Graduate Writing III: Building a Field-Specific Lexicon

Program
Academic Writing
Catalog
Student
Duration
1 hr
Every field of study uses particular words, phrases and grammar in its academic writing. If you learn and use common ways of expressing ideas in your field, your writing will appear more competent and convincing. In this workshop, you will learn strategies for choosing and using vocabulary and grammatical structures that align with your field’s academic writing. You will learn how to analyze academic articles from your field and use concordancers to identify the correct usage of words and patterns of language within the field.
Modality
Face to Face on Campus,
Synchronous Online
Competency
Writing Skills,
Critical Thinking