Title: Applied English for Science and Technology

This course is designed to improve students' conversation skills in a scientific- or engineering-oriented setting. Grammar, writing styles and speaking skills specific to students' scientific and engineering areas of interest will be the focus of this course and will be accomplished through discussions of various authentic technical-based texts.

Section 1
  Announcements
Introduction
  Notes to the teacher
  Section 1: To err is human! 2 articles from nat...
1
  We all make mistakes when we speak or when we writ...
  Article 1
  Article 1: Exercise
  Article 2
  Article 2: Exercise
2
  Exercise 1 - Recognizing Run-Ons and Fragments (Basic)
  Exercise 2 - Parallelism, Pronoun References, and Modifier Placement
  Exercise 3 - Recognizing Run-Ons and Fragments (Advanced)
  Exercise 4 - Advanced Exercises on Grammar, Punctuation, and Usage
  Exercise 5 – Punctuation: Commas
  Exercise 6 – Punctuation: Colons, Semicolons, and Dashes
3
  Exercise 7 – Word Choice (Basic)
  Exercise 8 – Verb Agreement and Tense
  Exercise 9 – Possessives
  Exercise 10 – Word Choice (Advanced)
  Exercise 11 – Expressing Numbers
  Further study
  Logical fallacies
  Logical Fallacies - Exercise
4
  Horse in Motion
5
  Project One
  Project Two
6
  Read and analyse the "Format for Proposals" carefu...
  Format for Proposals
  Proposal Submission
7
  Letter of Approval - For the Teacher
  Formal Letter
  Send a reply
8
  Progress Report
  Sample Progress Report
  Progress Report Submission
9
  Formal email
  Invitation to product presentation
  Response to an invitation
  Invitation
  Response
10
  Design of Scientific Posters
  Sample Poster - 1
  Sample Poster - 2
  Sample Poster for A Very Simple Egg-Drop Project
  Scientific Posters
  Design your own poster
11
  Suggestions for Preparing Effective PowerPoint Presentations
  More tips - and a PowerPoint template
  Submit a copy of your presentation