This course aims at cultivating graduate students' ability to write and publish academic papers in English. It systematically teaches students (1) how to write English academic papers in appropriate formulaic styles required by different SCI/SSCI journals; (2) how to identify and revise various grammatical, idiomatic, and syntactic errors in writing so as to develop semantic cohesion and cohesiveness; (3) how to avoid plagiarism and academic misconduct in writing, (4) how to submit and revise a manuscript or an abstract for publication or for conference attendance; (5) how to make English presentations for academic purposes, etc.
Topics of the course also include the traps and tips for writing a good abstract, introduction, literature review, methodology, results and discussion. Additionally, it also discusses common myths about writing good academic papers in English, particularly about writing translation-based English for academic purposes. Moreover, the course provides many examples of poor or inappropriate English writing as well as ways to revise them appropriately. As the first English-only course offered by the Graduate School of the Capital Normal University, this course hopes to greatly enhance graduate students’ capability to publish their academic works in English for both local and international students.
本课程旨在培养研究生用英语撰写和发表学术论文的能力。它将系统地教授学生下列技巧：（1）如何按照不同SCI/SSCI期刊要求的格式撰写英语学术论文；（2）如何识别并修改英文写作中的各种语法、习语和句法错误，从而发展语义衔接和连贯性；（3）如何避免英文写作中的书面抄袭和学术不端，（4）如何提交和修改论文稿件及摘要，以便发表文章或参加会议；（5）如何做学术性英语演讲，等等。
本课程的主题还讨论了撰写摘要、文献综述、研究方法、研究结果和结果讨论上的陷阱和技巧。它还讨论了英文写作的常见误区，特别是翻译式英语写作的危害。本课程提供了大量英语写作中的错误范例及其修改方法。作为首都师范大学研究生院开设的首个纯英语课程，本课程希望大大提升研究生英文写作的能力，无论是本地生还是国际生。
