[CvGmt News] Fwd: [Docenti] "Writing Scientific Articles in English"

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----- Forwarded message from Fabrizio Broglia <broglia at dm.unipi.it> -----
    Date: Fri, 7 May 2004 13:13:40 +0200 (CEST)
    From: Fabrizio Broglia <broglia at dm.unipi.it>
Reply-To: Fabrizio Broglia <broglia at dm.unipi.it>
 Subject: [Docenti] "Writing Scientific Articles in English" 
      To: dottorandi at dm.unipi.it, docenti at dm.unipi.it, doc_dma at ing.unipi.it

Il dott. Adrian Wallwork terra' un  corso  di 5  lezioni   
sul tema 

              Writing Scientific Articles in English

e di cui  accludo il programma in fondo al mail.


Il primo seminario si terra' nell' Aula Magna del Dipartimento di  
Matematica 
    
                 lunedi' 17 p.v.  dalle 17 alle 19. 

Gli altri quattro seminari sono programmati per i lunedi' successivi alla 
stessa ora, ma durante il primo incontro potra' essere discusso un orario 
alternativo se qualcuno degli interessati lo proporra'.


I seminari sono organizzati dalla Scuola "Galilei" e destinati 
anzitutto ai dottorandi. Sono aperti ad altri (docenti, ricercatori, 
assegnisti, borsisti) interessati con l'intesa che se sorgessero 
conflitti di spazio (l'Aula Magna del Dipartimento di  Matematica ha un 
centinaio di posti) la precedenza debba essere dei dottorandi.


Cordiali saluti
Fabrizio Broglia



                          +++++++++++++
                          + PROGRAMMA +
                          +++++++++++++

The course will cover both scientific writing and related correspondence 
with editors and referees. There will be a total of 10 hours divided into 
five 2-hour seminars (extra seminars can be organized if necessary). 
The sessions will be as interactive as possible in order to give participants 
some practical experience. 
All the seminars should be of interest to Phd students; and Seminars 2-5 
should also be of interest to other researchers, lecturers, and professors.

Seminar 1
Introduction: How different are English and Italian?
Writing style 1: choosing the right title, structuring the paper (Abstract, 
Introduction etc); use of numbers, bullets, captions, references etc)
Grammar 1: tenses used in various parts of the paper (ie use of present 
simple, past simple and present perfect)

Seminar 2
Writing style 2: word order, avoiding ambiguity, punctuation (eg semicolon 
vs full stop)
Grammar 2: active vs passive, modals (eg can vs may), the gerund, 
the infinitive, that vs which

Seminar 3
Writing style 3: being concise and avoiding redundancy, linking sentences, 
English preference for verbs rather than nouns
Grammar: definite article, determiners, countable vs uncountable,
prepositions, comparisons
Vocabulary: typical mistakes (eg like vs as, consistent vs substantial, 
also vs too)

Seminar 4
Grammar and vocabulary: any questions left over from previous workshops
Analysis of a complete paper

Seminar 5
Correspondence: emails, letters to the editor, reporting changes made 
after referee’s reports etc.
Short written test on all aspects covered in the seminars.
Correction of test.



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