Course "Self-Editing: How to Become Happy with What You Write" (online)
Self-Editing: How to Become Happy with What You Write is a highly interactive and practical course, which aims to equip participants with self-editing strategies that they can apply for making their texts more readable. In the course, participants will explore the ways to edit their written texts for clarity and logic as well as proofread them for mistakes and typos. Participants will also examine common reviewers’ comments on research articles submitted to international peer-reviewed journals. This will enable participants to understand what aspects of the language and argumentation to carefully look at while self-editing their research writing. The course will suit everyone who is writing for publication in English.
NB: Participants are required to have a piece of text (2-3 pages long) to edit during the course.
Trainer: Natalia Ivanova-Slavianskaia, Ph.D., is an associate professor of Applied Linguistics and the author of courses in Academic Writing (Department of International Relations at SPBU, the Department of Foreign Languages at HSE). In 2018, Natalia completed a M.Sc. course in Applied Linguistics (Teaching English in University Settings) at Oxford University, having explored the problem of Russian learners’ self-regulating writing strategies as the topic of her dissertation. Since 2010, Natalia has been working as a speaking examiner for Cambridge Assessment.
Dates: November 14 - 28
Time: 17:30 - 19:00
Format: online
English level requirement: B2+
How do I get accepted? You should be a full-time employee from teaching or research staff at the HSE.
The course is offered on a competitive basis. Please, fill out an online registration form and write a motivation letter in English (about 300 words). It should specify your research field and include your experience of writing research papers in English. Please describe the difficulties you have faced when writing a research article and explain how new skills are relevant to your teaching and/or research career.
For more information on how to write a strong motivation letter, please read the AWC blog.