« Scientific writing skills – October 2018 » course

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Objectives:

  • Improve the accuracy and the scientific style written in English.
  • Promote your contribution to the literature in the “abstract” and the introduction of the article.

 

Program:

Morning

> The most frequent grammatical errors identified in scientific articles: explanations and training exercises;

> Characteristics of a good scientific style in English: brainstorming and examples;

> Writing an abstract:

– What is an abstract for? How to make it attractive?

– The structure of an abstract;

– Differentiate and value his contribution to the literature;

– Reading of some authentic abstracts written by scientists of various disciplines and analysis of their structure;

– Identify areas for improvement in one’s own abstract: practical exercise.

 

Afternoon

> “Peer feedback” on abstracts (highlighting his research …);

> Strategy to develop scientific style and vocabulary through active reading;

> Creation of a personalized “database”;

> Writing the introduction:

– Techniques for getting started: examples;

– Different possible structures for introduction;

– Reading and analysis of some extracts of introduction;

– How to cite the literature and locate its research;

– Exercise of application: improvement of its introduction according to the presented points.

 

Prerequisites:

> BEFORE THE TRAINING: Send an email to anne.roulin@psl.eu with your abstract and introduction of your article (for rereading and corrections by the teacher).

> DAY OF TRAINING: Bring your abstract and introduction to your article.

ATTENTION: the training is entirely in ENGLISH