【世说计语】学术写作专题论坛（上）

今日Dr.Torsten Juelich的讲座精彩绝伦，秉持互联网精神作此博文以飨同好。奈何博主褚小怀大，绠短汲深，如有错误遗漏，望各位评论指正。
后续还会有图片的更新以及卜东波老师的讲座内容哦~

Academic Writing in Practise: All you can learn in under 60 minutes

Speaker: Torsten Juelich

PART 1 Story Telling

mian idea: start reading && academic writing means easy to understand

• learning website: nature briefing, wikipedia, Chia Daily
• focus on language element, i.e. content & gramma & style & organization when reading.
• the author always konws what he means, but readers dont.
• example: unclear formulation result in misunderstanding.

I didn’t steal your wallet.
a.I didn’t steal your wallet, he did.
b.I didn’t steal your wallet.
c. I didn’t steal your wallet, I borrowed it.
d.I didn’t steal your wallet, I stole hers.
e.I didn’t steal your wallet, I stole your phone.

• Any noun can be verbed.
• Translate your thought, then draft, then revise.
• Academic writing $\ne$ difficult to understand, the true aim of academic writing is to be understood by readers.
• try to tell a story
• Clearly, Simply, Precisely，Logically
• We can’t be a good writer by memorizing rules.
• FAQ
  • Dont try to translate the whole article into English by Google Translate.
  • science should be good. exquisite experimental results first, then think about writing. Academic writing is secondary.

PART 2 Verb

• use verb, not noun, to clearify the article
• avoid lazy verb: to do, to have, to be
• avoid using reporting verb without ‘that’
• Academic writing should never force reader guessing.
• avoid overusing abstract nouns.
• hasn’t, couldn’t, isn’t not allowed–imprecisely
• so on, so forth, etc not allowed
• Adverbs should be followed by verbs to be modified
• avoid ‘which’ if multiple nouns in front
• and, or, but not allowed at the start
• Use verbs to describe the relationship between two nouns, not nouns

PART 3 Logical

• be care for ‘and’，which can not express causality
• ‘or’–>neither nor conditionally
• Swith off your Thesaurus
• Linkers help reading
• Never try to impress the readers, try to communicate with them, try to make them understand.
• passive voice & active voice
• fact use present tenses, outdated researchs which you dont agree with(lol) use past tenses.
• Actually, in CS field, we don’t care much about grammar(lol again).