Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
Objectives:
Course Contents
Presentation skills
Essay writing
Descriptive, narrative, discursive, argumentative
Academic writing
How to write a proposal for research paper/term paper
How to write a research paper/term paper (emphasis on style, content, language, form, clarity,
consistency)
Technical Report writing
Progress report writing
Recommended Books:
1. Writing. Advanced by Ron White. Oxford Supplementary Skills. Third Impression 1992. ISBN 0
19 435407 3 (particularly suitable for discursive, descriptive, argumentative and report writing).
3. Patterns of College Writing (4th edition) by Laurie G. Kirszner and Stephen R. Mandell. St.
Martin’s Press.
b) Presentation Skills
c) Reading
The Mercury Reader. A Custom Publication. Compiled by norther Illinois University. General
Editiors: Janice Neulib; Kathleen Shine Cain; Stephen Ruffus and Maurice Scharton. (A reader
which will give students exposure to the best of twentieth century literature, without taxing the taste
of engineering students).
Scheme of Studies SP-2020
Technical Writing and Presentation Skills
W
credit Events of
k Syllabus Content
hours Week
No.
Essay Writing
Intro to Essay Writing / Making an Outline/ Writing Thesis
1 Statement/ Developing Paragraph 3
Descriptive Essays/Describing Sights and Sounds through extensive
use of expressive adjectives/ similes
Narrative Essays/ Point of view /Writing interesting beginnings/
2 3
Developing plots
Discursive Essays / Balanced Argument, Quiz
3 3
Argumentative Essays-Develop Logical Arguments (5 marks)
Academic Writing
4 Research proposal Making/ Emphasis on style content and language, 3
Form, Clarity, Consistency
Assignmen
Research Proposal Writing
5 3 t
APA Writing Style
(15 marks)
6 Research Paper Writing 3
7 Research Paper Writing 3
Mid- Term Exams
8
April 2020
Technical Report Writing
9 3
Definition, Characteristics, Stages etc.
Quiz
10 Short Report Writing 3
(5 marks)
11 Long Report Writing 3
12 Progress Report Writing 3
Presentation Skills
13 Intro to Presentation Skills/ Verbal and Non-Verbal components/ 3
Planning and Organizing
Presentatio
14 Verbal and Non-Verbal components/ Planning and Organizing 3 n
(10 marks)
15 Revision 3