Academic Writing Skills
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Academic Writing Skills
vorl. Programm, Stand: 11.2.09 Academic Writing Skills Getting your papers accepted 9 to 10 March 2009 Bonn, Universitätsclub Konviktstraße 9, Tel. 0228 – 72 96 0 Das Programm der Veranstaltung wird aus Zuwendungen des BMBF finanziert. Durchführung und Organisation „Internationale DAAD-Akademie“ (IDA) Barbara Boecker DAAD, Kennedyallee 50, 53175 Bonn Tel.: 0228-882 672 [email protected] - in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Universitätsclub Bonn Dozentin Anne Wegner, i p e l s, Bad Honnef Anne Wegner, gebürtige Engländerin, arbeitete nach ihrem Studium an der Loughborough University of Technology in den Bereichen Arbeitswissenschaft, Datenbankbetreuung und Beantragung/Durchführung europäischer Projekte. Ihr beruflicher Werdegang, der unter anderem Tätigkeiten als Übersetzerin und als "Teacher of English as a Foreign Language“ (TEFL) einschließt, führte sie von England nach Belgien, in die Niederlande, Frankreich und Deutschland. Anne Wegner besitzt theoretische und praktische Zusatzqualifikationen im Bereich des interkulturellen Trainings sowie des Konfliktmanagements bei der transnationalen Zusammenarbeit. Ihre jahrzehntelangen Erfahrungen als Weiterbildungstrainerin führten 2004 zur Gründung von IPELS. Sie ist Mitglied der Society for Intercultural Education, Training and Research, sowie des Interculture Network der Universität Jena. Anne Wegner führt Businesscoaching im Interkulturell- und Sprachenbereich durch und arbeitet als Lehrbeauftragte sowohl an der Universität Bonn als auch an der Internationalen Fachhochschule in Bad Honnef. Anne Wegner, ipels - intercultural projects and english language support 2 Information about the seminar “Academic Writing Skills“ and Seminar programme Target group Post graduates who are preparing to publish English language papers. Aim The advancement of an academic career often involves submitting papers in English. This course, led by a native speaker, is aimed at post graduates who intend to hand in papers for publications or conferences in English. Success is not only a matter of good translation skills. There are stylistic differences when presenting ideas in English, particularly in written form. The seminar will help you to recognise some of the basic differences and to get your papers accepted. It is held entirely in English. Methods Using written papers from the participants and native speaker papers from relevant journals, the trainer will show participants some of the mistakes that are often made when writing academic papers in English and give them the opportunity to discuss how to improve their own writing skills. The workshop contains general practice on improving English, examples of support available from the Internet and specific information about individual weaknesses. Monday, March 9th 2009 Content Presenter Information Welcome DAAD Introductions Trainer, Participants Participants and trainer will introduce each other and the areas of scientific interest 2.15 pm Presentation on general difficulties of German speakers when writing academic English Trainer The papers previously given in for review will be used as the basis for an analysis and discussion of the structure and grammatical devises in native speaker papers 3.00 pm 2.00 pm Break Specific English information Time 4.00 pm Trainer Some of the more difficult points of English in academic essays will be reviewed 3 4.15 pm Content Presenter Information Time Review of native speaker papers Participants Participants will use native speaker papers they have brought with them to assess various aspects discussed before the break. They can also correct the papers they handed in themselves on the basis of the information provided 5.00 pm End of 1st day 5.45 pm Optional: informal get together Tuesday, March 10th 2009 Content Presenter Information Time Useful websites Participants Information on Websites providing support in writing English and how to use them 8.30 am Correction of individual essays Participants Participants receive the papers 9.30 am they handed in with corrections and can discuss with the trainer Break 10.45 am Punctuation Trainer, participants Feedback Participants Trainer presents information about English punctuation rules and provides worksheets 12.00 am End of seminar o 11.15 am 12.30 pm N.B. Depending on the number and requirements of the participants the content and timing of the seminar can vary considerably. 4