A Practical Handbook for Writers in Materials Engineering

A Practical Handbook for Writers in Materials Engineering

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Development of appropriate professional writing skills is essential for the accurate dissemination of ideas, procedures, and results achieved in research, development, manufacturing, and sale of engineering products. Therefore a team of material developers from five countries (Czech Republic, Italy, Slovenia, Iceland, and United Kingdom) gave rise to the project entitled Writing Professional English. The final product offers a set of self-study training modules (reference handbooks and exercises) for professional writers in English, from which any end-user, or national group of end-users, can select what is appropriate for them and enhance the level of their writing skills. One of the modules is specifically designed for materials engineers through authentic examples and extracts of texts from materials engineering area. This approach seems to be very convenient for the end-users as it was proved through testing of draft materials that was carried out by materials engineers from universities, research institutes, and industrial enterprises.

Development of appropriate professional writing skills is essential for the accurate dissemination of ideas, procedures, and results achieved in research, development, manufacturing, and sale of engineering products. Therefore a team of material developers from five countries (Czech Republic, Italy, Slovenia, Iceland, and United Kingdom) gave rise to the project entitled Writing Professional English. The final product offers a set of self-study training modules (reference handbooks and exercises) for professional writers in English, from which any end-user, or national group of end-users, can select what is appropriate for them and enhance the level of their writing skills. One of the modules is specifically designed for materials engineers through authentic examples and extracts of texts from materials engineering area. This approach seems to be very convenient for the end-users as it was proved through testing of draft materials that was carried out by materials engineers from universities, research institutes, and industrial enterprises.

professional writing skills, self-study training modules, reference handbooks, draft materials testing

professional writing skills, self-study training modules, reference handbooks, draft materials testing

SVOBODOVÁ, Z.; GÁLOVÁ, D.

14.10.2004

STU

Bratislava

80-227-2117-4

Proceedings of the 12th International Scientific Conference CO-MAT-TECH 2004

1551

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