週次 |
日期 |
單元主題 |
Week 0 |
3/3 |
Course materials and prerequisites |
Week 1 |
3/03 |
Introduction to the course/How to read a research paper/Effective writing process and strategies
Tip: ESL trouble spots
Workshop: Analyze a short article |
Week 2 |
3/10 |
Technical writing style/Effective sentences
Tip: Word choice
Workshop: Effective peer review
|
Week 3 |
3/17 |
Effective paragraphs/Coherence
Tip: Transition signals
Workshop: Micro revision
|
Week 4 |
3/24 |
Technical information for the public
Tip: Preposition
Workshop: Paragraph revision
|
Week 5 |
3/31 |
Useful tools (Bruce Tai) |
Week 6 |
4/07 |
Technical information for the public (Bruce Tai) |
Week 7 |
4/14 |
E-mail/Letters (Bruce Tai) |
Week 8 |
4/21 |
Mid-term week
No class
|
Week 9 |
4/28 |
Job letters and resume (1) (Bruce Tai) |
Week 10 |
5/05 |
Job letters and resume (2) (Bruce Tai) |
Week 11 |
5/12 |
Writing up research (1): Composition of scientific papers/Graphics, tables, equations,
E-mail #2 due
chemical formula...
Tip: Tables and figures in Chemical papers Workshop: Table and figure captions |
Week 12 |
5/19 |
Writing up research (2): Introductory sections
Workshop: Writing commentary/argument |
Week 13 |
5/26 |
Writing up research (3): Proposals
Workshop: Proposal editing
|
Week 14 |
6/02 |
Mid-term project presentation |
Week 15 |
6/09 |
Writing up research (4): Methods, results & discussions, conclusions
Workshop: Draft Introduction editing |
Week 16 |
6/16 |
No class (final exam week) |
Week 17 |
6/23 |
Writing up research (5): Publishing & professionalism |
Week 18 |
6/30 |
Review session |