Further Enquiries
Researcher Education and Development
School of Education
Level 8, Nexus 10
THE UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE
SA 5005
AUSTRALIA
Email
Telephone: +61 8 8313 3022
Facsimile: +61 8 8313 5725
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RED Language Programs - Workshop Schedule
Topics
Reading and Writing
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Workshop Description
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Venue |
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Who should attend |
| Individual Appointments with Dr Michelle Picard - oral presentation skills
- document cohesion
- language issues
- academic writing style
 Register for workshop
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Level 8
10 Pulteney Street
Room 816 |
see link for available dates |
Students who need assistance with research writing and oral communication
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Taking a Critical Approach
Exploring the ways in which a critical approach is expressed in the language and structure of research documents.
Register for workshop
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Level 6
115 Grenfell Street
Adelaide Graduate Centre
Seminar Room
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Wednesday 13
2.00-4.00pm
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Thurs 14 March
11.00am-1.00pm
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Suitable for all postgraduate students, particularly those with English as an additional language.
Preference given to current IBP-R students
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Reviewing Literature
Exploring strategies for searching for relevant literature, organising literature and the language structures of literature reviews.
Register for workshop
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See link for dates in your faculty
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http://www.adelaide.edu.au/red/student/timetable.html |
Suitable for all postgraduate students, particularly those with English as an additional language.
Preference given to current IBP-R students
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Research Proposals and Other Research Genres
Exploring the ways in which language and document structure change in different types of research writing.
Register for workshop
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Level 6
115 Grenfell Street
Adelaide Graduate Centre
Seminar Room
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Wednesday 10
2.00-4.00pm
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Thurs 11 April
11.00am-1.00pm
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Suitable for all postgraduate students.
Preference given to current IBP-R students
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Reading & Note Taking for Researchers
Assisting researchers to take effective notes and improve their reading.
Register for workshop
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Level 6
115 Grenfell Street
Adelaide Graduate Centre
Seminar Room
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Wednesday 6
2.00-4.00pm
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Thurs 7 March
11.00am-1.00pm
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Suitable for all postgraduate students, particularly those with English as an additional language.
Preference given to current IBP-R students
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Oral Presentations
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Workshop Description
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Venue |
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Who should attend |
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Pronunciation Clinic
Providing practical advice and exercises aimed at enhancing pronunciation in English.
Register for workshop
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Adelaide Graduate Centre
Seminar Room
Level 6, 115 Grenfell Street
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Small group clinics for researchers with particular difficulty in pronouncing English sounds.
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Presenting a Seminar in Your Discipline
Exploring the technical and practical aspects of oral presentation in English research cultures.
Register for workshop
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Level 6
115 Grenfell Street
Adelaide Graduate Centre
Seminar Room
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Wednesday 8
2.00-4.00pm
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Thurs 9 May
11.00am-1.00pm
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Suitable for all postgraduate students, particularly those with English as an additional language.
Preference given to current IBP-R students
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Intermediate Pronunciation for Researchers
Providing practical advice and exercises aimed at enhancing pronunciation in Englishand exercises aimed at developing natural intonation patterns.
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Level 6
115 Grenfell Street
Adelaide Graduate Centre
Seminar Room
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Wednesday 27 March
2.00-4.00pm
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Suitable for all researchers with English as an additional language who have particular difficulty pronouncing English sounds.
Preference given to current IBP-R students
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Advanced Pronunciation for Researchers
Providing practical advice and exercises aimed at enhancing pronunciation in English.
Register for workshop
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Level 6
115 Grenfell Street
Adelaide Graduate Centre
Seminar Room
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Thurs 28 March
11.00am-1.00pm
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Suitable for all researchers with English as an additional language who wish to refine their English pronounciation.
Preference given to current IBP-R students
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| Refining Research Documents |
Workshop Description
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Venue |
Date |
Who should attend |
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Grammar Clinic
Exploring the grammatical structures commonly associated with research writing in English and provides practical strategies to avoid errors.
Students are to send 1
un-edited piece of writing to michelle.picard@adelaide.edu.au one week prior to the session.
contact Dr Michelle Picard to arrange an appointment
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Late candidater HDR students with significant difficulty in English grammar.
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Editing and Self-editing in Research Writing
Exploring practical editing techniques and strategies for research writers.
Register for workshop
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Level 6
115 Grenfell Street
Adelaide Graduate Centre
Seminar Room
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Wednesday 22
2.00-4.00pm
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Thurs 23 May
11.00am-1.00pm
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Suitable for all postgraduate students with English as an additional language.
Preference given to current IBP-R students
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Cohesion and Coherence in Research Documents
Exploring practical strategies for developing a readable, cohesive research document.
Register for workshop
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Level 6
115 Grenfell Street
Adelaide Graduate Centre
Seminar Room
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Suitable for all postgraduate students, particularly those with English as an additional language.
Preference given to current IBP-R students
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Grammar for Researchers
Exploring the grammatical structures commonly associated with research writing in English and provides practical strategies to avoid errors.
Register for workshop
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Level 6
115 Grenfell Street
Adelaide Graduate Centre
Seminar Room
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Wednesday 3
2.00-4.00pm
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Thurs 4 April
11.00am-1.00pm
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Suitable for all postgraduate students with English as an additional language.
Preference given to current IBP-R students
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Corpora, concordancing and text-matching software
This workshop teaches researchers how to use corpora, concordancing and plagiarism detection software to explore discipline-specific/topic specific language in research documents and check for acceptable and unacceptable text-matches.
All workshop participants should bring along 20-30 high quality research articles on their topic on a USB a well as a soft copy of a research document they have recently written.
Register for workshop
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2-28 Computer Suite 3
10 Pultney Street
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Suitable for all researchers particularly those with English as an additional language.
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EndNote
A demonstration for absolute beginner users of Endnote. No knowledge of EndNote is assumed.
Register for workshop
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Hub Training Room
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Friday 22 March
9.30-11.00am
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Seats given to current IBP-R students only |
| Research Cultures |
Workshop Description
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Venue |
Date |
Who should attend |
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Appropriate Citation and Avoiding Plagiarism
Exploring appropriate citation and referencing conventions and the language structures used to express 'voice' in research documents
Register for workshop
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Level 6
115 Grenfell Street
Adelaide Graduate Centre
Seminar Room
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Wednesday 20
2.00-4.00pm
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Thurs 21 March
11.00am-1.00pm
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Suitable for all postgraduate students, particularly those with English as an additional language.
Preference given to current IBP-R students
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Listening in Research Contexts
Providing practical tips and exercises for researchers to enhance their listening skills in a variety of different research contexts.
Register for workshop
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Level 6
115 Grenfell Street
Adelaide Graduate Centre
Seminar Room
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Wednesday 1
2.00-4.00pm
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Thurs 2 May
11.00am-1.00pm
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Suitable for postgraduate students with English as an additional language.
Preference given to current IBP-R students
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Being Supervised
Providing research students with insight into the variety of supervision styles common to Australian research cultures and strategies to enhance their communication with their supervisors.
Register for workshop
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See course details in your faculty links
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http://www.adelaide.edu.au/red/student/timetable.html
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Suitable for Higher Degrees by Research students early in their research candidature who are new to the Australian research context.
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