Smart sentencing: Academic Writing with Style
Description
This workshop aims to help graduate students with grammatical and stylistic features of English sentences that are often challenging for academic writers. You will reflect on your own academic sentences and review English sentence types and clauses. You will also learn and practice 鈥淪mart Sentence鈥� strategies, adapted from the work of Helen Sword and others, to improve the structure and style of sentences in your papers. Using these strategies, you will be better able to transform unclear and convoluted sentences into ones that are not only grammatical, but precise, vigorous, and enjoyable to read.
Learning Objectives
Participants will:
鈥� Learn the 鈥渢opic and stress鈥� approach to sentence structure and style
鈥� Apply the 鈥淔labby or Fit?鈥� Test to their academic sentences
鈥� Learn Smart Sentencing strategies
鈥� Practice revising their work using the strategies discussed
鈥� Understand the 鈥渉ouse鈥� metaphor for sentence logic and clause combinations
Instructions
Have on hand a recent paper you have written or are in the process of writing (a draft is fine). Each part of the workshop will include applying the sentence strategies to your own writing. You may also have on hand a copy of a well-written published paper.
Facilitator
Ren茅e Lallier teaches academic writing to graduate and undergraduate students at the 不良研究所 Writing Centre. Ren茅e is a former CEGEP literature professor and has been an instructor with the MWC since 2014. Her current academic interests focus on helping emerging scholars write academic papers that are a pleasure rather than a chore to read.
Date, Time, & Location
This workshop will be offered online via Zoom on聽Friday, November 15 2024, 11:30 am to聽1:00 pm. You will receive the Zoom link in a confirmation email once you register.