Course description

At some point in your career as a PhD student, you will be expected to publish your research in scientific journals, and this will have to be done in a clear, concise and reader-friendly manner. This short course will introduce you to writing coherent, cohesive and well-structured academic texts. Participants of this course are expected to have a sufficient level of English Proficiency (B2/C1 level).

Workshop 1: Introduction to paragraphs and sentence functions, including topic sentences.

• What is a paragraph? Why do we use them? How long should they be?
• How are they organized? Do sentences have particular functions in paragraphs? What are they?
• What is a topic sentence?
• Paragraph levels
• Using reporting verbs
• Expressing the core of the message through sentence structure.

Workshop 2: Paragraph coherence

• Creating a story line
• Linking words, transitional phrases, transitional sentences
• Types of evidence
• Using repetition
• Using parallel structures
• Emphasis

Workshop 3: Types of paragraphs and how to organize them

• Descriptive & process
• Argumentative
• Comparison & contrast
• Problem & solution

ECTS

0.5

Available methods of payment

• Projectcode (e.g. ITB)
• Payment by money transfer