Objectives:
The objectives of this session are:
- To review and discuss the principles of clear writing
- To compare and analyse different types of academic abstracts
- To be able to write own abstract and to give constructive criticism to peers
- To review how to conduct assignments following the principles of good scientific practice (ethics & plagiarism)
What to do:
- Attend the contact teaching session (2 hours)
- Assignment: abstract
Course materials:
Extra materials:
- UEF Electronic plagiarism detection tool (Turnitin)
- Beware of nominalizations (AKA zombie nouns) -Helen Sword [Video]
- Academic Writing in English (Norris, 2016) [PDF]