The workshop aims at improving non-native English speakers' academic writing skills by highlighting typical features and composing elements commonly applied by native speakers of English. Participants will be equipped with a corresponding workbook, a broad variety of helpful techniques, and they will have ample opportunity to ask individual questions and receive immediate feedback on their own writing.
Characteristic features of English and word(type) choices in English academic texts
Pitfalls that non-native speakers of English are vulnerable to when writing in English and
strategies to avoid them
How to develop a more fluent and lively style of writing
Resources, aids, and, strategies to help improve your writing on your own and techniques for enlarging and retaining your vocabulary
Selected punctuation issues
Feedback on papers participants turn in
Amble room for questions and discussion
Dates
The workshop will take place online on 10 November (input session) and 8 December 2020 (editing and feedback session).
About the trainer
Kimberly Crow is German-American and was educated bilingually in both the US and Germany. After completing her university degrees in sociology, psychology, and social psychology, she worked as a social scientist and earned her PhD in political science. Since 2003 she has been coaching junior and senior researches from many different disciplines on how to improve their English academic writing and presentation skills. She is also an experienced academic editor and the author of numerous books on (academic) communication skills.
