English for Writing Research Papers - Sentence Structure 1 of 3

The best writers have a few basic guidelines for making their sentences easy to read.

Join us to find out the rules for writing simple, easy to read sentences that will provide the clarity reviewers are looking for.

The Fundamentals of Academic Writing - Proofreading

What do you do before finally submitting your text? We will discuss some strategies and reviewers responses.

The Fundamentals of Academic Writing - Flow part 2

Ever had someone say that your writing is difficult to read? In this seminar we will look at how to write in a way that makes your texts flow.

The Fundamentals of Academic Writing - Flow part 1

Ever had someone say that your writing is difficult to read? In this seminar we will look at how to write in a way that makes your texts flow.

The Fundamentals of Academic Writing - Style

In this seminar we will look at verbs, noun phrases and the types of choices that you will need to make to suit your discipline's specific style.

The Fundamentals of Academic Writing - Organisation

Learn to see that there are common patterns for writing academic texts. We will consider response letters and look at the problem-solution pattern as an example before discussing others.

The Fundamentals of Academic Writing - Strategies, Audience and Purpose

Learn about the different purposes and strategies of different academic texts and see how this effects the vocabulary, the grammar and other characteristics.

Survival Japanese: Introductions

Learn how to introduce yourself, answer questions about your nationality and speak about your job in Japanese.

No Japanese experience necessary!

Watch the videos at this link, then join us on Zoom for more practice (Meeting link:https://oist.zoom.us/j/95811989706)

Language Seminar Series: Advanced Japanese Conversation

Language Seminar Series: Working in an International Team

This 2-part seminar will cover the basics of working in an international team.

Minimum intermediate English skills recommended. Native speakers of English also welcome!

Friday, March 26th and Friday, April 9th, 12-1 PM.