Browse Hierarchy EAL7620: Research Writing Workshop

This module is offered to students at level 7 and responds to their linguistic and discipline specific needs in terms of research writing. Students joining this module are already at IELTS level 6.5 / 7. This equates to B2/C1 on the CEFR framework, and Queen Mary currently benchmarks this to level 5/6 on the NQF framework. The module content consists of the genre and discourse analysis of written texts which students undertaking primary research currently read, or are expected to write, during their degree programmes. While these texts change according to the disciplines of the class, they include genres such as: research papers, academic articles, and PhD theses. The module is needs driven and therefore the syllabus is necessarily flexible and the content delivered in workshop format. However, the basic syllabus is likely to include: - The process of writing - Revision, proof reading and editing skills - Development of the argument, including synthesis of sources, argument validity, and development of conclusions - Macro structure of the paper, planning and development of theoretical / conceptual frameworks; micro structure of chapters, sections and paragraphs - Coherence and cohesion at macro and micro levels - Readability and recognition of the audience and development of the writer's voice - Referencing - Accuracy (grammar, vocabulary and punctuation).