Academic Talks

Familiarity with academic writing conventions can be as important to one’s success as expertise in the discipline itself. A student like you will want to be able to perform an array of English writing tasks such as research papers,

論文寫作是從事研究中非常重要的最後步驟，好的研究結果需要經由發表論文來獲得肯定。現今的論文審查通常採取所謂的同儕審核（peer review）的方式。在這個架構下，一篇科技論文會不會被一流的國際會議或期刊接受有三項重要的因素

由於數位化與全球化的趨勢，人才培育的國際競爭力日益加劇。OECD國際組織提出的人才培育研究報告指出，受雇者要勝任知識經濟的工作必須能展現以下能力：(1)互動地使用工具，包括語言和資訊科技能力

Among a number of academic discourse genres, abstracts have succinctly been recognized as one of the most pivotal means of communication. Since abstracts typically provide readers with a brief summary of the study being reported

Want to enroll in an international university, but don’t know what to say about yourself in the Statement of Purpose? University admission officers read literally thousands of applications every year – and most of them are rejected because they fail to impress the readers

Researchers often have to compete with hundreds of others for limited resources. This requires the research proposal not only to be original and creative, but to be thorough and persuasive as well. Some proposal writers have difficulty being persuasive

文獻回顧在學術論文寫作中，扮演著一個尷尬而有趣的角色，它常被視為是論文中無聊的一部份，甚至是會被讀者(尤其是領域中的專家讀者)在閱讀中跳過的段落。然而，從另一方面看，文獻回顧卻又是每一篇(本)論文及各種研究計畫書(proposal)中

We live in an age when we are all feeling overwhelmed by information. This creates competition for attracting and keeping people’s attention. After years of helping people only with the words in their presentations, the celebrated presentation coach, Roger Ailes