floor on 22 January and 3 February)
Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung
Scientific writing is a complex activity that involves skill, discipline and creativity, practice and intuition. This workshop focuses on the practical side of writing through analyzing text examples, writing exercises and revising your own texts. Part 1 focuses on correctness, clarity and coherence in academic texts. The seminar contents include:
- A functional perspective on language (language as resource)
- Dos and Don’ts, common mistakes
- Clear and succinct style: Sentence structure, Word choice (formality/informality)
- Useful academic phrases Structure (chapters, section, and paragraphs)
- Conjunctions (expression logical relations between content)
- Punctuation
- Use of the tenses in academic writing
- Defining scope, formulating research questions/aims + titles
- Perspective/Positioning
- Paraphrasing and summarizing
- To achieve correctness, clarity and coherence in academic texts
- To raise awareness of good practice with respect to both the writing process and the text as product
- To learn and practice writing techniques to improve efficiency and quality of both process and product
Vortragende der Germanistik:
8 and 22 January and 3 February 2020, 13:00-17:00
Berggasse 7, 1090 Vienna (SR 1, ground floor on 8 January and SR2, 2nd floor on 22 January and 3 February)
Abkürzungen: ÄdL: Ältere deutsche Sprache und Literatur – DaF/Z: Deutsch als Fremd- und Zweitsprache – FD: Fachdidaktik Deutsch – NdL: Neuere deutsche Literatur – SpraWi: Sprachwissenschaft