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
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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
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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
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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.
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