English for Academic Writing Workshop












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            * English for Academic Writing
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            The 9-hour program will teach you how to plan, organize, and write clear, well-structured,

            texts for publication. Realistic communicative activities will help you present your ideas
            precision. The seminar is interactive and will include open discussion.


            The program is designed for PhD students, Lecturers, Researchers and Postdocs at high Uppe
            and Advanced levels, who need to improve their written English skills in an academic conte
            will be run as 3 closed workshops, online in the platform Zoom, as 3 x 3-hour sessions (2 

            with 15 minutes break between). Duly registered participants (in the Educational Portal) c
            Confirmation of Participation for more than half participation in the program (i.e., parti

            two out of three meetings). The seminar is interactive (online) and will include open disc
            functioning cameras and microphones for the meetings are necessary.


            1. WORKSHOP (April 22, 2024 14:00-17:00, online)
            We will look at what Academic English is and the structure of articles, focusing on abstra
            will explore the key points about abstracts, analyzing common errors and how to fix them. 

            to bring your own abstract - you will give and receive some feedback - and finally we will
            first rule of the comma.


            2. WORKSHOP (April 24, 2024 14:00-17:00, online)
            We will look at communicating with a non-expert and focus on introduction writing - lookin
            structuring and analyzing the language/sentence structuring. We will also explore signpost

            between sentences and paragraphs, being concise - reducing prepositional phrases and avoid
            Finally, we will look at the second and third rules of the comma.


            3. WORKSHOP (April 29, 2024 14:00-17:00, online)
            We will look at using plain English, how to write critically and use hedging. We will expl
            conclusion section, thinking about titles and wrap up by looking at some further, helpful 

            writing.



            Lecturer: Jason Hwang, B.Sc., BA, M.Ed.
            Jason holds an MA in Education (Applied Linguists - 2014), the Cambridge Delta (2010), and
            certificate (2005). He also obtained degrees in Biochemistry/Cell Biology and Theatre from

            of California, San Diego. He has taught at the Universities of Sheffield, Bristol, Edinbur
            SUCHDOL, the Technical University of Liberec, and the Universidad del Desarrollo in Chile,