Escolar Documentos
Profissional Documentos
Cultura Documentos
Program outline
Table of Contents
Academic & Technical Writing Training ............................................................................................................... 1
Notes ................................................................................................................................................................. 2
General document structure......................................................................................................................... 2
Writing an abstract ...................................................................................................................................... 3
Revising & proofreading ............................................................................................................................... 4
Style conventions & referencing ................................................................................................................... 5
Vocabulary & grammar ................................................................................................................................ 6
Research proposals ...................................................................................................................................... 7
Journal & conference papers ........................................................................................................................ 8
Exercises ............................................................................................................................................................ 9
Writing an abstract ...................................................................................................................................... 9
Research proposal ........................................................................................................................................ 9
Journal article .............................................................................................................................................. 9
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Topic
Details
Hour 1
Hour 2
Hour 3
Session 2
Document types 1
Topic
Document types 2
Hour 2
Document types 3
Hour 3
Document types 4
Details
Hour 1
Experimental papers
Progress reports
Requests for proposals
Consulting/management reports
Literature reviews
Engineering design reports
Software technical writing manuals
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Notes
Use this section to take notes during the workshop.
Abstract; summary
Glossary
Introduction
Context
Data
Analysis
Conclusion
Recommendations
Bibliography
Your notes
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Writing an abstract
Use this table to take notes about writing an abstract.
Writing an abstract
Topic
Purpose
Structure
Common errors
Your notes
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How to read
Proofreading checklist
Your notes
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Style conventions
Referencing conventions
Editorial conventions
Your notes
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Efficient structures
Grammatical person
Common errors
Your notes
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Research proposals
Use this table to take notes about research proposals.
Research proposals
Topic
Structure
Content
Assessment criteria
Your notes
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Distinctive features
Structure
Content
Review process
Responding to rejection
Your notes
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Exercises
Use this section to complete exercises for homework; return them to Jon by email
(fortigurn@gmail.com).
Writing an abstract
Re-write the following abstract, and explain what is wrong with it.
Title of document: On-road monitoring of ambient carbon monoxide levels
Abstract
This study aims to measure the on-road spatial distribution of levels of carbon monoxide, a health
hazard known to be increasing in Middletown. Methods of measurement are discussed and the
difference between on-road and fixed-site data is analysed. The influence of temperature, wind speed
and humidity is considered. Conclusions as to the effectiveness of this method of carbon monoxide
monitoring are given, together with suggested recommendations for future air quality sampling
programmes.
Research proposal
Write a research proposal, using the information in the following table.
Research Proposal
Research topic
Funding body
Research duration
Funding required
A commercial company
Twelve months
NT$10,000/month
Journal article
Write a draft outline of a journal article (including an abstract). You do not have to write the entire
article, just the title, abstract and an outline of the articles structure and content.