The Center for American Studies would like to invite you to participate in an intense certified weekend course with a world-class American scholar, professor prof. Troy Spier (Florida A&M University), titled "Academic Writing Made Easy".
It's a well-known fact that the most important skill of every academic is his or her ability to effectively communicate scholarly ideas through writing (e.g., books, chapters in monographs, journal articles).
Our course will teach you how to master the art of academic writing in English covering grammar, sentence-building, and style as well as explaining most common mistakes and ways of avoiding them – all using concrete examples.
The course will be held on Friday (May 9) and Saturday (May 10), 2025 on Zoom. Exact hours are provided below.
Professor Troy Spier will be connecting with us in real time from the United States so you will have the opportunity to ask questions.
Because the course is led by an open-minded interdisciplinary American scholar – Prof. Troy Spier – which is a guarantee of the course being ideal to all academics, regardless of discipline.
Moreover, the course is synchronous. Contact in real time and an opportunity to ask questions will allow you to resolve any doubts that may arise.
You will develop an understanding of Academic English grammar, including, but not limited to: cases, proper usage of articles, moods, tense agreement, how to avoid the passive voice, adverbial and adjectival phrases, subordinate and main clauses, countable and uncountable nouns.
In other words, you will learn how to write more convincingly and confidently as an academic.
Troy Spier
Prof. Troy Spier is an engaging professor of English and Linguistics at Florida A&M University and Editor-in-Chief of the Arusha Working Papers in African Linguistics. He is an expert in language documentation as well as discourse analytic approaches to intersections of language, power, ideology, and religion.
Prof. Spier holds a Ph.D. in Linguistics, an M.A. in Linguistics from Tulane University, a B.S. Ed. in English/Secondary Education from Kutztown University, an A.A. in general interdisciplinary studies. He also holds a Graduate Certificate in Islamic Studies from Dallas International University.
As an interdisciplinary scholar and professor, Spier teaches Communicative Skills, History of the English Language as well as Advanced Grammar & Composition and Academic Writing.
Professor Spier published his scholarship in a variety of academic journals, including Discourse & Society, The Journal of Asian and African Studies, Studies in African Languages and Cultures, Lenguaje, Critical Research on Religion, The Teaching and Learning Anthropology Journal, Teaching Anthropology, World Literature Today, and Language.
Participants will receive a set of materials that can be used as a useful resource after the course.
All of our courses are certified.
You will be awarded an official digital certificate signed by the Center for American Studies' President and Director of Academic Affairs.
You may then print the certificate at home, use it to apply for various academic positions and grants, or simply post it to your LinkedIn or other professional channels.
The certificate contains the number of training hours and may be used to fulfill your duty of professional development mandated by your bar association, trade chamber, or employer.
For participants registered in the 2nd enrollment pool (until 23.59 on May 6, 2025), the cost of participation is 129 EUR.
Link for easy electronic & card payments:
https://buy.stripe.com/cN27sJgSt1vt6cw6An
The fee can be also made directly to our bank account in EUR:
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Transfer title: Academic Writing in English course – <first and last name of the Participant>
*The condition for participation in a given pool of enrollment is registering and paying the course fee within the specified deadline.
Please send all of your questions to the Course Coordinator, Mrs. Rita Tomala at [email protected]
We will gladly help.
See you soon!
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