Course Overview

Improve reading and writing skills related to technical English.

Learning Achievement

The objective of this course is to gain skills in writing technical papers in English.

Competence

Course prerequisites

Grading Philosophy

Grammar Exercises 40 %
Writing Homework 40 %
Final Report - 20 %

Course schedule

Spring 2021
Fridays 1st Period (8:40 - 9:55)
Introduction to the Course. Parts of a Scientific Paper
Readability. Writing Technical Sentences.
The Methodology (Past tense, passive voice)
Describing Data
Results and Discussion
Avoiding Ambiguity
Plaigiarism, Citation, Paraphrasing; Preparing to write your Introduction
Writing the Conclusions
Writing the Abstract
Titles

Course type

Lectures

Online Course Requirement

Instructor

AFALLA JESSICA PAULINE CASTILLO

Other information

-Working together is encouraged, writing papers is not a one-person job
-Please inform the teacher if you are not able to attend class

Site for Inquiry

Link to the syllabus provided by the university