Workshops

Here is a list of just some of the work­shops we offer:

• Essen­ti­als of Aca­de­mic Wri­ting
• Rese­arch Papers: Com­pact Ses­si­on
• Com­mu­ni­ca­te Your Ide­as: Semi­nar Dis­cus­sions
• Impro­ve Your Final Pre­sen­ta­ti­on: Boost Your Gra­de
• Demys­ti­fy­ing the Master’s The­sis
• Wri­ting and Refi­ning the Master’s The­sis
• Refresh Your Grammar
• Wri­ting Emails for Aca­de­mic Pur­po­ses
• Wri­ting Let­ters of Moti­va­ti­on for Stu­dy Abroad Pro­grams
• Suc­cess in Rea­ding Aca­de­mic Texts
• Pre­pa­ring for the DAAD Test
• Medi­cal Eng­lish (4 work­shps)
• Talk the Talk: Impro­ve Your Com­mu­ni­ca­ti­on Skills
• From Semi­nar Paper to Jour­nal Arti­cle: Revi­sing for Publi­ca­ti­on

Language Clinic

The Lan­guage Cli­nic is open to all bachelor’s, master’s, and doc­to­ral stu­dents who need assi­s­tan­ce with aca­de­mic lan­guage. Topics cove­r­ed in the ses­si­ons might inclu­de the fol­lo­wing:

• dis­cus­sing the orga­ni­za­ti­on of your wri­ting
• focu­sing on grammar and voca­bu­la­ry used in your wri­ting
• orga­ni­zing and wri­ting cover let­ters, state­ments of pur­po­se, and let­ters of moti­va­ti­on
• orga­ni­zing and wri­ting a bachelor’s or master’s the­sis or dis­ser­ta­ti­on
• pre­pa­ring aca­de­mic pre­sen­ta­ti­ons
• gene­ral advice on lan­guage lear­ning
• recom­men­da­ti­ons on inde­pen­dent lear­ning mate­ri­als and lear­ning resour­ces
• recom­men­da­ti­ons on asses­sing your aca­de­mic lan­guage skillls

We offer enrol­led stu­dents up to 10 appoint­ments (45 min each) per semes­ter. At the appoint­ments, we can dis­cuss the struc­tu­re of your pro­ject. We also read and edit tog­e­ther, focu­sing on issu­es such as grammar, voca­bu­la­ry, and word order. Our mot­to is “lear­ning through edi­t­ing,” and the idea is that we exp­lain the chan­ges we make, iden­ti­fy pat­terns in your wri­ting that make it less natu­ral, and also ask you to make chan­ges regar­ding issu­es we have alrea­dy dis­cus­sed. This way you can gain wri­ting stra­te­gies and be able to wri­te more pro­fi­ci­ent­ly on your own. Click here for more infor­ma­ti­on

The list of topics for the work­shops and Lan­guage Cli­nic is open and can be added to at any time. We wel­co­me your input. Con­ver­sa­ti­ons with the facul­ties are cur­r­ent­ly in pro­gress in order to assess the lan­guage needs of spe­ci­fic degree pro­grams as com­pre­hen­si­ve­ly and in as much detail as pos­si­ble. This infor­ma­ti­on will be used to pro­vi­de addi­tio­nal tailo­red work­shops and con­sul­ta­ti­ons.