RESULT
This three hour interactive workshop enables you to edit a piece of writing to improve its academic tone. Through peer review, you practice editing a real text following guidance from the teacher and receive an improved version of your own text.
Items covered include: vocabulary, grammar and voice
CONTENT
- Vocabulary
- Identify vague vocabulary and make it more precise
- When and how to use technical terms
- When and how to use general academic vocabulary
- Grammar
- General principles of sentence structure
- Achieving clarity and concision at sentence level
- Voice
- When and how to use active and passive voice
- When and how to use personal pronouns
DURATION AND TIME INVESTMENT
One three hour workshop plus approximately 30 mins of preparation work