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ASIA SUMMER PROGRAM 2014 COURSE FORM

Course Details
Course Code at Home University

UVW312

(If applicable)
Course Code for ASP 2014

Course Title

ENGLISH FOR TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION

Course Synopsis

This course is designed to prepare students to achieve

confidence in extracting, evaluating and synthesizing
information with a view to write good technical documents.
Various theories of technical communication will be introduced
throughout this course. Students will learn how to prepare
technical documents as well as on how to write clearly and
concisely. Students will also be exposed to primary and
secondary research, techniques of analyzing and interpreting
different information and applying the functional organization in
report writing.

Course Outcomes (optional)

By the end of the course, students will be able to:

1) Explain the basic theories and concepts discussed in the
course.
2) Analyze data of relevant information to be used in
reports.
3) Write a technical report with appropriate graphics and
formats.
4) Present their written assignment.

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Learning Approaches

Lecture, Discussion, Tutorial and Presentation

LECTURE
(HOUR)

TUTORIAL
(HOUR)

9 sessions x
150 minutes
= 22 hours
30 minutes

PRACTICAL
(HOUR)

OTHERS
(HOUR)

* TOTAL
OF HOURS

0 hour

3 sessions x
150 minutes
= 7 hours 30
minutes

30 hours

0 hour

* Maximum of 90 hours

Instructors

1) NAZIFAH HAMIDUN

(*please suggest 3 names)

2) FATEN KHALIDA KHALID

3) WAN NORHAIZAR HARUN

Possible Assessments

A) On-going Assessment
ASSESSMENT

MARK

Written Assignment

15%

Presentation

10%

Classroom
Participation

5%

TOTAL

30%

ASSESSMENT

MARK

B) Test

Test 1

20%

Test 2

50%
TOTAL

Estimated Number of Students

70%

Minimum 10 students and Maximum 30 students in a class

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Course Syllabus

SESSION

DURATION

Session 1

150 minutes

COURSE CONTENT
1. Course Introduction
2. Brain Storming & Topic Selection (Written Assignment)

Session 2

150 minutes

1. Technical Communication

Defining technical communication

Types of technical communication

Written technical communication

The CMAPP Model

2. The Writing Process

Session 3

Session 4

150 minutes

150 minutes

Planning, drafting, revising, editing and proofreading

and publishing

1. The Research Process Gathering Information

Primary research

Secondary research

Types of primary & secondary research

Guidelines in conducting primary & secondary

research

1. Reports

Common format

Types of reports

The function of the different reports

2. Formal Reports

Analytical report

Proposal report

3. Formatting and Organizing Analytical/ Proposal Report

Session 5

150 minutes

1. Graphics and Visuals

Function of graphics

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Types of visuals/ graphics and their uses

Describing trends and movements in graphs/ charts

2. Summary Writing

Graph interpretation

3. TEST 1 (One Hour)

Session 6

150 minutes

1.

Grammar: Transitional Words

2. Grammar: Sentence Fragments

3. Progress report on written assignment
Session 7

150 minutes

1. Grammar: Parallelism
2. IEEE Style

In-text Citations

References

3. Quoting, Paraphrasing, Summarising and Synthesizing

Session 8

150 minutes

1. Paraphrasing
2. Drawing Conclusions and Making Recommendations

Drawing conclusion

Making comparison

Making recommendation

3. Progress report on written assignment

Session 9

150 minutes

1. Presenting Effectively

Guidelines on how to present effectively

Important factors to consider in presentation

Guidelines on using visual aids

2. Progress report on written assignment

Session 10

150 minutes

1. Revision
2. Progress report on written assignment
3. Presentation preparation

Session 11

150 minutes

1. Oral Presentation

Session 12

150 minutes

1. Test 2