Academic Writing

Course Description

The goal of this seminar is to gain research skills and to become familiar with the writing and research process. We will be dealing with the general steps of the research process, with conducting research using the tools and institutions available at our university, as well as with formal aspects of academic writing such as citations, formatting, structure of argumentation, and plagiarism. As academic conventions differ between institutes and departments, this course focuses on linguistic research in particular, and will provide the skills that are necessary for your term papers and BA dissertation.