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GSH Soft Skills | Überfachliche Kompetenzen

Academic English Writing

Mittwoch, 16.03.2016 - Mittwoch, 25.05.2016

Dr. Réka Mihálka, Academic English Services, Universität Bern

Diese von der Graduate School of the Humanities am Walter Benjamin Kolleg organisierten Kurse zur Aneignung überfachlicher akademischer und berufsvorbereitender Kompetenzen stehen prioritär allen Doktorierenden der GSH offen. Freie Plätze können je nach Anmeldeeingang an weitere Doktorierende, MA-Studierende, Postdocs und externe Interessierte vergeben werden.

Veranstaltende: Graduate School of the Humanities | Walter Benjamin Kolleg
Redner, Rednerin: Dr. Réka Mihálka, Academic English Services, Universität Bern
Datum: 16.03.2016 - 25.05.2016
Uhrzeit: 14:15 - 17:15 Uhr
Ort: t.b.a.
Unitobler
Lerchenweg 36
3012 Bern
Merkmale: Öffentlich
kostenlos

Datum: siehe Tabelle
ECTS: 2

This course aims to help doctoral students identify in what respects their academic writing needs improvement, and to give them the opportunity to practice these aspects. In order to achieve these goals, we will rely on model texts to identify certain stylistic features, will discuss matters of grammar and vocabulary, and have practice in diverse text types. Course participants will receive regular and individual feedback on their writing.

Dr. Réka Mihálka, Academic English Services, Universität Bern

Réka Mihálka is a lecturer in Academic English at the Academic English Services at the University of Bern. She received her summa cum laude PhD in English Literature at Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary in 2011. Beforehand, she held fellowships at Kyoto University, Japan; Birkbeck College, University of London, UK; the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium; and New York University, the USA. She has been living in Switzerland for more than three years.

Provisional course outline

     Date    Focus    Topics     Homework
 1 March 2
The practical aspects of academic life: the CV, cover letters, project proposals, official letters
Introduction
Sentence structure in English Formal writing
Model texts for articles
A cover letter or a project proposal
Finding a model text
 2 March 16
Writing for journals vs. writing a thesis Planning and managing the writing process
The sequence of writing
The writing context
Picking the right journal
To maintain a research diary for two weeks
 3 March 30
Paragraph structure Topic progression
Cohesion
Linking devices
A structured paragraph
 4 April 13
Definitions
Concise and extended definitions
False friends
An extended definition
 5 April 27
Literature review Integrating sources
Citation systems
Reporting verbs
Stance
A literature review or a paragraph with integrated sources
 6 May 11
Introductions
Conclusions
Emphasis
Hedging
An introduction or a conclusion
 7 May 25 Titles
Abstracts
Self-editing your text
Punctuation
An abstract