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Advanced Academic Writing Course

Instructor: Leticia Medina

This class will focus on developing essential academic reading, writing, and public speaking skills primarily for graduate and post-graduate students and faculty. Participants will develop reading, writing, and speaking skills needed to be successful in an academic and professional environment. A variety of materials will give the students the opportunity to analyze and comment on written examples, generate their own exercises, improve their own original work, and prepare academic presentations. The class is designed to meet the needs and demands placed on scholars and faculty to read, write, and present formal, academic material.

This course has become for me a new impetus to learning English. My educational program involves writing scientific articles. So, I received a huge amount of useful information about specialized scientific journals, rules of clearance and submission of paper, how to avoid plagiarism, rephrase and summarizing my thoughts correctly and many other helpful tips and tricks. Furthermore, this course is not only for improving writing skills, it is also about communication. We discussed different topics with our teacher and other classmates. I can say that my speaking skills get better too. English is a universal language in scientific community. People who want to connect their life with science have to understanding researchers from different parts of the world.

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Textbook is not the best way to learn, by Bill Gates

Learning is an important objective among all the students studying across different levels. Text books are considered as one of the most important source of information utilised by a student in order to enhance their knowledge and understanding. Textbook are the part of one’s education life but with the changing learning environment, the process of learning is also significantly changed. Continue reading Textbook is not the best way to learn, by Bill Gates

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IMPACT AND RESEARCH COMMUNICATION SKILLS WORKSHOP: WHY DID YOU WRITE THIS ARTICLE?

June 10-11, 2019, NUST MISiS, MOSCOW
The goals of this intensive workshop are to improve participants’ science communication capabilities and help them translate their science to reach broader audiences, including those with questions or concerns about the methods, findings or implications of scientific research.

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26 March, 2019 at NUST MISiS – Maria Alm: Academic Writing and Communication Skills at a Polytechnic University

Presentation Proposal:
As Wisconsin’s Polytechnic University, the University of Wisconsin-Stout prepares students for the workforce through the application of our polytechnic tenets: applied learning, career focus and collaboration. Auditorium: Г-587, NUST MISiS.

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Wiley Workshop: How to Publish Papers in High-Rating Journals and Make Them Quoted? (19 March, 2019), NUST MISiS

This event will take place at National University of Science and Technology MISIS: Moscow, Leninsky pr., 4. Publication of research results in peer-reviewed scientific journals is one of the most pressing problems in science today. At the same time, the number of publications of Mongolian scientists in international journals still lags behind world figures, as well as citations. Continue reading Wiley Workshop: How to Publish Papers in High-Rating Journals and Make Them Quoted? (19 March, 2019), NUST MISiS

Advance Public Speaking

Advanced Public Speaking for Scientists in English starts on January 28, 2019

This Advanced Public Speaking course is an English-taught, in-depth pursuit of performance-based public rhetoric. In part, the curriculum includes components from Toastmasters International, and each of the course’s 10 required projects are speeches from the globally acclaimed public speaking club. Continue reading Advanced Public Speaking for Scientists in English starts on January 28, 2019