Publishing Your Research (Apr 2023)

Instructor: Paul Nerney

One task of journal editors is to decide whether a submitted manuscript clearly argues how its research findings lead to a new understanding of a research topic. A “yes” increases a manuscript’s chances of being peer reviewed. A “no” means the manuscript will probably be rejected. This workshop is broken into three main sections. The first section discusses the challenges to constructing well written midsection arguments. The second section describes a planning strategy for developing arguments in a research paper — reviewing your research topic, problem, and answer. The third section describes follow-up strategies for constructing your claims, reasons, evidence, and responses to alternative arguments. In addition, participants will be taken through a step-by-step analysis of selected arguments from a research paper.

Paul Nerney designed, taught and coordinated courses in English as a Second Language and English as a First-School Language for the Centre for English Language Communication at the National University of Singapore (NUS). He also worked under the NUS Provost’s Office to design, teach and coordinate writing and critical thinking modules for the University Scholars Programme and the University Town Residential Programme. Since 2013, he has designed and conducted workshops for writing and publishing research journal papers in Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan, Thailand, the Philippines, and Indonesia.

Instructor: Paul Nerney

Abstracts are summaries of research journal articles that are typically 100-200 words long. Their main goal is to suggest to potential readers that your paper’s research findings match the reader’s need to better understand the paper’s research topic. This aim makes abstracts an integral part of disseminating your ideas to readers in your research community and beyond. This workshop is broken into two sections. The first section is a discussion built around questions that writers frequently ask about developing well written abstracts for research papers. The second section details and illustrates specific planning strategies for drafting and revising abstracts.

Paul Nerney designed, taught and coordinated courses in English as a Second Language and English as a First-School Language for the Centre for English Language Communication at the National University of Singapore (NUS). He also worked under the NUS Provost’s Office to design, teach and coordinate writing and critical thinking modules for the University Scholars Programme and the University Town Residential Programme. Since 2013, he has designed and conducted workshops for writing and publishing research journal papers in Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan, Thailand, the Philippines, and Indonesia.

Instructor: Susan Lopez-Nerney

Tips on how to produce successful, i.e., publishable, research papers in English abound. The sheer number of tips can confuse writers hoping to break into publication. This workshop presents the most salient features of the language of publishable research papers. The goal is to help writers to identify these features and to understand how and why they work, so that they can replicate these features in their own writing. In this workshop, participants will analyse and discuss these features, and learn with other writers who are working towards the same goal – publication of their work.

Susan Lopez-Nerney designed, coordinated and taught English language courses on writing and professional communication courses for undergraduates and graduates in the Centre for English Language Communication at the National University of Singapore from 1992 until 2013. Since then, she has conducted writing workshops for graduate degree candidates and junior faculty in Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam.

Medium of Instruction: English
Enquiries: Email to eref@cuhk.edu.hk