Scientific English IA (Reading and Writing)
| Numbering Code | U-LAS20 10006 SE48 | Year/Term | 2022 ・ Year-round | |
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| Number of Credits | 4 | Course Type | Seminar (Foreign language) | |
| Target Year | Mainly 1st year students | Target Student | For science students | |
| Language | English | Day/Period | Mon.4 | |
| Instructor name | Chang, Kai-Chun (Graduate School of Engineering Senior Lecturer) | |||
| Outline and Purpose of the Course | This course offers two major topics for scientific English: reading and writing of scientific papers. For reading, this course aims at improving science students' ability to read and understand scientific papers. For writing, this course trains students to write well-structured scientific papers. | |||
| Course Goals |
To understand the structure of scientific papers. To be able to write scientifically logic articles. |
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| Schedule and Contents |
[1st Semester] 1. Introduction to the course & level test. [1 week] (Lecture) 2. Reading scientific/technical articles; skimming reading & group discussion [2 weeks] (Exercise) 3. Structure of scientific articles: overview [1 week] (Lecture) 4. Building and testing a model: Introduction [2 weeks] (Lecture + Exercise) 5. Building and testing a model: Methodology [2 weeks] (Lecture + Exercise) 6. Building and testing a model: Results [2 weeks] (Lecture + Exercise) 7. Building and testing a model: Discussion/Conclusion [2 weeks] (Lecture + Exercise) 8. Building and testing a model: Abstract [2 weeks] (Lecture + Exercise) 9. Feedback [1 week] [2nd Semester] 1. Introduction and Review [1 week] (Lecture) 2. The structure of scientific papers; basic rules for scientific papers [1 week] (Lecture) 3. Writing and peer reviewing an Introduction section [2 weeks] (Lecture + Exercise) 4. Writing and peer reviewing a Methodology section [2 weeks] (Lecture + Exercise) 5. Writing and peer reviewing a Results section [2 weeks] (Lecture + Exercise) 6. Writing and peer reviewing a Discussion/Conclusion section [2 weeks] (Lecture + Exercise) 7. Writing and peer reviewing an Abstract [2 weeks] (Lecture + Exercise) 8. Miscellaneous: authors, tables, figures, acknowledgements, references, etc. [2 weeks] (Lecture) rcise) 9. Feedback [1 week] |
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| Evaluation Methods and Policy | Class participation/presentation (30%); assignments/reports (70%) | |||
| Course Requirements | None | |||
| Study outside of Class (preparation and review) | Students are expected to read at least 10 scientific/technical articles and to write at least 5 articles. | |||
| Textbooks | Textbooks/References | Handouts distributed in class or uploaded to PandA | ||
| References, etc. |
How to write and illustrate a scientific paper, 2nd Ed., Björn Gustavii, (Cambridge University Press, 2008), ISBN:978-0521703932 Science Research Writing for Non-Native Speakers of English, Hilary Glasman-Deal, (Imperial College Press, 2010) |
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