About this workshop

You must have attended Part 1 to attend this workshop.

Part 2 on working with thesis arguments aims to extend student understanding and application of key claims and assumptions on own field / topic of research.  Through strategic hands-on activities the workshop affords students the opportunity to develop aligned sections and subsections for approaching the literature review and methodology sections / chapters.  Students should expect to draw up a general structure and outline towards extrapolating the study’s research questions, working on their own literature reviews for clarity and coherence of argumentation.

NB: If you wish to attend in person and have disability access requirements, please email disabilityservice@uct.ac.za and CC pgdevelopment@uct.ac.za to arrange the appropriate services, where available.

What previous attendees have said about this workshop:

• "I've been feeling overwhelmed with the perspectives of other researchers in my field as well as the voices of my research participants. I like the fact that I was reminded that this is my research study and my voice counts just as much as anyone else's."
• "I've been struggling with my writing, so even though the workshop looked at Writing one's Argument, it essentially helped me re-look at my entire process."
• "Its excellent, could all the sessions be in person!! "

About the presenter

Ms Tatenda Dandara, Writing Consultant, UCT Writing Centre, CHED

Tatenda is a senior Writing Consultant at the UCT Writing Centre with an academic background in sociolinguistics. She has extensive experience in facilitating academic writing and research workshops for all levels of study, this includes co-facilitating the Mellon Pipeline Development Programme (MPD) writing seminars; guest lecturing in the Department of African Studies and Linguistics; and co-facilitating the UCT Global Citizenship Program (GCP) GC2 course. ​Tatenda’s research focuses on semiotics, linguistic landscapes and language policy in higher education contexts

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