Course de­scrip­tion

Dates

Tuesdays, 13:15–14:45 h (from 15.10.2024 to 28.01.2025)             

Location

In-person course

Target group

All employees who already have at least a B2/C1 level of English and would like to improve or perfect their academic writing skills.

Contents

What are the most common culprits of ineffective or faulty sentences? Would you like to be more proficient at identifying and correcting these issues in your writing?

This course assists graduate students and scholars from all academic disciplines tin communicating clearly, concisely, and coherently. Through practical exercises and short writing tasks, you will apply concepts covered during the sessions and hone your detective and editing skills. Additionally, you will receive personalised coaching and feedback on your writing from a native English speaker. The course content will be tailored to the participants’ needs and may include the following topics:

• writing clearly and concisely;

• conveying ideas effectively to facilitate understanding;

• avoiding common grammatical and word usage errors;

• revising your writing.

Number of participants

max. 12 participants

Trainer

Dr. Pamela Heidi Douglas

Trainer´s background

Pamela Heidi Douglas is a lecturer at Paderborn University and a native English speaker. Originally from Canada, she has studied and taught English in countries across Europe, North America, and Africa. After completing her Ph.D. at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Heidi began teaching English courses at Paderborn University in 2018. She also has over ten years of experience as a proofreader and editor of academic manuscripts and texts.

Notes

The seminar is designed as a face-to-face seminar. You will be informed of the room with the invitation.

To find out your language level according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR), you can take the following online tests: British Council Placement Test or Cambridge General English Test.

Registration deadline

30.09.2024

On the registration deadline, we will decide whether an event can take place based on the number of registrations. Therefore, please register promptly if you are interested. The more registrations we receive, the more certain we can hold the event. Late registrations will be accepted if there are still places available.