TGTU80 Swedish for Science and Technology, 1,5 ECTS-points
/Praktisk svenska /

Advancement level:
B

Aim:
The aim of this course is to render the students aware of the importance of good communication and to train and increase writing proficiency, especially regarding technical prose, as well as oral presentation.

Prerequisites:
General qualifications for university.

Supplementary courses:
Spr?klig kommunikation, TGTU 02. Teknisk information och dokumentation, ETE 169.

Course organization:
Part 1 of the course is given in the first year in conjunction with Principles of Physics, TFFM 02. Part 1 consists of 6 h seminars. Part 2 of the course is given in the second year, in conjunction with Measurement technology, TFM? 01, and consists of 4 h lectures, 2 h lessons and 12 h seminars.

Course content:
Introduction. The engineer?s role as a communicator. Analysis of and adaptation to receivers. Written presentation. Linguistic and formal aspects of technical documents: instructions, reports and descriptions. Discussions of examples and on students of technology's own program documents. Oral presentation. How to prepare and execute an oral presentation. Exercises in oral presentation.

Course literature:
M?rdsj?, Karin. Utformning av datorhandb?cker, LinTek IC, 1990. Svenska skrivregler. Svenska spr?kn?mnden, 1991. Merkel, Magnus. Tekniska rapporter och examensarbeten. Kompendium. Linus & Linn?a, 1997. Holmqvist, Torbj?rn. Presentationsteknik. Handbok f?r underh?llande presentationer. Almqvist & Wiksell, 1992.

UPG1, 0 p.
UPG2, 1 p.
One essay and one oral presentation with Pass (Godk?nd) grades. Attendance at lectures, lessons and seminars is compulsory. The course is only graded with Godk?nd/Icke godk?nd.

Course language is Swedish.