Past Events
Intercultural Communication: Managing First Meetings
2021-07-30Making a good first impression is always difficult, and it becomes even more difficult when meeting people from other cultures. Join us to learn more about how to manage this situation successfully.
Friday, July 30th, 12 PM
Friday, August 6th, 12 PM
English for Writing Research Papers - Sentence Structure 2 of 3
2021-07-16The 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.
English for Writing Research Papers - Sentence Structure 1 of 3
2021-07-09The 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.
Language Seminar Series: Developing Intercultural Skills
2021-07-09This 2-part seminar is an introduction to Intercultural Communication.
We will explore
- what culture means
- how to describe it
- how to develop flexible thinking
- how to support flexibile thinking in others
All are welcome.
Intermediate or above English recommended.
The Fundamentals of Academic Writing - Proofreading
2021-07-02What do you do before finally submitting your text? We will discuss some strategies and reviewers responses.
The Fundamentals of Academic Writing - Flow part 2
2021-06-25Ever 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
2021-06-18Ever 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
2021-06-11In 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
2021-06-04Learn 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
2021-05-28Learn about the different purposes and strategies of different academic texts and see how this effects the vocabulary, the grammar and other characteristics.