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I’m not an English Major, I don’t need a course on writing… Let’s ask an Engineer…

I’m not an English Major, I don’t need a course on writing… Let’s ask an Engineer… http://www.linkedin.com/groups/Why-is-writing-important-skill-2063159.S.68606049. Why is writing an important skill for engineers? Or--do you want to argue with me that it isn't? 6 months ago.

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I’m not an English Major, I don’t need a course on writing… Let’s ask an Engineer…

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  1. I’m not an English Major, I don’t need a course on writing… Let’s ask an Engineer… http://www.linkedin.com/groups/Why-is-writing-important-skill-2063159.S.68606049

  2. Why is writing an important skill for engineers? Or--do you want to argue with me that it isn't? 6 months ago Gary In my opinion, majority of the engineering schools do not pay enough attention to the issue and as a result, most of the engineers can not write. Writing skills (no matter what language) are very important (even for engineers). Leon E.

  3. Why is writing an important skill for engineers? Or--do you want to argue with me that it isn't? 6 months ago Gary Writing skills are just as important as oral skills. You need to know your audience when communicating with a customer or colleague, manager, student, etc. …when we mention writing , is it writing to communicate or writing to persuade, convince ? Rick NARAYAN

  4. Generally, Academic Writing is Persuasive… • SHOW WHAT YOU KNOW! • The Purposeof Academic Writing can be: • to demonstrate one's knowledge on a topic • to present the results of one's research • to argue or persuade one's point of view • Academic writing is written (Audience): • in an academic University environment • for professors, lecturers, other students • for academic Journals or publications • Essays and Reports are the two most Common Forms of Academic Writing

  5. Academic and Technical Writing Same or Different? • Writing is concise, clear and accurate. • Writing takes into account the audience’s needs. • Information is organized, presented and communicated in a specific format. • Writing presents information to solve a problem or gain a better understanding of a situation. • Writing conveys technical, complex, or specialized information in a way that is easy for a non-technical reader to understand.

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  7. The Five Paragraph Essay http://www.google.co.zw/imgres?imgurl=http://connectere.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/horrible.gif&imgrefurl=http://connectere.wordpress.com/2011/01/09/the-pain-of-the-five-paragraph-essay/&usg=__L83RDViczb4WRGBW7faDH0ibJbI=&h=311&w=468&sz=24&hl=en&start=1&zoom=1&tbnid=BfExDemPJ0f7NM:&tbnh=85&tbnw=128&ei=UfBlT_O9DIjF0QXL9pCtCA&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dfive%2Bparagraph%2Bessay%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox%26hs%3DaVx%26sa%3DX%26rls%3Dcom.yahoo:en-US:official%26biw%3D1366%26bih%3D545%26tbm%3Disch%26prmd%3Dimvns&itbs=1

  8. Introduction B O D y Conclusion Basic structure of the Five Paragraph Essay

  9. Important Concepts Thesis Topic: Controlling, Central or Main Idea that defines an Author’s Point of View Thesis Statement: Thesis topic in the form of a Sentence (or question) Topic: Main Idea, theme Topic Sentence: Sentence that states the main idea of a paragraph.

  10. Introduction B O D y Conclusion

  11. Patterns of Organization: • Author’s Purpose – • What and why are they writing? • What is their Point of View? • To inform, influence, persuade, advise, describe, explain, enrich, entertain • Organization • Logical presentation of information • Cohesive and Coherent • Makes reading Understandable and Predictable

  12. Introduction B O D y Conclusion

  13. Next Presentation: Where to Begin? Three-Step Writing Process Plan Write Revise

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