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Background
As our current world has entered the era of international communication and advanced technology, there are more and more chances for engineers and technical professionals to convey technical information in English for various purposes. Engineering students need to be equipped with
adequate writing ability so they can communicate technical information clearly on at least a basic level.
Writing Skill
This is the stage for building up students' confidence or reshaping their perceptions of English writing. To start with, write a few short essays on topics you are very familiar with
Write an essay about your home, consists of at least 100 words (about 10 lines) Hint: use the words and structures you are familiar with
Make a journal
To see your own progress This journal is to be submitted in the end of this writing skill topic
Definition: A group of words that has both a subject and a verb but (unlike an independent clause) cannot stand alone as a sentence. Also known as a dependent clause. Example:
"Memory is deceptive because it is colored by today's events." (Albert Einstein) "If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich." (John F. Kennedy)
simple conjunctions: when, whenever, where, wherever, because, if, unless, until, while, as, although conjunctive groups: as if, as though, even if, even though, even when, soon after, no sooner complex conjunctions:: there are three subclasses:
derived from verbs : provided (that), granted (that), considering (that), seeing (that), suppose (that),
Do not forget the rule, that you have to make a journal of your writing practice. Submit your work today to Mr. Dayat in the Lecturer and Administration room.
A girl is talking to Tom. Do you know the girl? Do you know the girl who is talking to Tom? relative pronoun I was invited by the professor whom I met at the conference. relative pronoun That is the reason why we met him. relative adverbs
"They are laughing at me, not with me." (Bart Simpson, The Simpsons) "Today's students can put dope in their veins or hope in their brains. If they can conceive it and believe it, they can achieve it. They must know it is not their aptitude but
Students can focus on language skill in spite of the content of the text. The chosen texts can also serve as sort of model writing, grammar guides and sources of new vocabulary.
Students tend to copy sentences exactly from the original article and put them together when they write summaries
lose opportunity to practice their writing skills. Most likely can not include all the important ideas mentioned to jot down the main points in note form and then link them clearly into concise sentences in the students' own words.
Thais give a great deal of thought and time to the planning and preparation of their meals. There is an infinite variety of recipes from which they can choose, and rarely would a household repeat the same dish within a fortnight. The staple food is rice which is the base for most meals. The most commonly-used meats
Writing Skill: Summary writing Exercise Summarize this article about Man and his destruction of wildlife habitat in not more than 120 words Man is forever changing the face of nature. He has been doing so since he first appeared on the earth. Yet, all that man has done is not always to the ultimate advantage of the earth or himself. Man has, in fact, destroyed more than necessary. In his struggle to live and extract the most out of life, man has destroyed many species of wildlife; directly by sheer physical destruction, and
Writing Skill: Composition Stage This is the stage where students practice some common patterns of technical writing with the application of skills taught at previous stages. Some common patterns including:
Writing definitions Writing processes Writing comparisons and contrasts Writing analysis
Writing Skill: Composition Stage writing definitions Writing a definition is frequently used in technical writing. There are two kind of definition:
1 sentence definition
The typical form is: ____ is a kind /form/category/device/type of (class) that ( distinguishing feature.) Example: A capacitor is an electronic device that is used to ....
Extended definition
Writing Skill: Composition Stage writing definitions Practice Write extended definitions about these topics electricity, television, electric coffee pot, refrigerator, microwave oven, and building.
Writing Skill: Composition Stage writing processes A process is written to instruct or to inform. A clear description of a process involves sequencing the stages, locating the stages, describing what happens at each stage and explaining what happens at each stage. Most operational process descriptions follow a chronological order, which can be shown by using sequence words like first, next then, subsequently, at this point, later, afterwards, finally and so on.
Writing Skill: Composition Stage writing processes Look at the diagram showing how chocolate is manufactured. Now you will practice writing a description of the process. First, you will need a sentence
Writing Skill: Composition Stage writing comparison and contrast We use this type of writing to relate the similarities and differences among things. This writing technique can be applied when it is necessary to compare and contrast different proposals, solutions to problems, and improvement or design change of a conventional product with a new product. Here are some suggested topics for writing comparison and contrast.
Compare and contrast two generations of a product, e.g. computer/ stereo/robot
Technical writing is used to convince someone of something. An effective approach to convince others is
begin with a generalization or topic sentence that covers the whole topic and then substantiate the generalization at a more specific level with facts, examples, statistics and other details.
Example: It is difficult for foreign students to adjust to life in a new country for several reasons. First,..........Second,.......
Writing Skill: Composition Stage Exercise Write a technical essay about safe electrical wiring in homes. It must be your own writing, do not plagiarize. The essay should include
Definition and/or extended definition A description of process Comparison and/or contrast Analysis Conclusion