Center for Academic Writing “Impulse”
Writing is the best way to talk without being interrupted.
Writing is thinking on paper.
When writing about science, don't simplify the science; simplify the writing.
Writing is a lot easier if you have something to say.
The reason one writes isn't the fact he wants to say something. He writes because he has something to say.
Good writing is clear thinking made visible.
A man who is ignorant of foreign languages is also ignorant of his own language.
Only the educated are free.
One`s work may be finished someday, but one`s education never.
What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the soul.
Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.
News
22.12.2017
Successful piloting of "Strategies for Paragraph Development" course
The Center has successfully piloted the course “Strategies for Paragraph Development.” The course was 16 hours long and covered the following topics: sentence writing strategies, linking strategies, language flow, paragraph development. The final assignment included writing a paragraph about the importance of publishing in English. Although the course was quite challenging for the participants in terms of understanding the logic of written discourse in English, they really appreciated the course and gave positive feedback.
Ekaterina Khromova, the post-graduate student, Institute of Social Sciences and Humanities"First of all, I want to thank you for very useful, interesting and generally pleasant evenings and lessons! No doubt, the information you gave us will help in writing articles not only in English but also in Russian. I always knew that every sentence and every paragraph in a scientific article require careful work but now I am able to do it not intuitively, as before, and according to clear and pretty logical rules. So, I recommend the course 'Strategies for Paragraph Development' as a first step towards the creation of articles in English."
Lilia Ivanova, Institute of State and Law
“Strategies for Paragraph Development” is very useful course especially for researchers, who just begin writing in English. I have learnt much new information such as a structure of paragraphs, strategies for writing complex sentences, linking words, the correct order of words in a sentence, methods to do text clear and coherent. Remarkable and responsive teachers help to acquire material."
