SciWri

Target Group:

scholars and scientists who publish and write reports and articles in English and would like to improve their written English.

Objectives:

• Improving written expression in English;
• easing the writing process by addressing common areas of difficulty.

Content:

• Identifying and practicing common phrases and terms used in scientific writing;
• common errors' correction;
• working with texts from participants.
• Recommended literature: Writing Scientific English A Workbook by Tim SkernISBN 978-3-8252-3619-9

Methods:

Error analysis, Hand-outs, Group reflection, Peer review

Termin und Ort:

Termin: Di 29. Oktober und Do 21. November 2013, von 10 - 13 Uhr oder Mi 27. November 2013, von 10 - 13 Uhr Ort am 29.10 und 21.11: Seminarraum 07, Franz Schwackhöfer-Haus, Peter Jordan Str. 82, 1190 Wien Ort am 27.11: Seminarraum IVFL, Wilhelm-Exner-Haus, Peter Jordan Str. 82, 2.OG, 1190 Wien Gruppengröße: min. 6 - max. 8 TeilnehmerInnen

Anmeldung und Kostenbeitrag:

Anmeldeschluss: 15.10.2013 Anmeldung ausschließlich über das Anmeldeformular. Der Kostenbeitrag für diesen Workshop beträgt 40 €.

ReferentIn:

Mag. Swantje Cooper grew up in Austria and Turkey, studied in Austria and the U.S. 1992 graduation Mag. phil. English/ Spanish Interpreting. Project management for EU projects in the area of mobility management. Translator and interpreter. Adult education trainer since 1998, lecturer at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences in Vienna since 2002.Creative training. Spiritual caregiving.