Report Writing

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