Academic Writing for Research Papers (English)

Writing academic texts in English

How can the academic style and readability of a research paper be improved?

Topics such as sentence structure, academic style, and readability in the English language are carefully explained and illustrated using many examples. The most common mistakes that lead to the poor grading of a text are presented in detail and appropriate solutions are given.

Writing is an art form in any language and in this course, the participant will be introduced to the English academic style.

  • Objectives

    Develop the ability to:

    • Critically evaluate academic texts
    • Use source material strategically and with academic integrity
    • Successfully write, proofread and edit a research paper

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Course Syllabus:

Units 1-5

  • - What is academic style and what are its general characteristics?
  • - Types of academic purposes
  • - What is a discourse community and what does membership in such a community mean and require?
  • - Asserting a knowledge claim: The backbone of an academic argument
  • - Finding your core argument and writing introductions (CARS: Creating a Research Space)

Units 6-10

    • - Positioning yourself in a discourse
    • - Audience and purpose
    • - Organization:
    • - Presenting problems and solutions
    • - Comparison-contrast
    •        - Cause and effect
    •        - Classification
    • - Style, flow and major sentence-level issues
    • - Presentation
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    Units 11-15

    • - Strategies for information flow: General-specific and specific-general
    • - Writing critiques: Reading for writing
    • - Citations
    • - Data commentaries and writing summaries
    • - Editing: Conciseness, ambiguity and redundancy, achieving emphasis, and increasing interest
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