Freie Plätze:
Building Texts
Good writing is not only a question of mastering English grammar and vocabulary, but also a matter of linking ideas, developing arguments, and helping readers follow them. This workshop addresses the linguistic tools necessary to build English texts that are both clear and persuasive.
Target Group
The workshop is for faculty who wish to improve the clarity and persuasiveness of their academic texts.
Workshop Goals
The aim of this four-hour workshop is to introduce participants to the most important tools for building good English texts.
Workshop Content
On the basis of authentic examples, we are going to discuss issues such as the following:
- Key properties of English texts: linearity, cohesion, explicit structure, clarity
- How is textual cohesion achieved?
- What makes texts rhetorically effective?
- How can punctuation help to make texts more readable?
Location, Date and Time
Wednesday, 26 March 2014, 9.30 am - 1.30 pm
All registered participants will be informed of the location by email one week before the event.
Fees and Registration
This workshop is open to a limited number of participants. The registration deadline is 12 March 2014.
Please note that you should notify us before the registration deadline if you are unable to attend the workshop. Otherwise the full fee will be charged.
Please let the Personnel Development and Planning Office know if you will not be attending. There are often waiting lists for the workshops, and this will give one of your colleagues the chance to attend. In addition, if we can fill the vacancy with someone from the waiting list, no cancellation charges will apply for you.
To sign up for this workshop, please click "Register" at the bottom of this page. For any further information please contact Birgit Amon (birgit.amon@wu.ac.at, DW 4448).
The course fee is €10.
Trainer
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Prof. Dr. Gerlinde Mautner
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