Engineer Your Text! Technical Writing - For people who want more (Workshop)
| Lecturer (assistant) | |
|---|---|
| Duration | 1 SWS |
| Term | Sommersemester 2022 |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Position within curricula | See TUMonline |
- 28.04.2022 09:00-16:00 WTG Online Präsenz
- 02.06.2022 09:00-16:00 WTG Online Präsenz
Admission information
See TUMonline
Note: gute Englischkenntnisse (intermediate to post-intermediate)
Note: gute Englischkenntnisse (intermediate to post-intermediate)
Objectives
By the end of the course, you are expected to be able to
- identify the role of psychological factors in writing and reading.
- recognize the needs of different audiences.
- show sensitivity to usability demands.
- analyze technical documents and locate features of best-practice writing.
- organize and manage your own writing projects.
- formulate strong arguments.
- apply different revising strategies.
- produce understandable technical documents using conventions of English grammar, spelling, and punctuation.
- identify the role of psychological factors in writing and reading.
- recognize the needs of different audiences.
- show sensitivity to usability demands.
- analyze technical documents and locate features of best-practice writing.
- organize and manage your own writing projects.
- formulate strong arguments.
- apply different revising strategies.
- produce understandable technical documents using conventions of English grammar, spelling, and punctuation.
Description
Fuel your studies by the alternative energy of this workshop. Maximize your skills to write. Increase your writing efficiency. Use sustainable strategies and quality tools. Learn to write TUM (Technical, Understandable, Manageable) documents.
This course will focus on the fundamentals of text manufacturing: materials, processes, designs, assembly methods, quality management, and performance monitoring.
This course will focus on the fundamentals of text manufacturing: materials, processes, designs, assembly methods, quality management, and performance monitoring.
Teaching and learning methods
The workshop uses cooperative learning methods like discussions, small group work, peer review, some direct instruction, and the independent work of the students.
Examination
Persuasive Essay (max. 1000 words) or Scientific Abstract (max. 250 words) (ECTS: 1)
Diese Lehrveranstaltung ist folgenden Modulen zugeordnet:
CLA10412 Technical Writing (Engineer Your Text!) (1 Credit)
Bitte beachten Sie, dass Sie jedes Modul nur einmal in Ihrem Studium einbringen können
Diese Lehrveranstaltung ist folgenden Modulen zugeordnet:
CLA10412 Technical Writing (Engineer Your Text!) (1 Credit)
Bitte beachten Sie, dass Sie jedes Modul nur einmal in Ihrem Studium einbringen können
Recommended literature
Gopen, G. D. and Swan, J. A. (1990). The science of scientific writing. American Scientist, 78:57-63. Please access this article in advance at: http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/feature/the-science-of-scientific-writing