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UNIVERSITI TEKNIKAL MALAYSIA MELAKA

TECHNICAL ENGLISH

BLHW 2403 SEMESTER 2 SESI 2016/2017

BLHW 2403 TECHNICAL ENGLISH

1.0 LEARNING OUTCOMES

By the end of the course, students should be able to:

1. Distinguish the use of tenses, run-ons, fragments, modifiers and parallelism (DHP KKM 7).
2. Produce a proposal and project report (DHP KKM 7).
3. Present project report in groups (DHP KKM 5).

2.0 SYNOPSIS

This subject is content-based in nature and aims to equip students with the necessary language
skills required to write various reports. As this subject prepares students for the mechanics of
the different genres of writing, the emphasis is on proposal and project reports by employing
Student-Centred Learning approach. It also introduces students to the elements of presentation
as well as provides them with the necessary grammar skills in writing.

3.0 PRE-REQUISITE

None.

4.0 MAIN TEXTBOOOK

S. Indra Devi, Noorli Khamis, Noorsaiyidah Suradi, Nadiah Zainal Abidin, Fauziah Abdullah, Nor
Lailatul Azilah Hamdzah, Nurdayana Izyan Ahmad Ahsan, E. Rajendraan, & Teh Zanariah
Mohd Raus. (2011). Teaching Module BLHW 2403: Technical English. Melaka: Centre for
Languages and Human Development, UTeM.

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5.0 REFERENCES

1. Alred, G. J., Brusaw, C. T., & Oliu, W. E. (2011). Handbook of technical writing. New
York: Bedford-St. Martins.

2. Indra Devi, S., & Zanariah Jano (2008). Technical report writing. Kuala Lumpur: Pearson
Prentice Hall.

3. Phillips, T. (2010). Technical english. UK: Garnet Education.

4. Sharimllah Devi, R., Indra Devi, S., & Nurlisa Loke Abdullah (2011). Grammar for technical
writing. Selangor: Pearson Hall.

6.0 SUBJECT EXECUTION

Lecture
3 hours of lecture x 14 weeks (Total= 42 hours)

7.0 LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND STUDENT LEARNING TIME (SLT)

Official SLT
No. Session Hours Freq. Freq. SLT
Contact Hours
1 Lecture 3 14 42 3 14 42
2 Proposal 0 0 0 3 1 3
3 Grammar Quiz 1 1 1 3 1 3

4 Project Report 0 0 0 14 1 14

Poster
5 0.5 1 0.5 4 1 4
Presentation

6 Final Exam 2 1 2 7 1 8
TOTAL 45.5 74
GRAND TOTAL 119.5

CREDIT CALCULATION 3.0

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8.0 SUBJECT ASSESSMENTS

Assessment Method Percentage (%)

Assignment 1 (Project Folio) 30%
- Proposal 10%
- Project Report 20%

Poster Presentation 15%

Grammar Quiz 15%
Final Examination 40 %
Total 100%

9.0 WEEKLY LECTURE

Week Session Contents Remarks

1 Lecture 1 Introduction
Introduction to Technical English

Learning Skills
Data Gathering from Multiple Resources
Seeking and Selecting Relevant Information
Primary Data (Interview, Observation, Survey,
Experiment)

2 Lecture 2 Organising and Documenting Information

Summarising and Paraphrasing Issue the
Report Writing
Learning Skills Project
Seeking and Selecting Relevant Information
Secondary Data (Web-Based Resources,
Books, Journals, Encyclopaedias, Archival
Collections)

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 3 Lecture 3 Organising and Documenting Information
In-text Citation and References
Plagiarism

Grammar
Tenses

4 Lecture 4 Types of Reports

Proposal and project reports

Grammar
Subject-Verb Agreement

5 Lecture 5 Proposal Writing

Proposal Outline

Grammar
Fragments and Run-ons

6 Lecture 6 Report Writing

Chapters Outline Submission of
Chapter 1 (Introduction: Background, Proposal
Objectives, Scope and Organisation) (10%)

Grammar
Misplaced Modifiers

7 Lecture 7 Report Writing

Chapter 2 (Literature Review & Methodology) Student-
Centred
Learning
Grammar
Faulty Parallelism

8
MID-SEMESTER BREAK

Lecture 8 Report Writing

9 Chapter 3 (Results & Discussion) Grammar Quiz
(15%)
Grammar
Active and Passive Voice

10 Lecture 9 Report Writing

Chapter 4 (Conclusion & Recommendations)

Learning Skills
Identifying and Correcting Language Errors

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 11 Lecture10 Report Writing
Writing Abstract

12 Lecture 11 Report Writing

Editing (Mechanics & Style)
- Format, Pagination, Glossary of Terms &
Appendices

13 Lecture 12 Oral Presentation

Types of Presentations
Elements of Oral Presentations

14 Lecture 13 Poster Presentation

Outline of an Oral Presentation Poster
Features of Poster Presentation Presentation
(15%)

Submission of
Project Report
(20%)

15 Lecture 14 Poster Presentation

Organisation, Content/Body and Closure Poster
Presentation
(15%)

16 STUDY LEAVE

17 & 18 FINAL EXAMINATION WEEKS

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