Teacher

Sabrina Bertollo

Referent

Sabrina Bertollo

Credits

0.75

Language

italiano e inglese

Class attendance

Free Choice

Location

Verona e Bolzano

Moodle Seminars 0

Learning objectives

On successful completion of this workshop, PhD students will be able to demonstrate to:
- know the principles underlying the writing of effective abstracts;
- recognise bad and good abstracts;
- write clear abstracts which successfully describe the own research and draw interest to it.

Prerequisites and basic notions

There are no prerequisites

Program

What makes a good conference abstract? Writing effective abstracts is far from being trivial. However, learning how to present the own research in a compact but convincing way, making peer-scholars eager to learn more about it, is an essential competence.
The workshop will be organized in two parts:
i. A theoretical introduction to conference abstract writing.
In this part we will outline a list of do’s and don’ts, based on the guidelines proposed by experienced scholars in the field of linguistics. We will then analyze examples of effective abstracts written by junior scholars.
ii. Abstract writing practice.
Each participant will be asked to write a short abstract connected to their research project as if they wanted to submit it to a conference. Peer-PhD-students as well as the instructor will play the role of reviewers to identify strengths and weaknesses of the proposals.

Bibliography

Didactic methods

Frontal lesson (1st part)
Practical workshop (2nd part)

Learning assessment procedures

In class assessment.

Assessment

formative assessment based on participation in learning activities

Criteria for the composition of the final grade

there is no vote

Scheduled Lessons

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