英語ライティング法 Advanced Scientific Writing
◇ 担当教員：Ian R. L. Smith
◇ 単位数：１ ◇ 開講時期：Ⅰ期水曜３時限・Ⅲ期木曜３時限 ◇ 講義室：L1
◇ 講義目的：
The aim of this course is to provide you with the writing skills required
to prepare a draft of a scientific research publication or conference paper.
◇ 講義内容：
The course will be offered in Term I, when it is intended for M2 and doctoral
students, as well as for postdoctoral staff and junior faculty members. Additional
courses can be timetabled according to demand. It will also be offered for
M1 Bioinformatics students in Term III (see Note, below).
We will look at the structure of scientific research papers, paying particular
attention to the function of different sections of a paper and the variable
language styles associated with each section. We will also examine some of
the more advanced grammatical aspects of scientific English that you will
encounter in your reading and writing.
Each week you will be asked to write, between classes, a section of a realistic
manuscript based on your own research, and some of the time during each class
will be devoted to analysing the text that you produce. I will also make written
'editorial' comments on your text, so that it can be modified and refined
continuously as the course progresses.
The course is intended to develop your writing skills in a practical way
that is relevant to your scientific needs. Classes will thus, I hope, be 'interactive'
experiences rather than 'lectures', and you will be encouraged to highlight
any aspects of writing in English which you find particularly difficult.
Note: M1 Bioinformatics
First-year students in the Bioinformatics Department are required to take
this course in Term III. However, since participants will not have enough
research data of their own to prepare a realistic manuscript, the course content
will resemble that of 'Methods of English Communication I'.
◇ 教科書 ：None required.
◇ 参考書 ：None required.
◇ 受講要件：
None, although Masters students should, if possible, take 'Methods of English
Communication' in Year 1 before taking this 'advanced' course in Year 2.
◇ 成績評価：
You will be evaluated on the basis of attendance (50%) and the quality of
your written work throughout the course (50%).