English Academic Writing for Doctoral Students

The lingua franca of science today is English and thus the advancement of an academic career usually involves submitting papers in English. This workshop is aimed at up-and-coming academics who are in the process of writing their dissertation in English or intend to hand in papers for conferences and publication.

Putting ideas on paper in English is not merely a matter of translation. There are profound stylistic differences when presenting ideas in English, particularly in written form.

Many Germans find that reading papers by English native speakers is often easier despite the language barrier. We will be looking closely at the reasons for this. It is certainly not a case of clarity at the expense of content.  There is also the issue of the choice of words beyond terminology. To demonstrate the importance of cultural style, we shall be studying texts from the academic world so that participants can fully grasp the differences and thus prepare themselves for the real event.

Please register until April 21rst, 2022 via gradnet@hs-merseburg.de. The number of participants is limited to a maximum of 12.

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Dr Sonja Price teaches Academic and Creative Writing as well as the more advanced English courses such as Cambridge Proficiency at Jena University, where she also worked as a research assistant at the Department of Intercultural Business Communication for five years. She has taught workshops at many universities in Germany including the LMU in Munich. She is the author of various academic papers and was also shortlisted for the Joan Hessayon Award for her novel ‘The Giants Look Down’.

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