Author:
Andero Kalju

Applications for the course "Scenarios around Academic Writing in intercultural teams" are open

14.06.2022
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This virtual exchange offers students a possibility to strengthen their intercultural academic writing competencies. Students from at least three different universities and study programmes will work in a challenge-based teaching and learning environment, will form intercultural collaborative working and writing groups and will work on one of the ENLIGHT flagship challenges. Students will be presented with manageable challenges and reading materials. Based on their reading, the groups will try to come up with (of course, very small-scale and tentative) solutions for their challenge. In the next step, the groups will decide to write an academic text of their choice. Each group member brings in his*her perspective of the discipline he*she studies to enable a broad interdisciplinary discussion. With this method of collaborative and interdisciplinary teams the project follows the ENLIGHT ambition to empower students to become globally engaged citizens skilled in critical thinking.

Content

Academic Writing - Intercultural Learning - Collaborative Writing - Writer's Groups

The group work will start with a virtual kick-off workshop in which participants get to know each other and their respective (disciplinary) cultures, form groups, engage in teambuilding exercises and will learn about rules and challenges of intercultural teamwork, constructive feedback and academic writing. at the end of the project, there will be a final virtual workshop in which participants present their results and reflect on the whole process of working collaboratively in an intercultural group.

Learning outcomes

After completing the course the participants should be able to:

  • express themselves in scientific language in academic texts
  • analyze features of scientific language in authentic texts
  • implement scientific formulations in their own academic texts
  • analyze their own academic writing style
  • reflect and implement their individual multilingualism and use this resource for their own academic texts
  • write and work collaboratively in intercultural teams
  • think critically and solution-oriented regarding the 5 ENLIGHT flagship areas

Programme

The group work will start with a virtual kick-off workshop in which participants get to know each other and their respective (disciplinary) cultures, form groups, engage in teambuilding exercises and will learn about rules and challenges of intercultural teamwork, constructive feedback and academic writing. at the end of the project, there will be a final virtual workshop in which participants present their results and reflect on the whole process of working collaboratively in an intercultural group.

Assessment

Final presentation. Participating in all the workshops and team meetings is compulsory; active participation in the workshops is required.

Lecturers

  • Dr. Djuddah A.J. Leijen, PhD., Associate Professor of English, College of Foreign Languages and Culture (Head of the Centre for Academic Writing and Communication, University of Tartu, Estonia)
  • Dr. Sarah Haas, PhD., (UGent Writing Mentors, Programme founder and faculty advisor, Gent University, Belgium)
  • Dr. Melanie Brinkschulte, PhD., (Head of the Key Competencies Area: Intercultural Interactions, Universitay of Göttingen, Germany)
  • Dr. Ella Grieshammer, PhD., (Head of the International Writing Lab, University of Göttingen, Germany)
  • Lefkothea Sinjari, M.A. (research associate and coordinator of ENLIGHT projects at the International Writing Lab, University of Göttingen, Germany)

This course is eligible for all students (Ba., MA., PhD) from the Universities of Göttingen, Ghent and Tartu. Students from other ENLIGHT partner universities are highly welcome to apply. Please, enclose your CV and a motivation letter.

Students from Göttingen and from Enlight partner universities other than Tartu and Gent:

Students from Tartu:

Students from Gent:

 

Applications are open until 17 October 2022.

For more details, including practical information, please visit this page.