Academic Writing in English for (PhD) Researchers
The purpose of the course is to provide you with the writing skills to improve your ability to communicate ideas and findings in written English within the prescribed forms of academic and professional writing.
The lesson format is a combination of interactive seminars and individual coaching sessions. The seminars cover conventions of academic English as well as the writing skills and strategies necessary to create clear logical flow.
During the course, you work on a text you would like to complete in the near future, e.g., an article, summary, proposal, or a section of a book or dissertation, so you have to be in the process of writing already.
The course is tailor-made to the needs of the participants. To this end, we use each other’s current texts-in-progress to identify individual strengths and weaknesses. This information is used for planning plenary sessions and to provide individual coaching and feedback.
Target group
Because this course has a major workshop component, it is meant for (PhD) researchers who are currently in the writing process of one or more publications. This course is not recommended for researchers who are primarily conducting research and are not in the process of writing. If the participant does not have a current text that they are writing, they are recommended to take the course at a later stage.
At the end of this course, you will be able to:
- Compose properly structured academic articles and long-form texts (article-based dissertation or monograph) for publication and/or submission for a Ph.D.;
- Recognize and remedy problems in your own articles and long-form texts with respect to paragraph writing, coherence and unity, advanced grammar use in writing and (academic) vocabulary;
- Distinguish between the different genres in academic writing (research-based and scholarly analysis) and apply the conventions of the relevant form in your own articles and Ph.D. dissertation;
- Recognize and remedy problems in your own articles and long-form texts with respect to logical argumentation and/or the discussion of evidence;
- Properly apply the reference style used in your field;
- Effectively proofread your own texts and incorporate feedback from your peers, teacher and dissertation supervisor into your own text.
This course is meant for all (PhD) researchers, regardless of your current level. We do recommend you have at least a C1 level as demonstrated in the English Assessment.
Specifics
- The plenary sessions will be held on campus. Individual coaching sessions can be done on campus or online.
- 80% attendance is required. Lessons are not recorded for later viewing.
- The language of instruction in the course is English.
- The Language Center reserves the right to cancel the course should enrollment numbers prove to be insufficient.
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Staff members at Tilburg University
- Tilburg University employees can take this language course at a reduced rate. The costs can be paid by yourself or by your employer. Please indicate this on the registration form.
- Registration is possible from the moment the timetable for the course is available.
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Alumnus of Tilburg University
- Tilburg University alumni can take this language course at a reduced rate. The costs can be paid by yourself or by your employer. Please indicate this on the registration form.
- Registration is possible from the moment the timetable for the course is available.
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External participant
- Professionals from outside Tilburg University can take this language. The costs can be paid by yourself or by your employer. Please indicate this on the registration form.
- Registration is possible from the moment the timetable for the course is available.
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Read our conditions before registration.