Learning to write about science is an important part of learning in the sciences. Your writing needs to inform your audience. So you'll need to write clearly and concisely, focusing on the content of your paper.
This guide will get you started on achieving those goals. Start by watching the videos below.
Science Research Writing For Non-native Speakers Of English by
This book is designed to enable non-native English speakers to write science research for publication in English. It can also be used by English speakers and is a practical, user-friendly book intended as a fast, do-it-yourself guide for those whose English language proficiency is above intermediate. The approach is based on material developed from teaching graduate students at Imperial College London and has been extensively piloted. The book guides the reader through the process of writing science research and will also help with writing a Master's or Doctoral thesis in English.Science writing is much easier than it looks because the structure and language are conventional. The aim of this book is to help the reader discover a template or model for science research writing and then to provide the grammar and vocabulary tools needed to operate that model. There are five units: Introduction, Methodology, Results, Discussion/Conclusion and Abstract. The reader develops a model for each section of the research article through sample texts and exercises; this is followed by a Grammar and Writing Skills section designed to respond to frequently-asked questions as well as a Vocabulary list including examples of how the words and phrases are to be used.
• Clarity: To be clear so that understanding is easy.
• Conciseness: To be brief or to the point without losing the intent of your message.
• Concreteness: To be definite, not abstract, real, complete.
• Coherence: To be easily understood, consistent.
• Context: To consider your scope and your audience, and the effect of your message on your readers.
(From Technical Report Writing workshop, Univeristy of the West Indies)
To keep up to date with developments in any particular subject area you will need to read journal articles.
The two main types of papers/articles are:
