Passive vs. Active voice

ACADEMIC WRITING FOR PUBLISHING PURPOSES

Conceptual framework, course objectives & structure

Why write?

2

What does writing have to do with scholarship?

Writing and Publishing

When you publish, you are engaging in a conversation.

Common “slogans” in the academic world:

Publish or perish!What is not published does not exist!

To publish in English, means engaging in dialogue with the international community.

CriticalPragmaticApproach

“[It] encourages students to assess their options in particular situations rather than assuming they must fulfil expectations. After considering options, they may choose to carry out demands or challenge them.” (Benesch, 2001 as quoted in Harwood and Hadley, 2004)

Critical Pragmatic

(Flowerdew; Curry & Lillis;

Hanauer & Englander)

Pragmatic (Day & Gastel;

Cargill & O’Connor)

Goals of the course:▫ Capacitar a los participantes en el desarrollo de

habilidades de auto edición en inglés con miras a incrementar su confianza al preparar futuras publicaciones

▫ Revisar las convenciones gramaticales, sintácticas, de estilo y de estructura para artículos académicos en inglés

▫ Desarrollar un mejor entendimiento de la idiosincrasia anglosajona y de los criterios de selección de los comités editoriales de los journals

Conceptual framework

Academic Writing

For undergraduate and graduate

studies

For grant applications

For publications

Thesis writing

Conceptual frameworkEnglish as L2

Academic genre

Publishing culture

Workshop structureEnglish as L2

English Grammar for Academic Purposes

Academic genreAcademic Writing

Principles

Publishing culturePublishing Principles

Ciencias Biológicas, Químicas y de la Salud, Octubre 2015  Oct. 12 Oct. 13 Oct. 14 Oct. 15 Oct. 16      Katya Frank* & Sylvia Welke

9:00 – 10:15

Welcome (9:00-9:15)Fortaleciendo la imagen

internacional de la UNAM. Bases científicas

para publicaciones indizadas (9:15-9:45)Susana Kolb & Katya

Frank Conceptual framework and general overview of the course (9:45-10:15)

Susana Kolb

How to select a journal and measures

of journal influenceCarolyn Brown

The IMRAD structureWorkshop:

Academic Style for Introductions

Workshop:Academic Style for

Results

10:15 – 10:30 Break Break Break Break Break

10:30 – 11:45

What editors are looking for

Carolyn Brown

Workshop: How to select a journalCarolyn Brown,

Susana Kolb & Katya Frank

Workshop: The reverse outline

Workshop:Methods

Workshop: Discussion/Conclusion

 

11:45 – 12:00 Break Break Break Break Break

12:00-13:00

The publication processCarolyn Brown

Assisted ProgressCarolyn Brown,

Susana Kolb & Katya Frank

Assisted Progress Assisted Progress Assisted Progress

1:00 – 2:30 Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch

2:30 – 3:30Workshop:

Objective/hypothesisCarolyn Brown, Susana

Kolb & Katya Frank

Citations and ethics in publication

Carolyn BrownWorkshop: Outlining

your manuscriptWorkshop:

Academic Style for Methods

Workshop: Academic Style for

Discussion/Conclusion

3:30 – 4:30

Workshop: Writing the cover letter

Carolyn Brown, Susana Kolb & Katya

Frank

Workshop: Introductions

Workshop:Results

Guest lecture: “Experience as a journal

editor”Anne Grant

4:30 - 4:45 Break Break Break Break Break

4:45 – 6:00Assisted Progress

Carolyn Brown, Susana Kolb & Katya Frank

Assisted ProgressCarolyn Brown,

Susana Kolb & Katya Frank

Assisted Progress Assisted Progress Assisted Progress

Ciencias Biológicas, Químicas y de la Salud, Octubre 2015  Oct. 19 Oct. 20 Oct. 21 Oct. 22 Oct. 23 

Katya Frank* & Sylvia Welke Grammar: Vanessa Reyes (A), Sylvia Welke (B) & James Fouzie (C) // Assisted Progress: Vanessa, James, Sylvia, Karen, Susana and Katya

9:00 – 10:15 Common problems (IMRAD)

Workshop: Concise writing

Workshop: Word order

Workshop: Clauses and phrases

Workshop: Articles

10:15 – 10:30

Break Break Break Break Break

10:30 – 11:45

Workshop: Revisiting the writing

processWorkshop:

Paragraph writingWorkshop:

Sentence structuresWorkshop: Punctuation

Workshop: Prepositions

11:45 – 12:00

Break Break Break Break Break

12:00-13:00 Workshop: Abstracts

Workshop: Cohesive and

coherent writing

Workshop: Common sentence

problemsWorkshop: Verb tenses Assisted Progress

1:00 – 2:30 Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch

2:30 – 3:30Workshop: Paraphrasing,

summarizing and synthesizing

Assisted Progress Assisted ProgressWorkshop:

Gerunds and infinitives

Assisted Progress

3:30 – 4:30 Assisted Progress Common Problems (Academic Style)

Common problems (Grammar Review)

Workshop: Subject/Verb agreement

Common problems (Grammar Review)

4:30 - 4:45 Break Break Break Break Break

4:45 – 6:00 Assisted Progress Assisted Progress Assisted Progress Assisted ProgressCOURSE

EVALUATIONS, CLOSING CEREMONY

AND DIPLOMAS

Ciencias Biológicas, Químicas y de la Salud, Octubre 2015  Oct. 19 Oct. 20 Oct. 21 Oct. 22 Oct. 23 

Katya Frank* & Sylvia Welke Grammar: Vanessa Reyes (A), Sylvia Welke (B) & James Fouzie (C) // Assisted Progress: Vanessa, James, Sylvia, Karen, Susana and Katya

9:00 – 10:15 Common problems (IMRAD)

Workshop: Concise writing

Workshop: Academic vocabulary

and expressionsWorkshop:

Clauses and phrasesWorkshop:

Articles

10:15 – 10:30

Break Break Break Break Break

10:30 – 11:45

Workshop: Revisiting the writing

processWorkshop:

Paragraph writingWorkshop:

Sentence structuresWorkshop: Punctuation

Workshop: Prepositions

11:45 – 12:00

Break Break Break Break Break

12:00-13:00 Workshop: Abstracts

Workshop: Cohesive and

coherent writing

Workshop: Common sentence

problemsWorkshop: Verb tenses Assisted Progress

1:00 – 2:30 Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch

2:30 – 3:30Workshop: Paraphrasing,

summarizing and synthesizing

Assisted Progress Assisted ProgressWorkshop:

Gerunds and infinitives

Assisted Progress

3:30 – 4:30 Assisted Progress Common Problems (Academic Style)

Common problems (Grammar Review)

Workshop: Subject/Verb agreement

Common problems (Grammar Review)

4:30 - 4:45 Break Break Break Break Break

4:45 – 6:00 Assisted Progress Assisted Progress Assisted Progress Assisted ProgressCOURSE

EVALUATIONS, CLOSING CEREMONY

AND DIPLOMAS