English: Culture & Writing
This workshop will focus on how different learning styles and cultural patterns can influence students’ English academic writing. We will draw on current research findings and assist students in adapting to the expected English model in Engineering.
- NB. Please read ATTENDANCE section below before signing up for this course.
- Non-native MPhil by Research and PhD students plus Postdocs from the Department of Engineering ONLY
- No other students, members of staff or visiting scholars are eligible for this course. If you are not eligible, please do not sign up, as your name will be deleted from the list without further notice. Instead, please email Nicola Cavaleri (nch23@cam.ac.uk) to enquire about possible special arrangements.
- Further details regarding Engineering Language Unit's eligibility criteria are available
- Non-native MPhil by Research and PhD students plus Postdocs from the Department of Engineering ONLY
How learning styles & cultural patterns influence your English academic writing
If you sign up but cannot attend a workshop, your can remove your name from the list in advance. However, if your name appears on the register and you do not attend the workshop or provide a reason for not attending, your name may be removed from subsequent attendance lists without notice to make space for those on waiting lists.
One two hour session
Once a year
- English: Culture & Writing
- English: Grammar for Speaking & Writing: Articles
- English: How to write to help the reader: Language, structure and style
- English: How to read to improve your writing: Dissecting Models
- CLIC: Speaking skills: Practising your presentations in English
- CLIC: Speaking skills: Fluency and Appropriacy
- CLIC: Speaking skills: Pronunciation Skills
- CLIC: Core skills: Supervisor/Student Communication
- English: Writing: Focus on sentence structure
- English: Writing: Achieving Synthesis 1
- English: Writing: Achieving Synthesis: Writing your best
- English: Writing for Engineers (Research students)
- English: Writing - Building on Your Academic Vocabulary
- English: Writing - Peer review, Feedback on your own work
- English: Writing - Editing and Proof-reading Tips and Strategies
- English: Writing: Avoiding Common Errors in your papers
- English: Writing: Vocabulary building
- English: Writing: Language for Emails and Letters
- English: Writing: The Basics of Writing: Your Strategy
- English: Writing - Grammar Surgery
- English: Writing: Grammar Surgery to Idenitify your Errors
- English: Writing: Poster presentations 2
- English: Writing: Prepositions
- English: ?Punctuate properly!
- English: Writing - Punctuation in Scientific Writing
- English: Writing: Refining your choice of academic language
- English: Writing: Summaries & Abstracts: How to write them
- English: Writing: Trouble-shooting
- English: Writing - Using sources in English
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