Publication detail

A Practical Handbook for Writers in Materials Engineering

SVOBODOVÁ, Z. GÁLOVÁ, D.

Original Title

A Practical Handbook for Writers in Materials Engineering

Type

conference paper

Language

English

Original Abstract

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.

Keywords

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

Authors

SVOBODOVÁ, Z.; GÁLOVÁ, D.

Released

14. 10. 2004

Publisher

STU

Location

Bratislava

ISBN

80-227-2117-4

Book

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

Pages from

1551

Pages to

1555

Pages count

5

BibTex

@inproceedings{BUT11908,
  author="Zuzana {Svobodová} and Dita {Gálová}",
  title="A Practical Handbook for Writers in Materials Engineering",
  booktitle="Proceedings of the 12th International Scientific Conference CO-MAT-TECH 2004",
  year="2004",
  pages="5",
  publisher="STU",
  address="Bratislava",
  isbn="80-227-2117-4"
}