Technical English 技術英語 Spring 2018
Prof. David Avis (Part 1 only)
Mon 1:00-2:30 Research Building 7, room 2 総合研究７号館情報２
Description:
Part 1. English technical
writing (April 9,16,24, May 7,14)
Writing a scientific paper or
a patent proposal in english requires a different skill
set than writing other types of documents in english
(letter, announcement, speech etc..). We will survey in
this section of this course the following relevant topics:
- Basic rules of scientific paper writing and avoidable
mistakes;
- Differences between scientific english and scientific
japanese;
- Typography, proofreading, figures: tools to maximize
quality and impact;
- Research interactions in an international publishing
environment:
reviewing, rebuttals & letters to editors.
Part 2. Technical
presentation (Prof. Kazuyoshi Takagi)
Part 3. Reading technical
papers in English (Prof. Qiang Ma)
Send comments/questions to avis@i.kyoto-u.ac.jp
April 2, 2018