11402 工程學群 資訊工程學系

科技英文|Offered in English (324取消,未來這個可建置新課程)

周百祥 教授

資訊工程學系
國立清華大學資訊工程學系教授
美國華盛頓大學電腦資訊工程學系博士
【 教學網站 】https://reurl.cc/Z4r0Wl
 https://epl.tw/people/
【 授課領域 】 Python語言程式入門、作業系統
【 研究專長 】 embedded systems hardware and software, the Internet of Things
 low-power design and energy harvesting design tools and system modeling

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Syllabus

課程大綱

核心能力
Core Competencies  

 具備檢索文獻、閱讀論文、與撰寫論文的能力50 %
 To be able to search literatures, read and write academic papers. 
 具有策劃及執行研究計畫、撰寫研究報告及簡報研究成果的能力15 %
 To be able to plan and execute research projects, write research reports, and present research results. 
 具備良好的溝通技巧與跨領域團隊合作的能力10 %
 To have good communication skills and be able to cooperate with others in interdisciplinary teams.  
 具有創新及批判性思考,能發現、定義、及解決問題的能力10 %
 To be able to think creatively and critically as well as discover, define, and solve problems. 
 具有活用資訊、數學及科學知識的能力%
 To have the ability to apply knowledge of computer science, mathematics, and science to daily life. 
 尊重學術、工程倫理、及智慧財產權%
 To respect academics, engineering ethics, and intellectual property. 

 

 

課程簡述
Brief course description     
This course covers the grammar, vocabulary, style, logic, and tools needed for writing and reading materials on science and technology. The grammar review part covers sentence construction and common mistakes. The vocabulary part compares similar but often misused words in technical English. A large portion of the course will cover style with editing exercises on making the writing concise, precise, professional, coherent, easy to read, and persuasive. The logic part deals with the organization of ideas and reasoning, with a review of common logical fallacies. The course will be using collaborative writing tools for collaborative authoring of such materials.

 

指定用書

Required Textbook 

John M. Swales and Christine B. Feak, Academic Writing for Graduate Students:
 Essential Tasks and Skills. 3rd Edition. The University of Michigan Press,
 ISBN 978-0-472-03475-8, available through Crane Publishing Co., Ltd. (文鶴出版有限公司)
Strunk and White, the Elements of style, available online
Course reader

 

 

教學方法
Teaching Methods
The course will review grammar and style rules for technical English.The format will be lecture with interactive sessions for the class to participate in reading and editing technical English.Exercises will be taken from textbooks and provided by instructors.


評量方式

Evaluation

 30 % class participation
50 %take-home assignments
20 %final paper


 

預計時程表

Tentative Schedule

 Part 1 : Approach to Academic Writing
  - Audience, Purpose, Strategy
 Part 2 : General-Specific Structure
  - General statement, definition, definition, naming, definite vs indefinite article,
  restrictive relative clause
 Part 3 : Problems, Processes, Solutions
  - problem-solution text, mid-position verbs, verbs and agents, active vs passive voices,
  causality,adversative connector
 Part 4 : Data Commentary
  - Strength of claim, purpose, location, indicative vs. informative, highlighting, qualification,
  strength of verbs, graphs, time, chronology
 Part 5 : Summaries
  - summarizing vs copying, headings, points, paraphrasing, reporting verbs vs evaluative verbs,
  mention,citation
  Part 6 : Critiques
  - purpose, elements, general aim vs specific aim, findings, criticism vs critique, unreal conditionals,
  inverted word ordering, agreement
  Part 7 : Constructing whole paper
  - types of publications, sectioning, features, methodology, hyphenation, results organizations,
  Part 8 : Refinement
  - thesis statement, rhetorical pattern, basic moves, sentence ordering, opening, answer,
 centrality claim, literature citation, tense, quasi-negative vs neutral, contrastive, hypothesis, suggesting extension,purposive vs description, abstract, acknowledgment
  
♠ AI Policy ♠
 Use of AI to write your work is not allowed,
 but you may get help if instructions are strictly followed.
  
 


Keyword

關鍵字

  • 科技英文(English for Science and Technology)
  • 寫作(writing)
  • 資格賽(qualifier)
  • 結構(structure)
  • 文法(grammar)
  • style