Writing a scientific article
What will you learn?
You may not have any difficulty reading academic publications in English, but can you write articles with the same ease? Our specialized training course, ‘Writing a scientific article’, is specifically geared towards researchers. Upon completing the course, you will be better able to write texts that are publishable in the leading English-language journals within your field.
The language of tuition is English.
Who can participate?
The ‘Writing a scientific article’ course is intended for researchers who are non-native speakers of English and who are writing a PhD in English or preparing an article for publication in an English-language journal. We do not advise enrolling for this course unless you have some prior writing experience and have begun writing an article.
Programme
The course combines theory and practice with the focus on your own article. You will receive feedback on different areas of your article from the group trainer and the group participants (peer review). You should expect to spend between four and six hours on self-study per session. Topics that will be covered include:
- Different types of scientific texts and their specific textual features; the importance of the introduction and conclusion
- The main elements of scientific texts: summary/abstract; your research goals; clear, concise description of your research design and methods; list of works cited in your article
- Correct paragraph style in English
- Hot-button issues: How to express personal opinions? Should you use ‘we’ or ‘I’?
- Sentence structure: foregrounding and backgrounding, word order patterns, conditional clauses, definite and indefinite articles, adverbs, prepositional phrases and verb tenses.
Details
Course duration: | 8 sessions lasting 3 hours each |
Dates April 2012: | 18, 25 April |
Location: | VU University Amsterdam |
Contact: | Marja van den Hoorn |
Phone: | +31 (0) 20 598 64 20 |
E-mail: | |
Course fee: | €625 p.p. |
Register
You can register online by filling out this form. You will receive a confirmation by e-mail.
New dates
In 2012 the course Writing a scientific article will also start in summer and september. Precise dates to be announced. Be the first to find out about upcoming training dates by signing up for the alert!
