Academic Writing II | Doctoral Program - Information Engineering and Computer Science

Year:

2024

Credits:

3.00

Duration:

Objectives

The course aims to revise and extend students’ ability to use the language and writing skills introduced in the Academic Writing for the Sciences and Engineering course, and to provide support in improving a text they are currently writing, focusing on accuracy and clarity. Particular attention is given to the writing of a literature review.

NB: the completion of this course DOES NOT give any credits

Prerequisite

Open to students who have completed Academic Writing for the Sciences and Engineering

Program

The course will revise particular problem areas of grammar such as • Topic – stress positions in a sentence • Use of articles • Position of adverbs • Tenses • Participle clauses • Noun phrases – choosing between compound nouns, gerunds, ‘the – of’, genitive structures • Relative clauses and reduced relative clauses A substantial part of the course is devoted to language issues arising from students’ texts and to consolidating strategies for editing one’s one work.

Schedule:

Course	Period	Schedule	Site	Enrolment dates
Session 2 (course n. 4385)	08/01-14/02/2024	Mon 11 a.m. – 12.30 p.m. Wed 11 a.m. – 12.30 p.m	Sala Seminari, Povo 2	From 11 to 15 December 2023

Next course Sept-Oct 2024 (timetable available late Aug-early Sept)

HOW TO ENROLL:
Students must register online at https://cialsrv.unitn.it/cialweb/web-site/index.jsp from 10 a.m. on the first day of enrolment and enter their UniTn login details. NB: Registration opens at 10 a.m. Places are limited and the courses are in high demand.

During the online enrolment process you will read that you have to pay 50 euros. Please ignore this as the course is free and confirm your online enrolment. CLA will then change the wording to "free".