Workshop "Paraphrasing and Storytelling in Academic Writing"

As a researcher, you are supposed to be a professional writer. Successful writing encompasses a number of useful techniques and strategies. Among them is paraphrasing, which helps to avoid overquoting and, thus, plagiarism. In this workshop, we are going to discuss the difference between paraphrasing and summarising, touch upon a range of paraphrasing strategies, and do a series of exercises to practise paraphrasing. In the second part of the workshop, we will be talking about a storytelling technique in academic papers, using the principles of story structure and embedding them into your academic paper. We welcome those who would like to improve academic writing skills.

Irina Malinina has been teaching English for 25 years in different contexts. Currently, she is an educational consultant, assisting state and private schools on syllabus design. She has got Cambridge Delta and is doing her MA in English Literature at Northumbria University. She also has Writing Fiction diploma from Norwich Writers’ Centre and University of East Anglia (2017).

Working language: English
Time: 24 September 2019, 5 p.m. - 8 p.m.
Location: 11 Pokrovsky Boulevard, Room K 416