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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=902011309-24102005>We have two seminars
running next week:</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=902011309-24102005></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><SPAN class=902011309-24102005><FONT size=2>1.
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<H1 style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 24pt; LAYOUT-GRID-MODE: line; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US"><EM><FONT
size=4>‘An Introduction to English for Academic Purposes’<?xml:namespace prefix
= o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"
/><o:p></o:p></FONT></EM></SPAN></H1>
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face="Times New Roman" size=2> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV></FONT>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><FONT
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; LAYOUT-GRID-MODE: line; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US">Anne
Lawrie, Centre for English Language Teaching (CELT), </SPAN><?xml:namespace
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style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; LAYOUT-GRID-MODE: line; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US">Institute</SPAN></st1:PlaceType><SPAN
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of </SPAN><st1:PlaceName><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; LAYOUT-GRID-MODE: line; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US">Education</SPAN></st1:PlaceName></st1:place><SPAN
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 20pt; LAYOUT-GRID-MODE: line; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US"><o:p><FONT
size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></I></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><FONT size=3><st1:date Month="11" Day="1" Year="2005"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">1st
November 2005</SPAN></I></B></st1:date><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN></I></B><st1:time Hour="14"
Minute="0"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">2pm
– 4pm</SPAN></I></B></st1:time><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></I></B></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
size=3>Cottrell 2A9,<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></I></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p><FONT
size=2> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
size=2>This session will be run as a workshop and will raise students’ awareness
of the conventions of academic writing through small group discussions.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The areas of academic writing
which will be highlighted will include the importance of inter and intra
paragraph linking; cohesion of texts through the use of cohesive devices;
summarising; synthesising information from different source material; critical
analysis and thinking.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></I></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p><FONT
size=2> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></I></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
size=2>A secondary topic for this session will be the potential problems and
misunderstandings between a supervisor and his/her supervisee due to a lack of
cultural understanding between them.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Expectations from each may differ due to this.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Through small and whole group
discussion, possible solutions may be found. </FONT></SPAN></I></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN></I> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
size=2><o:p><SPAN class=902011309-24102005><EM>2. </EM></P>
<H1 style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 28pt; LAYOUT-GRID-MODE: line; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US"><EM><FONT
size=6>Qualitative Research’<o:p></o:p></FONT></EM></SPAN></H1>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 20pt; LAYOUT-GRID-MODE: line; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US"><EM><FONT
size=4>Gill Hubbard, Nursing & Midwifery<o:p></o:p></FONT></EM></SPAN></P>
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align=center><SPAN
style="LAYOUT-GRID-MODE: line; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US"><o:p><FONT
size=4> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><EM><FONT size=4><st1:date Month="11" Day="3" Year="2005"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">3rd
November 2005</SPAN></B></st1:date><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">,
</SPAN></B><st1:time Hour="14" Minute="0"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">2pm
– 4pm</SPAN></B></st1:time><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></FONT></EM></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><EM><FONT
size=4><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Cottrell
2A9<o:p></o:p></FONT></EM></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><EM><FONT
size=3>A broad introduction to qualitative methods (interviews, observation,
focus groups etc), and including an overview of qualitative theories i.e.
ethnography, phenomenology.</FONT></EM></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><EM><FONT
size=3></FONT></EM></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p><SPAN
class=902011309-24102005><FONT size=3><STRONG>To book for either of these
sessions, email me or the gradlist.</STRONG></FONT></SPAN></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"></SPAN></o:p></FONT></SPAN> </P></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><STRONG><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">Sylvia
Barnes</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2>Research Office
Secretary</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2>Room 3B1</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2>x 7041</FONT></DIV>
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