Thesis Writing Workshop
(For Arts, Business Administration, Education, Law & Social Science) Speaker
Ms Pauline Tam
Instructor, English Language Teaching Unit
Designed for
Postgraduate students in Arts, Business Administration, Education, Law & Social Science who are in the process of writing their theses. Students can enroll only if they have at least a research proposal already prepared and normally are in their second or later years of their graduate degree programmes.
Objectives & Description
At the end of the workshop, participants should be able to:
1. Describe the basic structure and function of different chapters of a thesis
2. Summarize, paraphrase and quote in the correct academic style
3. Adopt a formal style and tone in academic writing
4. Apply a variety of strategies for improving lexis, sentence complexity, and grammar accuracy
5. Apply a variety of strategies and editing techniques for clear and concise writing
6. Analyse and critque samples of published academic writing
7. Use references and resources on the CUForum for self-initiated web-based language learning
Structure
3-hour workshop
Schedule
Group 1
Group 2
Date
15 Oct 2011 (Sat)
Date
3 Dec 2011 (Sat)
Time
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Time
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Venue
Room 208, Lee Shau Kee Building (TCW)
Venue
Room 208, Lee Shau Kee Building (TCW)
Medium of Instruction: English
Remarks:
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