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KIE-3376 Technical Writing in English, 3 cr |
Sari Isokääntä
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Active participation and completion of the course assignments.
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The aim of the course is to study and practise the conventions, organization and stylistic features of academic technical writing in English through lectures, practical assignments and analysis of text samples.
Content | Core content | Complementary knowledge | Specialist knowledge |
1. | The main organizational aspects of written academic discourse: the basic structure of a research paper (introduction, main body, conclusion); developing and presenting a thesis statement; paragraph organization; coherence; summaries & abstracts. | ||
2. | The major stylistic and structural aspects of academic language: sentence structures, parallelism, logical connectives, word choice, register, punctuation, use of modifiers. | ||
3. | The documentation and use of secondary sources: direct quotations, paraphrasing, referencing, bibliographies, abbreviations, plagiarism. |
Active participation, completing course assignments and a final exam.
Numerical evaluation scale (1-5) will be used on the course
Type | Name | Author | ISBN | URL | Edition, availability, ... | Examination material | Language |
- | Web materials | Suomi | |||||
Book | The Craft of Technical Writing | Michael Alley | 0-387-94766-3 | Juvenes bookstore | English | ||
Book | Tiedettä englanniksi: akateemisen kirjoittamisen käsikirja | Eva May | 951-34-0093-X | Juvenes bookstore | English | ||
Other literature | Will be given in class | English |
Course | O/R |
KIE-3200 Englantia tekniikan opiskelijoille | Obligatory |
KIE-3210 Englannin kielikoe | Obligatory |
KIE-3220 Englantia arkkitehdeille | Obligatory |
Course | Corresponds course | Description |
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CEF level: C1