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Course information

Title: Academic Writing in English for Researchers´
Course number: 8915.22
Academic year: 2024-2025
ECTS: 3.00
Level: Ph.D.
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Prerequisites: Participants must hold a master’s degree. The course is for researchers engaged in research-related writing, regardless of research area: humanities, social or natural sciences. Prior to the course, participants submit samples of their own writing, which will be included in the course material.
Language of instruction: The course and instructional materials are in English.
Registration: The enrollment application form can be found on setur.fo. Course participants must hold a master's degree.
Beginning date: Wednesday, November 6, 2024
End date: Friday, November 8, 2024

Academic content

Purpose: The course aims to enhance participants’ ability to write academic research-related manuscripts effectively and comply with academic publishers’ quality criteria for linguistic style and content.
Learning outcomes: On completion of the course, students can demonstrate ability to: • Write in stylistically correct English for academic research-based writing • Analyse and revise an academic text in accordance with the conventions of academic writing • Use appropriate rhetorical and grammatical constructions in their writing • Participate in collaborative writing and editing by using constructive feedback techniques • Manage their writing process
Content: The course comprises the following topics: • Stylistic and structure-based conventions of each section of academic articles • Feedback on writing and for revising manuscripts • Style rules on grammar and vocabulary • Rhetorical tools for building argumentation • Approaches and strategies for managing a writing project
Learning and teaching approaches: The course includes lectures, group work, writing and feedback exercises and self-study. Students work on revising their own texts.

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