Postechian Core Capability: Global Citizen 100%

Purpose: The purpose of this course is to improve the students’ ability to communicate technical information in written English.



Organize and write with clarity, coherence and concision components of a scientific research paper.
Summarize, paraphrase, cite, and quote scientific research articles
gain a perspective on peer review by evaluating and editing classmates' works.

The course will have two components:
1) How to organize, write and revise documents. This component will focus on the technical aspects of composition. It will be fulfilled by a combination of lectures and examples by the instructor, and writing by the students.
2) How to express ideas in English. This component will focus on grammar and vocabulary. It will be fulfilled by examples and editing exercises.

The instructor will guide the students through the process of producing a scientific manuscript. Specified components of the manuscript will be completed in sequence. The instructor will read, edit and comment on each component. Students will have the option of revising the components and resubmitting them.

Expectations.
Students will attend all classes, complete all assignments, submit assignments on time, and participate in classroom exercises.

Note: Students’ writings MAY be used in class as examples, if they contain common or instructive errors, OR if they demonstrate good writing. The author’s name will not be given. All criticism will be constructive. This is not meant to humiliate the writer!

Plagiarism: Any student caught plagiarizing will receive a grade of 0 for the section plagiarized and I will inform his/her supervisor.

You will need to have some research work to participate in this course.

Attendance and Participation (10%) (5 absences failure)
In -class work (25%)
Midterm writing (30%) Research paper Introduction & and Methods
Final writing (35%) Short form Research Report or Research Proposal

The primary source of content will be lectures and exercises uploaded to PLMS for students to download and use.

Topics (Components of Research Report)
Research Article Reading & Annotation, Introduction writing (paraphrasing and summarizing)
Methods + Results Writing (passive voice + articles), Midterm Prep
Editing & Common grammatical errors, Coherence and Cohesion, Peer Editing Practice
Discussion & Conclusion (Modals + Hedging language)
Coherence, Cohesion & Grammar Errors Review, Final Prep

Classes will be taught primarily offline.

Individual writing assignments will be submitted to a plagiarism checker.

Lecture + solo/group classwork (peer editing & vocab and grammar exercises) + individual feedback sessions