Academic Writing in English (One-Day Workshop)

German and English exhibit many differences in terms of vocabulary, spelling, grammar, phrasing, and other areas. The workshop focuses on students’ ability to appropriately express their technical competencies into written language. How can one’s own writing be used for critical thinking, and how can it be steered towards a goal, fitting for the writing conventions of a given specialist community?

To ensure that all participants can work and learn on the same level, a command of English at about the B2 stage of language proficiency is required.

Contents

• Planning and realisation of scientific texts
• Development of writing- and structuring techniques
• Improvement of expressive abilities in writing
• Practicing of writing competence
• Areas of scientific writing competence
• Processing of scientific questions
• Classification and presentation of discourses
• Presentation and contemplation of research methods
• Norms and technical basics in writing

Focal points

• Steps towards text production
• Planning and structuring
• Scientific method: characteristics
• Modelling of writing processes
• Development of scientific questions
• Use of footnotes
• Dealing with difficulties
• Criteria of evaluation

Methods

• Practical exercises
• Discussion of examples
• Examination of individual problems

Duration

• Eight units of 45 minutes
• 09:00 am – 12:30 pm | 01:30 pm – 5:00 pm

Dates

One-day workshops throughout the semester. Every Saturday

Costs

100,00 EUR

Online or on site in Munich

Tel. 089 – 54807720