Speed-presentations and academic writing

2 Outubro 2019, 15:00 • Marta Pacheco Pinto

Students made a 5-minute presentation of their PhD research work, which was followed by up to 10 minutes of peer discussion. Students focused in particular on their research question(s) and hypotheses, explained the theoretical and methodological framework of their work, and presented a brief state of the art of their PhD research.

After these “speed presentations”, we started discussing the conventions and main features of academic writing, including the distinction between opinion and critical thinking. We covered issues concerning abstract writing and keywords, in addition to exploring different abstract typologies (structured vs. non-structured abstracts, and video abstracts as well), and also furthered the discussion about the internal organization of thesis chapters and articles. 

Several resources (both online and in-house) were presented for students to improve their (English) academic writing.