• Language features in English academic writing
• The structural features of English research papers
• Adapting one's writing to "journalese"
• General English features of relevance
• Exercises and discussions during sessions
• Workshop (discussing papers and abstracts provided by the participants)

ATTENTION: THIS CLASS WILL BE MAINLY HELD IN ENGLISH AND FOCUSES ON 'ACADEMIC WRITING IN ENGLISH'. HOWEVER, BASIC PRINCIPLES OF WRITING ACADEMIC PAPERS IN GERMAN WILL ALSO BE DEALT WITH.

• To help students acquire the writing skills required for drafting doctoral dissertations and academic papers in English
• To sensitize students to contrastive differences between German and English
• To assist students in adapting their writing to internationally accepted standards necessary for publishing papers in high-level academic journals

Attendance compulsory, more than two absences (for valid reasons) to be cleared with instructor

• Active participation in class (exercises and discussions) (30%)
• Home assignments (10%)
• Two written abstracts of doctoral dissertation (draft and revised) (10%)
• Final test (50%)

In case an alternative format for this class is adopted, assessment will be adapted accordingly

For office hours please refer to the homepage of the Institute for English Business Communication: https://www.wu.ac.at/en/ebc/contact/