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Monday, October 20, 2008
Portfolio Task 4: Difficulties In Writing
Writing of laboratory reports never failed to strike a chord for all engineering students. With the objective of presenting relevant concepts and clear ideas to the audience, one needs to understand and use academic English. Engineering reports may sound straightforward, but the ability to draft good reports is not just a body of knowledge that we can gain through study. More importantly, it is the skills that will eventually develop through long-term practice. Before starting on the report, one must consider two important aspects, which is the purpose of the report as well as the intended audience. The planning stage is pivotal as it helps one to keep track on the relevancy of the content while writing. Besides that, correct academic format should be adopted to ensure that it is reader friendly for the audience. Taking for instance that the report is intended for lecturers; hence accurate language conventions, format and structure within the engineering discipline are necessary. We have to recognize the fact that the lecturers are experienced in the engineering field and are able to provide a critical evaluation. In addition, the information and research provided should be precise, concise and specific. The importance of consistency of terminology and details as well as appropriate and precise procedural transitions should never be underestimated in report writing. On a personal level, writing the abstract for a lab report is the most complex task. An abstract serves to forecast all the major elements covered in the report. Thus, applying what was taught during English classes, abstracts are usually written last, that is after the completion of the research document. Although the paragraph is a summary of the report, the introduction-body-conclusion structure must be adopted and it should also follow the chronology of the report. Skills on writing better abstracts can be picked up through frequent reading of newspapers and also, reviewing of the main elements of effective abstracts.
posted by *_mei ni_* at 1:27 AM
1 Comments:
Writing lab report is really a difficulty thing. And I totally agree with your saying. And your aticle is a good writing, the grammar is good.
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