文档介绍：Technical English Reading & Writing
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教学课件
Background Information
Course Introduction
Textbooks
Teaching Arrangements
Assessments
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Background – Meeting the Needs
English is mon language of the international technical professions.
Business people working in the technical sectors are increasingly required to have a working knowledge of Technical English.
Most of the world’s technical literature is printed in English.
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The danger of not publishing in English is that worthwhile results will be ignored because they are not accessible to many main stream scientists.
the 1930’s German smoking lung cancer
the 1960’s
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Surveys from engineering employers: engineering graduates have proficient technical skills, but munication and interpersonal skills are lacking.
Society of Manufacturing Engineers Education Foundation(2007) list of “petency gaps among newly hired engineering graduates”: munication and munication.
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Potential authors and presenters with limited skills in English are unable to participate in conferences and publications.
Disputes about paper quality among authors, reviewers and editors sometimes evolve around proper English.
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Concept – Technical English
General English (GE)
Technical English (TE)
English for Special Purpose (ESP)
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The direct economic impact of technology licensing on the universities themselves has been relatively small.
Sales of beef tumbled by a third in France, Spain, herlands and Belgium.
One very dark night I directed thus on their way two young men who had been fishing in the pond.
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Scope of Technical English
Scientific paper
Experimental report / instruction
Manuals
Periodic/ progress reports
Technical proposal
Description of and explanation for natural phenomena
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Some Properties of Technical English
High semantic density
Short sentences, domain-specific vocabulary, simple and direct structures
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