Sep 25, 2024
Support for Academic Writing for international Students in English
Support for international Students
In the winter semester 2024/25, the Writing Center is offering workshops, events and lectures on academic reading and writing for international students in English as part of the STUDY SMART network project.
Registration is possible from September 23, 2024 via the OPAL course.
An overview of the offers and links for enrollment can be found here.
Workshops
| 24.10.2024 | 3 pm - 6.30 pm | Creativity as an Approach to Academic Writing |
| 29.10.2024 | 3 pm - 6.30 pm | Thesis from Start to Finish: Mastering the Process |
| 05.11.2024 | 3 pm - 6.30 pm | Establishing Writing Routines |
| 14.11.2024 | 3 pm - 6.30 pm | Lost in procrastination? Find your way to productive writing |
| 19.11.2024 | 9.30 am - 1 pm | Plagiarism Pitfall: Understanding Western Concepts of Academic Integrity |
| 26.11.2024 | 9.30 am - 1 pm | Battling the Blank Page: Overcoming Writing Anxiety in your Second Language |
| 03.12.2024 | 3 pm - 6.30 pm | Polish your International Academic English |
| 12.12.2024 | 3 pm - 6.30 pm | From Outline to Insight: Structuring your Academic Masterpiece |
| 14.01.2025 | 9.30 am - 1 pm | Crafting Critiques: Expressing Disagreement in Culturally Appropriate Ways |
| 23.01.2025 | 3 pm - 6.30 pm | Idiom Dilemma: Navigating Figurative Language in Academic English |
| 25.02.2025 | 3 pm - 6.30 pm | Academic Polishing Suite: Transforming Drafts into Scholarly Gold |
Lectures
| 28.10.2024 | 1 pm - 2.30 pm | What are Scientific Standards? |
| 04.11.2024 | 1 pm - 2.30 pm | Reading Academic Texts |
| 11.11.2024 | 1 pm - 2.30 pm | Structure and Argumentation in Academic Texts |
| 25.11.2024 | 1 pm - 2.30 pm | Time Management - Basics |
| 09.12.2024 | 1 pm - 2.30 pm | Scientific English |
| 20.01.2025 | 1 pm - 2.30 pm | Revision of Academic Texts |
Writing event
In March 2025, inspired by the Long Night of Writing, a writing event will be offered entirely in English for the first time.
There will be a writing room for productive work and a supporting program with workshops and consultations.
The event will take place twice: on March 4 and March 26, 2025
All information and registration can be found in the OPAL course!
Writing Consultations for international students
Are you looking for individual help? You would like to talk about your writing process? Or are you looking for constructive feedback?
Everything regarding your writing process can be a topic during writing consultation. No matter where in the writing process you are – from the first vague idea to the nearly finished text – you can always come to the Writing Center. You do not even need to have any written text and with whatever academic text you are writing, we will try to help you.
More information on what exactly a writing consultation is, what you can bring, when and where writing consultations take place and how you can register can be found on the website for Writing Consultation.
You can sign up for a appointment for international students in German or English in the OPAL course.
The regular Writing Consultations for German students are of course still offered.
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Writing Center of TU Dresden
Writing Center of TU Dresden
Visiting address:
Fritz-Foerster-Bau, Floor 5, Room 556 Mommsenstr. 6
01069 Dresden