TY - GEN
T1 - Language expression technicality in technical report writing for technology major non-native students
AU - Epaminonda, Epaminondas
AU - Christou, Charalambos
AU - Michael, Apostolia
PY - 2019/4/1
Y1 - 2019/4/1
N2 - Technologists and professionals need to have good technical writing skills in communicating their reports, articles, presentations, documentations or any technical work. A good technical report writing is when the author achieves to describe complex technical concepts and ideas accurately, consistently and in clear language so as both experts and non-expert readers can understand and benefit. The current work highlights the factors that determine the degree of technicality of the language expression and concepts involved in technical article writing by non-native Undergraduate Management and MIs students at the University of Nicosia. It presents vocabulary, structure, textual organization, and content challenges students can encounter while reporting the results of their technical articles. It also provides recommendations to assist students advance their technical writing skills.
AB - Technologists and professionals need to have good technical writing skills in communicating their reports, articles, presentations, documentations or any technical work. A good technical report writing is when the author achieves to describe complex technical concepts and ideas accurately, consistently and in clear language so as both experts and non-expert readers can understand and benefit. The current work highlights the factors that determine the degree of technicality of the language expression and concepts involved in technical article writing by non-native Undergraduate Management and MIs students at the University of Nicosia. It presents vocabulary, structure, textual organization, and content challenges students can encounter while reporting the results of their technical articles. It also provides recommendations to assist students advance their technical writing skills.
KW - Higher Education
KW - Language expression
KW - Technical Articles
KW - Technical Reports
KW - Technical writing
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85067493755&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/EDUCON.2019.8725283
DO - 10.1109/EDUCON.2019.8725283
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85067493755
T3 - IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference, EDUCON
SP - 1523
EP - 1526
BT - Proceedings of 2019 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference, EDUCON 2019
A2 - Ashmawy, Alaa K.
A2 - Schreiter, Sebastian
PB - IEEE Computer Society
T2 - 10th IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference, EDUCON 2019
Y2 - 9 April 2019 through 11 April 2019
ER -