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Course Catalog 01/02


Department of Languages and Literature

KSS009 English - Advanced Writing for Students of Technology 3.0 ECTS credits

TIMEPERIOD:


LANGUAGE:English

EXAMINER
Meirion Hughes Univ adj


PREREQUISITES
To have passed KSS001 or KSS005


COURSE AIM
The aim of the course is to improve the students' ability to express themselves in a scientific manner, especially when writing abstracts, technical descriptions and reports.


CONTENTS
The course consists of essay writing , letter writing, translations, summaries and reports of technical and scientific texts.


TEACHING
Classes and individual supervision.


EXAMINATION
A number of compulsory assessed assignments. The course will be graded as above.

COURSE GRADE SCALE: Fail, 3, 4, 5

ITEMS/CREDITS
Assignments 3.00ECTS

COURSE LITERATURE
Hornby, A. S., The Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary of Current English. OUP, 1974 eller senare.
Longman's Dictionary of Contemporary English. Longman Group Ltd., 1978 eller senare. Collins Cobuild English Language Dictionary. Collins ELT.
Stora engelsk-svenska ordboken. Esselte Studium, 1980.
Svensk-engelska ordboken. Esselte Studium, 1976.
MacQueen, D., Using Numbers in English, 1991. Studentlitteratur.
Articles from newspapaers and journals.


Further information: International Office

Valid for the academic year 01/02.

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