Cover letter and more

Dear all,

I hope you enjoyed the weekend and managed to rest.

Our next session will be devoted to discussing the features of well written covering letters. We are going to analyse examples of good and bad letters, or rather what things shouldn´t be/should be included in a letter when you submit your manuscript.

Also, you should bring the grammar exercises that are due for Friday. Could you also think why your manuscript should be accepted by the editors of XXX journal? (Notice the use of should and could in the previous sentences). The idea is that you convince us that your study is worth publishing (this is an informal oral exercise).

Finally, after Dr. Flores's talk, you will be given the marks of both your final abstract and listening quiz.

See you on Friday,
Claudia

Abstract - last version

Dear all,

This is a reminder so that you upload the last version of your abstract before Thursday midnight.

Apart from the suggestions discussed on our last session, I wish to remind you that the abstract outline that we have used is a model abstract, or rather the model of a standard abstract. Having said that, it´s important to point out that the abstract outline may change depending on the journal. That is to say, some journals have specific requirements that you should check before starting to write. But, most importantly, you know "your science" and what your research is or will be about.

Anyway, since this is a task which has a mark, I recommend you to use the model we have discussed so far. Also, please remember to bring all the grammar exercises that we didn´t finish last week.

Finally, remember that we have a listening quiz this Friday. And, we start working on the style and format of a cover letter for submitting a scientific article to a journal.

Best,

Claudia

The Run-on sentence exercise

Dear all,

Just to clarify what you have to do, here goes an example and a definition.

A run-on sentence is a sentence in which two or more independent clauses are written one after another with no punctuation. A comma splice is when two independent clauses are incorrectly joined by a comma without a coordinating conjunction (adapted from Oshima, A & Hogue A. (2006). Writing Academic English. Pearson Longman.)

Example: 1. A newly arrived international student faces several challenges. For example, he or she has to cope with a new culture.

Hope the former is helpful, (also take a look at the following post and check the comments made on your blogs).
See you tomorrow,
Claudia

Suggestions to improve your second draft

Dear all,

First of all, I wish to remind you to bring the grammar exercises due this Friday. The idea is to check them together, so bring them ready.

Additionally, I have read and corrected all the abstracts and have made comments on each person´s blog. Take a look at the suggestions and upload the second corrected version of your draft Thursday at midnight the latest:

See you then,

Claudia