Writing Scientific Papers in Engineering (WSPE) is a course for PhD candidates who are beginning to publish their research in English. The course aims to help participants discover the conventions of research articles in English and to provide useful tools that will enable them to write academic papers independently in the future.

English requirements for admission on the course Before registering for WSPE, one of the following English certificates should be recorded on your personal page (Personal Details section), with the following minimum scores: - IELTS =6.0 - TOEFL IBT =80 - Cambridge FIRST Certificate in English (B) - score =173 (or Cambridge English FIRST (FCE) before January 2015 – score =75) - Cambridge ADVANCED C1 - Cambridge PROFICIENCY C2 If you do not have any of the above certificates, or if you have a lower-level certificate, but you feel that your English has improved since you gained it, you should take the CLA level test available on the CLA VIRTUAL LAIB and pass it with a minimum score of 65, prior to the beginning of each registration period.

Course Content The course focuses on conventional language and text structures which are commonly used in research articles in English, considering standard article sections such as Introductions, Methodology and Results sections. Participants are helped to build up the language resources necessary to write papers in their own field of research and have to complete weekly writing assignments. WSPE is a soft skills course worth 15 hours. You are required to attend at least 70% of the lessons and complete the assigned course work. IMPORTANT: absence from the first two lessons will automatically lead to exclusion from the course. There are 4 iterations of the course every year, from January to June. Calendars are published on your PoliTo personal page, under the “Languages/Lingue” TAB, when they are available. Course structure The course consists of an introductory Induction lesson followed by 5 weeks of twice-weekly lessons, for a total of 11 lessons. Registration You need to register for the course via the dedicated link you will find on your PoliTo personal page, under the “Languages/Lingue” TAB. This link will be active during the registration periods scheduled for each course. In order to be able to use the WSPE registration link, the course must be in your career plan for the current academic year. A maximum of 30 places is available for each iteration of the course. IMPORTANT: Once each registration period is closed, no further students will be admitted. Requirements To register for a WSPE course you need to have presented one of the following certificates, with the following scores, to the Office of Student Services (Segreteria Didattica) or to SCUDO. The certificate must be recorded on your personal page (Personal Details section). - IELTS =6.0 - TOEFL IBT =80 - Cambridge FIRST Certificate in English (B) - score =173 (or Cambridge English FIRST (FCE) before January 2015 – score =75) - Cambridge ADVANCED C1 - Cambridge PROFICIENCY C2 If you do not have any of the above certificates, or if you have a lower-level certificate, but you feel that your English has improved since you gained it, you should take the CLA level test available on the CLA VIRTUAL LAIB and pass it with a minimum score of 65, prior to the beginning of each registration period. Course book GLASMAN-DEAL, Hilary (2020). Science Research Writing for Native and Non-Native Speakers of English. 2nd Ed. Imperial College Press. Participants are required to bring the coursebook to all lessons.

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