Scientific Communication in English: Focus on Educational Sciences, 5.0 credits

Entry requirements

Registration as a doctoral or master's student.

Learning outcomes

After completion of the course, students will have knowledge and skills in:

• Linguistic characteristics of scientific English.
• Planning scientific papers in academic English.
• Drafting scientific papers in academic English.
• Responding to article reviews in English.
• Delivering scientific presentations in English.
• Troubleshooting common obstacles in scientific English writing.

Contents

• Clarity, concision, and coherence.
• Readability measures.
• Active and passive voice.
• Mechanics of style.
• Redundancy and wordiness.
• Shifts in tense and narrative.
• Creativity and convention.
• Scientific manuscript organisation.
• Scientific manuscript components.
• Referencing systems.

Educational methods

Interactive seminars, group and peer discussions, and in-class student presentations.

Examination

Examination will take the form of in-class assignments, review of one’s own and others’ work, and an out-of-class written scientific manuscript.

Attendance at all sessions is compulsory.

Grades are Approved or Not approved.

Grading

Course literature

Required and recommended reading will be provided at the commencement of and during delivery of the course content.