Course
| code | LH231 |
| credit_hours | 3 |
| title | Technical Report Writing |
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| prequisites | LH132 |
| credit hours | 3 |
| description | This course aims at enhancing learners? writing skills in order to write academic essays and reports following international standards. The course also includes a component on oral presentations of report. |
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| objectives | By the end of this course, learners will be able to:
Apply the stages of the writing process.
Write well-structured, unified and coherent academic essays.
Apply the ethics of academic writing.
Summarize relevant texts.
Paraphrase relevant texts.
Include in-text citations in writing when necessary.
Document report sources.
Write formal reports.
Give oral presentations. |
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| ref. books | Oshima, Alice. Writing Academic English, New York: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1991. |
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Course Content
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Orientation & placement test + Overview of Essay Writing
Patterns of essay organization I: Logical division of ideas
Patterns of essay organization IL: Chronological order
Patterns of essay organization Ill: Cause and effect order
Patterns of essay organization IV: Comparison and contrast order
Introduction to technical reports and plagiarism + Dictionary skills
Summarizing + Progress test l
Paraphrasing + Further practice on summarizing and paraphrasing
Report format and outlines + Presentation skills (CD Viewing l)
Quotations and source documentation + Writing workshop
Use of illustrations in technical writing + Presentation skills
Writing workshop + Progress test ll
Mini-presentations+ Writing workshop
Rehearsals
End-of-term presentations
Final Exam.
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