Summer Intensive: Writing the Master’s Dissertation
Session 1: Monday 23rd June 10.00-13.00 Cantor 9024:
Overview: The structure and rationale for Master’s Dissertations and Introductions: using the CARS structure to analyse and write introductions; Follow up work: Find 2 Master’s dissertations for your area and identify patterns in structure Analyse the dissertation introductions. Do they have all the stages of the CARS structure? UniHub Link: Academic English: Writing you Master’s Dissertation Summer intensive Day One
Session 2: Tuesday 24th June 10.00-13.00 Cantor 9024:
Literature Reviews: Purposes and patterns in literature reviews; methods of showing critique through language choices; Methods and Methodologies: analysing methodologies to identify disciplinary patterns. Follow up work: Identify 3 articles which will support part of your argument in the Literature review and analyse the language of critique. UniHub LInk: Academic English: Writing you Master’s Dissertation Summer intensive Day Two
Session 3: Wednesday 25th June 10.00-13.00 Cantor 9024:
Results and Discussion Chapters: Data Commentaries and making links between the literature and your data; Pulling it all together: Editing, Flow and Proof-reading. UniHub Link: Academic English: Writing you Master’s Dissertation Summer intensive Day Three
One-to-One Academic English sessions: Book online through Unihub: https://unihub.shu.ac.uk/
Wednesday 18th June: 12.30-13.00; 13.00-13.30; 13.30-14.00 with Judy Axelby (online or at City Campus)
Tuesday 22nd July: 11.00-11.30; 11.30-12.00 with Judy Axelby (online or at Collegiate Campus)
Wednesday 23rd July: 11.00-11.30; 11.30-12.00 with Judy Axelby (online or at Collegiate Campus)
Thursday 24th July: 11.00-11.30; 11.30-12.00 with Judy Axelby (online or at Collegiate Campus)
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