Writing Scientific Papers in English (WSPE) is a course for PhD students 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. 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. Please notice that absence from the first two lessons will automatically lead to exclusion from the course.

Hold one of the following certificates: IELTS 6, TOEFL IBT 80, Cambridge FIRST B2 (NB: minimum score 173), or ADVANCED C1 or PROFICIENCY C2 or take the CLA level test and pass it with a minimum score of 65

Course Content The course focuses on conventional text structures and language 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. Course structure The course consists of 11 lessons: an introductory Induction lesson is followed by 5 weeks of twice-weekly lessons. Access to the course: To access the enrolment procedure, WSPE must be in your career plan for this academic year. A link for booking is available under the LINGUE tab on your personal page of the Portale della Didattica, where you can see the course calendars and the enrolment periods. This link will only appear if you have presented one of the following certificates to the Office of Student Services (Segreteria Didattica) or to SCUDO: - IELTS 6 - TOEFL IBT 80 - Cambridge FIRST B2 (NB: minimum score 173) or ADVANCED C1 or PROFICIENCY C2 and the information has been recorded on your personal page (Personal Details section). 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 and pass it with a minimum score of 65, prior to the beginning of each enrolment period. NB: for WSPE course #1 starting on 12 Jan 2023 - last day for level test: 13/12/2022. Link to the online level test: https://didattica.polito.it/cla/en/english_language_support Once each enrolment period is closed, no further students will be admitted. A maximum of 30 places is available for each iteration of the course. 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. For any further information on the course please contact scudo@polito.it and didattica.cla@polito.it

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Enrolment begins: Monday, 2 January 2023 Enrolment ends: Wednesday, 4 January 2023 FINAL DATE FOR CLA LEVEL TEST: Tuesday, 13 December 2022 Lessons 01. Induction lesson Thursday, 12 January 2023 room: CLA time 13.00 - 14.30 02. The introduction Tuesday, 17 January 2023 room 8N 03. The introduction Thursday, 19 January 2023 04. The methodology section Tuesday, 24 January 2023 05. The methodology section Thursday, 26 January 2023 06. The results section Tuesday, 31 January 2023 07. The results section Thursday, 2 February 2023 08. The discussion/conclusion Tuesday, 7 February 2023 09. The discussion/conclusion Thursday, 9 February 2023 10. The abstract Tuesday, 14 February 2023 11. The abstract Thursday, 16 February 2023 Enrolment begins: Monday, 6 February 2023 Enrolment ends: Wednesday, 8 February 2023 FINAL DATE FOR CLA LEVEL TEST: Tuesday, 24 January 2023 Lessons 01. Induction lesson Thursday, 16 February 2023 room 8N time 14.30 - 16.00 02. The introduction Tuesday, 21 February 2023 03. The introduction Thursday, 23 February 2023 04. The methodology section Tuesday, 28 February 2023 05. The methodology section Thursday, 2 March 2023 06. The results section Tuesday, 7 March 2023 07. The results section Thursday, 9 March 2023 08. The discussion/conclusion Tuesday, 14 March 2023 09. The discussion/conclusion Thursday, 16 March 2023 10. The abstract Tuesday, 21 March 2023 11. The abstract Thursday, 23 March 2023 Enrolment begins: Monday, 6 March 2023 Enrolment ends: Wednesday, 8 March 2023 FINAL DATE FOR CLA LEVEL TEST: Tuesday, 27 February 2023 Lessons 01. Induction lesson Thursday, 16 March 2023 room 8N time 13.00 - 14.30 02. The introduction Tuesday, 21 March 2023 03. The introduction Thursday, 23 March 2023 04. The methodology section Tuesday, 28 March 2023 05. The methodology section Thursday, 30 March 2023 06. The results section Tuesday, 4 April 2023 07. The results section Thursday, 13 April 2023 08. The discussion/conclusion Tuesday, 18 April 2023 09. The discussion/conclusion Thursday, 20 April 2023 10. The abstract Tuesday, 2 May 2023 11. The abstract Thursday, 4 May 2023 Enrolment begins: Tuesday, 3 April 2023 Enrolment ends: Thursday, 5 April 2023 FINAL DATE FOR CLA LEVEL TEST: Tuesday, 27 March 2023 Lessons 01. Induction lesson Thursday, 13 April 2023 room 8N time 14.30 - 16.00 02. The introduction Tuesday, 18 April 2023 03. The introduction Thursday, 20 April 2023 04. The methodology section Tuesday, 2 May 2023 05. The methodology section Thursday, 4 May 2023 06. The results section Tuesday, 9 May 2023 07. The results section Thursday, 11 May 2023 08. The discussion/conclusion Tuesday, 16 May 2023 09. The discussion/conclusion Thursday, 18 May 2023 10. The abstract Tuesday, 23 May 2023 11. The abstract Thursday, 25 May 2023