Prerequisites： Intermediate English ability
General Course Description：Introduction to technical writing in English for chemical engineers, including English grammar, vocabulary, manuscript preparation, and oral presentation.
Course Objectives：Students will learn how to prepare a technical report or manuscript for publishing chemical engineering research in English, and how to make a technical oral presentation in English. As a course project, students will be asked to prepare a manuscript and oral presentation based on their own research.



Textbook To be determined
Course Outline Instruction Hours remark
Topics Contents lecture demonstration experiment others1
English Grammar Sentence structure
Verb tense and voice
Problem words
illogical rules in English 4.5 9
Technical Writing Essentials Manuscript organization
Use of equations
Use of tables and figures
Citations and bibliography 4.5 9
Written communication Reviewing a manuscript
Responding to criticism
letters 3 6
Oral communication Slide presentation
Oral presentation 3 6
Evaluation and Assessment: Final Project: 30% Final Presentation: 20% Homework: 30% Class participation: 20%
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Footnotes:
1. ‘Other’ refers to in-class discussion and small group work.