Instructor: 劉 興 民 
Head Teaching Assistant 首席助教
Lectures: Mon, Wed 16:15-17:30 郭曼玲 guomanling2@gmail.com
工學院A館001教室 工學院A館410室
Office: 工學院A館403室 分機23153
e-Mail: damon@computer.org
Phone: 分機33118
This class is designed to help students to write and communicate
clearly, accurately and effectively in a professional or academic
technical environment. In class, we will address many of the
common problems of non-native writers of technical English.
Course includes an introduction to various forms of
technical writing (such as resumes, research proposals,
technical reports, oral presentations, journal papers, or
theses / dissertations)
with emphasis on clarity and conciseness.
Articles selected from Computer Science curriculum help
provide students with the structure and conventional use of English
language in scientific methods.
In addition, short writing assignments and technical documents
are critiqued for application of technical style, organization,
and correct grammar and mechanics.
Class members will occasionally be responsible for leading group
discussions and for short oral presentations.
Constructive participation in the group analyses, discussions and
speaking exercises that take place in class is crucial to the
learning process and to the success of the class. As a result,
regular attendance and timely completion of assignments are
requirements.
The medium of instruction is
English.
In order to guarantee sufficient attention to student writing and
substantial opportunity for oral expression,
an enrollment cap (12)
is considered to ensure optimal class size.
No listeners are accepted.
Readings
Indicative Topics
- Colloquial habits in writing
- Resumes & job letters
- Kinds of research publication
- Oral presentations
- Style in technical writing
- Being concise
|
- Using the active voice
- Being accurate in wording
- Using parallelism
- Eliminate modifier problems
- Organization of a paper
- Punctuation & grammar
|
- Proposals & progress reports
- Mathematics
- Figures & tables
- Algorithms
- Writing up
- Ethics
|
Assessment
Recitation, conversation, and
in-class copyediting practice [5%];
Midterm [30%];
Final [25%];
Grammar / vocabulary quizzes [5%];
Short assignments / formal papers [15%];
Peer editing [10%];
Punctuality, attendance, and
participation in discussions [10%].
These weights are tentative
and subject to future adjustment.
為鼓勵大學部同學修習本科目，對其將採取不同的評分標準：
1) 大學部同學的修課人數將獨立，不納入修課總人數來計算；
2) 大學部同學的學期個人總成績，將依據其他研究所同學調整之後的分數，
向上再提昇至少2至5分 (但以99分為上限)。
Frequently Asked Questions
常見問題集
Course Repository
課業倉儲
Discussion Board
課程討論區