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GSH Soft Skills | Überfachliche Kompetenzen

Academic English Writing

Mittwoch, 28.02.2018 - Mittwoch, 23.05.2018

Dr. Orsolya Sérkedi, 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. Orsolya Sérkedi, Academic English Services, Universität Bern
Datum: 28.02.2018 - 23.05.2018
Uhrzeit: 14:15 - 17:30 Uhr
Ort: Seminarraum F-114
Unitobler
Lerchenweg 36
3012 Bern
Merkmale: Öffentlich
kostenlos

Content

This course aims to help students identify in what respects their writing needs improvement and to give them the opportunity to practice these aspects. To achieve these goals, we will identify and study a range of stylistic features, discuss matters of grammar and vocabulary, and practice writing diverse text types. Course participants will receive regular and individual feedback on their writing.

Dr. Orsolya Serkédi, Academic English Services, Universität Bern

Orsolya Serkédi is a lecturer in Academic English at the Academic English Services at the University of Bern. She received her summa cum laude PhD in Italian Studies at Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary in 2015. Her English-language dissertation focused on the elements of fine arts in Pier Paolo Pasolini’s cinema. In addition to Italian, she studied English Linguistics and Literature; she completed teacher training at her host university and International House, a Cambridge Assessment centre. Before moving to Switzerland, she taught Academic English at Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest and the University of Birmingham, UK.

Schedule

     Date    Focus    Further Topics    Homework
 1 February 28
Practical academic genres:
the CV and the cover letter
Introduction
Sentence structure in English
Formal writing
A cover letter or a CV
 2 March 7
Project proposals
The writing process
Planning and managing the writing process
The sequence of writing
The writing context
Picking the right journal
A significance statement
Finding model texts
Maintaining a research
diary for two weeks
 3 March 21
Paragraph structure Topic progression
Cohesion
Linking devices
A structured paragraph
 4  April 11
 Definitions Article usage
Relative clauses
False friends
An extended definition
 5 April 25
Literature review Integrating sources
Citation systems
Reporting verbs
A literature review or a paragraph with integrated sources
 6 May 9
Introductions
Conclusions
Emphasis
Hedging
An introduction or a conclusion
 7 May 23
Titles
Abstracts
Self-editing your text
Punctuation
An abstract