BR1238:03
Technical English 1
Townsville, Cairns
First semester by flexible delivery mode. It will be taught through a combination of external package plus tutorials delivered weekly on campus.
Available to Tertiary Access Course students.
Staff: Ms S Moore.
Students will develop reading, writing and research skills relevant for academic study in science and related fields. Critical literacy skills will include the understanding of technical and scientific genres and terminology, scientific method and how these relate to Indigenous perspectives. The interpretation and conversion of graphic, statistical, mathematical and tabular information will be applied in writing exercises. Formal academic writing skills will include: the appropriate use of grammar, syntax referencing and bibliographic formats. Note-taking, paraphrasing and summarising skills will be followed by the writing of essays, proposals, technical descriptions and short research accident and incident reports.
Learning Objectives:
- read and analyse a range of academic texts containing mathematical, graphic and tabular information;
- critically review texts to reveal the underlying logic and premises upon which the text’s arguments are constructed;
- write technical descriptions related to specific areas of the science-related study;
- present a seminar paper on science and technical language in Indigenous contexts.
Assessment by short essay critique (15%); graphical information and numeracy exercise (15%); log book of process exercises (journal) (20%); research report (30%); tutorial participation and seminar presentation (20%).