About this course: Scholarly Communication is a concise but comprehensive course on how to write research papers in English. The course will help the candidates gain a better understanding of the rhetorical conventions of English and the common challenges the candidates may face as an academic writer. The course provides instruction, exercises, structure, and deadlines needed to create a publishable paper. The aim of the course is to improve competence in scholarly communications by deepening knowledge of the core features of the scientific writing style. It presents and analyzes the unwritten rules of scientific writing, the ones candidates most likely never learned in academic writing. The course will enable the candidates to write clear, detailed and well-structured scientific texts appropriate to a suitable academic journal. In particular, they will develop an awareness of fundamental concepts of academic writing, such as contrastive rhetoric, logical organization, and argumentation. In addition, they will develop skills for self-editing and revision techniques, including editing for precision and clarity. They will also gain a deeper understanding of how to prepare a scientific paper using the IMRAD format. Finally, the candidates will develop an enhanced understanding of the concept of academic integrity and the ethics of scientific writing. The candidates will be able to overcome anxiety about academic publishing and get their research papers published in international journals.
Taught by: Elena Bazanova, Director of the Language Training and Testing Center
Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology
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Course 2 of 5 in the
English for Research Publication Purposes Specialization.
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| Level | Intermediate |
| Commitment | 4 weeks, 3 - 4 hours per week |
| Language | English |
| How To Pass | Pass all graded assignments to complete the course. |
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Excelente curso, las explicaciones fueron muy claras.
Very clear and informative.
My name is Anna Beatris and I am a postgraduate student at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics.
The course is hugely important. In particular, I liked the peer-review assignment. Having someone else read my work really helped me a lot. If nothing else, it gave me a break to refresh my mind before I came back for more editing.
More specifically, participating in peer review has helped me:
· Learn how to read carefully, with attention to the details of a piece of writing;
· Learn how to strengthen my writing by taking into account the responses of actual readers;
· Make the transition from writing primarily for myself or for an instructor to writing for a broader audience.
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Brilliant course