2025/2026
How to write and publish an experimatal scientific paper in English
Type:
Optional course
Delivered by:
School of Linguistics
Where:
Faculty of Humanities
When:
3, 4 module
Open to:
students of all HSE University campuses
Instructors:
Georgii Gorshkov
Language:
English
ECTS credits:
3
Contact hours:
40
Course Syllabus
Abstract
The course consists of practical recommendations on how to write experimental scientific papers in English; it encompasses all the stages of the above mentioned process, including how to plan and structure an article, how to write the introduction and discussion parts, how to describe methods of research and the obtained results. Besides, the discipline familiarizes students with several secondary aspects of academic writing, such as writing an abstract, choosing the right journal for their article, making a poster, etc. Among the expected results of the course are the following: the students will a) acquire knowledge of various genres of academic writing and all of its stages; b) improve their practical skills of writing articles in English; c) be able to consider distinctive stylistic, structural, and grammatical features of the target language in their writing. The maximum number of students participating in the course is 30. Priority in enrollment is given to students working at the Center for Language and Brain or attending disciplines implemented by the Center for Language and Brain.
Expected Learning Outcomes
- Students form a positive writing experience
- Students design a writing plan
- Students differentiate between types of academic articles
- Students structure an experimental article
- Students draft and revise an article structure
- Students organize their article around an argument, draft an argument, review and revise an article for an argument
- Students evaluate their current citations, identify, read and evaluate the related literature.
- Students write and revise their literature review
- Students give, get and use others’ feedback
- Students differentiate plagiarism, choose good sources, cite their sources appropriately and paraphrase them
- Students discuss evidence in their field, write up and revise it
- Students describe their analysis and statistical approach, write up and revise the Results section
- Students choose the appropriate visualization means for their purposes, proficiently refer to and describe visual data and describe ascending, descending and stagnating trends, and covariance
- Students find and describe flaws and limits and upsides of their own research
- Students learn how to stand out among other studies in the field
- Students draft and revise their abstract
- Students revise the title, introduction and conclusion of their article
- Students revise their entire article with the diagnostic test
- Students search for journals, evaluate academic journals, find suitable academic journals and write a query letter to editors
- Students design an attractive and informative poster
- Students write the cover letter and respond to journal decisions
- Students summarize their main ideas and write the conclusion
- Students convert a written work into an oral presentation
- Students engage their audience while delivering a speech
- Students build sentences with a better information flow, use the Passive Voice appropriately and choose vocabulary more accurately
- Students express their ideas in a more neutral and polite way, differentiate between certain facts and evidence-based assumptions
- Students make their article more reader-friendly and avoid syntactic ambiguity
- Students differentiate between countable and uncountable word meanings, talk about inventions and diseases in general and use the definite article appropriately
- Students differentiate between types of academic articles. Students differentiate between various types of academic writing, structure their thoughts in a way characteristic of English academic style and avoid inappropriate structures and vocabulary.
- Students will learn to present their research in a logical and engaging way.
- Students will learn to present their research in a visually appealing and engaging way
Course Contents
- Basics of academic writing
- Planning an article
- Writing an argument
- Writing a critique
- Writing an introduction
- Describing research methods
- Describing results
- Describing results 2
- Writing the Discussion part
- Project presentation
- Writing a conclusion
- Writing an abstract
- Secondary issues: word order and confusing words.
- Secondary issues: political correctness and hedging
- Secondary issues: punctuation
- Secondary issues: the articles
- Selecting a journal
- Making a poster
- Project presentation 2
- Academic communication
Interim Assessment
- 2025/2026 4th module0.25 * Написание статьи + 0.25 * Написание статьи + 0.05 * Посещаемость + 0.05 * Посещаемость + 0.2 * Презентация исследования + 0.2 * Презентация постера
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- Academic Vocabulary in Use : 50 units of academic vocabulary reference and practice, Self-study and classroom use, 4th ed., 176 p., McCarthy, M., O'Dell, F., 2010
- Academic writing for graduate students : essential tasks and skills, Swales, J. M., 2012
- Academic writing for graduate students: essential tasks and skills, Swales, J. M., 2004
- English for academic research: grammar exercises, Wallwork A., 2013
- English for Academics : Book 1 with online audio, A communication skills for tutors, lecturers and PhD students : In collaboration with the British Council, 175 p., , 2014
- Wallwork, A. English for Academic Research:Writing Exercises [Electronic resource] / A. Wallwork USA: Springer, 2016. - Authorized access: https://proxylibrary.hse.ru:2084/book/10.1007%2F978-1-4614-4298-1 (Springer Books)
- Writing your journal article in 12 weeks : a guide to academic publishing success, Belcher, W. L., 2009
- Грамматика современного английского языка : учебник для вузов, Крылова, И. П., 2017
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- Outcomes. Upper Intermediate. Student's book, Dellar, H., 2016
- Pinto, M. da G. L. C. (2017). Stephen BAILEY. Academic Writing. A Handbook for International Students. [Recensão]. https://doi.org/10.21747/16478770.7.1770