Module Description:
The course in Report Writing introduces the student to the basic style of technical writing. Exercises include written descriptions of both objects and processes, and the preparation of a technical report on an approved topic. The report includes the standard material of research and documentation expected in a professional technical report.
Module Aims:
· Apply their knowledge of the writing process stages.
· Practice techniques for generating ideas such as keeping a journal, brainstorming and free-writing
· Identify the topic of the paragraph
· Write a good topic sentence with a controlling idea
Learning Outcomes:
By the end of the course, the students will be able to:
· Apply their knowledge of the writing process stages
· Practice techniques for generating ideas such as keeping a journal, brainstorming and free-writing
· Identify the topic of the paragraph
· Write a good topic sentence with a controlling idea
· Add supporting ideas to clarify the main idea
· Write a unified and coherent paragraph
· Write a narrative paragraph and organize ideas using chronological development and
· adverbial clauses of time and sequence
· Describe places and people through use of spatial organization, imagery, adverbials of
Textbook:
Writing Academic English, Alice Oshima and Ann Hogue, Pearson Longman; 4th edition