The second course on the development of academic writing in English which was developed and taught by Associate Professor of Foreign Languages SSU Iryna Liashenko and delivered within the joint Ukrainian and Czech project "AgriSciences Platform for Scientific Enhancement of HEIs in Ukraine" has ended.
More than 60 applications applied tfor the course this year from more than 20 universities in Ukraine, but after the selection procedure, half a hundred participants from the consortium's partner universities were invited: Sumy State University, Sumy National Agrarian University, Bila Tserkva National Agrarian University, Kharkiv Biotechnology University and Dnipro State Agrarian and Economic University.
In the course developed on the Canvas platform, the participants learned how to build a research article according to the IMRAD structure, studied key elements of each component of a study, mastered the skills of academic writing and listening through integrated written and listening assignments, polished comprehension of academic texts, practiced multilingual and peer review skills. The outcome of working with the course is to write your own academic article in English according to the requirements of indexed international publishers. The course requires systematic work, but is awarding with the result: now the participants feel more confident in writing and reviewing academic research.
All participants received certificates from the Czech partner-organizer.
For the second year in a row, Iryna Liashenko has been collaborating in this project, helping scientists develop academic writing skills.