After successfully completing this course you will be able to write a well-structured and coherent academic English text about the topic of your research, following the stylistic conventions of your discipline. Your writing will be relatively free of serious lexical and grammatical error which would have an adverse effect on the readability of the text. You will also have insight into your own strengths and weaknesses in grammatical terms, and how to go about resolving the weaknesses.
The course consists of 6 two-hour sessions spread over three weeks in September. The four grammar sessions will be part lecture, part seminar, covering the noun phrase, the verb phrase, punctuation and complex sentences. The two writing sessions will concentrate on structure, academic idiom, formality and coherence.
Each participant submits an existing research proposal at the beginning of the course, and will receive feedback on this text during the course. The final assessment consists of the reworked text. Participants will also be offered an individual tutorial of 45 minutes to wrap up the course, to be scheduled approximately three weeks after the end of the course, which will include advice on how best to tackle any major language problems.
For whom?
Dutch and English speaking PhD-students who want to improve their academic English, especially for their research proposal.
Teacher
Ursula Caci
The Bridging programme is organised by International Office, and is offered every year to starting PhD candidates to ease their transition into their PhD trajectories.
Credits: 3
Date
January/February 2023
Registration and contact information
Course registration is via International Office. For more information, please contact Regina van de Wall, r.c.g.vande.wall@student.vu.nl.