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Choosing technical terminology that does not make people feel excluded or uncomfortable

May 20, 2022

A colleague recently sent me a great article by Peter Kirn: “So yeah, let’s just use plug and socket — industry group recommends obvious change in terminology“. In the article,…

Oceanographic concepts and language (part 3)

December 23, 2013

What level of proficiency do you need to communicate about science? This post is not strictly about oceanography, but I started thinking about it in the context of a class…

Oceanographic concepts and language (part 2)

December 20, 2013

How to make lectures in a foreign language less scary for the students. The class that I have until recently taught in Bergen, GEOF130, is taken by students in oceanography…

Oceanographic concepts and language (part 1)

December 4, 2013

About teaching in a language that is a foreign language for both your students and yourself. Most of my teaching so far has happened in English to mainly non-native English…

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Choosing technical terminology that does not make people feel excluded or uncomfortable

Oceanographic concepts and language (part 3)

Oceanographic concepts and language (part 2)

Oceanographic concepts and language (part 1)

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