Academic Writing for Multilingual Graduate Students Workshop Series: Old to New Information Flow: 2024-09-27

Dates
Friday, September 27, 2024 - 1:30pm to 3:20pm
Location
Vancouver, Harbour Centre, Research Commons (RC), Room 7050.2

This workshop is in the past and registrations are unavailable.

Registration dates
closed Thursday, September 26, 2024 - 6:00am

All times are Pacific Time Zone (Vancouver, BC, Canada).

This bi-weekly workshop series (on Fridays) is designed for graduate international students with limited experience writing academic English, “proficient users” with a dominant language other than English, as well as students whose dominant language is English. It is equally concerned with developing academic writers as it is improving academic texts.  Register for sessions that you're interest in: 

This in-person bi-weekly workshop series is designed for multilingual graduate students with limited experience writing academic English, “proficient users” with a dominant language other than English, as well as students whose dominant language is English. It is equally concerned with developing academic writers as it is improving academic texts.  Register for sessions that you're interest in: 

Using the Field, Tenor, and Mode Framework in Writing
Old to New Information Flow;
Paragraph Patterns;
Controlling the Theme;
Writing Problem Solution Text;
Constructing Effective Introductions and Conclusions

 Textbooks

  • Swales, J. M., & Feak, C. B. (2021). Academic writing for graduate students: Essential tasks and skills (4th ed.). University of Michigan Press. 
    Note: A PDF will be distributed to all participants during the first session.
     
  • Caplan, N. (2020). Grammar choices for academic and professional writers. University of Michigan Press.
    Note: Optional textbook, available at Belzberg Library.

 

About the workshop

Old to New Information Flow

In this session, you will learn about Thematic Progression, a powerful strategy for organizing your text by effectively managing the flow of information from old to new. This approach helps guide readers through your writing by establishing clear, logical connections between ideas. We will explore how to implement this strategy to enhance the coherence and readability of your work, ensuring that each new piece of information builds smoothly on what has come before. Through practical exercises, you’ll develop skills to create well-structured and engaging content that maintains reader interest and supports your arguments effectively.

 

Facilitator(s)
Tim Mossman
Audience
Category
Vancouver Research Commons Room 7050

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