Day: Friday 31 May 2024
Location: Mercure Ostrava Center Hotel (Antonín, 3rd floor)
Timing: 08:30 – 10:30
The workshop series will create space for the participants to learn, reflect, and grow as writers for publication. We will discuss a number of strategies in writing for publication, from writing for different audiences (different languages belong to different writing cultures), creating a writing habit and a publication strategy, to communicating with the journal gatekeepers, i.e., editors and reviewers. Participants (both early-career and experienced researchers) will also learn about several useful tools available to academic authors. The intended learning outcomes for the workshops are: (1) to view professional writing as a process that includes effective time management, goal setting, and regular writing time; (2) to understand the nature and goals of professional publishing, including key aspects of new contributions, engaging in the field, and contributing to the discipline; (3) to appreciate the value of peer review, feedback, and revision; (4) to approach the research journal article as a (structured) genre; and (5) to learn about some (AI) tools available.
Alena Kašpárková is the head of the Writing Support Centre at VSB-TUO. Educated in language teaching, environmental science, and academic writing development (Coventry University, UK), she supports both students and colleagues in academic writing, writing for publication, and writing beyond university. She teaches academic writing to undergraduate students, has co-developed and taught Writing for Publication courses for the PhD Academy, but also aims to prepare graduates for writing at the workplace. As for her research, with a multidisciplinary team she developed the Czech Academic Phrasebank. She was involved in the 2019-2021 research seminar on Writing Beyond the University: Fostering Writers’ Lifelong Learning and Agency with Elon University, USA. Between 2019 and 2023 Alena served on EATAW board (European Association for the Teaching of Academic Writing), co-organized the 11th EATAW Conference (EATAW 2021), and served as the Managing Editor of Journal of Academic Writing.