Topic outline
Introduction
Section 1: To err is human!
- 2 articles from native and non-native speakers of English.
Section 2: Writing exercises - 1
- An analysis of typical writing mistakes
Section 3: Writing exercises - 2
- Further exercises for typical writing mistakes
Section 4: Let's take a few photographs
- Warm-up activity for designing a project
Section 5: Project: Designing a toy
- Group work for designing a project
Section 6: Project proposal
- Submitting the project to the client
Section 7: Say "Thanks"
- Writing formal letters
Section 8: Progress report
- Submitting a progress report to the client
Section 9: Invitation
- Writing formal emails
Section 10: Design a poster
- Promoting the product
Section 11: Present the product
- Group presentation
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We all make mistakes when we speak or when we write. This is not a big problem - unless we correct these mistakes, of course. In the first three units of this course, we will focus on common mistakes in academic context.
Below, you will find two scientific articles. The first one was written by two Chinese authors and the second one was written by a native speaker of English.
(1) Read both articles and pay special attention to highlighted sections.
(2) After that, do the related exercises.
- "An Energy-Balancing Unequal Clustering Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks", J. Yang and D, Zhang, Information Technology Journal 8 (1): 57-63,2009
- Receive a grade
- "Use of decision science in mechanical engineering design", Driegel, G. S., Journal of Applied Science and Engineering Technology, pp. 1-7, Miami University, 2008.
- Receive a grade
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- Receive a grade
Further study
- Receive a grade
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It may come as a surprise in the twenty-first century to discover that, in the 1880s, details of how objects move were unknown. The human eye, unaided, cannot resolve the details of fast motion. Eadweard Muybridge and his experiments with motion photography, such as this series of pictures of a horse's gait, helped solve this mystery.
From http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/exhibitions/permanent/windows/southeast/eadweard_muybridge.html - edited
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Read and analyse the "Format for Proposals" carefully. Then, as a group, prepare a proposal for your project. You will submit this proposal to the toy company.
Title Page
Statement of the Problem
Objectives
Plan of Action
Management Plan
References
Submit the group proposal here.
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Background on the project itself.
Discussion of achievements since last reporting.
Discussion of problems that have arisen.
Discussion of work that lies ahead.
Assessment of whether you will meet the objectives in the proposed schedule and budget.
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Submit the group progress report here.
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This poster was designed at the end of an Applied English for Science and Technology course at Clausthal University of Technology, Germany. Note that the task here is quite different - it is not a requirement that the "vehicle" should have a mechanism.
This is yet another "tutorial" on how to design scientific posters. We added it to the course content because it presents the topic in a very flexible - a bit too friendly - way.
Note that there are several spelling mistakes ("carefull") in the text.
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